Manhattan High School - Blue M Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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LALLAD FCIQ DENICCIDACY HI- B-XI L-XD for D mocracy was agam present eel by the soeral serence department wrth the eooperrtron of the Englrsh and IIILISIC depart nent rn the hr h sehool aud1to11um February Z5 The pageant eonsrsted of srrc excellently Dortrayeel eprsode 1n the use of our -kmerrean democraey Openrng numbers on tl1e pro fl 1m were p1tr1ot1e nedlexs plxxed by the h1g.,h school orchestr 1 under e tu ot N11 lrown 1nd seleetrons sung 1 e 11 ls te e1ree 0 B01 ers 1 1111 for the ever1 The rntroduetrorr to the eplsodes as the eourl of den1oer1e 111 whreh leenneth Stewart acted as Judge md P1111 Owensby 1111 aubron John lar sons Lrne Horton 1nd 'ob Swan serxeel 1 p 1s eeutors w1th B111 C lo er as the clerk In the fnst eprsode The Llberty Bell the bell man was played by B111 Hofsess Assrstrng w 1th thls seene was the choral readrng group whrch also helped throughout the program 'lhe second eprsode was entrtl d Wa hrngton at Valley lforge whrch Eugene Lewrs played the part of V1 ashmg ton ln the thrrd eprsode The 3t1r Spangled Ban ner, Shelton Nlarlow plxyed kranees beott hey rl'l1S was followed by a song trom a colored chon In eprsode four The Perfect Trrbute 'lorn Oldham portrayed Abraham Lrneoln wnrle the chorus Tentmg Tonrght In the fltth epr sode The Westward Vlovement Harold Cary as Danrel Boone and Jrmmy Peterson as the harmon lea player portrayed the seene well lDLlIl1, asslsted by a group of upportlng xctors In the srxth d111s1on 1opul11 Ldueatron Bob btewart played the part ot Hor 1ee llann and Ruth Ann Wolt Lne sehool teacher fhrs eprsode was tol lowed by an eprlogue rn whreh Nlarjorre Lorrell '1bby ltaynrond Mrldred Beyer XllCL bheeld Nlarv Belle Ratlrff Dorothy Barry and Phylhs Palmer ll str 1ted the spurt of demoer1cy QPQ S U IC exents N11 Brown and N11 Ply combrned the orchestra and chorus to present the outstand mg rnusrcal event of the year On May frrst the two org.,an1L1t1ons appeared together to present a progranr that w ls a pleasure to all Durmh the ye ll the orchestra under tl1e eapable drreetron of Mr Brown had performed at many selrool rtturs these were the Semor hlgh Pa trrotre P1g,e 1nt the H11 and G R play Junror pl1y 1nd benror play They also played tor a meetmg of p1rents and teachers an assembly program was also grven by the orel1estr1 Two outstandrng numbers were played The tnst was Park -Xvenue Fantasy by Malneek Srgnorellr fe 1tur1ng, Dorothy Blau at the prano anel Don lle enhermer on the eornet Thrs seleet tron w IS eomposed of songs from rnusrcal shows The otl1er seleetron was Vrenna Woods by Jolrrnn btr IU s fe lturrne, V1rg1n1'1 Lrnn l1arba11 Lordts 1nd Jo -Xnn Scheu on xylophones Thrs rs one of Joh inn Strauss most lrltrng waltzes and was well reeerxed by the 1ud1ence -Ks 1n tne pr t the orchestra h 1d planned to ex ch1n e concerts wrth -Xtch1son anel Clay Center B11t lllllllxt the past these exchange concerts d1d not nr 1te111l11e becruse of trre shortages 1nd other 1 re1s1 These concerts were formerly hrgh polnts rn the year for orchestra members for throu h these concerts they came rn Contact wrth drfferent p ople and maele many fr1ends The lean a Clty Phrlharmonrc concert gnen at the college w as an event that many orchestra mem bers enyoxed Several of them together wrth Mr Brox n helped to sell t1cl1ets to the concert Beethoxens Frfth Symphony was a number taken by N11 Brown as a structural selectron to the Vretory bymphony It was an aptlv seleeted number Iieeorels of thrs symphony played by the Berlrn Symphony orchestra were he 1rd by the students Prano Dorothy Blalr Harp Dorothy Krey Aceordron hsther Hall Cellos Jrm 1 111ell Nancy Bra111well Phvllrs Es lmger Vrolms Betty MeClung V11g1n1a Bramwell Edna 'Vlae Va1l Barb1ra Srmonton Shrrlev Barelay Eulalra Rarlsback Donna Dav1s Ila Henrrkson M11y L11 1pm'1n Dorothy C1rlson 1xe1th Inskeep 1-ranklln Krrenrtz John lxrrenrtz Strrng lhsses Patty Clb0lS1xl Shnley NI1lle1 N1 ny Tcaforel VIIZIHII Buster lx-rtherrne Gundy Sousaphone John Bascom TI0I11bOIlLQ1J1Yll Starkey Calxrn Srmonton French Horn Fle 1nor Whrpple J1m Crrppen Boh Esehenberg Clarrnets Iuclle Nlote -Xnne D'1rbv Brlly Srlero Hazel Lue Johnson Frances Wrllrs Cornets Don Nlessenhermer Carl Welch Harrrs Ramsour Harold Oelschlager Sarcophones HBTTIS Clark Meryl Lacy Barrtone Bob Bensrng Drums B111 Katz Xylophones X rrgrnra Lrnn Barbara Cordts 27 Q Cl N 1 1 ' 1, H ' 'rf 1 1 - 1 vi e Y 1 1 I ' v' .1 1. , .1 , . 1 ' 1 ' 1 'K , . - ' , 1. 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Sperry played by M1r1am Hobbs was one of the unfolgettable charactels 1n the play The entuc play takes pl ice ln the farm home The set was well prepa1ed and the east entered whole heartedly mto lt and n1ade New Fues one of the l'lltS of the season Th1s play w1ll be long 1en1embered by the stu dents of M H S It was the flrst play under the d11ect1on of Nllss Ida Mae Elder SKY IQQAD HE SENIOR Class of 1942 qulte cha1acter1st1c ally pr sented for the1r CIZSS play one that was very o11g1nal exc1t1ng and darmg and xnclud ed parts wh1ch were casual sophlstlcated dramau and determmed all n1ode1n and 1l1ustrat1ng the pe1sona11ty of the class as a whole surp11s111gl5 wel Sky Road dealt w1th the eallv palt of t1an eontmental passenger flymg when stewardesses were new and pllots were few Lucky larker tPa tr1c1a Barclay was a casual stewardess w1th a xery magnetle personallty X ho usuallv got what she wanted unt1l she encountered a Neblaskan cow hand pllot B111 Jones Clom Oldhamj who always got what he wanted There was peppy M1dge Saunders QDo1othy Lou WllSOI1l and Buddy Wal up everyone else s troubles but thelr own The dramatlc element was lntroduced bv the adrmrable portrayal of Ann Rogels fMarJo11e Cor rellb as the stewardess who trled to end lt all rather than peddle stocklngs 1n a department store when 1t was wlngs she wanted and Andy Saunders tKen Stewarty who was washed up becau e of one mlstake Carrle Evens QNancy Hewugj the sophlstlcated and f1rm chlef stewardess and Steve Hamland QB1ll Stewart the stubborn head of the a1r termlnal kept the a11port 1unn1ng smoothly through the as slstance of Mabel fMarJor1e Setterl the telephone operato1 the other stewardesses Conn1e Blckell flietty Jean Yapp and Sue Lan1b fJean Selbyj the Nulse MISS F1eld1ng fDorothy Barryj and the 13dlO operator and ground man MacFarland fPau' Owensbyj and Thompson 1B1ll Gloverl A typlcal news reporter was Sally Barton fL1bby Raymond? who twlsted the facts to sult her own percullar fem1n1ne 1deas The stra1ght flats stage set lncluded an up to date comfortable lobby for any alrport An excel lent p1cture vsas taken of the set and may be used IU the next prmtlng of the play The nlay clearly 1llust1ated the poss1b1l1t1es the future holds f01 the ones that have the sp1r1t of darmg and conquermg Sky Road was lndeed f1tt1ng dlamatlc cl1max to the hlstory of thls class of 42 JUNIQIQ S MUSTACHE HE FIRST student duected play presented 1n a pas assembly 1n M H S was Junlors Mus tache glven Aprll 24 Members of the cast lncluded Ray Hanna Junlor Dean Bettv Jean iapp M1 Dean Bettle Srack Ann Dean Roland 26 Downmg Nlr Dean Nlna Jean Heberer Tookle Trux Dorothy lun Emma Farley and Freer 'VIcCluggage Mr Trux Student d1rectors were Rox Drovxr and Pat11e1a Balclay Proceeds went to the fund for purchaslng a l'dlll0 for the school bu 7a efzs 0 .2 ANT I lrsons QU ll' 41 hllltlll kru Barclay EBATE and forenslc work IS becommg steadlly more popular 1n Manhattan H1gh The debate class of 41 and 42 coached by M Phll Gould was comprlsed of twelve n1embe1s Joan Aldous Dorothy Krey John Parsons, and Roy Drown fformer students of debatej B111 Stewart Patrlcla Barclay, John Bascom, Don1s Hutchmson, Dorraxne Dorf Bob Rogers, Bob Eschenburg and Dan Johnson fall flrst year studentsj Before launchlng mto tl1e natlonal hlgh school debate quest1on wh1ch th1s year orlglnallv read Resolved that every able bOdled male c1t1zen of the Unlted States should be xequlred to have one year of full t1me m1l1tary tramlng before attaln lng the present draft age, the debaters studled de batlng fundamentals and how to combat debat1ng strategems They also held several pract1ce d bates on polgnant and tlmely local quest1ons As an mtroductlon to the 1nterscholast1c d batlng season Junctlon Clty debaters were the guests of the M H S debaters eanly 1n October for two rounds of debate F1rst on schedule fox formal debatlng' was the annual Topeka tournan1ent The Indlan debatels then attended the Clay Center 1nv1t1at1onal and also partlclpated 1n the reglonal and dlstrlct tourn ements held at Clay Center and Sal1na respectlvely Lnusual d1ff1cult1es confronted the debaters wlth the quest1on bemg altered after December 7 by addlng the phlase as a permanent pollcy ' addltlon the varslty squad was left wlthout coach when Mr Gould Jo1ned the a1r corps at the close of the flrst semester In sp1te of these obstacles mterest 1n debate re mamed hlgh and mth only four debaters graduat 1ng there are good debatlng prospects for the futu1e N 9 ' V 7 ' I 1 ' 9 A ' l ' l v 'I . , . , f ' y . . 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