Mars Area Junior Senior High School - Planet Yearbook (Mars, PA)

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® THB ePiAN Bet Senior Class Play The Senior Class presented “When The Clock Strikes Twelve” in . the High School Auditorium, May 17th and 18th. CHARACTERS Attendants at Punch Bowl and Dining Table One of “Those Assisting” Mire Siiffer—A- Guest it Gn. eee: Saree eae eee Bertha Dean i Her Companion—A “Guests... tan a eee eee Laura Kidd if Mrs Pry=—A. Guest 7) -aeea ee ate Annabel Houston — . i Mrs Spite—A“ Guest... 2 ee ee Helen Humes | { Mrs. lackle—A -Guestiee7oe hee eee Elwina Bennett i Hawkins—T he. Butletsi:...cc 22 4 dae} tee deen Earl List i Miss T rump—A. Guestsy.ui ae ca ee Gertrude Black ( Mrs. Channing—With Social Ambition................Myring Proffit Elizabeth Stone--Mrs. Channing’s Debutante Niece. . Esther Marburger Mrs. Alison Warren-Barrington—A Divorcee........ Hazel Dunhaver Mrs. Finis—At the End of The Receiving Line...... Katherine Jones Lila—A Guest, 26) 50.256 0128 ae a a ele 2 ee ee eee | stella—A. Guest i.t.06 F725 Sec, SREee ee Irene Hooks Mrs. iattler-A Guest. c...25-.0 0.9 dee a Lucille Alison Mrs. Rattler--A GueStss 5s sis sis se eee ei ee Jeanette Averill ih Uheodora ‘stone— “Not sOut x34 ek oe eee Helen Roberts a Louise Anthony—A’ Matinee Girly) [iia ee Evelyn Archer Lawrence Stone—Chester Stone’s Younger Brother....Dale Conley Kitty thwihamey—A sMaitds 9... 245 244 2 ac hate eee ene Alice Harbison Chester Stone—A Capitalist:...., .40 5..7 Wilbur Buxton Rex Raymond—A Young Society Man................ Russell Stitzer Rodney Evans—The Victim of the Will.......... Randall Williams tom Courtnéy—aA College Soph)... 5 tee eee Douglas de Coux Pes— A Neeatain Girl. a) .. SAa i ea eee Valley Darling Joyce Covriney—With A Career o ). 2a eee Phyllis Connell David Eliot—A Philosopher.....................Merrell Hutchman pide Outain ‘Iwad «st... 208k. us 1 ee Loyal Kennedy Scene—The City. | 7ime—The Present. : i | Note—On April 2nd. the astounding news reached us that our if coach, Miss Janet Waldorf had met with an accident, breaking a linb, iat | i | which confined her to the hospital. Mr. C. A. Maffeo was chosen as coach in her place. 24

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¢ Fl Ea PaaS Neer ¢ On this second journey, in our quest for knowledge, we became to feel quite at home and not so important as we had heretofore. We had many good times and often provoked the wrath of the members of “The Faculty’ upon us, and often there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. In the midst of our joys a great sadness befell us, one of our members, RheaBoyd, was called by death. Foot sore and weary we had gained another step in our search for knowledge and now we took the name of “The Juniors’ upon us. In the third year we started the journey with thirty-six members. By this time we began to be looked up to, and were now allowed to mingle with the greatest band, known as ‘The Seniors.’ To show our appreciation we provided a feast in honor of “lhe Seniors,’ and there was much rejoicing. During the year we decided to purchase seals in the form of rings. These were needed to show our station in life, so a meeting was called and the rings chosen and sent for. Thus time sped on, we bravely weathered all storms, and then again advanced, and became ‘Seniors.’ We started our fourth journey with a membership of thirty-two, with Prof. Clarence A. Conley, still the ruler of ‘The Faculty.’ During this year the various bands became very disobedient, so a new form of punishment was adopted, known as the ‘The Detention Class;’ and w oe be unto the man, woman or child of any band, who was caught disobeying the laws or rules of Mars High School. They were thrust into prison, or in other words “The Dentention Class,’ without even a trial; thus the prestige of the ‘Seniors’ has been intruded upon, as there was no distinction between Freshman and Seniors when new members were needed for the upkeep of “The Detention Class.’ This journey was a very busy one, many meetings were held, and with rehearsals for the play and gathering material for the Year Book, time did not hang heavily on our hands. However in spite of the “The Detention Class’ and others con- flictions we came to the end of our journey, satisfied with the knowledge at Mars High, and now we will soon be separated, each going our own separate ways, some still seeking for “The Valley of Truth’ and ‘The Fountain of Knowledge,’ others contented with what they have already obtained. In the face of all hardships and trials we have reached our goal, and surrender our places to others, wishing each one joy and success. BLWINA BENNETT, ’23: 23

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DEE PLANET Story of the Senior Play Rodney Evans, a young American who has spent most of his life abroad, finds at his mother’s death, that his large inheritance passes to him only on condition of his engagement, by December thirty-first of that year, to Elizabeth Stone, daughter of an old friend of his mother. Puzzled by the terms of the will, naturally averse to society, he hears that the daughter in question is a society girl. He goes directly to America, seeks the father, Chester Stone, frankly states the case and declares that in accordance with his mother’s desire, he will meet the daughter, enter the lists and should there be mutual disapproval as a result of the meeting, forfeit the money. In the meantime, Elizabeth Stone disapproving of the method of her socially ambitious aunt and wholly out of sympathy with a social career, has gained her father‘s reluctant consent to a scheme of her own, namely, that she be allowed to spend a month at the Stone mountain home, under an assumed name. When young Evans, in the interview with Chester Stone, declares his intentions of spending a time in the mountains—incognito—before making his trial with the daughter, Mr. Stone in a flash conceived the plan of suggesting the mountain spot where his own daughter will be, hoping that propinquity and unknown identity will bring about a mutual attachment—for he likes the young man and for reasons of his own desires the marriage. This suggestion 1s accepted and under the name of John Smith, Rodney Evans makes his way to Estill which is the summer home of the Stone family. There, under the name of Barnes, Elizabeth, her sister, Theodora, her father’s younger brother, Lawrence Stone and Rex Raymond, a life-long friend are domiciled. Mr. Stone has already revealed the terms of the will to Elizabeth, has told her of his love for Rodney’s mother and although Elizabeth realizes that her marriage to the son would bring her father happiness, she seeks to forget it all in the free, wholesome life of the mountains. The inevitable happens; Elizabeth and Rodney, the identity of each unknown to the other, meet and love; and their happiness is broken only by the arrival of Alison Barrington, a handsome and intriguing divorcee who has met Rodney in Paris and who has desired to possess her self of his income. Through Mrs. Channing, the worldly aunt, she hears of the will, immediately recognizes Rodney, learns that he has an 25