North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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TI-IE LEGEND First Row: R. Foehlinger, F. Swanson, B. Kaade, A. Bartholomew, V. Polk, H. Novitsky, B. Lopshire, M. Weikart, A. Rastetter, N. Schlatter, Meeker, F. Shiffer, E. Rosenthal, Miss M. Suter, H. Gillespie, L. Coun- tryman, M. Geyer, M. F. Andrews, D. Koehlinger, P. Cleaver, M. Benninghotf, G. Frank, Walley. Second Row: T. Neptune, K. Plummer, N. R. Woo ever, B. Barth, L. Meyer, L. Countryman, Nl. Johnston, E. Harrison, E. Bowen, Dolan, D. Fisher, F. DeHaven, M. Gallmeyer, B. Emrick, H. Wilson, R. Stanger, E. Gresham, M. Traxler, D. Powley, M. Heaston. Third Row: C. Schroeder, R. Seaman, P. Brurnm, F. Kroemer, N. Seaman, F. Peddie, L. Stillpass, C. Ryan, H. Smenner. D. Allen, G. Huffman, D. Warning, P. Broxon, Mullendore, D. Warner, D. Thieme, B. Dull, B. Moorhead, G. Johnson. They Work as They Tlay By HARRY F. SMENNER, JR. By inculcating a fine and true sense of dram- atics, creating a taste for this diversion, and teach- ing especially the wise use of leisure time, the Student Players, Club under the direction of Miss Marjorie Suter is truly fulfilling the principles of education. More than seventy-five students take an enthusiastic part in the activities of the North Side chapter of the S. P. C. and are members of the classes in dramatics which are taught once a week bv Miss Suter. During the last school year, Edward Rosenthal and James Meeker served as president of the or- ganization and guided the Student Players through a most successful season. Assisting Ed during the first semester were Helen Gillespie in the role of vice-president and Faye Shiffer as secretary. Alice Rastetter and Noble Schlatter assisted Jim during the second semester. The first play of the season, 'Op oi Mc Thumb, was presented October 16, by a selected group consisting of Alice Rastetter, Fred Kroem- er. Dorothea Koehlinger, Margaret Geyer, and Marybelle Gallmeyer. Dickens' The Christmas Carol was given by the club December 17, under the auspices of the North Side Parent-Teachers' Association. Three performances were given. one in the morning for the North Side student body, one in the afte ernoon for a grade school audience, and one in the evening for the entertainment of the general public. The proceeds were distributed among the needy at Christmas time. Members of the club who took part in the presentation are Ed Rosen- thal, Leo Stillpass, Marjorie Snydor, Margaret Johnston, Fred Kroemer, Robert Seaman, Richard Thieme, Margaret Geyer, Herbert Meyer, Frank- lin Peddie, Dorothy Powley, Robert Smith, Rose- mary Stanger, Helen Novitsky, and Faye Shiffer. As a conclusion to a successful season, on May 11, the senior members of the club gave The Charm School. Fred Kroemer and Margaret Geyer were chosen to take the leading roles as Austin Bevins and Elise Benedotti. The rest of the cast included Gilbert Johnson, Charles Schroe- der, Ed Rosenthal, John Dolan, Darwin Allen. Rosemary Stanger, Dorothea Koehlinger, Alice Rastetter, Helen Gillespie, Eleanor Harrison, Flor- ence Swanson, Eaye Shiffer, Marjorie Snydor, Martha Lou Cleaver, Louise Meyer, Virginia Polk, Helen Novitsky, Alice Wildermuth, Betty Morton, and Theresa Neptune. The final meeting of the season took the form of a potluck held in the North Side auditorium. Much credit should be given to the stage crew for the success of the plays. This year Noble Schlatter acted as senior stage manager. He was assisted by Kenneth Landon. Other members of the crew included Keith Howey, Franklin Peddie, Bob Noll, Bob Heiny, and Bob Dull. 100

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TI-IE LEGEND Leaving the Ripples Behind By VIRGINIA BLAKLEY Well, it's three-thirty, sighed a girl, glancing at the clock in the classroom opposite her locker. And I suppose I might as well go home. Not that there's anything to do at home, but there's even less to do here. So, I'll go home and mess around till dinner time. then eat, then mess around some more,-maybe glance at my history-and then go to bed. Some life! Oh, well. The girl smeared the last vestige of cleanliness from her face with a grimy, over-rouged powder puff, looked approv- ingly at a smirking Clark Ga- First Row: N. Cannon, Jones, V. Blakley, R. Chapman. A. Wildermuth. ble mgunted in the most gon- Second Row: F, Shitier. G. Graef. M. Wurtenberger, A. Lepper. E. Harrison. spicuous spot of her locker, slammed the lo c k e r door, turned the combination a few notches, pulled her hat down over her eye at an even more jaunty angle, and turned to her friend again. The two walked off down the corridor, the sound of high heels and light laughter drifting back after them. This girl is not an unusual girlg she is typical of many high school students. Her problem is not that of insufficient leisure time. certainly. Rather. it is insufficient knowledge of how wisely to spend her time. What our high school students are needing is not more leisure time. but aid in learning to use it properly. The burden which falls upon the classroom teacher is heavy enough. It is to the club that students must look for guidance in learning to use extra time well. The Quill Club of North Side, advised by Nlr. Charles E. Dickinson, is dedicated to the promot- ing of creative writing in students as one worthy use of leisure time. As its name implies, it takes up the encourage- ment of original writing among students of the two upper classes in whom some measure of abil- ity arouses an interest in the clubis activity. Once each year, to record, in a sense, the prog- ress made by its members in the year and to pre- serve for its satisfaction and the pleasure of other students their best work, the Quill Club publishes Ripples, a literary magazine which contains, be- 99 Third Row: XV. Benningholf, E. Rosenthal, Mr. Chas. Dickinson, R. Thieme. sides the writing of ofiicial Quill Club members. specially selected material from the English classes. expressed both in prose and in poetry. This year the members of Quill Club who worked to put out Ripples comprised fourteen students who met together at intervals throughout the year to criticize one another's stories and to make final selections of the material to be used. Outside contributors numbered approximately sixty. Mr. Dickinson has served as adviser of the Quill Club group since its organization eight years ago. Ir began with much of its present ultimate in view --the publication each year of a literary magazine. Since the issuance of the Hrst Ripples one year after the group organized, in 1928. each year with no exception has seen the publication of another magazine. Its form, too, has been consistent. the same cover design. made by Louis Kenyon, a mem- ber of the first Quill Club, having been in use throughout the years of its publication. The Quill Club spends perhaps less time in meetings than any other North Side organization. yet its accomplishment is probably equally as great as that of any other. That has been the purpose Mr. Dickinson set for the Quill Club: always to spend its time not in meetings and social activities. but instead in writing for personal satisfaction and enjoyment and development of better writing.

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THE LEGEND Charming Seniors in Charm School By DOROTHEA BAYER V Charming, indeed, was the senior play of 35, uThe Charm Schoolf, This humorous, fanciful play, directed by our own Susie Suter, gave added lustre to the activities of this year's grad- uating class. With such famed dramatists as Fred Kroerner, Eddie Rosenthal, and Margaret Geyer taking the leading parts, is it any wonder that the production was such an eminent success? The greater part of the play is built around a strict boarding school, which, in the end, is trans- formed into a Charm School. The curtain opens on the scene of a boys' apartment. Jim and Tim, the twins, have just lost their jobs, and the rest of the boys are also sadly in need of money. Aus- tin Bevins, who is hopelessly in love with a lass, arrives on the scene. He. too, is discouraged because of lack of dough-re-me. But, harkl The phone rings and a Mr. Johns informs Austin that his aunt has died and Austin inherits a girls' boarding school. Mr. Johns, the villain of the play, holds the mortgage on the school, but he promises Austin he will not foreclose if he does not fall in love with any of the girls, and if he will let Miss Hays. Mr. John's former wife, be put at the head. Aus- tin agrees to this proposition. Austin takes full charge of the school. His friends help him as instructors, dancing teachers, and what notl The girls are practically on the verge of striking, but when they see their hand- some president, they immediately change their minds. Their powder-blue uniforms and black cotton stockings are changed to feminine, fluffy dresses, and instead of Latin, mathematics, and similar dry subjects, the girls are instructed in the qualities of charm. George, one of the boys, falls in love with Elise, a niece of Mr. Johns, but she won't give him a tumble, as she is in love with Austin. Elise, using poor penmanship as a ruse, writes notes to her beloved in- structor, thus causing George to fly into a tantrum of jeal- ousy. As Austin pays no atten- tion to her, she runs away and Austin thinks it his duty to go after her. It is the belief of all the girls that they have eloped. 101 The curtain next opens on the love-sick couple slowly nearing home in a buggy. Austin, who suddenly realizes his love for Elise, drove so fast to find her that he wrecked his car, and hence a long, tiresome f?l, all-night buggy ride home in a storm. Thus ends Charm School -and, as in all good fairy tales, they live happily ever after. Fred Kroemer and Margaret Geyer were chosen for the leading roles as Austin Bevins and Elise Benedotti. Gilbert Johnson. portrayed George Boyd, and Charles Schroeder did exceptionally fine acting in the role of David. Ed Scrooge,' Rosenthal Uscroogedn some more by being Mr. Johns, while the parts of Tim and Jim, the twins, were taken by John Dolan and Darwin Allen. Rosemary Stanger and Dorothea Koehlinger had the difficult task of being the Misses Hays and Curtis, respectively. The part of Sally Boyd fitted our own little actress. Alice Ras- tetter, to a T , We must not leave out the rest of the charm- ing girls, Helen Gillespie. as Nluriel Doughty, Eleanor Harrison, as Ethel: Florence Swanson, as Alix, Faye Shiflrer, as Madge: Marjorie Snydor. as Lillian, Peggy Cleaver, as Dotsieg Louise Meyer, as Marsha White, Virginia Polk. as Beverly, and Helen Novitsky. Betty Morton and Theresa Nep- tune. My lines, my lines, I've forgotten my lines, were the words that ran through many a senior player's head right in the middle of a sentence. But there was no need for worry. as up piped a small but mighty voice of the prompters, Betty Morton, Lou Meyer, or Theresa Neptune. First Row: H. Gillespie, D. Koehlinger. M. Geyer, F. Kroemer, E. Rosenthal, R. Stanger, E. Harrison, A. Rastetter. Second Row: Miss Suter, H. Novitsky, B. Morton, T. Neptune, F. Shiffer, M. Snydor, L. Meyer. V. Polk, P. Cleaver. Third Row: F. Swanson, C. Schroeder. D. Allen. J. Dolan, N. Schlatter G. Johnson, A. Wildermuth.