North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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THE TAMARACK Class Plai| A coincdy riot from start to finish was the thrcf-act play, Notliing But the Truth, given l)y the senior dramatics class under the direc- tion of Martha Pearl Jones on Friday and Saturday ni.ehts, November 8 and 9. An un- usual feature was the fact that the play was presented by a complete double cast. Hoth acted In a truly professional manner. N ' otliinp I?ut the Truth was one of the most il(li)thtful and successful comedies that a .senior cla.ss has ever had the privilege of presenting. It had a three year run in New York and an eighteen month run in Chicago. ' I ' lie acti m takes place in the uptown offiei ' of a wealthy New York stock broker and is continued to the drawing room of his Long Island summer home. During the course of a conversation in the office. Bob liennett bets •i ' lO.OOO which his sweetheart, Gwendolyn Ral- ston has entrusted to him to invest and double for her, that he can tell the absolute truth for twenty-four hours. Mr. Ralston, Dick Don- nelly, an office partner, and Van Dusen, an elusive customer, thinking that this is impos- sil)le quickly take him up on it. From the first the odds work against poor Bob and the situations that he gets into are screamingly funny. The three men harass him day and night by all kinds of questions, all of which he has to answer truthfully or lose the $10,000, together with the heart and haii.i of tile girl tliat he loves. In this case he finds nut that tlu ' truth pays but oh, how dear! Sometimes tlu- truths hurt and white lies are the kindest, but he is (hiiied the use of I ' ven these. Bob gets him.sclf and all others connected with the bet in hot water and in rather tick- lish situations, but he does not waver. His life ' s future is hanging in the balance and things are looking black indeed when he is saved only i)y the timely end of the twenty- four hourii. Kvery thing is ex) lained satisfac- torily and no real harm is done after all. The casts consisted of the following: K. M. Ralston Guy Miller, .Ma. Vel)er Clarence Van Dusen Bill McCluskey, Herman West I{i i)crt Bennett. Charles Cam|)bcll, Karl Wyatt Richard Donnelly .. Weldon Bean, Clinton Bailie (Iwendolyn RaLston Margaret Bnrdsley, Bertha George Mrs. Ralston Beatrice Bemiss, Eleanor Martineau Bisliop Doran Austin .Soderquist Ethel Clarke .. Dorothy Jacobs, Lucille Latham Mabel Jaek.son Beatrice White, Roberta Shanks Sabel Jackson .. Marjorie Rhodes, Alice Taylor Martha Frances Jones, l.eamae Cantrell The Band Organizations mean nothing in school life imless they accomiilish something. North Cen- tral ' s band is probably the oldest enterpri.se in the school and one of the biggest promoters of student activities. The band has done more than its share in providing pep and spirit at the games for the past fall. Very favorable comment was received on the stunt which the band presented between halves at the annual Thanksgiving game. First a huge C S was formed by the l)and lioys who then i)layed The Star Spangled Banner. Next the letters I, C took shape and the L wis and Clark school song was played. Finally they formed the letters N C and proudly ))layed their own .school battle song, Red and Black. The officers have been conscientious in their work. Those with the rank of l)andmaster are: Harry Hale, wlio is directing the sax sextet; [49]

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T H ] ' , r A M A R A C K (Icorge Davis, wlio leads the pep band and Ilcrli Slate, head librarian. Maurice Persons is librarian for the reed section and Earl Mc- Carthy is librarian for the brass. Max Weber is the business manager and Harley Heckord is equipment manager. Bill Nolan handles the lrum majors job. The full band with an enrollment of I()3 is divided into smaller units to allow more chance for developing each boy ' s ability. The concert band has 72 members. . l)pearing about ' 20 times the l)ast .semester, the pep band set a new record for its activity. Members are: George Davis, leader, Harry Hale, Herb Slate, Harold Fry, Karl McCarthy, Verrol Henry, Dave Slee, Kenneth Morse, Wayne (iraham, Harley Heckord and Rill Pol- lard. The boys in the saxoiihone sextet are: Harry Hale, leader, Harold l ' ' ry. Herb Slate, Don Swan, Dwight Sailor, Bill Pollard and George Davis. At its .semi annual concert the band drew a large and appreciative audience. March Slave by Tschaikowsky and Kipolletto by Verdi were the two jirineipal numbers iire- sented. The personnel of the liand is as follows: Cornet — Kenneth Bain, Walter Boomer, Roy Charlton, Merwin Collison, .John Condit, D(m Kndslow, -Adrian Flower, Clinton Cirone- nieicr. Jack (iunn, N ' errol Henry, Bob Johnson, Karl McCarthy, Clifford Melting, . nstin Ness, Neal Neuman, Darrell Pace, Keed Khea, Haliih Smith, Frederick I ' hden, Paul Weatherhcad and Russell Potter. Piccolo — Harold Chase. Oboe — Elwyn . rinstrong. Clarinet — Paul Bevis, Orville Beyersdorf, CIco Bullard, Francis Drinkard, Howard Fisher, Homer Fritch, Harold Fry, .lack (Jil- liert, Harry Hale, Richard Hickey, Roliert Hill. Wendell Hoesly, Richard Ireland, Marshall Jones, Don McFarland, Harris Pasley, Maurice Persons, Walton Petsch, Ralph Shanks, Dick Sinead, Harold Taylor, Max Weber and .Mar- ion Dunlap. Saxophone — Howard Bayley, Ciale Beals, George T. Davis, William Dibblee, Wayne Graliam, Roy Jones, Don Lambert, Harold I.angeloli, Wilbur Mays, Floyd McCollom, Ho- ward McCormick, Don I ' hillabaum, William Pollard, Richard Riegel, Dwight Sailor, Her- liert Slate, N ' incent Smith, Donald Swan, .Mel- vin I ' len, Fred Wehman and Charles Nelson. Horn — N ' ewton Brunton, George A. Davis. Kdward Jennings, Bill Nolan, Howard Pickel- simer, Roland ahrly an l Ru.s.sell Caldwell. Baritone— Bob Grey, Donald McGougan and Cyrus Payne. Trombone — James Baxter, Donald Drury, Dick CJreenough, Carrold Holm, Osnier Jensen, Ridward Schwciiiie, Bob Seymour, Thomas Shaw, David Slee, John Sleeth, Bruce Weldon, John McDonnell and Percy Schroder. Bass — Melvin Bennett, Norman de Pender, George Martin, Kenneth Morse and James Rowan. Drum — Tlieron Duerfeldt, Richard Kllarson, Harold Hove, James McBroom, Harley Heck- ord, Karl Redlin, . rtliur rnicunie and Wal- lace Whitford. Mr. Bradford deserves the hearty applau.se of every North Central student for so capably handling such a large and active organization. -VR T DKPARTMENT North Central ' s art dei)artnu-nt is located on the lower floor in the rooms around the corridor leading back between the two trophy cases. .Ml of North Central ' s art work comes from this group of rooms, i ' osters announcing games, debates and i)lays arc written here. Pow Wow placards of the different concessions are made here also. -Ml the hand worked advertising in the halls and library is done by our art de- partment. Cartoons and layouts for jiictures in the News are worked up by these people and all the drawings and sketches for The Tamarack originate in the rooms occujiied by the art .students. The art (lei)artnient proper is divided into two sections; special and fine arts, and applied design. This last heading includes jewelry, which is ))erhaps the best known class of the course because of the practical examples of work displayed by n)enil)ers of the class. - study of art such as is offered in North Central not only gives practical knowledge and technique but also gives an apjireciation of beauty in the school and home. Jacky to gym class: What would you like to do for exercise today? Tubby Irwin: I would like to skip class. Bertha (ieorge: My isn ' t the floor slick? Hill .Shaw: Naw, I ' ve just got a good shine. 151]