St Francis High School - Echo Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Twelve Hnurs by the Clank SENIOR CLASS PLAY Sunday Wednesday May 16 19 1943 Synopsxs NTO WOODLAWN COTTAGE a er can be lost Dons small house on the estate of Bev However events take strange and erly Gllbert an actress move three amb1t1ous young glrls Ruth tMargaret Ruppertl Sue fLeota Tracyl and Estelle CFrances Hatkel hop1ng to devote a month to 1nten srve study ln thelr respect1ve arts Durmg an unexpected V1S1l at the Cottage Beatrlce Gllbert fCam1lla Elserl reveals the fact that Beverly has dlsappeared suddenly and un accountably She runs away because her manager refuses to allow her to usual character1zat1on ot soc1ety women Into the atmosphere of study comes Carol CE1leen Crowel a gay cousm of Estelle Ard1s Clean W1l hauckl a strange young woman who caught ID the storm forgets her own 1dent1ty and Arabella tMar garet Kamstral a country g1rl who refuses to leave the tr1o The advent of a dashlng young man 1n a gray and scarlet car adds mystery the krdnapmg of an herress makes the glrls wonder rf thelr nameless strang unexpected courses The l1vely Carol elopes w1th the dashmg young man to the accompamment of motor horns ptstol shots and a v1s1t to the pol1ce statlon a terr1f1c crash outs1de her wmdow brlngs back Ardls to normal condltron and causes her to remember a motor acc1dent on her weddlng tr1p that has resulted 1n her temporary aberrat1on Aunt Let1t1a CEdna Halsemal comes m search of Carol because she had escaped exclted when she hears of Carols marnage but later approves of 1t Along comes the news that the he1r ess has been found and that Ardts husband IS safe 1n a nearby town And then as a cllmax Arabella proves to be Beverly Gllbert who undrscovered by anyone has played the role of a country g1rl and has proved that she IS clever enough to submerge her own personallty 1n that ot another person All of wh1ch happens rn the penod from noon to mxdnrght twelve hours by the clock 1 I 1 I T D play a role far different from her from her home. She becomes very

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Girl Scouts HE SENIOR GIRL SCOUTS of St Francls l-hgh School was organ 1zed IH the sprlng of 1942 under the leadershlp of M1ss Ehzabeth Ien nett The troop conslsted of slxteen members therr leader asslstant lead er and flve comm1ttee women At the meetmgs wh1ch are held twxce a month the members plan ac t1v1t1es that glve servrce to others further therr own knowledge and Some of the meetlngs have been hlgh llghted by the lnterestlng talks grven by speakers engaged by the troop At one meetlng Mrs Schrerber beauty operator spoke on 'The Care of the Halr At another Mrs R B Stewart Glrl Scout Comm1ss1on er explcuned a partrcular phase of C1v1l1an Defense Other speakers were Mrs Galloway of the WAACS and Mrs Welloughby dress de slgner Thls w1nter the Scouts attended the Purdue Playshop and en1oyed three of thelr best productrons Cuckoo on the Hearth The Moon ls Down and hm Dandy Several of the members have taken courses offered at the Y W C A and recelved cert1f1cates IH Chlld Care and F1fSl A1d A beauhtul kmtted afghan IS proof that the glrls have learned a few han d1crafts Chlp carvlng another ac cornphshmen of thls group was ap plred IP the fashronmg of 1nd1v1dual Jewelry boxes add to their social enjoyment. . . W . . I I l - I - . 4, ' 5 ' . , . L I '

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In I.ife's Glad Mnrn Presented by THE SENIOR CLASS Tuesday April 6 1943 Synopsis ll N LIFE S GLAD MORN por trayea school hte and 1lS extra currlcular act1v1t1es at St Francrs College The settrng IS rn the St Fran c1s dormrtory and the tlme covers a school year The theme IS the chorce of the relrglous vocatlon by the mos' popular g1rl Ioan Graham CMabel Mrchalkel When the curtam opens the sen1or hauckl Lou Anderson CGertrude Haleyl lane Murray CPatr1c1a Ca h1lll Ruth Lane CBetty Lou Thelenl and Dot Sommers lMGd9l1HG Kortyl are gathered together 1n fnendly con versatlon 1n Agnes Byrnes CCam1lla Elserl room As they are converslng Srster de Paul CHelen Ahlerl and loan the new senror make therr appearance A b1t of humor IS brought 1nto the play by the two mards Yvonne tPat r1c1a Thoennesl and Nora tlseota Tracyl Dunng the Easter vacatlon Ioan goes to V1S1l Agnes at her home where she IS slowly recovenng from 1n1ur1es rece1ved 1n an automobrle accrdent the nlght of the prom At th1s trme Agnes requests that loan enter the convent tn her place s1nce her parents would not permlt her to do so Ioan does not promrse xmrne tune only to fmd her dear frlencl dead at her return After returrung to the college she QIVGS much thought to the request and prays that she w1ll do the nght thlng Her conclus1on IS that the re hgrous hte IS her place She contmues wrth her good works One of her cate chxsm students Ieannle fMargaret Ruppertl benefrts by her work Ioan s revelatlon of her plan to en ter the convent brlngs th1s movlng drama to a sat1sty1ng concluslon girls, Polly Winthrop 'Clean Wil- diately. She leaves Agnes for a short