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

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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

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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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The Lady in Gray IUNIOR CLASS PLAY Sunday, Tuesday November 22 24 1942 Synopsxs ATHERINE Cloan Moserl hnds thtngs a blt too slow so she sug gests to st1r up exc1tement by pretendtng that Ellse CDor1s Burklel IS the author ot a best seller Phyllls CFrances R1ehlel assummg the per sonahty of a glamorous debutante whose last name IS the same as her own Parmenter and she mstnu ates that she IS engaged to Ted W1n ston son ot the noted Admtral Wm ton Fate a1ded by Polly Pry tAn1ta Stegfrtedl a busybody ot twelve takes a hand IH succeedlng events The real author IS a hotel guest The aunt of the true lane Parmenter Clfrances Rlehlel appears upon the scene news comes that lane wlth a newly acqu1red husband w1ll make a brlel stay at the hotel Helen CRO berta Connollyl stster of Mrs Som erton hotel hostess CRuth McManusl and Ted W1HSlOH s real hancee wor rted because she has had no commu mcatlon w1th Ted s father and moth er grows puzzled and dlstressed when she hears of Catherlne s clalm to Ted Myster1ous lady tn gray who ap pears appeals to Helen 1n a most det 1n1te way and creates susplclon among all the guests She solves the trouble ot M1ss Adams CFa1th Van Andaj a mystenous artlst The rest of the cast Molly tPatty Freelandl Ann Wallace CCecel1a Brooksj Mtss Bennett tHelen M1ChGlk6l and Mrs Mltchell CPat Barnh1zerJ adds to the excrtement ot the comedy Events ad1ust themselves Cather 1ne confesses that she IS merely creat mg a sensatton El1SG becomes a lr1er1d and admtrer ot the real author and the two Parmenters meet and agree 1t s a grand 1oke Mrs Gray proves to be the lovely and fasctnat ng W1lG ot the admtral who has chosen tlrus way ot becom ma acquamted w1th Helen 1 1 1 - ' 1 . . . 1 - A 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 , I ' ' -. . 1 1 1 S . 1 1 f ' 1 1 1 , . 1 1 ' 1 , . , . , . ' - . L 1 . I - . - J -