Union Free High School - Viking Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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a smh v The Junior Class Production The junior class can thank Mr. Gordon, their advisor, for the sucCess of the Junior Class Production. For it was he who concluded that the Juniors were not capable ' of presenting a play to raise money to give the seniors a picnic as the preceding classes had done. Thus it was that he concocted what was called The Junior Class Production . The program consisted of a variety of entertain- ment. Some of the participants were not juniors, but they had to draw upon the talent from the other classes. The program was as follows: Trumpet duet, 0ver The Waves ;..C. Dean and B. Lee Serious Deolamation,?TheVWheels-of-T1me M.Knutson Girl's wuartet,Mar1e Knutson, Dorothy Sannes,Norma Otterson, Helene howe, sang a combination of Solomon Levi and A Spanish Cavalier ; also ., Neopolitan Nights . a accordian numbers ..... . ......... ..LaVerne Anderson Humorous Dec. Flea Gangs First Cigars .....R. Lee Comic song, Der Fueher's Face ...G1r1's quartetamd boys representing Hitler,Hirohito, Bc-Mussolini. Piano solo ............................ .Paul Larson Trumpet solo, Stormy Weather . .......... ....R. Lee One-aot play, Poppin' The Question .........Marie Knutson, Dorothy Sannes, and Kermit'Trinrud. The star feature of the evening was to be a little skit, One Day in The Class Room . The olaseT being Soienoe, where numerous boners were pulled, but due to Mr. Gordon's loss of voice the was to be the teacherT it had to be dropped. wLoren Lee supplemented as announcer in Mr. Gordon's place.

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Senior Class Play Den't Darken My Door a humorous three act play was presented by the Senior Class May 7, 1945. P1ace--n-The living room of Roger Kent's country home. Time ----- Summer. Behind the foatlights were: Roger Kent, a bachelor.........;..Norman Larson Rosemary Kent, his romantic niece.Virginia 0. Tom Garrick, Reeemary's suitor....Loren Lee Peppy Foster, maid of all work....Gera1dine H. Alec Stubbins, her devoted swain..Gordon Sannes Jane Perkins, writer of romance...Alice Johnson' ' Louisa Featherstone .Arlene Trinrud 'Susie Featherstone,, two 01d maids.Hildegarde 0. When a girl reads too many romances what chance has a mere man to win her? iRosemary wanted a lover like the one in Hearts Aflame and she had no time for Tom. Her admiring maid, Poppy, felt the same waytin fact, she read the same romancesl, and poop Alec, the gardener, was in despair over Poppy's sudden coldness. Then the author of the romantic books'appears. She's a maiden lady with a kind heart and shb sets about repairing the damage her books have done. Under the direction of Jane, Tom and Alec are soon spouting romantic speeches and making a hit with the girls. There are very funny scenes as Tom is coached on lovemaking. It's still funnier - when he makes the speeches he's been coached on. Two fluttery spineters from the neighborhood keep a thrilled eye on the romantic goinge-on, and even Rosemary's bachelor uncle begins to notice the good qualities of the author he is entertaining unaware. The finale comes with an elepement in which everybody takes a hand. and Aleshand Peppy play a good comic scene for all it's wort . l

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DRAMATICS - On November nineteenth our humorous and dramatic plays were presented for an enthusiastic audience at the Community Hall. he serious play, No Greater Love , was a play about people we all know. An interesting pers formance was given by Virginia Christensen, as the weary, heartbroken mother. Her only happiness was in her son, for whose sake she had kept up her Kenn tucky Mountain home since her husband's death, and managed to finance her son's education in medical school by her own patient, drudging toil. Paul Lar- son, our clearuvoioed sophomore, gave us an excellent portrayal of the cocky, self-sufficient young man who obstinately refused to bury himself in the squallid little town that so blindly trusted in this son of the doctor who had given up choice associates and up-toudate equipment to care for the villagers. An aging men, broken in health, watches bitterly while his sister's heart is broken by her son. This pathetic character was vividly brought to life on the stage by Loren Lee. Lorraine Hoover found a place in our hearts as the tender, loving little neighbor girl who waited for years.for the young doctor, only to be ignored by him, Looking on while struggles and heartaches surround her rocking chair is the age ing, sympathetic grandmother who appreciates even her grandson's unreasoning ambition, and who patients ly convinces him that his place is here, with the people who love him and need him. In staging this story of a humble mountain home, Miss Virginia Gar- side did a convincing and effective Job, and for many of us the play pointed to the solution of many of our personal problems. The rollicking comedy, Not Tonight , was stimu ulating entertainment, actually bringing us into a home full of sleepwelkersl Only one person in the house was an exception. The daughter, tMarie Knut- soni did not walk in her sleep, but she was afflic- ted with a fervent desire to get married, and, as she so aptly put it off stage, she was determined to hook herself a MAN or ELSEli With all her ways and wiles, she finally interested her man tKen Trina rudl to the point of proposing. But her careful plans were hilariously interrupted by her father, the sleepwelking admiral tGordon Sannesi reufightsng tcontinuedi