Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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EXCALIIBUR Big Top Is Setting for Junior Production Thr Lifflv Clozwf' fII'Ol'i4ll'X ll bfglzfy .Vill't'1'XXfIll ami t'IIfflJ'1-j' xufixfarlwy f'0I1It'lI,-Y. The Junior Class Play, The Little Clown, was presented April fifth in Lincoln Auditorium. The story concerns Hypatia Sainte Germaine CI-Ielen Stuckj, better known as Patsy, who plays the little clown. Patsy was born in the circus and was brought up by a lov- able, old clown, Daddy Toto QLee Roebkej after her parents died. Pete CMaurice Smithj, a young acrobat, in love with Patsy, and Dora QI-Ielen Bollenbacherj, a bareback rider, are her friends. Dick Beverly fRobert Kingj has just recently joined the show. His aristocratic par- ents, Colonel and Mrs. Beverly QGeorge Marsh and Isabel Strotherj come to forgive him for running away and desire to take him home. lt is while he is saying goodbye to Patsy that they discover they love each other. Because of Patsy's lack of education, breeding and manners, Dickis parents object to their marriage. They iinally agree to take Patsy home with them for six months to give her a chance to improve herself. Jim Anderson QDick Dipperyj, manager of the circus, gives Patsy a big send off. At the Beverly's Patsy makes friends with Roddy Beverly QKenny Pflumj, Dickis younger brother, who wants to become an acrobat. At the end of the six months, the Beverly's give a party for Patsy. She embarrasses the Beverlys and shocks the guests, Mrs. Pauncefoote fl-Ielen Dienerj, a haughty Southern lady, her daughter, Blanche QCatherine Kingj, a gushing young thingg and Charles Edwards fDick Bowersj, a Kentuckian gone British, with her circus slang and manners. ln the meantime, Daddy Toto, Pete, and Dora have come to sec Patsy. Patsy, hurt by Dick after her scene with the Pauncefootes, goes back to the circus with Daddy Toto. Back at the circus Patsy tries to reform the whole troupe by correcting their manners and speech. Rose QErlene Emansj and Minnie QCatherine Edwardsj do not like this and express their disapproval. Patsy has been studying a great deal and has improved her speech and manners immensely. Roddy Beverly runs away and comes to join the circus. Mr. and Mrs. Beverly come after him and encounter Patsy. They are very much pleased over Patsy's advancement. Dick comes and Patsy and he are reunited. Ralph Smith plays the Beverly's negro servant, Uncle Shad. The circus people were played by Barbara Resor, XVallace Peters, Maxine Humriekhouse, Charles Pomeroy, Kath- erine Black, Williani Fraylick, and Sam Slusser. The play was directed by Misses Ellsworth and Benson. -TTIQIAEN Duamzix, '36 29

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E X C A L I B U R Graduates Produce Dramatic Success CfIIlJI f1lI .Y!Y'71l'l'j' crfafrvl a lmclz.gro11m1 for Ibf' fine acting jwrlraym' in NP0llItlIIll!'l Wfnlkf' Pomander Walk was presented May seventeenth. The scene of the story is a small, select settlement in England, called Pomander Walk, of which Sir Peter Antrobus qBill Rayj is king. Brooke-Hoskyn fDavid Cressj shares the honors of the walk with Sir Peter. He is a very pompous, well-to-do gentleman, with a mania for banquets. Secretly, he is an ex-butler of Lord Otford QSumner Waltersj. The story centers around Marjolaine Lachenais fBetty Fellj, a young French girl, who falls in love with jack Sayle QRalph Smallj, the son of Lord Otford. Otford and Marjolaines' mother, Madame Lachenais fEva Boddyj had been lovers but Otford jilted her to marry a great lady. Otford wishes Jack to marry Caroline Thring fMildred Rose Brittsanj, an eccentric creature who goes about distibuting alms. The first time that Jack and Marjolaine meet, Sir Peter introduces Jack to Madame Lachenais and she faints. Jack is hurried off for a week. When he does return, he and Marjolaine beg Doctor Sternroyd QPhilip Shickj, a rusty, old clergyman, to get them a license to marry. Miss Barbara Pennymint CMary Whitneyj and Miss Ruth Pennymint QElouise Speel- manj are spinsters who rent the top floor of their house to Mr. Basil Pringle flames Agnerj, a hump-backed violinist. Barbara is in love with Basil and by cleverly teaching her parrot to say Barbara loves you, overcomes his shyness. Sir Peter saves Mrs. P0skett's cat from drowning and Mrs. Poskett Uune Allinghamj , a haughty widow who has had her eyeon Sir Peter for a long time, throws her arms around his neck. Therefore, in the Walk's opinion, he is practically forced to marry her. Several days later, Lord Otford comes to find his son, who has been missing from home. He and Madame Lachenais decide that they will not spoil the lives of Jack and Marjolaine by refusing to let them be married, so they consent. They also decide that they may as well be happy too, so they get themselves a marriage license. Jim, Sir Peter's servant, is played by Walter Abbot, Nanette, Madame Lachenais's French maid, is played by Rowena Geklerg and Jane, Brooke-Hoskyn's maid, by Alice Poling. The Muffin Man is Robert Williman and the Lamp-lighter, David Rucklos. The Eyesore, a disreputable old fisherman, who insists on blotting the landscape in spite of remonstrance, is played by Robert Small. -MIl,DRED Rose BRl'l l'SAN, '35 28

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Junior Class Completes Marsfa lends flu znnors Early in September in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-four. a group of young men and women boarded the Train of Knowledge which was to carry them through the Junior year of High School life. With a plunge ahead the train steamed on under the leadership of David Heydinger as chief engineer or president. ably assisted by George Marsh and Catherine Edwards as vice-president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. During the course of the trip it was necessary for David Heydinger to change his route, which automatically placed George Marsh in charge of the controls. During the Hrst half of our trip, several passengers received honorable mention for their achievements. There were several stops at which many passengers participated in football, namely, Alva Brown, Finley Dickson, Van Ellsworth, Joe Hammond, Bill Hor- ton, David Miller, Lester Patterson, Dick Ziegler and Dean Zinsmaster. Later on the train was again brought to a halt-for the basketball season. During these stops such people as Dick Holmes, Bill Horton, Don Jerome, George Marsh, Lester Pat- terson, Gene Terry and jim Ireton, among the boys-and Dorothy Reid, Mary Knoll, Lucille Bauer, Peggy Poling, jerry Deal, Mildred Klein, Mildred Baxter, and Katherine Black participated in the many invigorating contests. 30