Napa High School - Napanee Yearbook (Napa, CA)

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SENIOR CLASS FALL K !lOFFrcERs SPRING Clifton MacLean Prexident Donald Cameron Edgar Imrie Vice-President Walter Greenwell Charlotte Cannelora Secretary Maxine States Barbara Carroll Yell Leader Barbara Carroll Anvissizs D. Coombs W. Hemmerling I-I. Blume In September, 1932, an exceptionally large class of 156 students entered Napa High. This was the Class of '36, which, instead of decreasing in number, has finally climbed to a total of 172 graduates, the largest group ever to receive diplomas from this institution. Seven girls and two boys of the class were granted their diplomas in January, that also being the largest number to matriculate at the mid-year. During the Freshman and Sophomore years, the usual activities of Freshman Reception, Sophomore movies, and Sophomore Hop loomed in large proportions. As Juniors, the class sponsored the regular Junior-Senior Prom which was carried out in the Spanish theme, gay senoritas and handsome cavaliers parading about the walls. Keith Kimball's orchestra supplied romantic music. A Junior play, The Hardwick Murder Mystery,', helped finance the Prom. Among the excellent athletes of '36, mention should be made of Ralph Della- madalena, Captain of Varsity Basketball in '35, Bob Kinder, Arnold Martini, Swede Peterson, and Lloyd Adams. Don Ferguson and Ralph Dellamadalena have been forceful presidents of the A. S. B. Gene Guthrie lent enthusiasm to the Welfare Organization. Henrietta Baade won laurels for the class in earning the Rotary prize for an essay on inter- national peace. The Senior Play, One Mad Night, given on April seventeenth, was a daring and hair-raising mystery. Shall it be caps and gowns this year? When is Senior Sneak Day, and where shall we go? Who will win the Regatta? Which lucky Senior will have the thrill of the Scholarship Cup on the evening of june 12? Shall we graduate indoors or out, in the evening or afternoon? These problems are occupying senior thoughts now. Our four years have passed quickly, but we trust we have absorbed those im- portant things that were intended for us. We leave the old associations with regret, yet it is with keen eagerness that we anticipate the adventures before us.

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SENIOR PLAY A CAST Don Cutter Elmer Hitt Lucille Marry Dorothy Record Wing Donald Ferguson Priscilla Margaret Salikes Lady MacBetb Gwen ,Younger Iobn Alden Edgar Imrie Mr. Hyde Clifton MacLean Mr. Bunn Spencer Mastick M rs. Klucle Agnes Sosnosky Gertrude Finch Phyllis Hansen Mrs. T. Aslvington Finch Barbara Swinson Depression Cecelia Petrillo Artemus Burke Charles Abrams Danny Silelto Charles Cassayre Poralvonta: Gabriella Orapollo Rip Van Winkle Benton Aldersley Combining a series of screams, wild figures, and disappearing people, a mystery farce, One Mad Night, was presented by the Senior class on April seventeenth. After rehearsing for several months under the careful and experienced direction of Miss Dorothy Coombs, the play was an unusual success. Mysterious, thrilling, and comical situations were woven into a story all occurring in twelve hours,- One Mad Night. On this night, Donald Cutter, a playwright, who is in search of peace and quiet, goes to the Cutter mansion, a lonely house in the hills, with his Chinese valet, Wmg. In place of the peaceful atmosphere which the young author is seeking, so that he may finish the third act of his play, he discovers that the house is occupied by a number of strange people. These people are a group of lunatics under the super- vision of Doctor Bunn, who, since the destruction of his own home by fire, has sought the shelter of the Cutter house. Lucille, a beautiful young lady, is being held as an inmate by several criminals. Just as Don is about to rescue her, his fiancee, Gertrude, arrives with her mother, Mrs. Finch, and their colored maid, Depression. As the plot developed from this point, the comical actions of the excitable maid kept the audience roaring with amuse- ment. On the other hand, the insane laughter of Mr. Hyde, intermingled with piercing screams and mysterious escapades, produced dreadful thrills. The many character parts in the play brought out unsuspected talents. Altogether, the play was a great financial success, and kept its large audience on the edge of their seats most of the evening. V