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

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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

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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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vagiwwmar h u r e: i most of history's famous sea battles in a knee- length nightuehirt. He was Joined shortly by his wife tEleanor Huffcuti in her eideueplitting quest for the burglar she let escape years ago. Her search was conducted in her sleep, of course, and when she mistook her daughter's suitor for the bare glar and attempted to convert him, the audience was laughing uproarously. Floating gaily in on the scene tnight-mare to Mariei came the frivolous aunt tDorothy Sannesi to top it off with her sleepwwalk- ing version of Lady Macbeth with a few other much- to-benpitied characters thrown in for good measure. It all came out all right, in the end, of course: i but it was a comedy we won't soon forget, and kept us laughing right up to end: a sleepuwalker's pro- posal, complete with kneeling, gush, and red and . green polkaedotted pyjamas. . FOBENSICS . j- In our school contests on March 19th, conteste ants in the field of Serious Dramatic Readings were Alice Johnson and Marie Knuteon; Extemporeneoue Reading: Geraldine Huffcutt,,Hildegard Olson, Norn man Larson and Arlene Trinrud; Humorous Reading: Robert Lee and Eleanor huffeutt, with the first named in each contest the winner. Loren Lee had no opposition in Extemporaneous Speaking and Paul Larson none in Oratory. - On April let the winners Journeyed to Bowler for the conference contests and won please in every event. Loren Lee winning first place in Extempora aneous Speaking to again bring home the cup won by Roger Amundson last year, one more year and we can Keep it for good! Alice Johnson placing second with her Dramatic Reading, The Crimson Rambler ; Robert Lee second with his Humorous Reading, Flee Gang's First Cigars ; Geraldine Huffout second in Extempora aneoue Reading; Paul Larson third in Oratory with I Speak For Myself . Congratulations, Mrs. Voigt, on the fine show- ing of your pupils! .