Riverside Brookfield High School - Rouser Yearbook (Riverside, IL)

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Back row: G. Walder, E Benesch, R. Novotny, W. Liska, B. Sabel, M. Williamson, B. Wandell, M. Wilson, T, Clemons, S. Owen, W. Schiller, R. Coons, D. Eaglesham. Second row: R. King, R. Hall, M. lngels, L. Bach- mann, E. B. Harlev, L. Blaser, N. Rowland, M. Nielsen, I. Porter, R. Tetzlaff, P. Hoglund, D. Klein, R. Simonson, G. Smith. Front row: G. I-lajny, V. Peterson, D. Mitchell, l. I. Bollinger, E. Milcs, M. Dodds, D. Barnum, B. Bar- tuslca, R. Buran, D. Lipsey, H. Vilim, D. Balgeman, Miss Brainerd. THE ORCHESTRA-AN ACTIVE ORGANIZATION The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Clarence Peebles and with the assistance of Miss Alice Brainerd, is an active school or- ganization and takes part in a great many of the school activities. During the l936f37 school year they played for the Iunior and Senior plays, the musical revue, l'Rhapsody ln Rhythm, the gym exhibition, and the commencement week activities. The orches- tra and band gave a joint spring concert, Friday, May 7, and the orchestra also pre- sented a short concert for the Parent-Teach- er Association. In the past year the services of the orches- tra have been in great demand, and they have fulfilled the obligations with Willing- ness and earnestness. A beautiful Christmas candle light service was presented on December l7, l936, by the members of the music department under the direction of Miss Alice Brainerd. MUSICIANS ENTERTAIN IN CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The program began with a Carol Prelude by the String Ensemble, which was followed by a candle light processional of the mixed chorus. The service included different musical numf bers by the girls' chorus, the mixed chorus, a girls' octet, and a violin guartet. A beautiful adaptation of the Christmas story from the Bible was given by Marjorie Wilson. The climax of the evening was a cantata, When the Christ Child Came, by Clokey, sung by the mixed chorus. The audience and chorus sang l'Silent Night, after which the chorus members re- cessed to the music of, I-Iarkl the I-lerald Angels Sing.

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WINDS AND PERCUSSIGN Top row: I. VrIieI, G Higgs, V. Ngiser, A Owen. Second row: R. Buch- ner, G. Neubert, C Pgiizer, M. I. Herring F. Muncie. STRINGS Left io right: E. WiI- Iiciins, G. Zeigier, W. Fridrycii, E. Frciinke R. Kirkcr, R. mm, Ai Lawrence, A. Sciimcdz M. A. Ciiiebe-cck, L, Nelson. STRINGS E. Muncie, K. Irwin, W. Schiiier, R. Schmidt, II. Sirnonson.

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SENIORS GIVE 1V11CNONETTE POR CLASS PLAY The play Mignonette was presented on December 4 and 5 by the senior class of 1937. The plot of Mignonette, in which the spirit of the old South is dominant, is Woven around the love affair of Rose Deardon, Whose foster father, Ionathan Mills, has forbidden her to marry Iustin Halliday, the man she loves, because he is a Frames lt is only after Daddy Mills has read the diary left by Mignonette that he is moved to consent to Roses marriage to Iustin. The second act of the play enacts the events of Mignonette's diary which took place in 1861 and shows that Mignonette gave up Ionathan Mills to marry David Frames only be- cause 1onathan's father had convinced her that that was the only true Way for her to prove her love for him. Upon learning of Mignonette's devotion to him, Mills has the curtain removed from her portrait and dies happy in the knowledge that he had been loved by the Woman of his heart. CAST Mignonette Deardon E Rose Deardon Mammy Lou ................... Annabelle Higgins? Anna Bryant ........Dorothy Klein ..........Iune Graves Q ......Peggy Hoglun 6 Stella Boggs 1 Alice FOX I ............. .. ....... M In els Hannah Splivens 0 Elizabeth Maxwell? .........,.... ......... . .. ra Harl Esmeralda A. Gumption Gladys Dyke 1 .......... Cht r tt eak David Frames ......... .a es rin Tustin Hallidayt- M Simon Clay I .......... ........... R o ows F Deacon Parker 1 - 1 Henry Spencer! ........., .. .... icha els Thomas Mills .......... ........... .. Ionathan Mills ........ ........ C es Pa er SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT ONE: The Parlor of the old Dearborn home. September, 1931, Frankfo t, p Kentucky. ACT TWO: ' The same. October 39, 1861. 1 1 ACT THREE: The same. Back to 1931. Ten hours later than Act one.