Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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5 '.,y .- , w MILDRED PHELPS INEZ MARIE VIRGINIA MILLER She's beautiful and there- SCHAGEMAN A maiden modest, sweet fore to be wooed. Honor, high honor and re- and fair. Class Play nown. Play Committee R0ll11!l Table. 112, '13, '14 German Club, '11, 114 LUCILE MURCH FRED C. COWEN VALERIE BURNS Knowledge comes, but wis- My worst word is VVel- She was ever precise in dom lingers. come nnfl welcome again . promise keeping, 121

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r s fi - i new A eff 2 121 - -- i fiee- .er A plan immediately germinates in the fertile mind of Hamlet. He will have the players enact something like the murder of his father and thus cause the King, if guilty, to betray himself by a stricken conscience. This plan has been used before with success he knows. The play's the thing wherein he'll catch the conscience of the king. He immediately sets to work. He knows of an play, the Murder of Gonzago , well suited for his purpose, the condition of this crime being much like that of his father's murder. He adds certain words and actions and makes it the duplicate of his uncle's crime. The players are next innocently drawn into the plot. Hamlet's greatest fear is that the acting will be overdrawn. He instructs and shows them each move and action of his play. After a time he perfects the players and everything augurs success. His trap is now ready to spring. The court, the King and the Queen assemble to see the play in the great assembly hall. Hamlet seats himself in front of Ophelia opposite the throne from which point he may observe the King closely. He is very merry. He talks gliblyto Ophelia and to the surrounding com- pany. Then silence reigns over the audience. The play has opened. The first part has appeared and now the scene of the crime comes on. All eyes but Hamlet's are intently fixed on the stage. His are riveted on the real king. The murderer approaches with a catlike tread and pours deadly poison into the ears of the unconscious play king, his brother. The sight is fascinating to all but the real king. He turns his contorted face from the scene of his re-enacted crime, and buries his face in his hands, overcome with remorse. Then Hamlet, fearing the King will miss that part which it was most intended he should hear, rises excitedly and relates the rest of the play to the King. And the King overwhelmed and maddened by the words rises and calling for lights reels from the hall. And this is the climax of Hamlet. -Q Paul Webb. 120

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' , MARTHA ABBOTT PATRICE MCGRATH ISABEL BRUNER Those about her Little she be, but mighty. Eyes full of laughter. From her shall read the Orclwstra. '11,,'12, '13, '14 Chaminade, '11, ,I2, JI3, ,I4 perfect ways of honor. Clzaminadc, '13, '14 Scrip, '14 Sketch Club. '11, '12 Class Day Gymnastic Dancing, '11 Orchestra, '11, ,I2, '13, '14 Class Plav Class Day Scrifv, '13, '14 Banner Covmnittee Scrip Representative Class Day Class Play Banner Committe'c CluU11111nn'e, '14 FLORENCE KING LE ROY L. ROBERTSON MARIE HARRIS In her countenance did Had sighed to many, Nohility and merit are meet though he loved but one. only among a few. Sweet records, promises as Track, '11, ,IJ sweet. Glen Club, ,I2, '13 122