Oakridge High School - Warrior Yearbook (Oakridge, OR)

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Page Thirteen Senicr Play The first play presented this year was “Take My Ad- vice” a three - act comedy given by the senior class on November 25, 1935, for the purpose of raring funds for the Seniors’ annual trip to Salem. The play- ers were Bub Spal- ingt r, an editor of a small town paper; LeRoy McAtee, hu- man alarm clock who wakes up the small town of Eur- eka; Dee Dompier. Mr. Wargrim and owner of Eureka; Alvce Orr. daughter of Mr. Wargrim; Georgia Smith, real owner of most of Eureka and niece of Mr. Wargrim; Earnest Enright, town loafer; Ruth M Her, Mrs. NeDon-Dodd, president of an uplift society; Jean Napper—sister and stenographer of the editor; and Bruce Lansbery, man- ager. Operetta In 193(5, having two years of experience behind them the glee club pre- ■v Rented an operetta, “It Happened In Vienna.” It proved highly successful and showed the talent of the Glue Clubs. The operetta was a romantic comedy with a Viennese setting. The plot was woven about the search of a rich English Lady for her daughter, lost when a child, and of an Amor.can pickle manufacturer vacationing in Vienna at Carnival Time. The leading parts were as follows; Paula Wilson, the rich English Lady; James McLarrin, the mckle manufacturer; Philip Dimick, the advert sing man; Virginia Morgan, the long lost daughter; Raymond Bates, a gypsy chief who had stolen the daughter when a child; Leona Blakely, Daughter of the American pickle manufacturer; Henry Wilcox, an artist living in Vienna; James Walker, a Vienna Policeman; Paul Cummings and Norris McAtee, faithful helpers of the policeman; Jesmer Fisher, a waitress in the inn. Junior Play On April 24 the Junior Class Rave their annual play, the proceeds d. for 14® Junior-Senior banquet and prom. The play was Who Wouldn't Bp Crazy” aikd wa» V. rollicking comedy as the name suggests. ,-jrn' U|L -.-A V The setting was In an asylum and the plot was wound about a youn inan Wjtpvwx»» . taken there by mistake and his experience while there. , fa The setting of the play was in the courtyard of an insane asylum, n Mhe P,l t wound about a young man taken there by mistake. The other fifteen character play the parts or Ihs inmates, servants, attendants, and visitors. i t„,,i Philip Dimick was the unfortunate young man: I aula Wilson and IJo d Henson were eccentric inmates: Ruth Smallwood and Raymond Bates were t ,u,? and superintendent; Earl Clark a negro general-utility man: Anna Bee FW»or. « dark maid: Dorothy Hall. Donna Woodruff. Onata Greer. Virginia Morgan»and BudAg- Sayre were the visitors to the asylum; Jim McLarrin was the »th.r ok fceedy Marshall, the accidental inmate; and an Inspector of the asylum; James W alker a hard boiled cop; and Lena Mae Mattoon and Willis Robinson play the parts of d'wealthy patient and her flance. 3 G □ A K

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Page Twelve Activities Glee Clubs The Oakridge High School Glee Clubs, directed by Miss Wilkens, made their initial appearance in 1933. During the first year, a broad- cast representing a large radio was enacted. A “mike and amplifier were used to make it more realistic, and to increase the volume of the weaker voices. That same school year. 1934, the Glee Clubs repre- sented Oakridge High School at the Lane County Music Tournament in Eugene. In 1935, the Glee Clubs put on a similar broadcast and also en- tered the Music Tournament. On April 25, of this year the Glee Clubs again entered the Music Tournament. This year the contes- tants are: girls, high voice. Paula Wilson, medium voice, Virginia Morgan; low voice, Doris Walker; boys: high voice. Raymond Bates; medium voice, Paul Cummings; low voice. Henry Wilcox. The piano solo, Madeline Richtetvpther mem- bers of the Glee Clubs in the mixed and boys and girls choruses are: Jearner Fisher, Betty Jones, Dor- othy DuMont. Leona Blakely. Dor- othy Lyons, Elizabeth Wert. Milly Jones, Maxine Lansberry, Helen Nolan, Marjorie Anthony. Naomi Allen. Ruth Smallwood. Ruth Shepherd. Marjorie Wilkinson, Lena Mae Mattoon. Ruth Hebert. Gladys Fisher, Philip Dimick, Av- ery Powers, Jesse Pugh, Oral Rog- ers. Harry Bacina, Walter Lyons, Omar Kelsay, James McLarrin, James Walker. Gordon Stanley, and Ralph Reams. Art Classes This year the boys’ and girls’ art classes started in with lettering projects, the drawing and painting of standard letters, shadow letters, letters seen in perspective, and ori- ginal letters. Th iji lt e Unys designed posters for the senior pHvy, and the girls imiuL-d original Mower mmposi t funs. a Christmas proJe •t the girls mude and covered aerftrdian-tvne and printed them from linoleum blocks. The boys designed k covers, an 1 used these on the scrapbooks which they bound, seven volumes of Hi-Breezes and on posters for the junior ; of faces in full-face, three-quarter, and profile views was also Dramatics in the fall of ’35 with Miss Rinnell as the supervisor. Short . The following short skits were given. A Freshman’s Night- ’Dot Entertains, The Lamp Went Out, A Family Affair,

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Page Fourteen ('on tinned from pan 9 the previous years except for the introduction of the stenciled head lines. The officers selected for 1935-1936 were: Ernest Enright, Editor; Beatrice Steeprow, associate editor; Marge Wilkinson, circulation manager; Melvin Spalinger and Alyce Orr, advertising managers; Onata Greer and Ernest Jones, artists. Autographs THE □ A K 1 B 3 6