Smithsburg High School - Leopard Yearbook (Smithsburg, MD)

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Page 10 HIGH NEWS JUNIOR PLAY Members of the Junior Class made their first appearance on the stage, when they presented “Deacon Dubbs” on June 3rd and 4th. It was a humorous drama, which presented life in a country village. Miss Popover, typical Southern old maid, played by Madeline Forrest; Deacon Dubbs, a wealthy old farmer, played by Joseph Gardenhour; and Deuteronomy Jones, the bashful hired man, played by Lloyd Masters, furnish- ed plenty of entertainment throughout the play. The other characters were as follows; Amos Coleman, a young lawyer, played by Guy Lumm; Raw- don Crawley, a wolf in sheep’s clothes, played by Eugene Novinger; Major McNutt, the auctioneer, played by Jo- seph Kretsinger; Rose Raleigh, the brave little school ma’am, played bv Charlotte Bell; Emily Dale, the rich- est girl in town, played by Pauline Stevenson; Trixie Coleman, full of mischief, played by Evelyn Huff; Yen- nle Yensen, the hired girl from Swed- en. played by Mary Swope. SIR ROGER IN DETROIT. I was walking down a main thor- oughfare in the large manufacturing city of Detroit, Michigan. After walking a block, I met my friend, Sir Roger, who was gazing about in every direction. He was so busy looking at the tall buildings that he did not no- tice me until I grabbed him by the arm. He had not visited Detroit for over twenty-five years. Huge crowds of people paced up and down the busy streets, and all of them seemed to notice my friend who was dressed in an old fashioned way and had a large white beard which moved as he talked. He was so excit- ed, and he talked so loud that I had to tell him to keep a little more quiet or the man standing yonder in the blue suit, with a badge on his coat, and billy in his hand, might put him under ar- rest for disturbing the peace. My friend talked with me for quite a while about the wonders of the city, and how they differ from the country. Suddenly, the air became noisv with the hum of air-planes. Sir Roger had never seen any of these contriv- ances before and he asked me what kind of huge birds they were and why they made so much noise. I told him that they all belonged to Henry Ford and that he had a large incubator out- side of Detroit where he hatched the I.oby planes and that the large plane which was seen in front, was the old plane teaching the young ones to fly. I had my friend about convinced of this, and then I pulled him by the arm and told him to go with me to Dear- born air-port and there observe the manufacturing system by which the planes were made. While there, my friend was so enthused that he wanted to take a ride over Detroit and get a bird’s-eye view of the city. I got in the plane with him and the aviator. We strapped him very tight so he could not fall out. We were soon fly- ing over the large city with Sir Roger spell-bound. We circled around sev eral times and then landed at the air- port. My friend was nearly out of breath and exclaimed, “What things some people can invent.” We both went back to the city when I bade my dear old friend good-bye, and depart- ed for New York City. J. Gardenhour ’28

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HIGH NEWS Page 9 ifmtinr (IImb Soil Evelyn Huff Katherine Kaylor Pauline Stevenson Evelyn Ridenour Peter Frey Samuel Geiser Lite Holmes Joseph Kretsinger Lloyd Masters John Miller Eugene Novinger Robert Welty Guy Lumm Jeosph Gardenhour, President Charloette Bell, Vice President Mary Swope, Secretary and Treasurer Irene Cline Florence Clopper Elizabeth Ferguson Madeline Forrest Claaa Cobra Red and White

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HIGH NEWS Page 11 EXCHANGES The Broadcaster Williamsport High School Williamsport, Md. Pa Mar Va Hancock High School The Star of B. H. S. Boonsboro, Md. Hoo-Wair-N-Wot Hagerstown, Md. The Pied Piper Thurmont High School Thurmont, Md. The Tattler Fmmitsburg High School Emmitsburg, Md. Tips and Taps Liberty High School Libertytown, Md. Blue and Gold Echoes Washington High School Washington, Va. The Frontline State Normal School Frostburg, Md. The Holly Leaf State Normal School Salisbury, Md. B. C. Bee Bridgewater College Bridgewater, Va. DEBATES and Robert Kinna. The first question debated was, Re- solved “That Immigrants Should Be Distributed To Rural Districts.” Affirmative Negative Eva Miller Wade Smith Frances Ross Ruth Shank Martha Fiery Arthur Martin The decision was rendered in fa- vor of the negative side. The second question debated was, Resolved, “That Immigration Should Fe Prohibited Within U. S.” Affirmative Negative Fay Browne Louise Baechtell Margaret Beck Marie Oswald Annabel Forrest Irl Sensenbaugh The decision was rendered in favor of the affirmative. FIELD DAY The annual Interscholastic Athle- tic Meet of Washington Co. High Schools will be held in Hagerstown on May 27. Each school is requested to send a delegation of several Athletes to compete in the various games. Sev- eral valuable medals will be awarded to those students who qualify as the best Athletes of their school. A sys- tem of units or credits whereby each school is graded according to the num- ber of honors won by its representa- tives, has been in use for several years. We are, as usual sending our team as our defenders and we hope they will be as victorious as they were in the preceding year, when the final rating ic declared. Members of the Senior Class pre- sented two debates on May 9 and 10. Chairman, David Newman; Time keep ers, Austin Bikle and Clarence Lung, Judges, Agatha Hesse, Helen Weller Dick M.—Did that play have a happy ending ? Kenneth B.—Yes, everybody was glad when it was over.