Le Roy High School - Melting Pot Yearbook (Le Roy, IL)

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33g ' H ,-:T -' -- T . lf,- PRIZE-WINNING SHORT STORY By Marian Kelly By the side of an abandoned road, formerly traversed by old-time stage coaches, there stands an old tavern. Sharp gables push themselves up haphazardly over the moss-covered roof, on which several chimneys totter uncertainly. Pigeons murmur disconsolately beneath the eaves. Through the dense foliage of the trees peer forbid- ding windows, giving no hint as to what lies within. The tavern is enclosed by an aged stone wall, so covered with masses of clinging vines that it is scarcely discernible. An iron gate opens on to a stone walk, almost buried in tall grass. Beneath the low flat veranda is the entrance, a heavy wooden door, ilanked on either side by hand fashioned lanterns, paned with colored glass. The oaken door, adorned with a tarnished knocker, swings on rusty hinges revealing a large room. At one end is a huge fireplace, blackened by its many years of usage. About the walls, torn posters and faded yellow maps of stage coach routes are pasted Wains- coating extends around the room, marred by the wayfarers as they tilted their chairs backward and related their experiences. The Hoor is made of wide boards, showing cracks and knot-holes here and there. Beneath the window, where the rain and snow have filtered in, the floor is warped. Opposite the Hreplace, a steep stairway winds to the long hall in the fioor above. Bats hang in the dark corners and dart aimlessly about. On both sides of the corridor, doors are strangely placed in nooks and crannies. From a high window, the view dis- closes a nearby cemetery, tombstones ghostly white in the gathering dusk. The wind whistles around the corners and under the doors, filling one with an expectant feeling. Sparrows twitter in their nests from the window sills. Mice run freely everywhere Now a cold draft is felt, again it is hot. Suddenly a moan is heard-a long low moan, weird-yet almost human. Tradition says the tavern is haunted. -,...r.-.... mg I ' if -Rs 5 Z9 5 U

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L.. X, JUNIOR PLAY THE CAST Michael Pemberton, .,.....,.... Edgar Scott Bertha, ..... .......,..,.,.,... J anet McKean Patty Patterson, ........ Geraldine Dooley Jean, ...,.................... Mary Helen Lambert Jimmy Anderson, ........ Paul McClanahan Belle, ........................,,.......,.. Wilma Strain Dr. Aristotle, ..... ..... G lenn Etherton Percival Courtwright, ...... Robert Smith Miss Frederica, ........ Rhea Patterson Mlle. Fiii, ..,..................... Marjorie Kimler Fluff, ,,,,.,....,.,,,,,,. .,... D ella Dee Bishop Jake, .........,......................,,.,.. Junior Dolly SYNOPSIS The three-act farce, Oh, Professor! by Kathryn Kavanaugh, was presented by the Junior Class on December 15 and 22. The story centers around Michael Pember- ton, a rich bachelor, who is in love with Patty Patterson. From the time that Michael arrives at the Brixton boarding school, where he changes places with Percival Courtwright, the Professor of Astrology, he finds him- self in a continual mixup. Between Jimmy Anderson and Mlle. Fifi he experiences much difficulty in convincing Patty that he loves her, and in proving to Miss Frederica that he is not an irnpostor. If Dr. Aristotle had not left for his vacation everything would have been all right. Michael isn't the only one who has his troubles-Jimmy has plenty when he masquerades as a girl. But in the end the love affairs of both Jimmy and Fluff and Michael and Patty turn out perfectly, and the peculiar situations are all explained. We must give them credit for putting over a real play even though the elements tried hard to spoil their crowds. ' ' 5'1w i 314 Q8 P 1-

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1 L 9 - 1933 ' EP fr-.4 . c -D -'f X ' . l SENIOR PLAY THE CAST Jarvis, ............ ,,.. , Virgal Brown Phyllis Duganne, ....,... Ettaregina Hagen Messenger, ........... ,.,.,.,..... P aul Lowe Prince Umbert, .....,.,,......... Eugene Rice Tom Garrity, ........ ..,... H erbert Lane Doreen Downing, ..,...........,. Vera Banner Alan Tremayne, ..... .... S tanley Mason Polly O'Connor, ..,......... Helen McManus Josie Pembroke, ................ Jessie Brittin Mrs. Pembroke, ..... ........ W ilma Moran Princess Dolores, .......... Virginia Strayer Sir Humphrey, ......,....... Malcolm Kimler The three-act farce, It Happened in Hollywood, by Katherine Kavanaugh, was presented by the Senior Class on April 14. Tom Garrity, a press agent, is trying to get his friend, Alan Tremayne, into the movies. To do this, he thinks it necessary to do something spectacular, so they rent the home of Mrs. Pembroke, the society leader, who is traveling in Europe. Mean- while, Josie, the daughter of the house, returns with her school friend, the Princess Dolores, who is running away frcm a marriage of convenience with Prince Umbert, arranged for them by their guardians. Jarvis ,the butler, is quite elated because he has a Prince in his home, and Phyllis Duganne, a reporter on the Movie News, announces that Allan Tremayne is Prince Umbert incognito. Doreen Downing, the. movie actress, falls in love with Alan and gives him a part in her picture. She and Polly O'Connor, the comedian, come to the Prince's home to make merry, while Josie and Dolores disguise as Mehitabelle, the maid, and Aunt Sarah, the cook. But the real Prince who has followed Dolores to the United States, applies for a job as chauffeur in the Pem- broke home, because he wishes to see the man who is posing as the Prince. Then Mrs. Pembroke returns, and all the masquerading stops. To make matters worse, Sir Hum- phrey, the Prince's guardian, arrives to put a stop to all the foolishness and to arrange the marriage. Everyone finds out the real identity of everyone else, Josie falls in love - M -gp rig with Alan, and the Prince and the Princess become engaged. ' A i 1I 3-11, r gy 0 B