St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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GOLD AND WHITE y3f-,--- L I SCENES FROM A'WHX' WERI2 YOU SENT TO COLLEGE? 5 w Sixty-five

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GOLD AND WHITE lki-- -l- The Senior Play HE Senior Class of 1929 might be compared to the French nation at the time of the Revolution. The French conjugated, I am suspect, you are suspect, he is suspect, The Seniors conjugate, Am I going to college? Are you going to college? Is she going to college? Therefore. it seemed quite appropriate that the name of the Senior play should be, Why Were You Sent to College? But lest the people at large presume that it was somewhat like a thesis or a lecture course, we hasten to add that it was an exciting, fast-moving story of a small-town pioneer family, whose children come back from college full of ultra- modern ideas and ultra-modern disregard for all but themselves. When, however, they discover that in a moment of just anger and indigna- tion at being continually goaded and insulted by an unscrupulous band of poli- ticians, their father has impetuously resigned from his office of city assessor and, having spent all his money on their education. has become bankrupt, they rise to the emergency by pretending a sudden antipathy to continuing their studies. The eldest son, who was about to be married, places all his savings in his father's name in the bank. The younger son, whose ambition it was to study under a famous artist, secures a position in a stock company as actor and scene-painter. And his twin-sister accepts a position as advertising manager for a department store. But they do not stop at obtaining positions for themselves. Knowing of a long cherished ambition of their father's to be a market gardener, they persuade their grandmother to enter into partnership with a friend and hire their father to look after her interests. The plot was well knit together and the characters typical of American life. Though the action took place in a small town, it could be set to equal advantage in any city of the United States. The play was coached by Mr. Daniel Sullivan and was produced in the School Auditorium on Friday evening, April 27th. The members of the cast were: Marjorie Crummy as Bernard Ingals, the father: Lillian Arata as Eunice Ingals, the mother: Esperanza Ruelas as Mrs. Bradley, the grandmother: Michaela Driscoll as Bradley lngals, the younger son: Dorothy Mullaney as Lois Ingals, his twin-sister: Margaret Mount as Hugh lngals, the elder brother: Mary Lins as Julia Murdoch, their aunt: Ellen Martin as Dagmar Carroll, Hugh's fiancee: Neva Longatti as Noel Derby, a friend of the family: Georgia Alegretti as Leo Day, a politician: Bernice O'Connell as Elliott Kimberley, a politician: Elizabeth Silva as Ronald Murdoch, the chil- dren's cousin, and Grace O'Connor as Rhoda, the maid. Sixty-four

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i-1------634 GOLD AND WHITE Junior Rally ILLED with enthusiasm, bustling back and forth, eager for the moment when we would reap the reward of long and tiresome practise but thrilled to realize that all was to be a surprise to the audience-the Juniors were ready for the annual Junior Rally. The curtain finally parted revealing a beautiful garden scene. There Eva and saucy little Topsy with many pickaninnies furnished much humor as Well as a touch of pathos to a scene from Topsy and Eva. This was followed by a charming pantomime in which an artist fulfilled his ideal in painting. Other numbers of gay music, vivid costumes and fair ladies passed on to give Way to the most humorous scene of all. the Family Album. Then came the climax, the greatest novelty of the program-a motion picture. There appeared before the audience thi achievements of the Junior Class and the pranks and tricks of its members The program, which represented a color scene, was as follows: I. Just a Shade Darker. II. Paisley. III. Hunting For the Gold and White. IV. Paragon. V. A Gray Idea That Will Tickle You Pink. Sixty-six