West High School - Occident Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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THE OCCIDENT 21 Uhr 612155 Iilug The class oi' nineteen hundred and Hfteen selected 'tThe Adventure of Lady Ursula, a clean comedy by Anthony Hope, for the annual class play. It was originally planned to pre- sent it on Friday evening, June 11, but owing to the fact that the house was sold the first day of the ticket sale it was decided to give two performances, the first being on Thursday, June 10. This was West High's first attempt at a two night stand and such was its suc- cess that the near future may see our Seniors presenting their plays from the Hartman or Southern stages. Com- ment on the individual work done will be postponed to the October issue as both time and space are lacking. THE CAST Earl of Hassenden ...r.... Eugene Hensel Sir George Sylvester ...... Fowler Harper The Rev. Mr. Blimboe ,rYr.,. Earl Talhelm Mr, Dent ,.,......,.,,...e,,,,i,,...,.. Frank Davis Mr. Castleton ....,.r.r ,.,....,.,.... R alph Hoff Mr. Devereux rr.,rr.. ..,..,. R aymond Kipp Quilton .....,..,r..rr.r. rr,r,,..,.., H ayden Jones Mills ,i,i,,,,,,,,,,r ......,., N ewton Thatcher Servant ,,,.,,.......... ,.r...,...,.,.. H arold Link Mrs. Fenton ...........r,rrr...... Anita Thomas Dorothy Fenton .,.i..,.,.,.....r. Helen Miller The Lady Ursula Bar- rington .ere.,........,... Carmen Stocklin ACT I--The Earl of Hassenden's Home. ACT II-The Manor of Sir George Sylvester. ACT III-Hassenden's Quarters. ACT IV-The Manor of Sir George Sylvester. SYNoPs1s OF THE PLAY Sir George Sylvester, having been tricked by an unscrupulous woman into killing his best friend in a duel, retires in disgust to his Manor, where he re- fuses to permit any one of the opposite sex to cross his threshold, swearing that never again will he speak to a lady or cross swords on the field of honor. Lady Ursula Barrington, his young and beautiful neighbor, wagers that she will succeed in entering his home. Her attempt to win the wager and its re- sults are the theme of this most ex- cellent comedy. Lady Ursula's im- personation of her brother and the great duel scene, coupled with a sprightly romance and a happy ending form a combination that for years has charmed those familiar with the very best produced on the Amnrican stage. Arkunmlrhgmrnt All of the furniture used in the class play, The Adventure of Ladv Ursula was furnished gratis by the F. G. KL A. Howald Company. The Senior Class wishes to express, thru the columns of THE CCCIDENT, its keen appreciation of the courtesy extended to them by Mr. Howald. -Eugenc Hensel. - EUGENE HENSEL, Age 6 Historian R. A. W.

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20 THE OCCIDENT Flhe East will anh Elvatament nf Qllami 1915 Whereas the Class of 1915 is about to dissolve partnership and fall sep- arately and individually into the hands of a receiver, and whereas it has learned from a close study of the lives of great men like J. D. Rockefeller, O. H. Magly and J. D. Roney that under such distressing circumstances it is cus- tomary to dispose of all unconcealable assets to one's friends and next of kin, so that creditors may not have to ac- cept more than two Q23 cents on the ilollar, we devise our collateral as fol- ows: I. Mark Ruhl's Napoleonic attitude to Lovell Rohr to use when making speeches. fMark had an invitation from Mr. Baker to act as model but Mark answered him in his character- istic way, I can't do that. I don't care for notoriety, anyhow. J II. Anita Thomas's ready made smiles to Frank Shugert. fThis smile has won Anita a Senior- Junior bid, a paragraf in Round About West and a G in History, now added to Frank's usual sweet ex- pression-well, what will happen ?J III. To Stuart Watson, Hazel Lin- ville's sense of the eternal fitness of things. fNo, Stuart doesn't need it. He has a developed appreciation of the suit- able all his own, but we just had to leave him somethingmj IV. Henry Ginsberg's flowery elo- quence to Adele. fHenry has too much, Adele too lit- tle.J V. Carmen Stocklin's new, strictly scientific method of falling downstairs, guaranteed to give at least one black eye, to Vontel Haines Willard. fCarmen never did believe in Safety First. J VI. Ruth Emmitt's ear-piercing shrieks to the Columbus, London and Springfield Company to be used any- where along the line except as the cars round the corner of Town and Central. VII. Starling Hutt's 'floating sen- tences, never known to reach earth or period, to Wright Bros. CStarling's recitations always re- minded us of the high cost of living.J VIII. Marie Renner's galvanized, guaranteed-to-take excuses to Glen Owen. f She has only seventeen varieties.J IX. Harry Johnson's canoe to the Camp Fire Girls. fWe hope, though, that they won't imitate Harry and ride on Monday in- stead of Sunday. The wages of sin, you know,-Harry fell into the water and they might toolj X. To Miss Earnest all notes, mu- sical and promissory, and also Hazel Ryerson's motto, Be natural, never be Hat, but always be sharp. fThat's good-you know Miss Earn- est is too easy. That's her one fault- she just can't be sharp.J XI. The Senior Class Colors to St. Patrick with a large portion of the green to the Freshmen. fThe Freshmen in this school, you know, aren't the least bit verdant.J XII. The near-graduates to the City Refuse Department. f The flunkers don't mind-they know that they belong on the dump heap.J XIII. Mr. Kiehl's recitation cards, by which we learned to recite so effect ively, to the Junior Class. fWoe unto them, though, when he changes the order.J XIV. To the Literary Society the privilege of inviting all former mem- bers of the L to Miss Blair's delight- ful spreads. XV. Our musical ears, used only once in the study of Physics, to Mr. Kiehl. XVI. To our parents and teach- ers, who have helped us, to our school- mates, who have encouraged us, to all those interested in West High School we give our love, our thanks, and our best wishes. CAROLYN BROWN, '15.

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