London High School - Londana Yearbook (New London, TX)

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THE GYPSY TROUBADOUR by Elia E. Preston and Don Wilson presented November 14, 1950 Characters Todoro wY..,,, ,,,,,. B obby Corrie Nikoli ,,,.,,w.,.,.,,,,,,,, Y.,,..,,..,,,, H erb Hooks Maria ..,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, I oyce Ball Tom Gordon ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, , ,Bobby Felsman Vario H ,. ,,,,, ,,,, B obby Box Mrs. jean Ierrold ,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,, Dera jane Brown Ianina ,, ,,Wanda Penry Henry Clayton .,,r.. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I esse Bigbie Elena ., ,,Q,,, Danita Oller Mary Matthews ,,.,,,,, ,Jimmie Pettit Marko Rosita ,,,,,. , ,, Billy Coleman Alice Randolph Clare Clayton , Accompanists ,, ,, CHORUS OF GYPSY MEN AND XVOMEN ,,Wanda Wineblood ,, Lavina Randolph Ray Nell Robinson Kenneth Le Suer Mary jo Andries Cail Ferguson Frederick Stahl Bonnie Russel Betty Freeman Delight Harvard Hertha Stahl Johnnie Shelley Nancy Carney Toby Hughes joan Sutton Betty jo Shaw Charles W. Evans Billie Paul Knife Robert Crenwelge Dorothy Slater Duane Evans Gerald McDonald Kenneth Hare Nikoli, son of Todoro, the ruler of the gypsy tribe of Haaren, having been permitted to acquire a college education on account of his unusual intellectual gifts, retums to the gypsy camp from college with the ambition to become a poet, pub- lish his writings, and marry Clare Clayton, the pretty daughter of a business man, with whom he is infatuated. Todora received the announcement of his sonis intentions with dismay and disgust, for he has long planned that his son shall mar- ry Rosita, a charming gypsy girl, and succeed himself as ruler of the tribe, while Rosita, who has long been in love with Nikoli, is broken-hearted. Todoro's nephew Vario, however, a treacherous schemer, is secretly delighted with Nikoli's determination to relinquish his birthright, and plots to have Nikoli expelled from the tribe in disgrace, so that he may succeed Todoro as ruler himself and marry Rosita. The whole plot, however, is overheard and witnessed by Tom, Nikoli's happy-go-lucky college chum, who secretly re- veals it to Marko, the witty gypsy fortune teller and the cleverest man in the tribe, and the two counterplot together to save Nikoli. Meanwhile, Nikoli, realizing at last that Clare is a cold-hearted gold digger, who cares not a whit for him but only for his prospects of becoming a rich and famous song writer, tums to Rosita, knowing now that he loves her, and finally persuades her to leave the camp with him at midnight. They are not allowed to go far, however, for Marko and Tom expose the plot of Vario, whom Todoro promptly expels from the tribe. The young couple are then reinstated in favor. Clare makes a last effort to win Nikoli back, but she has lost her fascination for him, and he is more than glad to remain with and mle his tribe and marry Rosita.

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SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS President Kenneth Ward Vice-President Barbara Keeling Secretary-Treasurer Sue Couch CLASS SPONSORS Mr. Richie Mr. Dickson Miss Becker HOBIE ROOBI MOTHERS Mrs. I. C. WVilborn Mrs. C. B. Couch Mrs. E. E. Vinson Mrs. E. V. Barton Mrs. 1. W. Hinton