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

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DRAMATICS The Neighbors Front Row -Left to Right: Phyllis Peterson, Helen Evenson, Lois Jorgens Second Row: Bill Mork, June Thomander, Harriet Neoerud, Connie Olson, Bob Bestul

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Dramatics The Neighborsi,hh .act play, represented our high xshool at the dramatio dumbest, which was held at ?-msrton on Tho Cast was as follows; Grandma --------- - ------- Helen Evenson Mis' Diantha Abel ------- June Thomander Ezra Williams ----------- Bill Mork Peter ------------------- Bob Bestul Inez -------------------- Lois Jorgena Mis' Elmira Morand ------ Connie Olson Mis' Trot--u-ho--o-----vHarriet Neperud Mis' Carry Ellsworth----Phyllis ?oterson The Neighbors was aserious play portraying life in the olden days. News comes t i a neighbor, Mis' Garry Ellsworth is going to take care of her sister's boy. This gyms is brought to Mis' Diantha Abel by her daughter, IneZi The neighbors, Miss Elmira Moran, who is botherod with rheumatism and hiss Trot, who has just found a buffalo bug in the parlor carpet help to plan a rnal welcome for the boy. Ezra Williams who has so much to do his hands sag brings clotheg and Petnr, the bashful boy Who courts Inez, brings clothes. Even Grandma, who is very old, helps by making a rag doll for the boy. when the plans are all made and all of tho clothes are collected, Mis' Carry Ellsworth enters to bring the hows that tho boy is not coming eftor all. Potnr, who has been awkward When Inez is around, forgets himself and tolls hor ktv much he loves hnr.

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Forensics This ye9r because of the l9rge number of contest9nts, the Forensic E11min9tlon Contest W9s divided into two sections and w9s he-ld in the high school 9ssemb1y Toom on March 12 9nd 15 respectively. .9 The reading contest, which was held.on the I ,was Judged by the Rev. aIa Mrs. E. R. Larson and Miss Tony Voie. There were six contestants who participated in this contest. David Dean W9s awarded first p19ce. On M9rch 13, the other contests wer held with Rev. Willet o Amherst acting as Judge.i Bob Bestul, the only contestant in exm tempor9neous speaking opened the contest. There were two sections in the oratorical contest this year -noneorigin91 and original oration. There were three participant in the field of non-original oration 9nd one in the original or9tion. Bob B. received first plfce in nonworiginal 9nd Harrie. Neperud, who was unspposed, in original oretory. There were five contestants in the serious declam9tory cone ;est of which Lois Jorgens was awarded first Dlece. In the humorcus declamatory contest, there were five para :icipants. David Dean won first p19ce. 'U Since David De9n 9nd Bob Bestul each reseived two first plsgos, they were given 9 ch9nce to cheese the field in which the; wished to represent the school at the Conference meet which Wis held 9t Mattoon on M9rch 21. David chose humorous declame atior giving Lila Simonson first place in eXtemporaneous reading, and Bob chose extemporeneous speaking, giving June Thomander first place in Oratory. mu In the contest at Mattoon, two of our contestants, June Thomander and Bob Bestul received A ratings, which gave them the Opportunity to take Dart 1n the district contest at Stevens Point. The rest of the participants received 9 B rating which placed Scandinavia second in the League contest. The district contest was held at Stevens Point on April 2, where June received 9 B rating and Bob received an A ratingc This entitled Bob to go to the ste te contest. At this contest, which was held at Madison on April 19, Bob received a 8 rating