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Before a crowd of about 1500, the annual fall play, “The Poor Little Rich, Girl,” was presented last Satur day-evening-in-the-high school audi torium. It is estimated that over 1500 stu dents and faculty members worked to make the play a success. Many Parcipitate Assisting Miss Comer, director, as promoter was Betty Ball, while Louise Smith was in charge of the props. Louise had as her committee, Myra Jane Hutton,EHen Truax, and Margaret Kerr. A new and quite unusual position was created for Selma Cook, that of the cast’s social secretary. Selma’s job was to see that food was on hand whenever the characters rehearsed late. Make-up was done under the direc tion of Dorothy Scharlé, with the as sistance of Helen Smith, Margaret Kerr, Louise Smith, Eunice Hall, Vir ginia Jeffries, Hazel Swanton, Beat- Mary McConnell, Jean Williams, Mil dred Attridge, and Ellen Truax. For the second act, costumes were made under supervision of Miss Bur the committee. Others who helped were Lydia Simpson, Rosalis Fasben der, Dorothy Maiman, and Virginia Jeffries. Mr.Schneider and the machine shop classes took charge of construct ing the stage sets, while Leonard Keaster was stage manager. The crew consisted of Clyde Adair, Mil ton Roberts, Allison Martin, Fred Drakeman, Melvin Julian, Walter Brown and Arthur Johnson. The forest scene and elevator were in de partment. Philip Anderson and his crew, — Walter Lundell, Charles Carment, and Randall Roberts—were in charge of producing the unusual lighting effects throughout the play. Business Department Advertising, carrying on the ticket sales, and managing the performance in front of the curtain, was in charge of Mr. Peers, with Marion Weisen berger and Robert Graham as house managers, and Katherine Croke and Melbourne Beers in the box office. The corps of ushers for “The Poor Little Rich Girl” were: Mildred At tridge, Helen Anselm, Jeanette Can right, Eleanor Hansen, Caroline Ghini, Dorothy Maiman, Henrietta Jenkins, Katherine Block, Joy Brown lee, Bernice Williams, Mary Bennes, Mildred Duncan, Florence Warren, Wilda Meissner, Helen Meyer, Myra Jane Hutton, Mary Faulkner, Helga Merilahti, Ada Wyman, Ethel Shott, Gladys Siewerth, a n oe. celine Juhrend, Eva Laing, Davidson, Alice Mulvihill, Harriette Stryker, Dorothea Himmler, Helen Hitchcock, Helen Holstrom, Mary Hood, Betty Jewel, Janet Saathoff, Eleanor Erickson, and Leone Fay. ‘Orchestra Plays Preceding the performance and be tween acts, the orchestra, under the direction of Mrs. Manning, played sev eral pieces. They are, in order: March aux Plembeauf....... ran des Clark OS go pe ee Handel Danube Waves Waltz... mek Liis “‘Toanoviel The Picadore March... Sousa Sweet and a ae Lois Fehr, sophomore, who took the ‘part of the Poor Little Rich Girl in the fall play.
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Highland Park Press
Highland Park, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1929
Page 25
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