Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 1, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 October 1938 — Page 5

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY TO BE PRESENTED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 “Apron-String Revolt,” a New Play. To Be Directed by Mias Hammon, Sr., Sponsor The Senior class play entitled “Apron-String Revolt,” will be presented at the Syracuse high school auditorium on Tuesday evening, November Ist, at seven forty-five, by a cast which includes Kathleen Gibson, Katharine Dillen, J Minnie Catherine Greider, Edna Bell, Harry Coy, Gwendolyn Applegate, Lyman Stucky, Nelda Jackson, Patrick McCarty, Burton Niles, Frederick Traster Jr., Ronald Sharp, and Robert Hinderer. The play will be under the direction of Miss Lillian Hammon, one of the Senior class sponsors. Other stage hands have not been appointed as yet. “Apron-String Revolt,” is quite a recent play written by Dorothy Rood Stewart and copyrighted in 1938. It was presented for the final test performance on July 30 and 31, 1937 by The Fine Arts theater of Carnegie Institute of Technology at the summer session of the Department of Drama. This comment was offered by Chester M. Wallace, the director of this presentation, “Seldom have I produced a play that surpassed Apron String Revolt in furnishing an evening of whole hearted enjoyment. The audience responded because they recognized true-to-life situations which they had all experienced. “It is a wise and tender little play, which I can recommend to organizations seeking a wholesome portrayal of sane, American life.' - E. Reeves Cochran, playwright m a review of the initial performance of the play by the Avon Players, Ben Avon, Pennsylvania offers this comment, “The offering of an original play by a local author was an experiment, as the policy of‘the Avon Players has been to present successful plays from New York and London stages; but for sheer audience entertainment, Mrs. Stewart's comedy about the trials of husky high-school athlete and his doting mother ranks first among all the plays of former years. Seldom have the Avon Players heard such spontaneous and delighted laughter as greet this unpretentious little play. Designed frankly for the high school amateur audiences; it has a freshness and verve which carried it briskly to its conclusion.” Practice has started, and although the characters haven’t learned all their lines yet, is progressing nicely. Due to the fact that the parts were handed out later than had been anticipated the date previously set for the presentation of “Ap-ron-String Revolt” has been postponed until Tuesday evening, November first.

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Grade News First Grade Kenneth Taylor has been absent several days on account of illness. The girls are enjoying their acorn bracelets and necklaces. The boys are a big help in coloring and helping bore the holes for stringing them. Several tadpoles have been added to the aquarium and the children are interested in watching for the change to toads. Ralph Bushong has a touch of ivy poison. We are all enjoying this lovely weather and wishing we could be out doors more. Secor <1 Grade The children ave modeled North America, Spain and Italy in the sand table, and the voyage of Columbus is shown there. A Columbus day poster has been mad® as an art lesson. Rosetta Holderman, Evelyn Niles, Louis Solt, Junior Line, and Delores Pepper have been absent during the past week. Joey Rapp gave us seven tadpoles for the aquarium. It is growing in size. Third Grade There were two and one half days of absence in the third grade. Mrs. William Harvey, Miss Claire Harvey and Mr. Harry Lewellan were visitors in the third grade on Wednesday, October fifth. Mrs. Max Mentzer of Ligonier Indiana, visited Friday afternoon, October 7th. We have been making fruit booklets. We include in them original illustrations and slogans. For ex-

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ample: A Fruit a day Will bring rosy cheeks To stay, And if they stay You will look Quite Gay! This was written by Mary Claire Pracht. Fourth Grade Joseph Hughes has returned to the fourth grade after two weeks’ absence. The children are now very busy, learning their multiplication tables. They have decorated thetr room in Hallowe’en fashion, using witches, cats, moons, and pumpkins. This makes a very attractive- display. Fifth Grade Monday morning one of our gold fish passed into the hereafter. Friday, Carl Fevert brought some new snails for our bowl. Ralph Hoover returned to school Monday after a week’s absence with a sore throat. Sixth Grade William Cory, Eleanor Method; and Jules Pepples, were absent a few days this week. Mr. Lewallen visited the sixth grade language class Wednesday afternoon. The sixth grade are having a spelling contest. Lavon Symensma is captain of one side and Kathleen Rarick is captain of the other side. In geography class the pupils are drawing maps of the British Isles and their possessions. We are starting this week on the study of Africa. The reporters next week will be Adolf Stelgletz, and Lavon Symonsma.

Class News Sophomore News Virginia Gasoway does a swell job of playing “Little Miss Muffet” in history class. A large black spider was determined to bother her, by threatening to light on her. Virginia informed us by her actions that she doesn’t care for spiders. Junior News If any girl would care to knowhow to get rid of her boy friend tn the wee hours of the morning ask E. B. for advice. The Junior Ring committee has been looking at class rings for most of the week. They are still waiting for more rings to come. We hope they will soon decide. Senior News A committee meeting was held last Thursday evening, the purpose being to discuss the year books and the photographs. President Sharp was absent from this meeting due to a severe case of poison ivy. On returning to school Monday, he called a class meeting for the fifth period. The president divided the class into two teams, these teams will compete to see who can sell the most tickets for the class play. The leader of the “Apron Strings” is Katherine Dillen and her treasurer is Harry Coy. The leader of the “Revolt” is Burton Niles and his treasurer is Martha Ann Thornburg. The losing side will be elected to give a party for the winners. Come on, boys and girls buyplenty of tickets and make this a real contest. Martha Ann Thornburg was ap-

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THIEVES ENTER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AT NIGHT; TAKES SCHOOL PROPERTY Six Typewriters Taken From the High School Some Time Tuesday Night Burglars broke into the high school Tuesday night and took six Royal typewriters that had been purchased in 1936. They threw a connecting rod through the northeast door in order to gain access to the building. Completely shattering the glass. The robbery was not discovered until 3 o’clock Wednesday morning when Mr. Plew, the janitor came to work. The sheriff was notified immediately but could find no definite clues as there were no finger prints at all. It is believeu that they had a small car or they would have taken more of the typewriters. As it was, they picked out the newest models, which strengthens the belief that it must have been a professional job. Although the loss was quite large, the school carried burglar insurance which will cover all expense. This robbery left the school with only 10 typewriters, which made it necessary to completely rearrange the classes so as to permit the 34 students to continue with their work. There are now four typing classes compared to the former number of two. Mr. Bert Cripe reports that there were two young men in town that night whom might be suspected. They were in a dark model A Ford roadster and stopped at his garage Tuesday evening. Their car had a red ring around the body. One of them had on a pair of white kid gloves. The hood of the car was down, but they came back by the garage later with the hood up just as Mr. Cripe was closing. his garage about one o’clock, this same car came back by and went down Boston street, when Mr. Cripe got across the street the car was nowhere to be seen. In all probability, they were connected with the roobery. The serial numbers of the typewriters were given to the sheriff, who will post them and have them broadcast. There is however little possibility of finding them. pointed to investigate possibilities of year books. Lyman Stucky, Kathleen Gibson, Minnie C. Greider, Robert Hinderer, Ila Gean Lamberg, and Howard Hummel, volunteered to make posters advertising the Senior play. These are to be distributed in all the nearby towns. Sophomore News The Sophomore class sent a basket of fruit to Maxine McKibben, Tuesday. She is a former member of this class and is recovering from a broken leg. She is in the McDonald hospital in Warsaw.

JOHN S. WELLINGTON DOCTOR OF OTTOMBTRY Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted 107 W. Washington St., Goshen, Ind.