Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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 THE VALLEY LEGEND Operetta “Oh Doctor” A N OPERETTA, “Oh Doctor”, was Riven November 19 and 20 by the Glee Clubs, under the direction of Mrs. Smaby. The play was Riven and was a big success to the Rushford High School. Everyone was pleased with the performance, and it is felt that all the practices and effort put forth were not in vain. The individual parts were excellently taken, and the choruses helped greatly to make the play a success. Mrs. William Smaby was the director of the operetta, and she deserves much credit for her wonderful work. Miss Turnacliff assisted in the dramatic work connected with it, and Miss Holsinger was the dance instructor. Their work added Rreat enjoyment to the performances and made it a better production. Mrs. N. A. Skarstad was the piano accompanist. The business management was taken care of by Miss Penschuck. ' - - - T H E C A S T i DOCTOR DRINK WATER, proprietor of Sanitarium William DuMond J MRS. WEAKLY, patient in Sanitarium Clarice Larson 1 MRS. CROSSLY, patient in Sanitarium Florence Manion ! DOCTOR SLAUGHTER Palmer Swiggum } DOCTOR CUTTEM Donald Johnson DOCTOR COFFIN Arvid Kjos i RAINBOW, colored servant Frances Tesch 1 BESSIE,, maid Olive Fossen [ HONOR, pretending to be Glory Drinkwater Frieda Peterson i GLORY DRINKWATER, Dr. Drinkwater’s granddaughter Lelah Peterson MADAM CHERE, Honor’s mother Ruth Laumb j PANCHO, Mexican cowboy Luther Kjos i PHILIP, young ranch owner Gordon James I JIM------------------------------------------------------Francis McDonald | OLD TIMER, from Uncle Philips ranch Kenneth Ekern | BOB, Glory’s fiance---------------------------------------------------Cyrus Iiatleli i CYNTHIA, his cousin Ardis Peterson ! MANUEL, Mexican rustler Arthur Laumb There were also several choruses of nurses, patients, visitors, cowboys, Mexicans and Spanish boys and girls. MUSIC FESTIVAL 'AN FRIDAY, April 29, over forty students, accompanied by Mrs. Smaby, Miss Turna-cliff, and Miss Holsinger, left for Spring Grove to attend the annual Music Festival. This number included both of our Glee Clubs, and a selected group from our school Orchestra. In the afternoon, the program consisted1 of songs and orchestra numbers by the individual schools represented. The Rushford Boys’ Glee Club offered “Dear Land of Home” from “Finlandia” by Sibelius, and the Girls’ Glee Club sang “The Nightingale”, by Tschaikowsky. In the evening, ensemble numbers were sung by the combined choruses from all the towns represented at the Festival. 1 9 .3 2 [ PAGE TWENTY-NINE J

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THE VALLEY LEGEND Standing R. Frfovold, Thomson. W. DuMond. Mrs. Smithy (director). Parish. A. Kjos, Peterson Sitting Richards. L. Frisvold, C. DuMond. Johnson. Larson, Hoegh. L. Kjos, Woxland, Moran 'T'HIS PAST year fourteen students have taken part in the orchestral activities of the High School. Under the direction of Mrs. Smaby, they have met once a week for practice. In addition to this, the orchestra has taken part in special school functions. Musical numbers were furnished for the Operetta, “Oh Doctor”, and at the Washington Day celebration. They also provided music for the Class Play, and for the Class Day exercises. A group selected from the orchestra went to the music festival in Spring Grove. The instrumentation of the orchestra this past year is as follows: Violins: Ruth Richards, Lucille Frisvold, Gertrude Woxland, and Thelma Moran; Trumpets: Donald Hoegh, Rees Johnson, and Luther Kjos; Clarinets: Frieda Peterson, Arvid Kjos, and William DuMond; Saxophone: Paul Parish; Alto: Clark DuMond; Trombone: George Thomson; Pianist: Rachel Frisvold. The orchestra has also been assisted this year by Mr. William Smaby, playing a baritone, and Mr. Bennett Larson, drummer. [ PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT ] 19 3 2

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the valley legend Top row—Budmon. L. Frisvold. Himlie. Skarstad. Holland, C. Johnson. E. Peterson. I.ukkason, M. Johnson. A. Peterson. O. Swenson. E«een Second row—A. Swenson, Hoel, Manion. R. Laumb, James, A. Laumb, Ferguson, Richards. Shirven. Kjos, By both Third row L. Peterson. Brunner. Rislove. Anderson. R. Frisvold. Turnacliff (advisor), f Peterson. F. Johnson. M. Peterson. A. Hitrhum. Tesch. Julsrud Bottom row Woxland, Reishus. Boyum. Ekern. Hatleli. Burke, Swiggum. R. Highum, Sundvor DRAMATIC CLUB f AST SEPTEMBER a dramatic club was formed at Rushford High School. This or-J ganization is sub-divided into two clubs, the open club and the closed club. The open club is open to all high school students. Membership to the closed club is restricted to those who have displayed sufficient talent in some public performance. The members of the closed club are: John Peter Anderson, Elsie Brunner, Marjorie Ferguson, Rachel Frisvold, Asmund Highum, Florence Johnson, Valborg Julsrud, Arthur Laumb, Ruth Laumb, Florence Manion, Frieda Peterson, Margaret Peterson, Ruth Richards, and Elizabeth Shirven. Later in the year Olive Fossen, Gordon James, Lelah Peterson, Harriet Rislove, and Frances Tesch were included in the closed club. The purpose of the dramatic club is to obtain self-expression in plays, interpretive readings, debates, and book reviews and also to bring talent to the school. The officers elected for the year were: President, Frieda Peterson; First Vice-President, Florence Johnson; Second Vice-President, John Peter Anderson; Secretary, Asmund Highum; Treasurer and Business Manager, Margaret Peterson; and Historian, Rachel Frisvold. The club at present has 50 members. Meetings are held on Thursdays, twice a month. After the business meetings a program committee presents an entertainment. Last fall, this organization was instrumental in bringing to the High School Mr. Brings of the Northwestern College of Speech who presented a reading of the play, “The Fool.” New members will be initiated into The Dramatic Club this spring and new officers will be elected to carry on the work of the organization next year. | PAGE THIRTY J 19 3 2