Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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SENIORS PRESENT ONErACT' PLAYS N May sixteenth and seventeenth, the June Class of nineteen lmndred and twenty-nine presented two one-act plays and a novelty act- The Eli- gible Mr. Hangs, The Londonderry Air, and Home, Sweet Home the NYorld Around. The one- act plays were a deviation from the customary three- act plays usually presented by graduating classes. The eligible Mr. Hangs was coached by Miss Tucker. one of the sponsors of the senior boys. The members of the cast are as follows: ,lane Foster. Alice Filson: Lucille Morgan, Ruth Uhleman and Dolly Alexander: Tom Foster, -Iames Nelson: Leigh- ton llaugs, Kenneth Lindquist and Herbert Ock- enfels. .Alice Pilson as -Iane Foster, with her husband. -Iames Nelson. as Tom Foster. in The Eligible Mr. Bangs. made a concerted effort to marry Lucille Morgan. played by Ruth Uhleman and Dolly Alex- ander. to Leighton Hangs. as portrayed by Kenneth Lindquist, with Herbert Ockenfels as understudy. Mr. Bangs holds a prejudice against the unmarried fair sex because he thinks that they are forever scheming to catch an unwary man in the toils and marry him. But Mr. Bangs is in love with Lucille. although he dislikes to admit the fact. Jane brings the two together once more after they have met, and introduces Lucille. XVho can imagine blames Nelson as the henpecked husband taking orders from Jane? The Londonderry Air has a unique setting. Old Ireland, with Dorothea Gailey acting in the capacity CLASS IVILL tfContinued from page 17j I. Albert Springstein, do will and bequeath to George Graybill my Horist instinct in picking out the largest dandelions on the front lawn. I, Mildred Handyside, do will and bequeath to Kath- ryn Hobar my strange characteristic of watching the clock. IVe. Myrtle Parker and Elveretta Simpkins, do will and bequeath to Margaret StefHer our ability to look pretty when the photographer says, XVatch the birdie. I, Anna Sukenik, do will and bequeath to Rose Shaw my quietness in class. I, Mable Sholtz, do will and bequeath to Dorothy Helwig my quaint southern twang. XVe, Marian Kerr and Lillian Malwitz, do will and bequeath to Velma Simon our pinafores to be used at the class banquet. of a bound-outv girl, XVilliam Csircsu as the pedler. Mary Ridley as the XVidow Boggs, and Frank Taylor the XYidow Boggs' son, give a phase of life unprece- dented. The Pedler stops at the house of XVidow Boggs to ask Irish Colleen, Dorothea Gailey, for something to eat. Tramps, says Dorothy, are against her princi- plesg but talk so wins her over that she burns two batches of cookies, gives the tramp the pig's butter- milk, the Xliidow Boggs' son the air, and herself to the Pedler as his wife. Frank Taylor, Dorothea's prospective husband, is forever forgetting to tell Dor- othea that he loves her. Once is enough, he holds. Home, Sweet Home, the XVorld Around pre- sented Thomas XYood as a typical Englishman. Al- fred Farber and Aluva Miller represented Germanyg Elsie Peterson, Scotland, Esther Dittman represented Italyg Mollie Kovacs and Irene Demchak, typical l-'Iungarian dancersg Dorothy Miller a dashing Rus- sian maideng Steven Scafuri a Chinese laundrymang Irene liecsky, a fair Spanish senorita, with Kenneth Lindquist as the gay cabellero, while Eleanor Died- rich and XVillard Shumate represented typical Ameri- can youth. Music was furnished by the Southwestern orchestra. The Senior Class wishes to express its appreciation to all who helped make these plays a success: Miss Kruke and Miss Tucker. the coachesg Miss Yocum, who supervised the dances: Miss Green, Mrs. Good- rich, and Frank Floreck, who aided with the makeupg Miss Snelling and the orchestra. who contributed the music: Miss Cornville and Mr. Mote, who designed and made the stage settings. I, Mable Schamp, do will and bequeath to Della Sidner my ability to mitigate humor. I, Floyd Page, do will and bequeath to Frank Pear- son my ability to grow a moustache. I, Julius Pavella, do will and bequeath to Richard Phillpott 1ny ability to hit in the pinches. I, Louis Guylas, do will and bequeath to Fred XVar- below my rather small pair of shoes. I, IYm. Carney, do will and bequeath to Oren Tauck my ability to get English assignments in on time. I, Eleanor Diedrich, do will and bequeath to Ro- berta Glenn my school-girl complexion. Wfe, Fern and Olive Blair. do will and bequeath to Irene Szabo our attentive attitudes at record. Duly signed, sealed. and notarized, this eighth day of June, in the year 1929. Signed: CLASS OF JUNE, '29. Signed: John McCormick. Notary. Page Nineteen

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MUSHCHANS AT MAY FESTT AL a ,,,,, South western School Orchestra The Orchestra began the IICXX' term with a mem- bership of forty-four, an increase ot twenty-one over Band Has lncre The Senior Band has grown this semester from a membership of nineteen to twenty-nine. The band has shown steady growth since its inception, four years ago. Mr. XVeiland, the bandmaster, hopes this growth will continue in the future. .Nt Open House the Southwestern Hand gave its first public performance of a number entitled, The Sunny South Selection, by Lampe. They also played many other stirring marches. includ- ing Sousa's march, Thunderer.', Mr. lkeiland feels honored because eight boys of the Southwestern band are in the All-City organization. These boys are lthamar Kriebel, joseph lia- ker, .Xndrew Szilagyi, Kenneth llimes, Geza Pasternak, Duane Flynn, Oliver Miller, and James llaker. The -Innior Hand, which meets the first hour, is one of the best Mr. XX'ei- land has ever had. Most of the mem- bers of the junior division are having their first experience ill band work, and many are using new instruments. The greater part of their time has been spent in practicing exercises. Peter Szatkowski, Billy jenkins, llarry Ack- ley, Harold llunt, john Franklin, XYal- lace Oliver, .foe Orban, Frank Horgos, ,Iulius Horvat, Harlan Foster. Walter the previous term. Under the direction of Miss Snelling, it is hoped that it will be even larger next semester. The outstanding events of the term for the Orchestra were the night school com- mencement exercises. the com- mencement program on june 19, and senior plays on May 16 and 17. Among the selections which they played are: Liebe- stra1un, by Liszt: London- derry Air, by Robertsg Les llohemians, by lirowng Our Director, by Bigelow, and Turkish March, by Beetho- ven. Five boys are members of the All City Orchestra, which meets at Cass every week. They are Bondy Lubon- visky, Gabriel Sitas, XYilliam Csircsu, Joe lVash, and Hella lilarossi. ased Membership llurge Kimzey, and joe Nagy belong to the Junior band. The members of the senior band are Leslie XVake- field, Francis Tompkins, Fred Schneiderwind, Oliver Miller, john Ford, James Baker, Oliver Miller, Duane Flynn, Geza Pasternak, Kenneth Himes, Andrew Szilagyi, joseph Baker, Ithamar Kriebel, George Xlfeiss, XYilliam Young, James Price, Rennie Kindig, M. The Prospector Band Missell, Roy Tracey, Chester Rickert, Joe Ronis, lid- james Nelson, Charles Peterson, Cecil McConnell, ward Bicker, Leo Ralph, Thomas Odom, James Harold Frank, Glenn Harford, Robert Connelly, Al- liovach, Norman Brown, Fred Morgan, Carl Linck, bert Farkas, Charles Dawes, John Lovernovich, Ward ' Lampher, Harry Gossard, and Howard Doren. Page Twenty-one