Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-28
ACTORS
SCORE SUCCESS
SENIOR B CLASS UNDERG0ES
ORDEAL
Despite Merry elbes High School
Pupils Produce clever one-Aet
comedy-Recelve star and
Crescent Pins

Apparently unconscious Of the gibes
of their fellow students, six of the most
popular members of the senior B class
of the Los Angeles high school went
successfully through the lines of one
Of the most clever comedies ever given
In the history Of the institution yes
terday afternoon.
1t was Star and Crescent day or, as
1t Is more often called, Senior B day.
The Burbank theater was crowded with
Students of the school on the hill and
class colors were flying in every direc-
ton.
The seats in the front Of the house
were reserved for the members Of the
senior A class and during the inter-
missions they made the building ring
with their merry songs.
Marvin Yerrington called the aud
ience to order after the regular custom
of this semi-annual meeting. and the
minutes were read by Rebecca Lee Dor
sey. A short business session followed
and there were reports of committees
and then the fun began in earnest.
sunset" the one-act comedy by
Jerome K. Jerome was the play and IT
was staged under the direction of
George A. Dobinson.
Withstand the Ordeal
high school and taken part in a high,
school play knows what terrible time
the players have at the hands of the
audience. There Is no audience quite
so critical as the audience Of students
and the class that can withstand the
jokes perpetrated upon it Is deserving
of credit.
The young actors and actresses never
smiled smile yesterday that was not
In the play. There was a merry girl of
10 in the play and she made all kinds
of fun, while her half sister Joan was
maid even more vivacious. Miss Car
rie Stafford played the part of Lois and
Grace Brown was a charming little
Joan.
May Hanson as Aunt Drusilla was
model of what an old fashioned maiden
lady should be, and the young men were
equally clever. Their were three of
them. Lawrence, a young barrister
with twenty-five years to his credit;
Azariah Stodd, sporting pumpkin who
was fond of hunting, and Mr.. Rivers.
the pompous old father of Lois. The
scene was laid in England and the
action took place in a drawing room in
a country house in the year 1910.
Keep Audience Roaring
Following the play there were curtain
calls and flowers, and then the presi-
dent of the Star and Crescent society
made an address. The presentation Of
the Star and Crescent pin, the badge of
which every high school graduate is
proud, was the next feature and the
senior AS, who were the recipients of
the little gold emblems, received them.
The response was made by Charles
Mcdowell, president of the senior A
class, and the claiI songs concluded a
merry afternoon.
All sorts of local jokes were included
in these songs and the audience was
kept roaring with laughter all THE
time. There were many sly digs at the
senior AS and it only remains for them
to get even tomorrow. They will pre-
sent 1.-The Senator" and 1t promises to
be a great success. The Mason opera
house will be the scene of their effort.
Among those who took part in yes
terday's exercises were Belle -. Baer,
owen w. Baer, Linn Christopher, Lulu
r. Dosier. Walter L. Dusan, Ruth Gill;
Edward w. Hillman, Jessie C. Johnson
Molly Mcdonald, Fred c. Nickerson,
Roberta Percival, Ida NJ Segerstrom
K. L Sinclair, Grace S. Stoermar, Wal
lace L. Tanner, John Skinner, Ruth
Aubery, Alvin Bayley, Jack Best,
Isabelle Brennan, Leoni Bretz, Grace V.
Brown, Florence Conlee, Harmon De-
cius, John F. Dodge, Dixie Lee Dou-
theft, Byron S. Gay, Susanne Cough,
Phoebe Hearst Hill, Edith M. Hillman,
Hazel H. Hostetter, Florence Louise
Hurst, Pearle L. Maynard, Helen c.
Mead, w. B. Newkirk, Hazel L. Per-
feet, May Phillips, R. H. Seward
Charles C. Snyder, Edith =. Sutherland,
Edwin S. Walker, Florence V. Wicker
sham, Ruth ]. Widney, Winr lie A. Will
son, Annie Laurie Hilton, Alma E.
Baird, Frances w. Day, w. Rodwell
Echard, Margaret Hobart, Walter
Jacoby, Elsie Elizabeth Lafferty, James
Leovy, Violet Maud Thayer, Paul Wag
ner, Chris Wilson, .r., Beatrice n. KILL
fer, Jettie Baskett, Howard Bensinger,
Harvey Housh, Howard Hame Krue-
ger, Walter Mcconnell, Hazel B.,
Manatt, Alice Witherell Nye, Carrie L.
Stafford, Nola M. Landrum, j. Purcelia
Butterfield, Gala Edmiston, Harry Eel
senthal. Ethel ]. Hance May Hanson,
Walter M. Hartung, Robert p. Miller
and w. Elliott Pettingil
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