Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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DRAMATICS

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History Of Debate In 1925-26 Mr. Dendell was debate coach. The persons who debated were Ben Murray, Esther Juckett, Esther McDonald and Esther DeBrular. This team won several debates and were awarded a Detroit Free Press Plaque. In 1926-27 Mrs. Doris Cogswell-Hudson was the debate coach. The same team as in the previous year debated. They were awarded a Detroit Free Press Plaque again. Mrs. Eleanor Householder-Randall acted as debate coach in 1931-32. The debating team was made up of Elizabeth Main, Elizabeth Thurston and Jean Mann. This team was also awarded a Detroit Free Press Plaque. Debating was dropped in 1932 until 1937 when Mr. Martinson was debate coach. The debaters were Betty Smith, Eunice Ball, Jack Fousel, Leo Long and Elynore Abel. This team won several debates including the first state elimination contest debate. They were also awarded a Detroit Free Press Plaque. Our 1938-39 team with Mr. Martinson as coach included Leo Long, Jack Fousel and Elynore Abel with the practice team made up of Mildred Belote, Dorothy Martinson and Velma Dean. The team won several preliminary debates and the first elimination debate. They were defeated in the second elimination debate by the Homer team, which won to the state semi-finals after defeating Tekonsha. We have a plaque for this year’s debating.

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Senior Play The Junior class presented if s’ last hi eh school dramatic production, “Bachelor’s Choice” on November 15, 19.38 at the Guild Hall at eight o’clock with the following cast of characters: Mr s. Conwa ■ Nancy Conway Alice Conway Joe Conway Henry Conway Aunt Jane Conway Jim Bachelor Lord Lovett Mrs. Chipley Thelma Chipley . Barbara Dale Anita Belle Johnson EJynore Abel Margaret Witthuhn John Shedd Jack Fousel Maxine Moo e Marlin McElhenie ........... Robert SniLh Betty Smith Shirley Klingaman Madge Leatherbury Tlie story takes piece in the library of the Conway home and the scene opens on the evening before the concert, in which Nancy is a contestant. Mrs. Conway is rehearsing Nancy on her song. Nancy seems very nervous and is unable to sing. To make things worse, Joe comes home with a torn shirt and a very black eye. However, Mrs. Conway pleased to learn that her older daughter, Alice, is engaged to the rich and handsome Jim Bachelor. To make matters worse, Henry, Mrs. Conway’s brother and the supporter of the family, loses his job and Aunt Jane arrives for a visit. Jim trys to cheer up Nancy and learns that she has answered a matrimonial bureau advertisement and is expecting an English Lord, to whom she is engaged, to arrive that evening. Arrangements are made for Jim to meet him at the train and keep him away from the Conway home. On the evning of the concert, Lord Lovett discovers Nancys true identity, Aunt Jane is hurt while walking to the concert, and Alice ,having quarreled with Jim because he made love to Nancy, goes to the concert with Lord Lovett. Nancy is so nervous from excitement that she is unable to sing at the concert. The next morning, Nancy decides to marry Lord Lovett, although she dislikes him, so that Henry will be able to save money to marry Barbara Dale, t: whom he has been engaged for three years. However, she hears that Aunt Jane is dead, and thinking that Henry will receive some of her money, she tells Loid Lovett that their engagement is broken. Soon after, Aunt Jane appears and informs the family that her death was a false alarm. Alice, who has been very angry with Jim, elopes with Lord Lovett. Aunt Jane offers Henry a job as her secretary and a home for Barbara and himself with her. She also promises to send money to Mrs. Conway to support herself and family. Thelma Chipley, who won the concert, offers to have another contest between Nancy and herself and Mrs. Conway urges Nancy to start practising her music, but Nancy tells her mother that she does not care for a musical career and that she is going to be married to Jim Bachelor. Aunt Jane, who sent a telegram to New York to learn more about Lord Lovett, gets a reply saying that he is not an English Lord, but a soda jerker in a drug store in New York. The play ends hilariously with Mrs. Conway, who is determined to have a singer in her family, giving the first music lesson to Joe, the kid brother. The play was presented very nicely, and much credit is due Miss Ash, who directed the play, and the cast. 30