Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-04-20
'FSMERAlDA" CLIMAX
OF h. S. ACTIVITIES
- successful High School En-
terprises to Close With Pre-
sentation of Comedy by
the Senior Class
Thursday

nurine the current year Pullman
,,ah school can boast of triumphs
only in athletics but in literary
ssorts as well. Not only did we win
.,o basketball championship of
whitman county but at the same
,,me were successfully carrying on a
nived glee club. girls double quar-
,ot a boys glee club, an orchestra,
hand and until recently a eukalele
club
Nor is this all. At frequent in
teryaIs the treasury needed replen-
isbiug. At these times did we hum
bIv take our subscription lists and
ask the business men for money?
Not for minute. Instead, when the
assembly was told of the financial
condition p. II. S. genius came forth
az It always does in troublesome
times. The first result of this was
an all star comedy in which each
class featured with an act which was
success from both a financial and
literary standpoint.
The next dramatic attempt was
the all star comedy given by the
juniors. "A Proposal Under Diff
culties," in which Robert Douglas as
Bob Yardsley proposes to and gains
the consent of Dorothy Andrews
Catherine Matthew'S while his rival
Jack Burlowe CRalph Nash) help
lessy looks on Jenny dolce Steele)
the maid, installing a rehearsal Of
the proposal by Yardsley as intended
for her, causes a terrible complca-
ton.
This, too, was decidedly a success
but the senior class feels that the
final triumph is yet to come. For
three weeks, under the direction of
Miss Babcock they have drilled daily
and in the coming week they expect
to work even more faithfully to pre-
pare for the public performance of
"Esmeralda,' a comedy to be put on
by that class. The cast is as follows:
Esmeralda, pretty farmer girl.
=. ...... Mildred Christopher
Dave, stalwart country lad, the
lover ........... Wayne Meek
Mrs. Rogers, Esmeralda's mother
'.'..... ........ Anna Lowrey
Mr.. Rogers, an old North Carolina
farmer 49,. Stephen Densmore
George Drew, business man.
hnancler ....... Will Miller
Estabrook, an artist. Clarence Nash
Nora and Kate, two artist sisters
''.Alti Hill and Fay Livingston
JACK their brother -. Harlan Burgess
Marquis De Montessin ..
'.'........... Adolph Kampin
oophle maid ..... Mary Dawson
The plot is this: On the farm of
MI Rogers in North Carolina signs
Vi ore nave been found by Drew, the
SPECTATOR. He endeavors to keen
'ne TACT away from the Rogers fam
Il! ana buy the farm for a song.
MIS- Rogers, the real head of the
household, bargains with him for the
pidce Dave, the accepted lover of
Hsniefalda, discovers just in the nick
! Vi lime that there is ore on the farm
anu Stops the sale. Mrs. Rogers sue
'eeuS IN selling the farm for a high
u price and takes her husband and
Nslieralda to Paris. Dave follows;
hungry and penniless he keeps watch
u Hsmeralda while Mrs. Rogers is
'''hs 10 marry her to a worthless
"iquis' Eventually Dave is in
formed that the ore has run ont On
4e ola mans farm and has been
struck on his own place. 6 The old
m"n stands up against Mother ~
ave appears and claims Esmeralda
Hu 'he marquis, finding Esmeralda
no longer an heiress, marries a
1 Sill The play ends happily for
q,Sohe but Mrs. Rogers.
everything will be done to make
.niS last appearance of the senior
' 'he best play that the high
ooi mas ever produced and a final
~ niunph Of four years of training.
NJ pay will be presented next
~ n'Suay evening, April 26, at the
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