Skowhegan High School - Lever Yearbook (Skowhegan, ME)

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THE LEVER gan to feel themselves one of the Jolly hlgh school famlly ORCHESTRA Under the able d1rect1on of M1ss W1n ola Rlchan the new muslc supervlsor the Skowhegan Hlgh Orchestra has grown slowly It IS hoped that ln future years even more enthuslasm wlll be shown along th1s l1ne Very successful have been the concerts g1V6H at the PT A Wmter Festxval and Senlor Play The members of the orchestra thls year are as follows Vlolms Rlchard Stlnchfield Rlta Nlghtmgale Lloyd N lghtlflgale V1rg1n1a Roderlck Trumpets John Merrlll Vlrglnla Roderlck Clarlnet John Turner Drums Raymond Trafford Plano- Marv1s Stuart THE ORANGE AND BLACK MINSTREL SHOW Gentlemen be seated' These words uttered by our genlal lnterlocutor Guy Fxsh began one of the most colorful hlgh school productlons ever staged 1n Skow hegan Under the efflclent guldance of Davld Hawes and MISS Wmola Rxchan dramatlc and mus1cal styhsts dem coons sho d1d strut dere stuff And may we say r1ght here that Marus Stuart s plano work was a most lmportant feature An Orange and Black color scheme was carrled out 1n the costumes of end men and chorus groups makmg the stage settlng xery effectlve Rooster Carl Paradls Lam Rob ert Keyes Locklnx ar Val Bxsson Mel Merwm Gordon Jolly Franc1s Croteau Kolly Wllfred Weymouth Cornfed John Hawes and Hlghllght Emery Akeley were the h1lar1ous end men several of them slnglng amuslng songs Then there were Aunt Jemma Jen kms who was Alabamy Bound Corn fed Hawes and d1m1nut1ve Rooster Paradls 1n a knock down and drag out followed by Uncle Solomon John H Jenkms Jr and hxs lmpresslve rendltlon of RIVCF Stay Way From My Door In the second act were Betsy Lulu belle Warren Rooster Paradls and the Chapman Hoofers ln a number entltled Lov1ng Sam Hawes and Akeley 1n Barnacle B111 Lols Small and Lochln var B1sson slngxng When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South Then there were Albert Oddy and the Chloe group harmonlzmg ln the song Chloe The sedate professors of harmony contrlbu ted thelr part to the show too One b1g feature of the second act was the Chllds Mmstrel Show Llttle Rlta Mmnxe Mouse Pooler w1th young Law rence as lnterlocutor Jullet Bllodeau do 1ng the buck and wmg and Allen Page and Eugene Tracy mn a harmomca num ber caused much h1lar1ty MISS Chase Mrs B1sson Mlss Frlend Mr and Mrs Ingraham and many others were most generous Wlth thelr efforts IH makmg th1S Mlnstrel Show such a rous mg success from the entertamment as vxell as the flnanclal standpolnt THE DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatlc Club was formed early 1n the school year Flfty elght students submltted the1r names for membershxp , - . . , . Y . . cc 77 ' , u 11 1 1 1 ' , as - , 11 ' , as 1 1 1 ' YI - , za 77 ' OH, , , v . . . . I H ,, . . ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' cc 11 , ax ' ' 11 1 1 1 1 1 , - ' 1 ' ' U ' 71 ' - ' ' - as 97 , 66 . . . , , ' ' 77 ' ' ' cc 97 . . . . U ,, 1 . u 11 . , . . . - , . . . u ' 1 97 - n c at i . 11 aa 11 ' 1 . . . . ' cc - 11 , ' 1 cc ' 11 , ' as ' n , ' 11 ' ' ' sc 71 1 1 - cc 91 , . , . - . , . . . ac - - 11 ' 1 1 ' - u ' 77 1 u 71 - - 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . - - . . . . . . . Y . . , . ' ' U 7 ' Y 'i'i 11 - Y. , .

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THE LEVER the orlgxnal staff IS Guy Flsh Helen Spauldlng and Alv1n Goldsmlth So far thls year three ed1t1ons of the newly enlarged Essaltchess have been put out The fir st ed1t1on was the Christ mas number put out the day before Chrlstmas vacatxon began Thls contam ed edltorlals and essays on the Chrlstmas sp1r1t ln our own and other countrles The second lssue was the Basketball ed1t1on Th1s conslted of a record of all the basketball games The last edxtlon whlch was put out 1n Aprll was the Dramatlc number Dxffer ent members of the Dramatxc Club wrote mterestxng CLASS OFFICERS Senlor Presldent V109 Pres JOHN HAWES EMERY AKELEY Junlor Presldent V1ce Pres Sec Treas ROBERT KEYES COBURN MARSTON BERNARD FOSTER Sophomore- Presldent Vlce Pres Sec Treas FRANCES PARSONS HECTOR THIBEAULT RALPH BEAUFORD P1cn1c Commlttee Bettlna Meader Lo1s Small Norrls Shepherd MGTWIH Gordon Senlor Dance Commlttee- Eleanor Savage Marxda Laney Val Blsson Preston Cox The Sophomore Receptlon and Thanks gn mg Ball were sponsored by the Coun c1l A drlxe for better dlsclpllne IH the cor r1dors and locker rooms was put on E ery councll member was on th1S com mlttee Candldates for the Lever Board were nomlnated The councll helped wlth the management of the Alumnl Ball Plans have been started for another successful May Festlval Fleld Day for May 14 SOPHOMORE RECEPTION To the joyous notes of a funeral dlrge played by Claude Bouchard the sophomores marched 1nto the study hall on this partlcular evening Thexr faces were decorated wlth splotches of green palnt and ducky green rlbbons were tled under thelr chlns In thelr lead was Hector Th1beault sophomore presldent dressed as a hobo IH an old red turtle Glanclng down the processlon one mlght see two figures who 1n dress closely re sembled bables Before the evenlng how ev er was over the underdogs proved that they could take It Cobe Marston master of ceremonles asslsted by Carl Paradls put the culprlts through their paces under the dlgnliied and scornful gaze of the Jury These wor thy gentlemen were Harry Day Harold McClure and Cllfton Sargant Those who ww hen upon the wltness stand were un able to carry out the persecutmg attor ney s were unmerclfully dragged out and the force of the blow rendered them echo ed hlther and yon through the buxldlng At the close of the sophomore defenses the foreman of the Jury Harry Day an nounced the alarmlng verdlct that they were gullty of belng good sports A dance was afterward held ln the gym fMrD Harry Day and h1s orchestra fur nlshmg the music The sophomores then' tasks completed Jomed nn the fun and be 29 ' ' ' . ' . v- . f - 16' !! Sec :rreag DOROTHY STRICKLAND neck sweater, and large rubber boots. I . ll I: ,i , . . . -

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THE LEVER 31 and were accepted At the first meetlng held 1n the Study Hall of the high school John Hawes was elected presldent of the club and Francls Croteau secretary treasurer Other commxttees whlch serv ed during the year were as follows Executlve composed of the club ofli cers and Guy Flsh as production mana ger Entertainment which conslsted of two senlors two Junlors and two sophomores Those elected were John Hawes Barbara Johnson Joan Smlley Alv1n Goldsmlth James Avery and Constance Croteau David S Hawes was the teacher dlrec tor of the club Dlscusslons on actlng dlrectlng scene1y l1ght1ng publ1c1ty cos tummg make up buslness propertles and faclal expresslons were held at dlffer ent meetings Mr Hawes dlctated out lines on stage prlnclples at each meetlng ONE AGAINST DEATH At the P T A Wlnter Festival held Thursday evenlng January 28 the one act play One Agalnst Death wrltten sented The play was an lnterpretatlon of the early l1fe of Doctor Robert Koch an amazlngly resourceful and persls tent pioneer ln the study of the cause of disease-as he fought agalnst the popu lar 1gnorance and misunderstanding of h1S tlme The ent1re actlon took place ln the ofiice laboratory of Dr Robert Koch Wollenstem Prussla ln the early afternoon of summer 1846 The cast conslsted of Davld Hawes Dr Robert Koch V1rg1n1a Curtls Frau Emellne Koch Betty Jenklns Carl Paradls Barbara Johnson John Hawes Norrls Shepherd Guy Fish Frau Cohenhelm Wllhelm Perder Frau Perder Dr Paul Gultry Herr Cohenhelm Professor Cohn The Productlon Crew was composed of Donald Pooler stage manager Wlllxam Blsson llghts Amta Bllodeau costumes Dean Flemmlng John Simpson Alvxn Goldsmlth asslstants The high school orchestra under the dlrectlon of M1ss W1D0la Rlchan provlded the musical entertalnment INTERCLASS PLAY TOURNEY IS GREAT SUCCESS Wlth a near capaclty house at each per formance the Dramatlc Club s Interclass Play Tourney presented on the evenmgs of February 18 and 19 was a pronounced success both from the financial VIEW polnt and the educatlonal xalue to mem bers as well Vlrtually every member of the Dramatlc Club had some part to do and moreover dld It well whlch account ed for the smoothness of the ent1re pre sentatlon From beglnnlng to end each of the three short plays glven went off wlthout a hltch or even a proverbial fly ln the olntment Though Wlth a slightly smaller audlence Thursday night than Skowhegan play lovers The first presentatlon of the evenlng was Juplter Jones Detectlve Whlch was produced by the Sophomore Class The cast conslsted of Wilfred Weymouth as the young editor of the Weekly Clar1 on Arden Gllbert wh1le Beatrlce Pooler played Opp0S1t6 as Peggy Overton his sec retary and sweetheart Raymond Traf ford took the part of a suave crooked pol 1t1c1an Nathan Cobb who was brought to Justlce finally by Vlncent Croteau as Juplter Jones office boy extraordlnary The student dlrector was James Awerv with Gertrude Paradls as his asslstant Mlss Helen Chase acted as faculty adn sor In the production crew were Paul La fond and Earle Boone as buslness mana gers John Merrlll stage manager Con . . , , 5 . . , J , S 9 ' r r . ' 9 e . Y - . . . . . , . , - 0 , Y . . , . : , . l v 9 7 . . ' ' 9 . , , 1 . . . , , 9 Q 1 9 1 ' 1 I ' 1 ' x 9 y . ' ' . , - ' J . ! . . . . . ,, . . . , . - . . ,, . . 7 ! ' u ' n ' - - 7 ! and staged by David S. Hawes, was pre- Friday, both shows drew hundreds of J ' ' - ll ' ' !! ' ! 9 . . . . ,, .- . . ,, . . ,, . i . . ' 9 7 - , y - I 7 ! ' 9 - 1 ' 7 7 . . . . , . ' . . . . . . . . . . g ' , 3 -