Sutton High School - Mustang Yearbook (Sutton, NE)

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eniofz Class .QD ay The Senior Class Play g'For Pete's Sakei'-a farce in three acts, was given April 26 at the high school auditorium, under the direction of Mr. Weyand with the assistance of Miss Bell and Miss Butler, The cast of characters was as follows: Sarah Pepperdine .... .... P eter's aunt ................... Mary .lane Weston ,Iasmine jackson .... .... A unt Sarah's darky cook ....... Marian Deering tiiei-ro Mnrglethorpe.. .. . Dean of Elwood College ........ Herman Hartmann Peter Pepperdine ................. Always in hot water ..... .... B ill Swanson Bill Bradshaw .................... Peter's pal ........... .... lt 'lelvin Levander Tliorndyke Murglethorpe tMuggsyJ . A college grind .... .... S am Carney Mrs. Ceorgania Clarkston .......... A social climber .... .... E llie Sheridan Nadine Clarkston ........ .... P eter's sweetheart ..... .... A rtis Johnson Peggy Clarkston .... .... B ill's sweetheart .... .... l ieatha Ochsner Malvina Potts .... .... IN 'Iuggsy's goddess. .. . .... Leila Busse John Bolivar . . . .... A wealthy banker .............. Frederick Bender Dupont Darby .... .... A poet of Elwood College ...... Leon SCllt'illt'11l1lI1Il SYNOPSIS Lying as a fine art certainly calls for a strong head. a stout heart. and a good memory, and Peter Pepperdine has all these qualifications. When his exasperated aunt, in an effort to discipline him, starts on a summer tour of Palestine without him. he rents her mansion, against her expressed desire. to her dearest enemy. Then he disguises himself as a butler, and all to earn ready cash. Aunt Sarah cancels her trip and returns finding the house in a turmoil. livents straighten themselves out and all ends happily. Serzfmlz Sheridan, Deering, Weston, Ochsner, johnson, Busse. Slrnzrizngz liender, Sc-hs-idemann, Hartmann, Swanson, Levander, Carney. ...gif 539-

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usic gfzoups BOY'S GLEE CLUB Forty-five boys who rehearse the fourth period every Thursday morning represent this organization. The members of this group took part in the operet- ta Rose of the Danube , given last November. Dale Hultine, Max Heinz, Ralph Claus, and Junior Snedgen will compete with vocal solos at the Spring Music Contests. MIXED CHORUS Sevent -live 'rls and boys have been selected from the two glee clubs to form the Nllixed C-horus. This group does very fine work, performs at many events during the year, and will appear at the Easter and Spring Concerts as well as in the Music Contest. The Mixed Octette selected from this group has Reatha Ochsner, Marcella Crosshans, Ellie Marie Sheridan, Betty Willey, Max Heinz, Dale Hultine, Ralph Claus, and Junior Snedgen as members. GIRL'S GLEE CLUB At the opening of school one hundred five girls enrolled in this organiz- ation. All of these took part in The High School Operetta, Rose of the Danube. The second semester this group was limited to sixty-five. The re- maining girls formed a second glee club. Betty Willey, Ellie Marie Sheridan, and Reatha Ochsner will enter solo events in the music contests this spring. ORCHESTRA Sutton High School advanced orchestra is composed of forty-five members. The orchestra has taken part in several entertainments in the High School Auditorium. The Orchestra will compete in the Music Contest Festivities. Suzanne Pope is playing a violin solo as a member of the Orchestra. BAND The H1939-40 advanced band is composed of fifty members, thirty-three high school students, the remainder grammar school pupils. There has been a High School Band in Sutton for the past nine years, and it seems each year the interest increases. We sixteen seniors, who are leaving this year, hope t'hat it will continue through the years to do so. Students playing solos from the band are Joan Lilliedoll, Frederick Bender, Leila Busse, and Helen Mau. The band is planning on entering the Spring Music Contest. PEP BAND Our Pep Band has twenty members who are really full of pep. All the members of the Pep Band are chosen from the advanced band. The Pep Band plays at every home football and basketball game and tries to go to as many out-of-town games as possible. 4f13l

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lfucl' Rout: Xliss llutlcr, flt'lllill', ti. l'opc, Dickson, Yost, hluu, l'iln-rt, Watson. lxll'li2lllLIllliIl, U. l.ol1nn-icr. Scroml Rout llrc-ning, S. llopc. Wcston, li. flI'llHlll'I'. Al'lit'l4lll1lll., llk'll1lt'l', Van l'altcn, V. l,olnnf'icr. Fronl Ron: Slit-ritlan, l., Ut-hsncr, 0. l'opc, Wit-luntl. liillicfloll, Nuss. Burns. Willey. eqbonies 5atltllc your lmlucs lo a wiltl Mustang. Ancl gallop your lroulwlcs away. The Sutton l'onics, untlcr the lcatlership of Miss hliriam llutlcr. can acltl unothcr succcsslul year lo thcir rcconl. The- mcmlncrship came to twenty-six with ninc scniors. a-ight juniors. eight sophomorcs. ancl one frcshman. All Ponies were chosen on thc lmasis of lcarlcrsliip, coopcralion. initiative. and sports- manship. To start thc vc-ar out right a tlluili lfct-il nas hcltl ai il-it lfcntral Calc as an initiation to the ncw ITlt'lIlllt'I'S. The pcp antl enthusiasm ol' the l'onics was much apprecialctl at all high school activities and they lvccamc familiar figurcs in their ncw uniforms' - black slacks antl sncatcrs with rctl lcttcrs antl scarfs. Thcy aroused thc spirit ol' tht- cntirv sfhool hotly lvy revising yt-lls. making ncw songs, ancl then mimeographing lnoolglcts for cvs-ry mcmlmcr of high school to use at the games. ln aclrlition, scvcral clcvci' skits. rallies. antl llashlight mlrills wcrc prcscnlccl. Several sales campaigns were successfully carriecl out -the sale ol' schctlulc pencils. tickcts to Harvartl-Sutton loothall game: and at clrive for the salt- of activity tickets. The purpose. in short. of the Ponies, is to promotc school spirit in every way possible. -..gig 20