Ord High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Ord, NE)

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gfzanfiafsaz As soon as the play is over the Juniors claim the auditorium as their special property, and spend a busy week behind locked doors. For weeks they have been hard at work on favors, menus, programs, invitations, and decorations. Now those decorations must start going into place. It takes no little time and effort to hang a ceiling of blue from the steel girders of our big auditoriumg and too, it takes a little time to close off the bleachers with a vine covered, white-washed picket fence. The banquet theme is that of an old-fashioned garden and flowers bloom everywhere, even in the toast list, for the initial letters of the sub- jects, all flowers, spell the word flower . The combination nut cups and place cards take the shape of little sprinkling cans, and the favors are bouquets pinned on each person as he enters the banquet hall. Min- iature maypoles form the table centerpieces, while a huge maypole oc- cupis the center of the room, later figuring in the evening's entertain- ment when a group of Sophomore girls dance around and wind it. What a flutter of excitement as the guests start coming and as- semble in Room 25 to await the call to the auditorium, The curious are parked in cars all around the schoolhouse and some even venture to enter the building in order to watch the Juniors and their guests descend the stairs. At the auditorium door the company is met by two negro porters, who later prove themselves excellent dancers, and by a bevy of flower girls. Exclamations of delight come from the Seniors as most of them get their first look at the room and tables. The banquet is interspersed with conversation and song and when the last course is removed, Laverne Lakin, toastmaster, arises to an- nounce the toasts and program numbers. All too soon it is over, this long-anticipated evening, over in reality, but always to remain in mem- ory. Baccalaureate exercises take place the Sunday evening following the banquet. The Seniors assemble early, each carrying a box under his arm. The sewing room soon becomes a place of confusion as the grad- uates don caps and gowns and strive to get a look at themselves in the full length mirrors. The symbolic garments, the solemnity of the march, and the earnestness of the message bring a touch of seriousness, even sadness, to the Seniors as they realize they have only one more week together. Monday night, Achievement Night, belongs to all the students who have lettered in any activity, but is especially significant to the Seniors, more than half of whom receive one or more letters. Certainly the Seniors must have another social time together some time during this week. In the arranging of the calendar, Tuesday is left open so the Seniors may use any of the hours excluding 9 A. M. to 3:20 P. M. for any social activity except Hskippingu. Wednesday, May 27th-Commencement! The Seniors listen to the advice and counsel of F. E. Henzlik, Dean of the University of Nebraska Teachers College, and walk across the stage to claim their diplomas. A few tears, tight throats, husky voices for some, expressed relief and hap- piness on the part of others. There might be more show of emotion if the graduates didnlt happen to remember that tomorrow is another school day, even for Seniors, and tomorrow night is Class Night. It isn't quite over yet! The Seniors needn't be quite so dignified on Class Night. They doff cap and gown, display their talent, and have fun at their own expense. Their program is just the typical Class Night program-but it is far from ordinary to the Class of '36. 36 H51

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014 'ommancsmenf Although the events of commencement season are of particular in- terest to the Seniors, they furnish the theme around which the closing days of school are centered and involve many people besides Seniors. Commencement is the grand climax of the school year and the events leading up to it produce a whirl of excitement and activity on the part of students and faculty. Everyone is affected, even to the Junior High folk who look on in awe and wonder how it feels to be a Senior. This year's class put off its first social so long that it can almost be classified as a commencement season affair. Because of a crowded calendar the Seniors had to change plans and dates until they finally decided upon the easiest kind of entertainment, a theatre partv, followed by refreshments at the cafe. The picture selected was 'fMan Hunt, but it wasn't the picture which attracted as much as the one hundred thirty dollar purse, because it happened to be a bank night show. Natur- ally, the Seniors were sure that Lady Fortune would smile on such a brilliant group and that one of them would get the money, but-alas! However the Seniors weren't too worried to enjoy themselves at Thorne's Cafe where they lunched on ice cream, punch, and wafers, and entertain- ed themselves with songs. The Senior play and the Junior-Senior banquet are close rivals for interest and attention during the months of April and May. Both re- quire weeks of planning and preparation and are the subject of much conversation. The play selected by the Class of '36 is a play which carries a message that one ponders long and often, for Channing Pol- lock's The House Beautiful is a truly great play. The scene varies a little, but is centered around a plain, homey living room which changes but little with the passage of the years. Act I starts in the spring of the year and deals with the spring time of life. It covers a period of ten years, from 1901 to 1911. Act II begins eleven years later, in 1922 and covers a period of five years. Act III starting in the winter of 1928, ends in the spring of 1930. The message is in the hands of two steadfast characters, Archie Davis and his wife Jennifer, who spend a lifetime combatting an age of materialism in which pleasures and possessions are won at the expense of the soul. The play's story is the story of their house founded on sacri- fice, love, and honesty. They struggle to make a living while their worldly friends prosper, they see their son's happiness endangered when he marries a girl of superficial tastesg and Archie becomes known as la failure because he refuses to prosper through dishonest means. After his death Jennifer keeps alive their ideals with Archie's spirit lingering to afford her courage and companionship. The play was cast in the following manner. Guy Stayton.. .... . .. . , ,,,Pa,u1 Blessing Elbert Baxter.. . . , , ., ,,,,Pau1 Carlsen Archibald Davis ....... . ........ Kenneth Eglehoi Jennifer Davis ......... .........,.... E velyne Loft Hulda ...............A..... . ...Ruth Koupal Nina BaXter1 .... 1 1 . . 1Louise Petska Dr. Brink ........, ........ . 11 .H , , ,,,,Reuben C0014 Sam Dreyer.. .......... .... . 1 . . ....... Harlan Wyrick y age 10 .....,.... Harry James McBeth Richard Davis J J afterwards ..... 1 . .....,.,. Dale Melia Vivian Baxter ..........,..,..,....,... ,,,,,,, V irginia FOX

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19 L461 our afar qfffgoa Klffffro in 54695 ORD HIGH'S REPRESENTATIVE STUDENTS CHARLOTTE BLESSING, College P1'epa1'at01'y,' Cheerleader, four years, Girl Reserve, three years, G.A.A., one year, Senior Glee Club, three years, Student Council, one year, Vice-President Freshman Class, Annual Staff, Senior year, Junior Class Play. DALE MELIA, Commercial, Class President, Junior and Senior years, Student Council, one year, F.F.A., four years, Officer two years, Hi-Y, three years, Cabinet, one year, Glee Club, two years, Senior Play, Ag. Judging Contest at North Platte, two years, Commercial Contests, two years, Lettered in Baseball, three years, Track, one, Basketball, one, Football, one. ALLEN ZIKMUND EVELYN KOKES CARNIVAL KING AND QUEEN This picture was snapped Carnival night by the Quiz photographer just as the royal pair was about to receive their crowns. Several days before the Carnival the classes chose their representatives for King and Queen of the Carnival, then the final choice was left to the crowd. For each ticket purchased the purchaser was entitled to five votes for his favorites. Allen is a Freshman, prominent in the musical organizations, Evelyn is a Senior normal training student.