Marquette High School - Tatler Yearbook (Marquette, MI)

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LITERARY SHAKESERIOUS DRAMAS. Speech on Penmanship and Other Favorite Customs. High School Opinion Expressed in Gallery. Act 1-Scene 1. Enter speaker on penmlanship- Gallery- Speaker- Gallery- Speaker- Exeunt- Enter also Exeunt- Speaker- Arm movement penmanship was first practiced by a man who lived in- Put him in irons!-pinch him. I wish to say that we will have no- more remarks from gallery. I will now demonstrate the correct way of wind up the arm before commencing to write, which only will take five minutes. to do. Threats and obscene language. Complete satisfaction and applause from balcony and parquet, filled with school board and other good writers. We must have no more remarks from the gallery, will some gentleman go up and stop the noise? Exeunt, gallery silencer. Scene 2. Profane mutterings and fighting in gallery,-quick ac- tion all through scene. Censored. Gallery silencer with black eye. Case eggs through gallery back door. Exit eggs from gallery, enter stage accompanied by onions. Speaker, eggs following. Scene 3. Enter second speaker on stage. Speech on no school on Saturday or exams. Thunderous applause from gallery, hubbub and dissatis- faction disturbs tranquil silence of parquet. School on Saturday tends to demoralized the necessary activity of the students, by too much work. Deafening applause and assent from gallery and cries of bravo. Enter Parquet-two cases eggs, selected grade. Exit- Gallery- Exit and enter stage with terrific velocity, fire hose also turned 011 stage. Speaker without bowing. Compliments and hand shakes, scene of action in par- quet for time. Encore speaker incessantly. Re-enter Speaker-Accompanied by canvas umbrella to ward off egg at- tacks. Speaker encored three times by gallery. Re-enters, bows,-exits with egg logged in 'back of neck by parquet

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LITERARY Bern.: Hhe's got blue eyes and black hair, eagerly. CQIIIIILZ Oh Claire, oh Claire, you are so fair, ol' raven hue your lwau- tiful hair. Ilernie repeats it. llilllllhi t'laire. sweetheart mine tyou must' put your hanels to your heart when you say thatj: every tlllll' l look into your lJl'lIIlIlllIl,!: eyes ol' lu:-ious blue. I feel uiysell' trausportlwl into heautiful liellls, I swear. Nli.. Bern. text-itemllyj: Here eoines ,Rube NYatkins! Canip.: All right, all rigls-t, 4Ion't get ext-itetlg you just go over anal tall: to Claire. l'Il take eare of Rube lVatkins. lixit Bernie. Miss t'aniplxell eliullms into the lower ln'ann-lies ot' the tree anml waits. .lust as ,Rube is passing she drops with a St'1't!2lllI. Rube: Oh, dear nie! Miss li2llllIIllt'll rolls over with a groan. Ruhe hastens to lier siile. liuhe: Aly clear young lamly. may I he of the least assistanee to you Miss Cilllllllltlll groans. CZIIIIILZ OIL how ean I ever get haekg oh, uiy ankle, oh clear. oh dear! Rube: l'ar4lou gentle lllilllillll, may I inquire your I'OSlIlt'llK't'Afu Ilelps her to a sitting position. Cauip.: tiraL-ions! l'u1 staying' at. the ltllltllllllg' House, Zlllll it's two niiles awayf' She seems to he reeovering' rapiclly. Rube tgallantlyl: l'll get a teaiu at llarkius' auil eseort you to ICn4l- Ilurgf' CIIIIIILZ Oh tlear, I, just trierl to hire a teaiu auil they're all out. Nlaylve I eoulml walk il' l leauetl on your shonltler anrl restefl every little way. She gives him one of her most coquettish smiles and he falls. lixit. Bliss t'aiupb:-ll and ,Rube talking' gaily. SCENIC 21. Claire tloxing in hannuoek. linter Bernie. 1 Bern.: Awake fair Claire, awake. Claire lstill half asleepl: Ali! at last my love. Bern. tamlvaueing' with his hanil to his heartlz Uh t'lafre. oh t'laire. at the eounty fair I think your raven when ,l see your hair. Claire lsleepilyl: Ah, uuleetl, you are iny own hrare lilllglll. lain- liraee nie. Bern. tpassiouately throws his arms about herl: l'laire, every time I look into your tlelieious eyes ,I feel uiysell' trausplanteil to oiher tielmls I swear. 1 swear -a-av Claire lawakesjz Bernie stoplw Bern.: I won't! Be mine! Claire: I,et's ask Pa. l clicln't know you was so grauml anfl heroiv. 'I always thought you were too l1l'2I.ClLICtLl.n Iixit. llantl in hantl. --ROIiICII'l' IIAIIIIIS.

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LITERARY straight shot. Encored again but forced to retire-odds against him. Additional encore suppressed by police force, a11d use of Hemi pipes. Screen on stage reads Good Night. Curtain. Exeunt-fe Parquet and balcony victorious. Exit Also- Gallery with long faces. Dem. Helen. Helen. Dem. Helen. Dem. Helen. Dem. Helena Note-Due to unpopularity of first speaker,- the first two scenes were considerably shortened. George Wickstrom, '20. AFTER ACT 1-SCENE 1. Scene. 21st hour. A room in the house of Demetrius. Enter Helena and Demetrius. I love thee not, why come you to my house? I am not here because of love, though I Do dote upon thy sweet and loving face. Upon the evil deeds of men, do you Come here to see me at this time o' day If it hath nought to do with love relate Thy niessageg and then hie thee from this place. I pray thee love, be not so rude, and you Had treated me more civilly, I would Have told of my message 'ere now. Then out with it you ling'ering pest. Speak forth Thy message and then fly from out this house. For I do not desire to be seen In company with such a maid as thou. But give me time to let my speech come forth. Thou art like the d1'unkard who doth wish To get the wine from out the jug. But turns The jug so that he getteth none at all. I would you were like the jug. That all The wine would come at once or none at all. But come, proceed, in short, grow to a point. I will, and thou will listen patiently. Lysander and his love Hermia have planned To fly this place. And to a certain wood They go. VVhere laws are such that they may I would I had the dog with me right now, l'd kill the beast and then I'd tan his hide. I'll follow them and get the maid, though I Do kill youth in the attempt. tExitJ And I will follow 'thee. tExitJ wed. Louis Lemieux, '2l.