Schenectady High School - Shucis Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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511112 Shurin R. I..-Seven billion smoked yearly. He retires two feet, using Fisk. C. How does two grand sound to you? R. E Pluribus Unum. fSpoken asidej F. .-That's me. C -Retrieve fiddlin' Bet. by three o'clock in the morning. R. 'Tomorrow ? Righto, I'll use the Hudson Valley. . o.-This must be one of the 57. To the spouse with it. Exeunt severally, except C. G., who foots it a bit with Ginnie. ACT II Scene One WU . HTTIFQWFEU I I I Evelyn and F. R. board the Mechanicville Express. Conductor-Fare, young lady. Ev.-I know it. Con, Qto F. RQ-Fare. F. R.-Here's two bits. Con.-This will only take you within two yards of Mechanicville. F. R.-All right. I'll hop the back fences. ' Ev.-Ah, I have him now! Scene Two - Betty's Bum Boresome Bailiwick. Inmate fiddlin'. Enter Evelyn. Ev.-The Apache is coming to waft you away to C. Gray. Ret.-Oh, fiddledeedee, who'll fiddle my fiddle now? Ev.-Fiddle for the Mechanicville Police Force. Suggestion followed.j Enter the Apache, Evelyn exiting to the cupboard. The Apache-Take this chloroform and come with me to Marierville or Illl bust your fiddlestrings. Enter the M. P, F. M. P. F.-Aha, villian, I have thee! Bet.-Motion overruled. The Apache-Foiledl Baffledl M. P. F. exits hurriedly, pursued by the Apache. Bet.-My fiddle is saved! Ev.-Roy Leland needs me home now. Exeunt severally. ACT III Scene' One The Fire-Water. Ginnie and C. G. dancing. Enter the Apache, dragging his dogs behind him. The Apache-It's been a long hike. C. G.-Well? Apache-No, rotten. . G.-Traitor! QI-Ie stabs the Apache dirkily, causing the latter's de- mise. Enter Roy Leland, bearing a Keen Kutter. Ginnie grabs same and kills self and C. G. with one blow. 9

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Uhr Sharm Uhr wil nn thv flllnhauuk A TALE OF TWO CITIES or A PLAY IN THREE ACTS Dramatis Personae Betty Reardon, the Fiddlin' VVidow. Clark Gray, the Bank President. Fred Reed, the Apache. Ginnie Rhinehart, His Vyloman. Evelyn Palmer, Proprietoress of The Fire-XNater, a Marierville Dancing Pavilion. Roy Leland, Her Lesser Half. The Mechanicville Police Force, a disjointed character with asbestos brake lining. ACT I Scene Ditto Time: Twenty years hence, if any. Place: Rochester Union Station. President Gray descends from the 5:15 Limited, walks back six blocks and arrives at the cosmopolitan dump by the name of Mechanicville. He enters the bailiwick of Betty Reardon, finding her licldlin' on her liddlesome fiddle. C. G.-Good evening, Bet. VVill you marry me yet? if any. Bet. Qliddlin'j-Have you had your iron today? C. G.fNo, but I've a little fairy in my home to stay. Ask the man who owns one. Bet.-Oh, ficldlesticks, take the air. C. G.-I thot I was fiddlin' away my time here. Exit. Scene Two Place: Marierville, windows of The Fire-VVater blazing with Midnight Wiesson. Evelyn fto Roy LelandjsVVhols here tonight? R. L.-The Apache and his skirt. C. Gray eventually but not now. Ev.-Vtlell, don't forget to brew the Coco-Cola. R. L.-lt's easy when made with Cleveland's. Exeunt severally. Scene Three Place: The ballroom. F. R., The ApacheiXVell, Ginnie, let's do the dance. Ginnie-XVell, I should hope to kiss a guinea pig. Q'l'hey do the dance of the Apachej Clark Gray dives into The Fire-NVater. C. G.-Stay the foot a minute. Reed, a paragraph with you. They sit, they talk. Enter Roy Leland, commonly thot the dumbest of the dumb. He serves the two with Coco Cola. Reed-Have a Bond Street cigarette. S

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Ellie Shania Roy' Leland fgrinding his teethj-This is a Studebaker year. CEd1tOYyS Note: Another gNash.j Enter Evelyn, who swoons at sight of blood. Ev.--VVhoa is muh! fShe dies.j R. L.-One good turn deserves another. QHC dies.j Scene Two Enter Hamlet, the Undertaker. Scene Three Exit Hamlet, bearing off the dead bodies. FINIS Moral: Eat more raisi -E. E. R. 3lunr, 1923, Qllanz QTO the tune: Massa's in the Cold, l. Bringing this glad day. Now that we are all assembled, Let us sing our prayer and p IIS. Daniel Fales, jr Francis Kooman. Edmunclson VVade, Jr Snug Cold Groundvj Spring has come to us in glory, raise. Many hardships we have conquered, Toil and strife we've borne, Success 'before us yet unconque Let us on our way be gone. Chorus: Spirit of Honor, guide us thru t red hese years. Now that we have seen and conquered, May we banish all our fears. 2. On Liles highway We have traveled, Many times we fell. Experience has been our teacher And Opportune sounds out her k nell. May the ones we leave behind us Prosper thru the years, And the school that safely backed us Stand for all that's true and clear. -Marion E. Tullar, june, '23 10