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The Silver Kewanite
Junior Class Play
"SQUARE CROOKS"
Cast of Characters
Eddie Ellison.-..
Harold Eshelman
Kay Ellison, his wife
Winifred Hayes
Larry Scott, his friend
James Minor
Jane Brown, Larry's friend
Kathryn Swain
Bridget O'Rourke, a landlady
Helene Zang-
Mike Ross, a killer
Frank Marzalek
Timothy Hogan, a police sergeant
Arthur Wilke
Harry Welch, a detective
Dean Stromblad
John Clancy, his aid
James Larson
Airs. Carston, a society leader
Zita Argus
Sorrow, the maid
1 Dorothy Ponte
ON Friday, March 20th, the Class of '32 presented "Square Crooks", a faststepping
three-act comedy of the underworld, with its loves, its thrills, and
its crimes. The actors, splendidly cast, played to a packed house, tense with
excitement, and convinced their audience that the junior class can boast some outstanding
dramatic ability.
The story centers about a young couple, Eddie and Kay, who live in that vague
borderland of crime where a man, however innocent, is branded by the law as guilty.
Eddie, suspected of a theft of which he is innocent, faces the impossibility of
clearing himself without implicating his friend. But he and his friend play "square"
at all costs, and succeed in incriminating the dishonest detective and freeing themselves.
Only Mike Ross, the brutal killer, receives a much-deserved head-full of
lead.
The setting of the play was carefully and effectively worked out. The clever
acting and the fact that almost every other line was a wise-crack, combined a make
the performance hilarious. Much credit for the success of the performance must go
tc Mr. Kaiser, who so skillfully directed it.
Standing—Larson, Argus, Minor, Eshelman, Marzalek, Wilke, Ponte, Stromblad.
Seated—Swain, Hayes, Zang.
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