Warrensburg High School - Arrow Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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vvvvv fxfxfxyx MAAAA' V 5 . e 0 4 NA fvx fvvvx ' V V ' ' 'I V W . I - I POLLY WITH A PAST S the curtain rises, we see the apartment of Harry Richardson and Clay Collum, in New York City. Rex Van Zile, in love with Myrtle Davis, a reformer, en- ters, hoping to meet her. She arrives with her mother and Stiles, a boozer whom she has reformed, to arrange some tickets for a benelit concert. After she has left, the three men decide to blacken Rex's reputation so that Myrtle will try to reform him. They enlist the services of their new maid, Polly Shannon, a minister's daughter, who, to earn money for vocal training, agrees to play the role of a woman with a past, with whom Rex is apparently to fall in love. In the second act the scene changes to the summer home of the Van Zile's. The plot of the previous act has succeeded. Myrtle is very much worried about Rex's Hirtations with Polly, for whom, it is rumored, a prime minister of Uruguay was killed, and the great pianist, Petrowski, committed suicide. Myrtle, her mother, and Mrs. Van Zile call Rex's uncle from New York to rescue Rex from Polly, who has assumed the name of Miss Paulette 'Bady. The last act takes place after an interim of two days. Myrtle is madly infat- uated with Rex and is determined to marry him, but Rex has decided to reveal the conspiracy and marry Polly, whom he now loves. In the meanwhile his uncle has arrived to buy off Miss Bady. At this time Rex tells of the plot of his friends and shows his affection for Polly, but his uncle, be-lieving her a notorious woman, will not let Rex marry her. The timely arrival of Petrowski clears the stage for their marriage as it shows the uncle that Miss Bady is not notorious, and that the whole affair was a put up job. 'Vw vvvv -fvv-f .,- .,..-e V' v-- 0 1930 AA Nbmm IAARIBA x..... Axfbffbki AA Page sixty-two R

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DEBATE SEASON OVEMBER 20, 1929, a preliminary debate was held in assembly, Four stu- dents, Mardelle Estes, Mae Azelea Logan+both Juniors--and Phyllis Henry and John R. Rice-Seniors-had been working for several weeks and this de- bate was to decide who should represent VV. H. S. in the State Debating League. A1- though all four students did well, the two Seniors, Phyllis Henry and John R. Rice were selected as the team. These two debaters worked hard gathering material for their speeches and practicing, and on December 6 they opened the sea:on with a victory when they de- feated the Blairstown team at Blairstown. Our team took the affirmative side of the question in this debate. Friday, the thirteenth, proved to be a lucky day for us, because on this day the Tiger debate team went to Centerview with the affirmative side of the question, and again won honors for W. H. S. by receiving a unanimous decision. These two victories made Warrensburg sit up and take notice and gave our team encouragement. Having only five days in which to prepare for the next debate and having to take the negative side of the question, the team and coach worked hard but they were doomed to disappointment. December 18 the Holden team came to YV. H. S. and defeated us. This defeat was hard to take but it did not eliminate us from the race. It did, however, make us tied with Centerview for first place in this division. We took the negative side this time and defeated them again with a unanimous decision. January 30 we met the Adrian team here, which was thus far undefeated. We took the affirmative side of the question and received two of the three votes cast. We were very much elated and felt that we had really accomplished something. We were next paired with Sedalia and February 13 our debaters went there for the semi-finals of the District Contest. This time the thirteenth seemed uu- lucky. But it was Thursday-not Friday the thirteenth, so that accounts for it. Receiving only one of the three votes cast, our team was eliminated. However, I think they enjoyed the refreshments and also the show. This was the first experience that either Phyllis or, John R. had had with de- bating and we feel that they made an exceptionally good showing. They worked hard. and sacrificed a great deal of their time in order to bring honor to their school, and W. H. S. is very proud of them. Winning four out of six debates and receiving ten of the fourteen votes cast, Phyllis and John R. should feel that they have accomplished much and that their time was well spent. Mrs. Gorrell, the debating coach, deserves much credit. With untiring effort she worked and spent much of her time polishing the speeches-and also the de- baters. She is a very capable instructor and is deserving of much praise. V. V. . W - vw H--V es ' 19 3 G Page Sixty-one M NA ns? My VQVVSVV Awww wwvvv A O v 4 x, 4

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Nf VX L fvNfY'A x. V N' 1 -, f - V V v v V . , V ' -1. A K n , , ' l 1 a i l l aim 4 H WHIMSEY Z gg HIMSYH is a four-act comedy of American college life, The plot is ' centered around the rivalry between the Work-Your-Ways led by fe Jack Marshall and his friends, and the Money-Interests led by Oily 'O Denning. YS - The Work-Your-VVays is a group of boys drawn together by the common ne- cessity of making one dollar do the work of two. They rent a house and employ a housekeeper. Jokingly they style themselves members of the W. Y. VV. Jack's ,Il S- leadership is unquestioned among his fellows. t ly Oily Denning's gang is made up of the opposite type of fellows, out for a L, good time, with only one thought in mind- getting by . In order to do this they L6 plan to get the examination papers and lay the blame on Jack. Rather than have their hero suffer the disgrace, 'Whimsey , a freshie trying desperately to make the grade, accepts all the blame. However, the Dean has been watching Denning and t' Ends him guilty, so, eventually, the two parties are reconciled and everything works Le out for the best. li The coeds of the so-called Kantrell College add color to the play by their '11 party given for the VV, Y. VV. Where the action starts by the unexpected appear- ir ance of Denning and his gang. ' le This play was presented by the Junior Class of W. H. S., March 28, 1930. I ' Page Sixty-three