University High School - The Cub Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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FUN AND FROLIC . I;in orgfanizatiiins and iiiili idiial li(l llicir l (.-st tliis U ' rm to make llie Follifs siK ' ci ' sstul. 1 lu ' i ii ijuralion was plciKlid and ln ' causc dI tlic coiiipfli- liiiii tliat existed, tlie skits w eie of a line standard. Tile llifjh Seniors produced as their farewell performance an ori 4;inal skit entitled ' i ' lic Little Red School House , which took lis hack to our jjrammai school tlays in a very realistic way. The characters were: ttie school-master, Charles Dondero ; Percy, . rchie Mcl ' herst)ii ; Mrs. Van Smytlie, IClizaheth Smith: I ' atchs, Herbert Bolton: Rastus, Charles Howdish : Hecky. I ' lvelyn Land; Superintendent of Schools, Jack I ' -dg-emoiuI ; and Susie, La on Her- sey. The Music Box also carried out the general theme of the Follies in their production of a Kiddies Revue. This con.sisted of a rhythm hand by members of the club, a hoop dance by Dais ' Marchant, a doll sons., ' - by Helen .Murray, a piano solo by incent Duckies, and a romper chorus by the dancing classes. Trouble at Satterlees was the one-act play presejited by the Girls ' Rally Committee. The chai ' acters were Dorothy, portrayed by Kay Mitze; Alice, by Virginia Steinliach ; Marion, by Evelyn Schlichting: Mildred, by Elizabeth Peart; Miss Saterlee, by Elizabeth Armstrong, and Kathleen, by Peggy Mc- Guire. The play depicted life in a boarding school. The Low Twelve class contributed to the program b}- presenting a play written in poetry entitled Jane Clay . John . ffolter was the Judge; Phyllis Barnett, Jane: W ' oodrow Johnson, Mason: Paul Barrett. Steve; Evelyn Schlichting, the Mother: Edward Schneider, the Policeman: Don Nelson, the Clerk; and Roy Inglebrightsen, the Detective. The Boys ' Glee Stunt, . way Out West , was introduced by a whip dance given by Dais} ' Marchant. The Girls ' Glee also contributed to the musical side of the program by singing a group of Favorites. Before the curtain acts added a great deal to the gaiety of the evening and kept the audience entertained while the stage crew did their business. These acts included a humorous war-time skit by the High Eleven class, a skillful hand-balancing act by Russell Howland, and Cartographs by Jack Edgemond. Another individual stunt was a toe dance by Leona Dahock. Joatjuin (irill and his Hot Spot Syncopators entertained the audience before the program and during the intermission by rendering several peppy ' numbers. The sale of serpentine and candy made the performance complete and so ended another successful Follies . Sixty-iiine

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PRESS CLIPPINGS CLIPPER CUB NEWS DEC. 12, 1930 GIRLS ' VIGILANCE COMMIT- CHIEF JUSTICE DONDERO TEE HELPS MAINTAIN ORDER AT U.H.S. U.H.S. The girls ' Mgilance com- mittee, led by Jean Hunt, Associate Justice, accomplished a great deal this tL-rni in helping maintain order in University High. There were sixteen girls on the committee, whose duties included stair, hall, and assembly. A girls ' court, consisting of the associate justice and two lieutenants, Dor- othy McCallan and Jean Arlett has met in room 51 e ery Frida - to trv offenders. ENFORCED U.H.S. LAWS Charles Dondero. U. H. S. Chief Justice, has played an active part in the smooth running of the school during the past term, with the aid of eighteen members of the commit- tee which he appointed. The three vigilance lieutenants, as chosen by the Chief Justice at the beginning of the term were ; Lieutenant John Landon, who was in charge of the order in the assem- blies ; Lieutenant Bert Gustafson, who was in charge of the hallways : The girls ' vigilance committee, in and Lieutenant Harold Sternitsky, conjunction with the boys ' has help- ho attended to the problems of ed keep our school in a good condi- ,„,„,,i„g. „,| ttj g. tion throughout the past term. It was the duty of the comnnttee to turn in the names of those bo vs who had connnitted offenses to the Chief lustice. In order to o:ive the STANDING COMMITTEES AT WORK The standing committee of Lhii- versity High School rendered the students a fair trial before sentence, main assistance to our student ourt meeting was held on each goverment last term. These com- p,.; , , , offenders of the ])re ious week were brought before mittees which had different func tions helped to preserve order, take charge of student body elections, t ' ' i ' ' S ' - ually the person who and performed other duties for the committed a first offense was correct running of our student body. The most important com- mittees were the Point System, Vigilance, Finance, Election, and Scholarship. This term the stand- ing committees were quite success- ful under their chairmen and Gor- merely warned, but if the act were repeated a detention would be given or a task assigned. Dondero deserves much credit for the fine way in which he accom- plished his task and for the great don Arlett, student body president. executive ability he showed.

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DRAMATIC KIGHT The Admirable Crichton, a four act play by Sir James Barrie. was presented by the dramatic classes with the help of the art and stage-craft classes as the offering- for Dramatic Night. November 7. The use of a four act play was a pleasant innovation, being the first one to be presented for a number of years. The plav deals with life among the English nobility, and the soundness of the class system is the theme. The scenes are laid in a formal English drawing room, and on a desert island. Lord Loam, played h ' Lawrence Cherry, invites his servants into the drawing room on stated occasions, where the}- are treated as equals, thus demonstrating his beliefs. His famih-. Lady Mary. Virginia Steinbach : Lady Catherine and Lady Agatha, Charlotte Stewart and Claire Bradhoff, are forced to submit to his ideas. When the party is shipwrecked on a desert island. Crichton, the butler, in the person of Horace Case, becomes master of the situation. The supporting cast was made up of Charles Bowdish as the Honorable Ernest W ' oolley. Woodrow Johnson as Lord Brocklehurst. Jean Hunt as Lady Brocklehurst: Donald McLeod as Reverend John Treherne. and Peggy McGuire as Tweeney. The members of the household were played by Nell Aiken, Eric Eaton. Roy Inglebrightsen, Elden Clark, Daisy Marchant, Frances Merrill. Evelyn Land, ' irginia Cull, and Jean Scott. DRAMATIC MATIHEES Aside from the production of The Admirable Crichton. the dramatics classes have presented several one-act plays to selected audiences. Among these were Sham . The Eorfeit . and The New Word . The cast of Sham did such an excellent piece of work that the characters were re- qusted to repeat it before another audience. The characters were the thief, Sam Holmes: Clara, Madeline Bond: Charles. Wadsworth White: and the reporter. Antone Valim. The Forfeit was presented before an invited audience of about fifty people. Howard Sheldon, the leading character of the play, was portrayed by Raymond Peabbles. The other roles were : John Pembry, Joaquin Grill: Marjorie Hyde, Phyllis Barnett : Mrs. MuUins, a charwoman, June Beckman : and Thrupp, an office boy, W ' eido I ancione. Seventy