Lake View High School - Red and White Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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LAKE VUE KALIIXIDER For First Semester SEPT. 17-REGISTRATION: Thousands crushed as they rush to peti' teachers. SEPT. 18-Lane Game. We were only fool- ing! SEPT. 30-SENIOR CLASS ELECTION: Art Basketball Hammerstrom, pres., Ann Line-Book Irvine, vice pres., Hel- ene laugh-a-loti' Rouech, sec., Elsie Miss Efliciencyu Maki, treas., and Dick presti- digitatorn Carlucci, sgt.-at-arms, were choice of seniors. They must have bribed the voters with lolly plopsf' OCT. 2-CoMMIss1oN ASSEMBLY-Iillllllif' The Irish-in-Us O'Brien, Dorothy Ev- erybortyk Pal Jones, Dick Amateur Kennarrt, Betty More-or-Less Nictaols, Marge Yum Yunf' Sargis, Buford Strong-Arm Brooks, successfully sling annual campaign promises, as thousands dodge. OCT. 31-Honor Society Party. Fish, the proverbial brain food, sets honor studes on road to glory, Now they wear chest protectors. fTo protect their pins.J NOV. 8-Beat-Senn Dance. Boys tread rhythmically on girls' feet to Van Horn's music. NOV. 15-Open-House N i g h t . Over- whelming. Super-human efforts of stu- dents exposed shamelessly to parents and friends. NOV. 20-Amateur Assembly. Commis- sioner Kennard strikes gong ruthlessly as amateurs appear before students. DEC. ll-GLBE CLUB CONTEST. Orchestra Hall reuerberates as Lalze View voices warble Lissen tew tba Laufnzbs. DEC. 13-Band Concert. Thousands immi- grate to hear blasts and blares of band, orchestra, and glee club. DEC. 27-CADET HOP. Gallant military men bid farewell to arms to hop about with fair maidens. JAN. 17-Drama. Tbespians efnote amidst Bronx cheers of crowds. JAN. 24-SENIOR PROM. Florists mob- bed as prospective beaus strive to create impressions. JAN. 28-Senior Luncheon. Booksellers swamped by requests for Emily Post. Re- sults audible. JAN. so-GRADUATION. R. O. T. C. recruits aid in mopping up lachrymal out- pour. FEB. 5-REGISTRATION. Militia called out to guard faculty favorites. FEB. 19-Senior Class Election. John Cor- ky Corcoran, pres., Anne Tweet Tweet Wren, vice pres., Jane Pretty Girl Gif- ford, sec.g Art Oh So Rich Johnson, treas.g George Crooner Behrns, sgt.-at- arms. Well, dear reader, what did you run for?

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LAKE VUE KALINDER For Second Semester FEB. 26-Commission Assembly. Biggest crowds since Battle of Gettysburg. FEB. 27 - COMMISSION ELECTION. Pa t Personality Doupe, Bill Football Kel- ly, Nat Hot Dog Bowditch, Mike Pa- role Gavin, Leroy Screeno Ross, Irene Lucky Strike Papatony. Senior Class Mvelillg. Sophisticated Sen- iors squirm when confronted with more cash. Sorry, no credit, kids! MAR. 4-Honor Society. Brain-trust as- sembles for boondoggling. MAR. ll-Red and Wfbih' Luncheon. Red and Wbilr' eats food for thought. Marga- ret Ayer Barnes reveals life begins at 38.', MAR. I8-Group singing. Gentle voices wafted o'er countryside in coast to coast hookup. MAR. 25-Humor Assembly. Students roll in aisles. Know why? Seats need repair- ing. APR. 9--COLLEGE DAY. Ami fbvy flmugbl fbeir Freshman days zwrz' 01'c'r. WEEK OF APR. 17-2nd Quarter Exams. Dignihed Seniors throw convention to the winds as senior rating approaches. APR. 23-24-Operetta H. M. S. Pimzfore. Assembly resounds with shouts of future Carusoes and Gulli Curcis. APR. 26 AND MAY 2-Spring Vanzfion. Lake Viewites attacked by severe case of spring fever, MAY 13-R. O. T. C. Inspection. Consci- entious soldiers spend sleepless night pol- ishing their buttons. MAY 29-SENIOR DRAMA. Major Bowes has nothing on these young talented art- istes. JUNE 6-SENIOR PROM. Girls return footsorf' and weary, due fo oz'c'r-rrcfirf' cs- coris. JUNE 9-SENIOR LUNCHEON. Students come home with pockets full of souvenirs -stomachs full of cake. JUNE ll-GRADUATION. Caps nearly drop as customary curtsies and bows are made.

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Tl-IE SENIGI2 DRAMA N january 17, 1936, Lake View's as- sembly hall seemed different to the tense audience watching the clever and de- termined fight of a spirited girl, Shirley Ross- more Qin which part Gwendolyn Young ex- celledj to save the name and fortune of her father, Judge Rossmore fplayed as only Hal Barnes could play itj. Perhaps the audience felt as if they too had been taken to the Senate Chamber and to the Long Island home of the distracted judge whose life and honor are at stake. Let us, too, watch the Senior Players portray this drama under the direc- tion of Miss Semmelmeyer, who by her friendly interest in the drama students is able to bring out the best in them. The scene opens on Judge and Mrs. Ross- more fcleverly portrayed by Alice Deckerj in the home that they have chosen for refuge after he has been financially ruined and un- justly threatened with removal from the bench. As the curtains are drawn back, inquisitive neighbors-Miss Nesbitt, a very loquacious, persistent young miss fSylvia Weiner, in disguisej trying to sell tickets for the strawberry socialg Miss Jane Deetle fthe talented Muriel Meyerj a snooty, inquisi- tive, hypocritical young vixen who through religious aspects tries to inveigle people into believing that she is really what she pro- fesses to be-a charity worker, Rev. Pon- tifex Deetle fskillfully portrayed by William Schroederj the meek, little lambkin led around by his sister's apron strings-are be- sieging the Rossmores. When the Judge and his wife finally rid themselves of these unwelcome guests, they plan a way in which to soften most effectively the shock which their daughter, Shirley, will experience when she hears of her father's misfortune. Upon Shirley's excited arrival home, amidst the flurry of trunks, the sad news is blandly revealed. Much to the surprise of her parents, Shirley takes it like a trouper and meets the situation bravely. Ironically, our heroine has fallen in love with jefferson Ryder, fcapably acted by the amorous Buford Brooksj the son of john Burkitt Ryder, the Wall Street magnate, who is responsible for her father's downfall. Shirley, having written a book under the pen name of Sarah Green, is summoned to write the biography of John Burkitt Ryder fplayed by the one and only Dick Kennardj who is totally ignorant of her real identity. Shirley meets her lover, Jeff, but each pre- tends not to recognize the other. John Ryder, in his great admiration for Miss Green and antagonism toward the thought of Jeff mar- rying the daughter of his enemy, tries to persuade her to attract his son, much to the delight of the audience. Realizing that she is deceiving Mr. Ryder, Shirley reveals her true character when she tells him who she really is and refuses to marry Jeff until Ryder has helped her father. After much persua- sion, Shirley finally convinces Ryder to come to her father's aid, and so the play ends happily with the children of the former en- emies united in marriage. Intermingled in the main plot is a subor- dinate one involving Kate Roberts, Ex-judge Stott, and Senator Roberts, roles brought to life by Mary Floyd, Kenneth Ostman, and Melvin Albert, respectively. Other members of the cast who excelled in their portrayals were: Elizabeth Rowlands as Eudoxiag Leroy Ross as the expressmang Edward Laursen as the Honorable Fitzroy Bagley, Warren Rogers as Jorkinsg Mary Coologeorgen as Mrs. john Burkitt Ryder, and Doris Berquist as the maid. Eunice Cohen and Morton Mannheimer added to the evening's entertainment by singing and danc- ing in the intermissions. The success of the play, however, could be attributed largely to the wise and accurate choice of a cast which only a teacher of long experience and expertness in her field could select. Not only the director and the actors are responsible for the success of a play, but there is a third element to be considered-an atten- tive audience which respects and admires the ingenuity of the producers. The director of the future plays at Lake View can always look forward to having these two elements ever present.