John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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NO N-ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT Front row: Katherine Holmgren, Muriel Monson, Robert Farrell, Jessie Lundquist, John Snyder, Lor- raine Swanson, Isabel Anderson, Madaleane Chadwick. Second row: Robert Heck, Betty Cole, Esther Barrager, Alice Mikkelson, Carroll Stiles, Marguerite Wikre, Harriet Brabeck, Claire Imsdahl, Lillian llloom, Robert Freed. Third row: George Simon, Dean Linnerooth, Ambert Peterson, Oscar Berggren, Jack Hanson, Sam Schultz, Curtis Skoog, Raymond Ackerson. The Masquers JOHN SNYDER - - - - Prcsidmzt STANLEY RIDLEY - Vice-Pzfesident ,l12ssIE LL'NoQL'1sT - - Secretary IQOBERT F,xRRizLL - - - Tl'FG.YIIl'FI' MR. AHLRERG ----- Atftdsm' STAGE-FC JRCE PLAY ENTER DORA, EXIT DAD HIS year the annual stage play was given first in the auditorium of the Unity Church at the annual stage party held there. It was given at a school assembly on March l, 1932. In the play Dora outwits her father by drawing up a new political slate for the young people and puts things over on the old folks. It is a hint to the older folks to keep up with the young people. Page 26

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EMEA Eyes GN Y-ACADERIIC DEPARTMENT Left to right: Genevieve VVollny, Hilding Peterson, Edward Carlson, Florence Biebighauser, VVa1ter Sod- erbcrgr, john Snyder, Amelia Lanners, Carroll Stiles. , Thanksgiving Assembly HE Better Mau, presented on November 25 as part of the Thanksgiving program, is the second act of the four act play, A Rose O'Ply'm0utlz-town by Buelah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. The story has its setting in Puritan New England and deals with the rivalry between Garrett Foster and -lohn Margeson for the love of Rose de la Noye, who has pledged herself to wed The Better Mau the plot of which is briefly as follows: The settlement is attacked by Indians and is saved by a man who defended a hole in the stockade. A blinding snow-storm prevents him from being known. When the glory tendered for the act of bravery is given to another, the real hero, be- cause of impeding circumstances, remains silent. This, brightened by the con- trasting cowardice of the other, results in the proclamation of the hero as The Better Man. Christmas Assembly 4 The Christmas Assembly was a most unusual one because it consisted in the giving of a mystery play called Eager Heart. Mr. Ahlberg, while in England last summer, obtained permission to give it through the Incorporated Company of Eager Heart. This company which is a religious organization, dramatizes the play every year. There are many regulations and restrictions under which Eager Hear! was produced. It cannot be given before the first four weeks preceding Christmas, and it is never allowed to be played after Christmas. The music by Bach ranks among the most difficult and finest ever written, and was sung by the Glee Clubs and Chorus, hidden in the wings, back stage, and balcony. Owing to the fact that no pictures of the stage or the players in costume are allowed to be taken without the consent of the company, we regret that it is im- possible to reproduce some of the scenes and tableau all of exceptional beauty. No names of those taking part in the performance are allowed to be published on programs or papers of any sort. The work of the stage force as well as that of the dramatic department showed almost real professional skill, Page 3

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