Fresh Fields senior play nets hundred dollars for class funds
Weeks of hard labor culminated in three strong performances of Fresh Fields the senior play directed by Miss Rawson. Ticket sales totaled 240 dollars and after expenses the class saved 100 dollars for the annual. star Ardetta Bodine delivered a strong Lady Mary performance despite laryngitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katisha
Ardetta
John Havener
Tim
Mary Jane Geyer
Mary Jane Crump
Dorothy Bissell
Elmer Barraclough
Uncle Tom
Jean Brown
Lady Strawholme
Alice Mae Richards
James Sheeley
Miss Rawson
Miss Neff
Miss Goette
Mr. Timmons
Miss Weston
Miss Turnell
Una
Miss Echternach
Romani Hodierni Latin Club Party Planned
The Romani Hodierni Latin Club invites freshmen to a December 20 gym gathering with progressive Latin games carols in Latin and a talk by Mary Beth Harrison on Saturnalia Advisers are Miss Forbes and Miss Echternach The group met November 22 in the Art Building presenting The Apple of Discord and a Rome slide show with cast members Clara Reed Pat Donahue Bob Salm Marie Vogel Mary Anna Turnroth Jean Maier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanus Hodiernus
Mary Beth Harrison
Miss Forbes
Echternach
Homecoming Game Highlights Shown by Movie Man
Movie Man Hoogeveen screened homecoming pictures for the Pep club. Sterling and Dixon were shown in a tight 6 to 6 clash captured on screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoogeveen
Sterling
Dixon
Hinsdale Debate Tourney Aids Sterling Debaters
Don Fehrenbach Lyle Shannon Bob Salm Mary Andrews Elmer Barra clough Bob Castendyck Mary Jane Crump Lillian Bauer Dale Harshman Mr Robbins and others attended the Hinsdale Debate Tournament last Saturday December 11. The pre season event drew 250 debaters from Indiana and Illinois and featured three no decision debates with coaching criticisms. Participating schools included West Aurora Downers Grove Dwight Sandwich Mendota Morton Cicero La Porte Newark Elgin Princeton Casey Pontiac Proviso Joliet Monmouth La Grange Geneva St Ignatius Hinsdale and more. Afterwards participants heard a Chicago Northwestern debate on the topic gaining many new arguments and points of debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Fehrenbach
Lyle Shannon
Bob Salm
Mary Andrews
Elmer Barraclough
Bob Castendyck
Mary Jane Crump
Lillian Bauer
Dale Harshman
Robbins
John Howens
Hinsdale
Indiana
Illinois
West Aurora
Downers Grove
Dwight
Sandwich
Mendota
Morton
Cicero
la Porte
Newark
Elgin
Princeton
Casey
Pontiac
Proviso
Joliet
Monmouth
la Grange
Geneva
St. Ignatius
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Dr Barker Delivers Inspirational Education Address
Dr C E Barker spoke to students on education as training mind and will to do right on time. Presented by Dr W J Palmer of Rotary, the lecture urged moral development and warned of youth moral laxity as a danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Barker
Barker
W. J. Palmer
Rotary
Annual Christmas Luncheon Directed By McCaslin Dec 15
The Christmas luncheon was headed by Lora Mae McCaslin with a listed committee. Santa Claus distributed gifts and carols were directed by John Howens with dancing afterward. Various committees covered cars, cashiers, floor, milk, and publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCaslin
Lora Mae McCaslin
Dorothy Bissell
Darlene Hoover
Delight Noon
Mary Carol Warner
Mary Jane Geyer
Marge Jones
Marjorie Deem
Maybert Aldrich
Mary Alice Janssen
Katherine Cornelius
Santa Claus
John Howens
Vernon Frye
Chester Burkholder
Don Allen
Dorothy Ewbank
Cashiers
Bernard Bivin
John Schueler
Bob Jurkens
Dick Hulse
Harlan Nelson
Bob Thomas
Lewis Kornman
Jack Havener
Sue Gerdes
Lois Smyre
Maurice Stone
Clinton Taber
Lyle Shannon
Exams and schedule changes for January at the school
Semester exams run January 19 and 20 in classrooms with altered study periods. January 21 no school except for students meeting Mr Eades about study program changes. Exam times are 8 10 12 etc with 120 minute study halls replacing 60 minute ones.
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Eades
Mistletoe Swing Promises Festive Junior Dance Night
The Mistletoe Swing, a junior senior Christmas dance, will be held the night of December 23 amid Christmas trees and mistletoe. Bud Guth and his Smwash Swingsters will provide music while student committees handle decoration entertainment and invitations, promising a memorable floor show and a dollar per couple admission.
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Bud Guth
Smwash
Virginia Miller
Lyle Hall
Shirley Jenkins
Dean Geer
Paul Hubbard
Patricia Donahue
Evelyn Wendle
Lawton McCandless
Mary Andrews
Mrs E B Eckman Speaks On Home Life In Sweden
At the December seventh Home Economics Club meeting Laura Card opened events. Mrs E B Eckman spoke on home life in Sweden and displayed articles from the visit. A short play The Ghost of a Fresh man was performed by Pearl Hussung Betty Over Selma Hussung Phyllis Geer and Leona Drury while Phyllis Shannon read On Going Home for Christmas. Edna Neff and Donovan Hester led the club activities.
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Pearl Hussung
Betty Over
Selma Hussung
Phyllis Geer
Leona Drury
Home Economics Club
Laura Card
Phyllis Shannon
E. B. Eckman
Sweden
Edna Neff
Donovan Hester
Round Towners Benefit Dance for Crippled Clinic
The 5th annual Round Towners Dance for the Crippled Children's Clinic will be held Christmas night at the Sterling Club. All high school students are welcome to attend. Laurie's Band, a well known Rockford orchestra, will provide music.
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Round Towners
Sterling Club
Laurie
Rockford
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Ardetta Bodine
Lady Mary
Feodor Chaliapin
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