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

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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

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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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Commerce W inter Quarterly T,,,f,3,,Tf,'f,,,,., Athlrtirn Cmic-li l-Ivnlis. lf' Mzlliuney. J. Sl2lllP. F. Rukusek. lt. Siiygg. L. Cunwro. Capt fl. llernsteiil. Nl. Kline, N. Levinson, BASKETBALL HE Basketball season for Commerce was highly successful. Practice was begun X' 5 in the middle of December with five letter men as a basis on which to work. Two W weeks were spent in practice against the Fort Omaha teams, during which time our e ows gave evi ence o eing an em ryro c ampxons ip eam. fm' fll 'a fb' b 11 ' if t January 2 marked the opening date ofthe Commercial League, of which our team was a member. The Commercial League was composed of teams representing the var- ious business houses of Omaha. Commerce won eight out of ten games in this League and, as a result, walked off with the Championship of this organization. The Commerce team was awarded a beautiful silver shield for this work. Mahoney won distinction by carrying off more points to his credit than any other member of the League. James Slane was awarded a medal for being the cleanest player in the League, having only one foul marked against him during the season. Commerce again came to the front in the matter of lnter-scholastic games. She won four out of seven schedule games. Commerce was assigned to class A in the annual State Basketball Tournament at Lincoln. During the preliminary rounds, she astonished all basketball fans by eliminat- ing the following formidable opponents: Lincoln High School .... . . . l2-6 State Aggies . ........................... . l8-l University Place High ........................ l9-l 3 ln the finals Commerce lost her chance at the State Championship title by being cle- feated by the fast Shelton High School quintet by a score of 20-15. Two Commerce men, Frank Mahoney and Nathan fDukel Levinson, were placed on the All State team while Bernstein, Snygg and Slane made the All State second team. During the entire season Commerce took 632 points to her opponents' 545. Out of twenty-seven games played, Commerce won nineteen. The Basketball prospects for the next season are bright as all of the fellows who made the State teams will be back to put Commerce on the map. At the end of the fall quarter, the pupils who were chosen for the Honor Roll formed a club. The first meeting was in the nature of a banquet, given by Mr. Porter. At this meeting the constitution was read and adopted, and the following officers were elected: