Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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The Characters Lush .......... . . ........ '. . .Lamar Wheat Poppy Faire ..... . . . . Billye June Abernathy Mrs. Agatha Whatcombe . .Helen Beth Coates Ambrose Applejohn .......... Charles Bray Anna Valeska ................. Isla Bundy Mrs. Pengard ...... .... M ary Hogeboom Horace Pengard .... ...... B arton Phelps Ivan Borolsky . . . ......... Frank Price Palmer ........ .... I rma Jane Anderson Dennet ...... ........... D an Brink Johnny Jason .................. Jack Dalby fCharles Neiswender Coast Guards ........ IRBY crooks fLyle Harmon, Ed Hill, Bernard Bri- man, Vernon Murrow, John Strain, Pirates: Charles Beard, Charles Manspeaker, Persh Gilligan, Bob Reynolds, Dwight Long The Student Staff Director ................. Catherine Dunkel Business Manager ............ Carl Bowman . . . . .Charles Hill Publicity Director .... Stage Manager ......... ,. .... Orland Kilmer Assistant Stage Manager ......... Bob Irwin Property Manager ......... Malcolm Howell Costume Manager .......... Julia Ann Duff Ass't Costume Manager ..... Barbara Sawte-ll HE call of the open road-a gypsy quarter in Seville-a moonlight night in Tangier-the mysterious East! This passion for adventure led Ambrose Applejohn, hero of Walter Hackett's comedy- fantasy, Captain Applejackf' into many hair-raising experiences in one disordered evening. The play, the first production of the school year, was presented October 27 by the Masque and Wig club. Charles Bray played Ambrose Applejohn, who in the second act was bloodthirsty Captain Apple- jack. His delineation of the me- thodical gentleman and the swash- buckling pirate offered fine con- trasts. Billye June Abernathy, as Ap- Romance Lures Applejohn Staid English Gentleman Reverts To Methods of Piratical Ancestor by Malcolm Howell OFF STAGE-AT DRESS REHEARSAL plejohn's ward and Applejack's cabin boy, was dainty and appeal- ing in the ingenue lead. Her Aunt Agatha, played by Helen Beth Coats, upheld family tradition nobly. Isla Bundy, as the alluring Anna Valeska, furnished abundant ex- citement. Her foreign accent was admirable, and she displayed phys- ACT III, CAPTAIN APPLEJACK ical endurance worthy of a second- team football player. Frank Price as the sleek Russian spy leered and snarled in approved Russian spy fashion. Barton Phelps and Mary Hoge- boom, together with a large group of supporting characters, supplied much of the color and action in this swift-moving comedy. Left to Right: Mary Hogebroom, Jack Dalby, Dan Brink, Frank Price, Isla Bundy, Charles Bray, Barton Phelps, Lamar Wheat, Helen Beth Coats, Billye June Abernathy. I Page Twenty-four

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. Our touchdown! T.H.S. Vs. Wichita East . Big Shots Coaches and student managers: Mr. Snyder, Mr Barnett, Bill Brownlee, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Hadley, John Murrow. 3. Buds Swan's spirit hovers over the team 4. This way out! After the game 5. And this isn't all of the crowd that was there 6. Assistant-Coach Snyder 7 8 9 The Passing Show--Football '33 . Oh, you kibitzer cameraman! A real close-up . Washburn here was Topeka: the Guest Team, Wichita East . Right this way. ladeezI Page Twenty-thre

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Juniors Present 'Tommy' Portray Embarrassment Suflered By Accommodating Young Romeo by Malcolm Howell Left to right: Cornelia Ann Miller, Persh Gilligan, William Clark, Charles Stanley, Julia Ann Duff, Lamar Wheat, Lucy Jane Keilmann, The Characters Mrs. Wilson ....... . .... Cornelia Ann Miller Marie Thurber .............. Julia Ann Duff Bernard ...... . ....... Charles Stanley Mr. Thurber. . ..,. Charles Manspeaker Mrs. Thurber. . .... Lucy Jane Keilmann Will-ie Wilson . ........ William Clark David Tuttle .... ...... P ersh Gilligan Tommy Mills .... .... L amar Wheat Judge Wilsonl ............... Maurice Reed The Student Staff Director ................... Malcolm Howell Property Manager. . ....... Bettie Rae Kiene Stage Manager .............. Charles Atwell Asst. Stage Manager. .. .... Don McEntire Business Manager ..... ...... J ack Graves Publicity Director ............. Arthur Wolf Costumes Managers ,.......... ......... . . . . . . . .Jayne Jordan and Peggy Ralston ff 'M IN a fine fix. I want to marry a girl, and she wants to marry me, but we can't get married because her parents want us to. Thus Tommy explained his sit- uation, and it was around this sit- uation that Tommy , the Junior class production, was built. The play, a comparatively recent com- edy of manners by Howard Lind- say and Bertrand Roberts, had clever lines and amusing situations which evoked hearty laughter from the audience. It was revived on Broadway last fall for a second run. Lamar Wheat carried the title role, Tommy. His characterizations of the model lover in the first act and his quick change to the ex- asperated and desperate cave-man in the second and third acts were largely responsible for the success of the play. Opposite him, Julia Ann Duff took the part of Marie, the charming young girl with a mind of her own, around whom the love interest centered. Charles Stanley Charles Man speaker. ACT III- TOMMY breezed on and off as the self-suf- ficient automobile salesman who was sure that Marie could not re- sist his fiery wooing. The parts of Mr. and Mrs. Thurber, the parents who were de- termined to do the match-making for their daughter, were taken by Charles Manspeaker and Lucy Jane Keilmann. Tommy's effort to win the parents' favor instead of Marie's was evident only to Marie and to her uncle, David Tuttle, the kindly politician, played by Persh Ciilligan. Uncle Dave, smoothing a rosy path for the young couple, almost stole the show. Maurice Reed took the part of the crafty judge, and Cornelia Ann Miller was his wife, Mrs. Wilson. Bill Clark as Willie recalled to mind Penrod and other young tor- mentors. The fine setting for the play was made possible by the stagecraft class under J. I-I. Hoehner's direc- tion. Student Stall Labors by Betty Lou Ufford To the laity, the auditorium when a play is incubating is hal- lowed territory, affording a spec- tacle to be witnessed only by the chosen few. At 3:15, all the the- atrical traditions of years arise and tramp the boards of the Topeka high stage, accompanied by screams and gestures from the cast and by suggestions from the staff and di- rectors. Although the staff do not get much out of their work, they con- sider it a privilege and an honor, if for no other reason than the fact that they can hang around with- out being forcibly ejected. The student director is the only one of the staff who can tell the actors what he thinks of them and get by with it. He is also accorded the rare privilege of going tempera- mental and being present at all re- hearsals. The business manager takes care of ticket sales. After relatives of the cast are provided with the best seats, box-office problems are practically solved and almost all the tickets sold. To the costume manager goes the job of rustling up dress suits and tuxedos. Isla Bundy had the worst of it this year with nine to be Sherlocked. The property manager has to figure out where to get daggers, candy-boxes, tobacco pouches, pearls, and furniture. Someone with a crazed look is likely at any time to request you to bring a wall or a sofa to school tomorrow. The stage managers are responsi- ble for most of the noise and the beautiful sets. Nothing pleases them more than a play that requires a lot of scene shifting and thunder. The publicity manager's duties are supposed to be purely creative. They consist mainly in writing neat phrases about the cast and try- ing to get the city papers and World to accept them. Nothing need be said for Miss Gertrude Wheeler and J. H. Hoeh- ner, for the consistent success of their productions speaks conclusive- ly of their virtues as coach and stage manager, respectively. Page Twenty-five