Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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20 Period Two 530- 'O O O O O 0 0 O O O 204 O O O if 'Of 101 304 ,Oi 'O' Dramatics Mimaingeir' at tihe fcirossroadlsw When a maiden aunt, her attractive young niece, and several other commonplace people are stranded one night at a crossroad's inn during a storm, and a maniac is at liberty, there's Danger at the Crossroads. Ably directed by Raleigh A. Borell, this play opened the dramatic season of the high school this year. With Nellie Bradford as the innkeeper's drab, mysterious wife, Lee Kirkpatrick as her brother, an --No' he im-t heref- escaped lunatic, and an excellent cast of other charac- ters, the production was the most Finished mystery play ever presented on the high school stage. The Dyspeptic Ogre, a clever one-act play, was presented before the main feature. Bill McAdam, Marian Pond, Earnest Smith, Kathryn Wilson, and the rest of the dinners did some excellent work. Cast Norton . . , .,.... ....... R obert Perrine Dorne. . . . , .Phillip Radanovich Clayton .... .... R obert Priegnitz Jervis .... .... l-I arry Passehl Hawkes . .... ,,.,.. ,.... J a ck Smith Mrs.Jane Hawkes. 4 . ,,... Nellie Bradford Jllrs. Nettie Dare ...... ...... E nima Richard Mrs. Belinda Browning. . 4 .... Beatrice Hawthorne A life Atherton .,...... .,....,. L ois Schmidt Aunt Mary Morrison ..... .... P Ileanor Johnston Lorrirner ............. .,..,,... T ed Peahl Guard ..... , . .William Nesbit Sheriff ..... ..... J ay Wharton ilffaniarr ..,.,..................................... Lee Kirkpatrick Left to Right--Peahl, lohnston, Priegnitz, Schmidt, Perrine, Smith, Radanovich, J. Wharton, Bradford, Nesbit, Hawlhome, Richard, H. Passehl .I

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Taft High Classrooms l9 yo. ,Qt ,Or ,gf 104 ,gr ,gf ,Om :Of 201 DO 0 O O O Of Of-101 O ,OCX worthy opponents have stated, sound in - a mixed babble from the rooms on one hallway. A play is being given in the little theater, and an appreciative audience loudly applauds the hero as he strides about the stage. Upstairs from the Little Theater leather is being tooled, and posters are being painted. From the auditorium stirring strains make one of the stage staff, who is stagger- ing along under a huge piece of scenery, keep step without realizing it. A science building always has odors of strange, mysteritJus-smelling gases Chemistry about it: and students in businesslike rubber aprons rush in and out of the rooms, holding beakers and test tubes in tightly clenched lingers. The light from an open doorway reflects on the glass of an aquarium and turns the flashing fish to pure, shining gold. A visit downstairs in the science building finds future draftsmcn bending diligently over their drawing boards. In the shops complicated-appearing machines stand ready to aid in the turn- ing out of various articlesfcabinets, chests, tools, ornamental iron lamps, fern stands, and many other things. In one room of the shops the forge classes meet. ln this room there is a glare from the furnaces and a sound of the hammering of iron. Cars of all makes and descriptions stand in different stages of repair in the auto shopg and boys, working busily putting together again the cut-down which they tore apart yesterday, bend over what will soon be one of the cars loaded with excited boys racing home after school. On the way to the domestic science building, the gym, with its sound of many marching feet, is passed. A crowd of boys in gym suits rushes out of the back door and through the gate of the high board fence which sur- rounds Martin Field. The boy in the lead is bouncing a huge basketball. In a few minutes the class is divided into two Forge teams, and a spirited game is in progress. lt is the girls' day f'Inside, and trim figures keep perfect time to the music as they perform theevolutionsoftheirmarch. So, all through the day, hundreds of students take part in the various activities of the school. A huge mechanism which turns out future citizens-that is the Taft llnion High School. N

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D ramatics 2 l VOC 'O' 101 101 P04 '04 101 YO O O O O YOQ..-101 O O O O O1 'CCE Mgecoimil Clhiilldllhoodlw C Mature onlookers, as well as those of the younger generation, received this student body farce with joy- ous glee and countless giggles. Here comedy was raised above its own level by an excellent cast and the skill of the director. Second Childhood was based on a recent Broad- way success depicting how a science professor, ex- tremely well played by Ted Peahl, discovers an elixir that will return the aged to youth. When an old col- -7 onel, played by Stanley Cornelius, takes an overdose, --Husky- farsical complications arise. l Harold Kofahl thoroughly enjoyed playing his part, and his interpretation of the young hero showed this, while Velma Clark made a very pleasing heroine. Agatha Mattoon, Maxine Zimmerman, Garlyn Basham, and the rest of the cast were all worthy of special mention. Stanley Cornelius, as the old colonel, was one of the most convincing younger actors taking the part of an old man ever seen on the high school stage, and Fern Christensen's excited Spanish dialect was well done. Characters Professor Relyea ..... ,...,...........,,. ...,.... ' l 'ed Peahl Mrs. Wellsrniller tfluntiej .... . . .Agatha Mattoon Silvia Relyea ..... ....... ..i.. V e lma Clark Philip Stanton .....,... , ..... Harold Kofahl General HenryBurberk .... .... 5 tanley Cornelius M arcfella Burbeafle ..... ...... li 'ern Christensen lllrs. Vivvert ....... . , .lVIaxine Zimmerman Mrs. Henderson . . . .... Raydene Green Lucille Norton .... . . .Lorine Anderson Judge Sanderson . . . ...... Garlyn Basham Sherif ........ .... .... . . . ..,........... Willis McCullough Deputy .........,..................................... Tom Kelly Left to Right-Zimmermann Anderson. Green, McCullough, Kelly, Basham. Kofahl, Clarlc. Christensen, Cornelius, Peahl, Mattoon.