Peabody Demonstration School - Volunteer Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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VOLUNTEER 0115155 Hruphetg CLQG Time: 1949 Place: Nacboille, Tenneuee Scene: In tbe lobby of tbe new municipal tbeater. Tbe opening performance bar jan' been concluded. CAI the .rcene opens Fred Henry Carmicbael i.r .rtanding before a micropbone waiting for the celebrities to leave the theater. AJ be mentiom tbem, fhQy walk by.D FRED HENRY: Hello folks! Here we are at the opening of the colossal new auditorium in Nashville. The play tonight was Forty-two Blind Mice, starring that great acress of the legitimate stage, Elizabeth Herbert. The performance is over, but while we are waiting, here is Miss Buchanan of the Daily Wonder. Miss Buchanan will you say a few words to the public? R. BUCHANAN: Delighted, Mr. Carmichael! The theater is perfectly gorgeous for this first performance. Ladies, the gowns are absolutely the latest things. FRED: Pardon, Miss Buchanan, but here is the star, Miss Herbert, after her magnificient performance. Miss Herbert is surrounded by her friends and fans congratulating and applauding her. Let's see if we can get her to the mike. Ch! Miss Herbert-will you say something to your radio public? E. HERBERT: Why! Of course-Ladies and gentlemen. I wish to thank every- one for his kindness and to tell you how much I have enjoyed my part. Forty-two Blind Mice is the cleverest play that I have ever appeared in, and Nashville's new theater is most inspiring. Thank you. FRED: Thank you, Miss Herbert! The celebrities are filing past us. Waitf there are those two lovely society matrons-Mrs. Clayton Everett, the former Betty Curtiss and Mrs. Gerald Heatherstone, who was Betty B. Cooney before her marriage. Oh! there's that gay divorcee, Rose Marie Crain, who has just returned from the Riviera for this event. Miss Crain is accompanied by the leading prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera, Miss Betty Quarles. Why, folks, there are two of the country's leading statesmen, Senator Berry of Maine and Lehman Keith, chief adviser to the President. Mr. Keith, what do you think of the auditorium? L. KE1TH: Marvelous, colossal, gigantic-er humph! The group of citizens fesponsible for this auditorium are to be heartily congratulated. Statistics show that only one out of ten cities over 150,000 has a public auditorium of this size. Do you have a word to say Senator? D. BERRY: I quite agree. As for- 20

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VOLUNTEER Mn. HOLDEN: The next great event took place in 1931 when our two new members, Henry Nelson and Betty Quarles, played in a French version of Little Black Sambo. Qflide rhoufr Betty .raying to Henry Bonjour Petit Negra 5'amho. D Mn. HOLDEN: The next picture shows a great annual event of the school, the Sixth Grade Circus. Several well known new students took an active interest in this affair. They were Betty Curtiss, Alice McCune, and Mary Virginia Page. Qflide .rhouu Alice charming .rome .tnake.r, and Mary Virginia Page af Madame Le Page Glue and Betgf Curtin drerrea' at acrohatrj MR. HOLDEN: In the seventh and ninth grade the present senior class had four additions Betty june Graham, Rachel Buchanan, Fred Henry Carmichael, and Buford Harmon. It was in these years that they participated in their lirst opera. Qflide show: Rachel, Betty june, Buford, and Fred Henry ringingj Mn. HOLDEN: The greatest event since the 1919 crash was the remarkable increase in the size of our class. This occurred in the tenth grade. Those who entered were: Betty B. Cooney, Helen Waggoner, Rose Marie Crain, Margaret Donovan, Dorothy Dorris, George Doubleday, Miriam Hedrick, jane Lowenstein, Gayle McCown, A. J. May, Gene McKinney, Colleen Moore, James Parman, and Wilburn Taylor. Our slide shows this group out on the field cheering our cham- pionship football team. Oh! I dropped the slide, but of course you get the general idea. Cflide hreakrl Mn. HOLDEN: It was in the next year that Peabody started its intramural sys- tem. It was in the junior class that Felix Dodd, W. C. Ferguson, and Elaine Vin- cent entered our school. This slide shows a famous intramural sport event. Qflide .rhowy W. C. and Felix in football formation, and Elaine bouncing a ha.rkethall.D Ma. HOLDEN: The last slide shows the senior class at its first Easter Breakfast. The new members who entered the class that year were Elizabeth Herbert, Rose Marie Pickel, Ed Shaw, Carolyn Sumner, and Cyrus Dawsey. Cflide .rhowr this group talking at Earter Breakfa.rt.D Crit thir moment the hell rings and everyone leaver the room hurriedbuj CURTAIN LEON MAY RICHARD GOLDBERG 19

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VOLUNTEER FRED: Thank you, both. What do we have here? It's Mr. Hugh Cox, owner of Ocean Wafer, the winner of the last Kentucky Derby. He is coming out with Col. Ed Shaw of Chalky Way Farms, Home of Contented Mules. Hold it! here comes Chawn Worthington, perfector of Worthington's Wonder Wad. Won't you blow a word our way, Chawn! J. WORTHINGTON: Never a sticky moment with Worthington Wonder Wad. FRED CWhiJtle.rD: Here is that ravishing beauty, Elaine Vincent, the famous model for Lucien De Shorte. She is accompanied by Helen Waggoner, buyer for' Bag's Seventh Avenue. Who's this we see? Yes, it's none other than Buford Harmon, owner of that New York hot spot, Harmon's Harmony Hall. Can you spare a minute, Mr. Harmon? B. HARMON: Certainly. Swell show, folks, swell show! Before I leave, I want to introduce you to Miss Gayle McCown of that famous orchestra, The Tennessee Rebels. G. McCowN: Thanks, Buford, and I hope to see each and everyone of you at Harmon's Harmony Hall. FRED: Still plugging along, aren't you, Harmon? Now strolling leisurely along we have, Mrs. Miriam Hedrick Cluck, wealthy widow of Lank Cluck, African game hunter. Mrs. Cluck is escorted by Felix Dodd and Ullin Leavell, owners and originators of that Guaranteed Gigilo Service. Hello-who's this? Why it's Page and Doubleday, mixed double tennis champions of the United States Association. I'll now turn the microphone over to Miss Buchanan for a few minutes. O. K., Rachel. R. BUCHANAN: I think a vote of thanks should be given to Mr. Leon May, one of Nashville's leading citizens. Mr. May, chairman of the theater committee enabled the city to have this wonderful auditorium. Mr. May won't you say some- thing? A L. MAY: Thank you very much, Miss Buchanan. It was a pleasure working with such an excellent committee and the people of Nashville have certainly shown their whole-hearted cooperation. R. BUCHANAN: Thank you, Mr. May. Here is Dr. Betty June Graham, famous Chicago surgeon accompanied by none other than A. J. May, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Mr. May has been doing a great deal of remarkable work on television! Following these two celebrities, we have Gene McKinney, renowned cartoonist for the New York Tribute. Mr. McKinney attended the performance with that crack drummer of Dean Goopas' band, Henry Nelson. Take over, Fred, it's all yours. FRED: Oh, ladies and gentlemen, we really have a treat for you now! Miss Colleen Moore, blues singer at the Black Topper. Miss Moore is coming our way- maybe she'll say a few words for us. Will you, Miss Moore? 21