St James High School - Saintonian Yearbook (St James, MN)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY . . CLASS PLAY CAST, Row 1: Lu Ann Abel, John Jackson, Janice Jensen, Gerry Kinrzi, Catherine Bugge, Eldon Peterson, Clyde Lundholm. Row2: Norman Anderson, Maurice Burkhardt, Gene Deegan, Eugene Payne, Lowell Hurley, Lawrence Pierson, and Jon Frydenlund. April 29 and 30 finally caught up with us and the seniors found themselves in the midst of1'Arse- nic and Old Lace . . .Janice Jensen and Catherine Bugge as Abby and Martha Brewster were only trying to make people happy by putting arsenic in their elderberry wine . . .They couldn't be satisfied at killing only twelve people . . . Charge . . .Eldie Peterson as Teddy Brewster was busy digging the Panama Canal in the basement . . . John Jackson as Mortimer Brewster fell head over heels for Elaine Harper played by Lu Ann Abel . . . Elaine's minister father, Rev. Harper, played by Jon Frydenlund, didn't quite approve of Put a little more zip into those lines! says Miss Swanson, play dir- ector. Mortimer . . . Gerry Kintzi as Jonathan Brewster and Clyde Lundholm as Dr. Ein- stein were criminals staying at the Brewster home . . . Remember how Gene Payne, Gene Deegan, Lowell Hurley and Norman Anderson pro- tected the quiet, peace-lov- ing Brewster sisters . . . Lawrence Pierson as Mr. Gibbs had sense enough to leave the Brewsters just be- fore he would have become the thirteenth victim . . . Maurice Burkhardt as Mr. Witherspoon who was super- intendent of Happy Dale Sani- tarium finally got his last taste of elderberry wine . . . Gloria Bakke as prompter and all the many play com- mittees backed up the cast to make Arsenic and Old Lace a success.

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JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Row 1 Left to right: Roberta Stradtman, Phyllis Hovden, Sandra Petterson, Kathleen Crosgrove. Row 2. Eleanor Ritz, Deanna Schutz. Virginia Seagren. Peggy Woehrle. Wanda Arnolds. Alice Wilson. Julia Jordahl, Mary James. Row 3. Dick Ouren. Grant North, Bob Yock. David Johnson. Putting on our first class play really made us feel like junior s . . . . MISTER CO-ED proved to be hilarious off stage as wellason . . . .Those week night re- hearsals were tiring, but oh, so much fun . . . .Roberta supplied candy for everyone and new track stars were dis- covered in the sprints around the audi- torium ... .It was wonderful to have actual furniture instead of using your imagination with folding chairs . . . . Now, You Listen to Me! Skip lassoed every girl in the place to meet their dates . . . .Weren't some of the make-up jobs a scream? You wondered whose face that was looking back at you in the mirrors ! . . .Our first performance found us biting our nails but everything worked out fine . . . .You can still hear the audience roaring when dainty, petite Lotus made her ap- pearance. Dave was the best dressed woman of 1925. . . .Remember the co- eds clad in those fetching Grecian tunics chasing little zephyrs along an imagi- nary beach? Bob's knickers displayed his manly extremities and wasn't his black eye a magnificent creation? . . . . Miss Hayworth's glasses just wouldn't stay where they belonged . . . .Anyone wanting a fine, strong, healthy body saw Virginia . . . .Wanda's poetry stirred us so deeply . . . .We'll all remember our fir st play, the work, the good times, the wonderful cooperation of Miss Swan- son and the hard working backstage crews. All this made MISTER CO-ED a big success. 17

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DECLAMATION . . The Little Ten People's Plat- form has really been a help to us students who participated in De- clam . .It's purpose is to advance the discussion activity and permit exchange of ideas between the speech representatives of the Little Ten schools . . .Shirley Hage and Jerome Mann were our representa- tives from St. James how brought back news from the other schools THIS SHOULD MAKE A GOOD DISCISSION TOPIC FOR LITTLE 10! think Shirley Hage and Jerome Mann. . . .Incidentally, they did a fine job too! Get those lines learned were familiar words from our advisor s . . .How excited we were when the day came for the local contest .. .then the districts . . .finally the regional . . .Remember how we practised our piece over and over to get the right meaning of the piece . . . Pause here . . . not so fast . . . speak louder were constructive criticisms . . .Mr. Ball was the main pusher . . .di- recting memorized and original oratory, discussion and extemporaneous speaking. . . manuscript readers and dramatic interpre- ters were advised by Mr. Davis . . .Miss Swanson instructed the humorous readings . . .Manuscript readers were the only ones that didn't have to worry about memorizing their lines . . .Original orators had to put their thoughts on paper and memorize too . . .but was worth their efforts after it was accomplished . . .recall how we put off memorizing until a few days before the conte st and how we shook in our boots waiting for the judges final decision? Row 1: C. Bugge, J. Westman, P. Haines. G. Ruhland. M Johnson. P. Hovden. A. Krause, A. Gruis. E. Niemeier. Row 2: G. Peterson, S. Hage, N. Newman. M. Henderson, A. Wilson, W. Arnold, P. Mickelson. L. Mau, G. Bakke. Row 3: J. Wilth, D. Flohrs, R. Jamison. J. Schleier, L. Samuelson, D. Schutz, P. Woehrle, M. James, J. Erickson. Row 3: W. Montgomery, D. Johnson, K. Rude. K. Well- man, G. Kintzi, L. Pierson, D. Anderson, J. Frydenlund, A. Ask, B. Yock, and D. Beck. 19