Omaha Technical High School - Torch Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Commerce Winter Quarterly Nifjfeln A Gilman Wings THE, COLONIAL DREAM . HE. scene of The Colonial Dream one of the three plays given by the seniors IS .ETH laid in America during the Revolutionary times. Penelope, one of the fair maid- JZ'-11,9 1 . U . . . M051 ens of a boarding school Mistress Suzanna the head of the school and Lionel Wellman, a young man, are the important characters. Lionel Wellman, a man of today, is wearing a Colonial costume, prepared to attend a Colonial party. As it is too early to go to the party, he has, fallen asleep, dreaming that Penelope, a girl whose picture is on the wall, comes to life, and enters into conversation with him, mistaking him for the new tutor. The conversation is interrupted by Mistress Suzanna, who, taking him for a spy, binds him. When Lionel awakens, he Finds that Penelope has gone back into the picture. The Cast: Penelope Prim .... ....... ......... E l sie Lage Lionel Wellman ...... . ..Vernon Williamson Mistress Suzanna Love. . . .... Gertrude Cooper Maidens of the School: Peggy Shippen ........................ .Helen Noon Becky Brown.. . . . .Anna Greenberg Anne Wharton.. . . . . ..Elsie Schagun Sally Wister.. . . . .Anna Kaiman Nancy White . . . . ..Martha Robb Constance Cary.. . . . . .Anna Mollner TEA AT FOUR O'CLOCK Tea at Four O'clock, is a one act comedy, by Mrs. Burton Harrison. The scene is laid in the house of a New York society woman. This young widow, whose name is Mrs. Effingham, has many wooers, but disappoints all except Mr. Rutledge. The principal characters are Thomas, the Irish butler: Mrs. Effingham, the attractive widow, Mr. Grayson, an admirer of Mrs. Effinghamg Walton, a social cynicg Mr. Apple- by, a miserly millionaire: Mrs. Marabout, a woman much devoted to her clothesg Mrs. Coddington, a match-making mammag Arabella Coddington, a girl with nothing to sayg

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Taffy Commerce Winter Quarterly General Sabretache, a military boasterg Dr. Grantley, an elderly man who talks about the tariffg and Arthur Rutledge, the accepted lover of Mrs. Effingham. Arabella, urged to talk by her mother, in desperattion tells of a duel which never occurred, and supplies the action for the play. The Cast: Thomas ..... Mrs. Effingham .. Mr. Grayson .. . Mr. Walton .. . . Mrs. Marabout .... Mrs. Coddington . . . . .... . ......... jerry Tesar . . ..Gertrude Castleman . . . . .Edwin Munson . . .Wilbur R. Cramer . . . Helen Lindquest . . Clara Schreibrnan Arabella Coddington. . . ..... .lrene Hageh General Sabretache.. Dr. Grantley ....... Rutledge .. . . . Mr. Appleby .. . ..David Potashnick . . . ..Meyer Colnic . . .Douglas Dunn . . ..Sam Green THE MAIDEN OVER THE WALL The Maiden Over the Wall, a fantasy by Bertram Bloch, portrays a romance. Aleen, a maid of Arthur's court and a victim of Merlin's enchantment, has been guarded for years and years by a Dragon, who was once a puppy. Graham, a twentieth century man, out for a tramp in the woods, comes unexpectedly to the garden wall, mounts it, and to his surprise finds the young lady, Aleen, peering into a silver mirror and combing her long black hair. After a lengthy conversation, Graham submits plans for Aleen's escape, but to no avail. These plans had been tried on previous occasions, and had failed. Then there is a terrihc roar, the roar of the Dragon, who comes out of the castle to do away with Graham. Graham tries very hard to get on intimate terms with the Dragon, but fails. The Dragon embraces Graham, thereby choking him. After Graham regains his consciousness, the thought comes to him to hypnotize the Dragon. When this has been done, Graham receives instructions from the Dragon, by means of which he is able to make the Dragon a puppy again. After all this is done, the enchantment is broken, and Galahad fthe Puppyj, Aleen, and Graham climb over the wall and go away from the gar- den forever. The Cast: Aleen . ..... . . . ......... . . .Gertrude Levin Graham ................ .... E rnest Horacek Galahad, fDragon, Puppyj . . . ..David Greenberg