Humboldt High School - Life Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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NANCY-I think I could bear mother and father if it wasnyt for Jack. In the first place what right has he to talk about love. He doesn't know anything' about it. All he can think about is football, football, dirty, horrid football. TEDDY -Football should be the first thing in the thoughts of the captain of a team. Clleminiscentlyj I used to play football once, great game. Then I had an accident and Dad made me quit. NANCY - Qlieproachfullyj XYhy, Teddy, you must never play that horrid game. But of course you won't have time when we're married. You'll be too busy supporting us. TEDDY - CNervouslyj Say, I never thought of that. Of the supporting part I mean. Gosh Nance I-I NANCY- CCO11l:ItlC11llj'll Don't worry dear, love will lind a way. TEDDY - XYell I hope something finds a way. NANCY - QI'Iurtj Vyfhy Teddy, you sound just as if you didn't really love me. TEDDY - Cl'utting his arms around her affeetionatelyl Didnlt love you? V, by Nancy I love you- Oh I- Qkisses her impulsivelyj. NANCY- fSuddenlyj Teddy stop, I hear someone coming. TEDDY - I'd better go. Be ready at ll Honey. Qlfle starts off left, Nancy goes after him. Teddy leaves, Nancy goes back to the porch and sits down. lack Clifton comes out whistling gayly. JACK-Alone, Sis? I thought I heard you talking to someone. fllischievous- lyj Dreaming love dreams of the time when the tender Teddy shall be thine, eh? NANCY- fProvoked and hurtj Oh Jack, if you only knew- JACK-Thatls all right Sis, carry on for him, fair one. fTurns and callsj Hey fellows, come on out. There is a lot of good oxygen going to waste out here. tlurning to Nanj Sorry I made you mad. Cyleff and Poodle enter rightj JEFF- llello there Nan. POODLE - Good evening Nancy. NANCY-How do you do boys. If f'O11,ll excuse me I'm going in. JACK-Too cold an atmosphere for a lovesick maiden, eh Sis? QNan lcavesj. JEFF- Nancy's got it badly on that new fellow hasnt she? JACK- Illl? say she has. XVhat she sees in him is beyond me. POCDLE-Have you ever looked him over Cap? Don't suppose he knows anything about football though. TACK- tgarcasticallyl Of course he dot-sn't. Too deep in the depths of love to have time for such material stuff as football. IEFF - tliarnestlyl XX'elve got to have a new half-thatls all there is to it Cap. Our team would be the best in the city if it weren't for Snip Williams. He doesnt care much for football and I never saw such an absolutely rotten, good for nothing half back. FOQDLIC - Same sentiments here Jeff. filet me a good partner for left half and we'll show the other teams some pretty work. ,TACK - t'XYorriedj I know, itls a darn shame, but what can we do? Ilve tried out every man that we can possibly use and they are all as bad or worse than Snip. It simply means, fellows, that we've got to iight our hardest and make up for the misfortune that leaves us with only one dependable half back. Eleven

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Qgeamvn A Play in'One Act :weve THE BETTER GAME CHARACTERS NANCY CLIFTON, a high school junior who is infatuated with TEDDY HARRIS, a new-comer in town who has not met favor with JACK CLIFTON, captain of the high school football team, and his pals and fellow players POODLE POWIS and JEFF SAUNDERS. SCENE 1 It is about ten thirty in the evening of a beautiful fall day near the beginning of the football season. By the sound of merry laughter, youthful voices engaged in rollicking conversation, the strumming of a ukelele, and numerous other noises, we know that a younger member of the Clifton family is entertaining. There is something in the air tonight. 'Something which tells us that the un- usual is about to take place. Let us wait here in the shrubbery near the tiny summer house and watch. What a pretty setting. The big, white home to the right, the beautiful, green lawn with its lilac hedges along thewalk, but sh- there's someone coming up the sidewalk. Oh how handsome he is, and we wonder who he's whistling for? There's someone coming out of the house, what a sweet little girl, and as she runs across the lawn to her hero's side, seizes his hand and says affectionately: Teddy , let our play begin: THE PLAY TEDDY - Good evening Nancy, dear. NANCY fnervouslyj - Oh Teddy! TEDDY- Are you ready? NANCY- Why Teddy. It was to be 11 o'clock. It is only 10 now. TEDDY-Yes, I know, but I thought- NANCY- Oh, Iym so excited. I'm almost afraid to do it. Do you really think We ought to, Teddy? TEDDY - Ought to. Why Nancy, you know we decided we could not live with- out each other any longer. NANCY-Oh I know-It's just that nobody takes us seriously. Mother and . Dada laugh and joke and Jack teases so. Oh I think brothers are the hor- ridest creatures. TEDDY-Well, Jack doesn't know what love is, you see, or he could not joke about it. NANCY-But mother and father joke too. TEDDY- Probably they don't know what love is either, the vital kind of love like ours is. NANCY-Mother was twenty-three and father twenty-tive when they were married. Seven years older than we are. My that's awfully old. TEDDY-Age make no difference in love, they say, but youth and love are 'sposed to go together, twenty isn't very youthful so you see how it is. Ten

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JEFF - fSpiritlyj XVe'll hght, don't worry about that. Say, we'd better be go- ing, Poodle, ll is our bedtime you know. POODLE -- That's right. Our best to the beauteous Nancy, Cap. JEFF- Perhaps some music will lift her leaden spirit. JACK- Good idea, herels my Nuke, what'll you have? JEFF-The one about She Sleeps my Lady Sleeps 'I is good. I-Iow does that go now. Star of the Summer Night? Oh yes I remember it. In tune, Cap. JACK - Yes, everybody set? JEFF-All right. JACK- On your mark. POODLE - Ready. ' JEFF-Go. And the musical efforts of three lusty and variating voices float out into the stilly, starry night. At their cessation, the polite host remarks: Gosh, Poodle, your version of the serenade must be different from ours or there's something wrong with you vocal chords. VVe didn't coincide or something. POODLE-Much obliged for the compliment, Cap. Come on Jeff, we've five minutes to make the line in. Nite. Nite. JACK- Sleep tight. fWith this the boys leave, and the slam of the screen door announces Jack's departure from the scene. The porch light is turned off. Only the moon and the twinkling stars see Teddy come softly up the walk and hear his tender whistle, and observe Nancy's extreme nervousness as she creeps out of the house, grip in hand, ready to Hy with her waiting Lochinvar. Only they see the youthful runaways clasp hands, hear Nancy whisper Oh Teddy, kiss me quick. See Teddy's swift and ardent response to the re- quest. Hear him ask softly All ready, honey? And Nancy's frightened Oh Teddy, l'm afraid, afraid. 'l And then a light, not moon or starlight, shines on the stage. Nancy gasps Quick, behind the lilac bush. A moment later the narrow beam of a flash light appears, followed by a figure wearing the ever symbolic handkerchief over his face, a figure which creeps cautiously to the door and Ending it open, enters. Teddy tiptoes to the window followed by Nan who whispers Oh, Teddy. I-Ie's at father's desk. Dad has sonze very valuable papers in it. I heard him tell mother yesterday. Oh, what shall we do. Hut burglar's ears are sharp and Nancy's whisper had not been quite low enough, for there is a noise from within and the intruder comes out. Nan and Teddv try to hide but it is too late, and as the thief grasps Nan's arm he says: fTenselyJ Better not talk so loud girlie. Belong to this house, don't you? Probably know about some papers of your old man's. Whisper their hiding place to me softly and sweetly and there'll.be no trouble. NANCY -- Oh, I don't know what you mean. STRANGER-Oh, yes, you do. Quick, where are they? I don't want to use this but-Cshows a revolver.J NANCY - fTerriHedJ Oh, Oh, you don't mean that you'd-Oh Teddy. fTeddy rushes and trips burglar with a flying tackle. They roll so as to be half hidden by the lilac bush. A fierce struggle is seen and as Nan screams the supposed Twelve A