December 2, 1938 (The Madison Mirror, 1925 - 1969)

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Page 2 Nineteen Pupils On High Honor Roll, for Jr. H igh Fifty-eight Students Obtain Marks Good Enough to Be On Honor Rol To get on the high honor roll a pupil cannot have any more than one B, the rest must be A's. The high honor roll for the first quarter contains 19 names. In grade seven: Roger Morrison and Carl Dewey. In grade eight: Constance Roissum,. Doris Hussey, Betty Brown, Genevieve Smith, Mary Rose Caruso, Sherman Shapiro, and Stanley Rubnitz. In grade nine: Annabelle Hoessel, Margaret Burdick, Margaret Ann Morse, Robert Flugum, Mary Litcher, Betty Boyle, Joyce Leake, Jean Lippert, Lillian Mueller, and Rosemary Esser.- To get on the honor 'roll a pupil must have either A's or B's, no, C's. Fifty-eight pupils are on the honor roll. In the seventh grace: Grace Batker, Mildred Austin, Betty Jane Studebaker, Mary Jane O'Connor, Ruth Strait, and Richard MeVicar. James Knox, Jean Wells, John Coryell, Harold Rinke, Leona Kusick, Gloria Ryan, and Margaret Olson. In the eighth grade : Tom Jafferis, Dorothy Hank, Helen Hawthorne, Clifton Hansen, Arlene Aberle, Iona Wheelock, Donna Fruitiger, Marcelamne Hobson, Dick Martin, and Dorothy Durlin. Ruth Marty, Clara Kaiser, Shirley Gilmour, Phillip Stephenson, Lois Wiessinger, Marjorie Emerson, and Rolland Williamson. In the ninth grade : Lorraine Hall, Myrtle Tonn, Suzanne Boissard, Mildred Martinas, Irma Trotalli, Mary Harris, Rosella Guisti, Eunice Parr, Edward Rein. Miss Pokorny's seventh grade class engaged in a variety of activities for book week. They entered the letterwriting contest, examined old books in the library, listened to a talk by Miss Lundeen, and took long trips via the book world. Outstanding letters were written by James Knox, who chose the book, "Wilderness Castaways"; Lois Osthoff, "The Magical Land of Noom"; Vincelia Raimond, "Katrinka"; Anne Odorico, "The Prince and the Pauper"; Leona Kusick, "Laddie Woodlawn"; Robert Kipp, "Opening Davy Jones' Locker"; and Hanna Hopkins, THE MADISON MIRROR -:- JUNIOR HIGHI I_ EDITORIAL STAFF Editor : Billy Woldenberg. * Assistant Editor: Florence Ci- By Bily Woldenberg ovaro. On the first floor (Vocational sic.de) Reporters : Betty Boyle, Su- is the Central High library. The set dewr zanne Boissard, Mildred Mar- high side is usually quiet, butt the tinas, EdWard Norstrand, William junior high part is almost alw; ,ays Carow, Donald Schaefer. noisy. The library should be quieta tnd .. the reason it isn't is this: Child] ren who have topics to prepare before or after school bring one or two of ti Central Junior High )eir friends along to entertain them,a and they do. They Observes whisper and aninoy Book Week those who are trying to study. Sc esit On pupils come to the library and Friday, Nov. 18, for "Book Week" down at a table n by e themselves. pt i Teafin e hey several junior high pupils gave a play, ide "Treas'ure," under the direction of him. When they do this they caus e a Miss Lundeen, librarian. Robert Flu- disturbance. gum 'opened the program by introduc- The library is a place to study, r Wr- ing Miss Lundeen. Miss Lundeen then pare topics, and read books quiet tly announced the winners of the "Book If you want to go to the library, lei'ave Week Contest." They were seventh your friends downstairs and go up grade, Gloria Ryan, who chose as her alone. The library is for the use of all prize a book entitled, "Dolls to Make pupils and not for the few who us( eit for Fun and Profit." Eighth grade, as a place to greet their friends. Clara Keiser, who chose the book, -"Tiger Roan." Robert Flugum, who "Anne of Green Gables." After the pupils of the class he, ard won over other ninth graders, chose the book, "The Wonder Book of the Miss Lundeen describe the new bo+ ok 31Ak in the library, Anne Odorico and Do)ro- Seventh graders wrote letters on i thy Caghlan were glad they did not "The funniest book I've ever read." have to use the "Books Yesterdiay s Eighth graders wrote on I "The best Children Had." These two girls exa m- book ryve ever read," while ninth fined the exhibit of old books in the graders wrote on "What makes a book library and made an interesting Editorial.. I r port to their English class : Old ani re- good." * to o metic books taught young children The play was about the treasures count on their fingers. Story books for L o fthe library at Central. The scene of the play was laid in a cave. The young children had types a half it tall. pirates entered dragging a big heavy Pupils decided 77wsnthl that the dictionbihdi taytr chest, while singing, "Yo ho-ho." The )rul pirate captain entered and told his with its fine print and no guide wo dspirates of a strange venture. at the top of the pages. The hy mnPupils who took part in the play book on display, published in 1E belonged to Betty Jane Studebak'ers were Sanm Manderino, Lester Carlson, Rap iSalvo (captain), Wallace (room Ba) great grandmother. We all Larsen, Richard Moomey, William Ott, enjoy the new books of today writh Stanley Rubintz, Gerald Stein, Isaiah their attractive covers contrast 'Ing Carthroa, Joe Kanevsky, and Ralph with the brown-covered books of yTes Isberner. Phyllis Perkins read "Books terday. Are Keys." Exploring the bottom of the sea With Beebe, seeking thug lost treasure aw ir iaeromn a Less alive with Indians, roping wild hor High School on the plains, living in a Russian vii- lage with Katrinka, adrift on the sea, or adventuring in Alaska were "IN4ew Worlds" that Miss Pokorny's severnith BALLROOM grade English class wrote about inl letters to friends. All these "New Work were found in library books thatl pu- CLASS pils wanted their friends to read. SATURDAY NIGHT 7:009:00 SvnhGaesFmn-taarsEn joy Book Week Dwsar Fashion Center 25c 11 ,06 . Angora Blend Sweaters * H and K BEAUTY SALON@0 All Types of Dancing F taught at School of Dancing 245 STATE STREET Telephone Badger 7938 i HELEN DIDRIKSEN Friday, December 2, 1938 7th and 8th Grade 4EWS Home Rooms Busy During Past Week Housekeepers are elected every week in the seventh and eighth grade in ra dhome rooms. In Miss Hessman's home flwere elected housekeepers for this Have Oin 0 1115 week. In Miss Mcflquham's home room Jean Christenson is chairman of the housekeeping committee and is assist- Program s ed by Vito Cuccio, VictoriaMaio Claude Banks, John McCann, Gordon -- McCann, Earl Brown, Judith Ammer- Several home rooms have had pro- mon, and Sally Scalissi. grams during the past few weeks. In Mrs. Razkowski's home room, Home room 10lA under the direction Margaret Stacy and Betty Hammen of Mrs. Lemon, gave a program Men- are housekeepers this week. Frederick day, Nov. '7, for American Education Marty, Englebert Kraus, Gloria Ryan, week. Lillian Mueller opened the pro- and Margaret Stacy are members of gram by giving a talk on "The Mean- the bulletin board committee. Last ing of American Education Week"; week the bulletin board reminded one Patricia Burnis spoke on "School of a library with gay book covers and, Lunches"; Prances Miller talked on titles Which invited anyone to reetd the "Cafeteria"; Mary Schiro spoke books named. This week posters of on the "Nurse and What She Does." Pilgrims and turkeys are posted1 on Talks on "Outside Physical Education" the board to remind pupils of the first were given by Simon Moskowsky and Thanksgiving. The posters on discPlay Mary Ellen Stone. 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Friday, December 2, 1938 THE MADISON MIRROR AThr s or not P I. I Have Leads in "Growing Pains" I Last issue (whether you knew it or not) Bill Harris took over (and did a very swell job, by the way) this corner. This issue we have another and even more illustrious guest columnist. The gentleman who wields the pen this week is none other than that nationally famous movie commentator, Mr. James Violinist. Before turning this column over to Jimmy we wish to state here that Mr. Violinist reports the news as he sees it and the Mirror does not formulate his opinions (it merely censures them). Hello, readers! This is James Violinist writing this week for Madison Central-the place where children are earnest to learn things that they don't know and if they don't know these things, why it's just too bad for them. News From Cenral The biggest news to come up since we last went to press is the fact that Central now has a dance orchestra. Behind the rise of this orchestra lies a very interesting story. For the last three years a group of boys who are now seniors have been trying to form a Central High dance orchestra. Each year two or three attempts were made to organize a band but each time, for some reason or other, these attempts were unsuccessful. One of the boys most interested in this movement was Eugene Rubnitz. This year we finally have a dance band (?) but Eugene is not a member. There was much bewilderment among the student body as to just why Eugene wasn't swinging out with the rest of the cats (a colloquial expression). The real reason is this: Eugene isn't the worst clarinet player in school and he wants to get some place with his instrument. He therefore feeis that he would be better off if he just played clarinet instead of doubling on saxophone which he would have to do if he played in the dance band. Mr. Klose, incidentally, wishes that a certain other clarinet player would quit trying to play sax and spend more time on his clarinet. When you next see or hear the "Swingsters" they will be augmented by another cornet, trombone, and saxophone. The boys, incidentally, are wondering who nicknamed them the "Swingsters." This Week's Open Letter... Mr. L. A. Wahler, Principal Madison Central High School My Dear Mr. Waehler: As I have nothing to do, I think that I will write to you. As I have nothing to write, I think I will close. Yours for not beating around the mulberry bush, (signed) James Violinist. This Week's Editorial- To the students of Central high school: For many years now someone has been complaining about Centralsometimes it was the townspeople and sometimes even the students themselves. But no matter who complained, there have always been the same complaints-Central is the poorest school in town, it has the worst students, it has the cheapest building, the smallest gym, and thousands of other such remarks. It's true that you haven't the finest building in the city and for some unknown reason always have to fight something awful for everything you want and need; but you students have something which some other schools would find very hard to match and which you should be very proud to have--a real, democratic student body. Not democratic in the sense that you govern yourselves, but democratic in the sense that everyone is a friend of the other guy. Proof? Ask someone who has transferred to Central from another school! Intimate Notes From My Little Black Book- Don Manthe seems to have the good fortune or bad habit of going out with a girl one night and wearing her jewelry to school the next day. (Might we suggest that the girls remove all valuables before dating up with "Sir Don") ... John Vanatta has always been proud of his acquaintance with Vince Oavre, Wisconsin's outstanding quarterback, but John does not care to have it known that Vince always greets him with a hearty "Hi, Fat!" .. Billy Woldenberg, young brother of ye ed was telling his friends just before report cards came out that "Miss Pope says that if I work hard I might get a D" When George "ltD." Dockery was absent from school, Dame Rumor had it that "Do" had transferred to West. Always anxious to give its readers the inside news, we hunted up George's girl friend, one Rosemary Sanders, who wentured the following statement: "George said that if he ever left Central he wouldn't go to any other high !; school" ... Was that your sigh of relief we heard, Mr. Pollack? ... It might be interesting to note that that lousy stage show which a certain local theater (it would be free advertising to mention its name) had over the Thanksgiving holiday was billed in the coming attractions as "one of our finest stage shows" ... hmm ... Have you heard the story about that popular Central senior and the three girls? For certain reasons the charac- K ters in the powerful human drama will be known only as girls No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, and the boy. It seems that the boy liked girl No. 1 very much but gradually seemed to find girl No. 2 the object of his affections. One day in the halls of the institution of learning he kissed girl No. 3! (What a man.) Anyway girl No. 3 is going around telling her friends of the boy's act of overfriendship in the hopes that it will make girl No. 1 jealous. When we heard the story girl No. 2 was GEORGE RUPP the one who was mad at the boy! -Courtesy Badger Studio Finis. Leif Olson besides being an assista director of "Growing Pains" also has a minor role in the production The One of the duties of an assistant director is to read the lines of any char- through an act once or twice merely Answers to Your Questions reading the lines which gives them About Central- a good idea of their cues and posi- Dear M. C.- tions before memorizing them. This makes for easier memorizing, for lines Dear P.D.Q.- and positions are learned simultane- It isot not true that Ed stickaisously. Miss Dieckhoff has always used organizing an American-Csechoslova- this method and says of it, "I have kian fraternity whose members are never had an actor 'blow' his lines." pledged to make faces at every plc- Once the memory work is out of the ture of Hitler that they am. way, the actors have greater freedom Dear- in their Interpretation and stage busi- What's your telephone number? ness. ' *l "The idea of student directors prob- That's all for this issue. ably grew out of the student prompt- This is James Violinist writing to ers," says Miss Dieckhoff. These direcyou from Central-where a columnist tors are usually students who have is a guy who writes a lousy olumn had previous dramatic experience. which you only read for the pleasure that you get out of disagreeing with to you. AND I DON'T I.EAN YOUR for what he says-and saying so long AU1NT IFANN. EVELYN STEIN -Courtesy Badger Studio Jot The Thing acter who happens to be absent from rise Tonight on Central's at 8 p. m. presentation the curtain will rehearsal. Leif didn't mind assuming of 'Growing Pains"; and you and I, the a falsetto to read a girl's part one orchestra, the ushers, the night, members but it was pretty hard for of him the AAA, and anyone who pays the to era do edt scene with himself i himelin on which wi stipulated t AA stipend n yo will see h the ps finish-e S tion h parts of theed product of five . weeks of hard la- . If you pay close attention bor To the majority of to the the play audience tonight, you will notice any statistics concerning the play, that everyone in the cast calls Jim anychttsticsgconceninwthe l Hackett, Hacktt,"Hal" "Hal," but bt Mld~-d Mildred Aamswhich they might care to Adams know, will be found on the program(me); who calls but him "Harold." The reason for the benefit of that for this ever-present is not that Miss Adams likes minority (to which I belong) "Harold" which better than "Hal" but the is endowed with an fact over-abundance that her "Hal" sounds like a cer- of that certain thing which the antam four letter word which no high cient adage says "assassinated school student should use in pubthe domesticated feline" (killed the cat, lic . . . No matter what you may have heard to the contrary, Miss Adams you dopes), we hereby present the and Jim Flannery do not have a great story behind the play. deal of difficulty with that romantic The most logical person to interscene in act two ... If you get what view for an article of this type is un- I mean? . . . Among the comments questionably Miss Dieckhoff. But this on the high school press conference presents quite a problem in itself, for to be found in East's paper was a line during the last weeks of rehearsal or two on the lovely ballet dancing Miss Dieckhoff is REALLY busy. At of one of the editors at the Saturday last I got an appointment, though, night banquet . . . Take a bow, Caro- and seated on an old settee used for line W ... Speaking of that press con- a prop, while stage hands hustled to ference reminds us that a certain Mil- build scenery and various people inwaukee reporter found romance in the terrupted to ask questions, the interperson of Evelyn Stein. She received view got under way. a letter from him the following week First of all, comes the problem of in which he wanted to know more selecting a play. There are several about her, things to consider when planning to + * *produce a play. These include such A Commercial- items as the school budget, staging Their jobs are to assist the director at rehearsals by giving cues, setting the scene, and helping the actors. It is often much easier for a student director to help an actor overcome certain handicaps than for the director, because many times the student himself can use his own experiences to help the other. The greatest difficulty that an amateur actor has to overcome is to be able to see the play as a whole; that is, they must not think that their lines are just a group of individual scenes with another character, but they must see their lines in their relation to the rest of the characters and to the whole play. 'Actors at Central seem to have the particular problem of voice. Of course, this is due in great part to the poor acoustics of our auditorium." The director's hardest job? The gathering of properties! "Always the school budget does not provide for the buying of properties and people aren't very enthusiastic about lending them." There is a closer relationship between the actors and the audience than one might think. Otis Skinner once said, "The audience is 50 per cent responsible for the success or failure of a play." Often an unusual commotion or noise in the audience will distract the actors or get them very upset. High school audiences Are you troubled with dry hair- facilities, the type of audience, and on your coat collar? Do you give an the array of dramatic talent avail- imitation of a snowstorm every time able. mk There xeln are many ihsho plays which rdc you shake your head? If so, listen make excellent high school producto this conversation between a drug tions but which cannot be staged bestore clerk and a young girl customer. cause they cannot pass on all four Customer-"I've been having an of these standards. The most common awful lot of trouble with my hair type of play presented in high schools have the particularly difficult task of seeing the actor as a character not as the person who sits next to him in classes, and the actors have the equally if not more difficult job of portraying that character so realistic that his audience will forget who he really is. A good method to insure lately. I tried every shampoo until is the light comedy. This is rather I'm at my wits' end. My best friend odd considering the fact that it is told me that there Is a new product much easier for an amateur actor to on the market that is especially made do drama than comedy. The difficulty for dry hair, but I have forgotten its lies in the exact timing of comedy name. fore. dry I hir, think bu it's t hav the nmer name oten of a situations which even is hard for color." some professional actors. After the play is selected, come the Cerk-"Was it red?" tryouts. In these Miss Dieckhoff looks Customer-"No, no, no, no." for "the ability to act, appearance, Clerk-"Was it blue?" and cooperation." The ability to act Customer-"No, no, no, no." is not as obvious as it may seem, for Clerk-"Was it white?" a good oral reader does not always Customer-"No, no, no, no." make a good actor. It is the person Clerk-"Then it must be-Drene." who can catch the character and keeps a scene moving who shows dra- Reviews of the Pictures- matic possibilities. Not much need be The case of Empty Bottles-bong said about appearance except that bong, good posture is always required of an A two bell picture. actor; the only exception being if a Lousy, certain character calls for a " certain s t type of posture. Cooperation is per- Pest Pilot-bong, tinkle. haps the deciding factor in choosing A one and one-half bell picture, the cast. "It is a general rule that. di- At first I thought that the guy next rectors would rather have a mediocre to me had halitosis but after the sec- actor who cooperates with the direcond reel I knew it was the picture. tors and his fellow actors, than a brilliant one who doesn't." The Adventures of Donald Duck- Once rehearsals are started there four bongs, three tinkles, and a bring. is a definite plan to follow. The cast What a picture. Put this on your should usually move along at the rate must-see list. It's stupendous, colossal, of one act per week, with about a gigantic, magnificent, to say nothing week and a half allowed for polishing of its being positively mediocre, small details. The actors first walk your further enjoyment of "Growing Pains" is to compare the troubles and problems of George and Terry with your own experiences. Your parents can do the same with Professor and Mrs. Maclntyre and it will surprise you to find that everyone has some of the same problems. But now we have the play well rehearsed and we are all ready for the opening night. A few minutes before the curtain rises there is much activity behind the scenes. Last minute preparations are being made in the principals' dressing rooms and makeup room to the right of the stage and in the party guests' rooms to the left. The scene is set and the property chairman is checking over every bit of properties which include everything from a punch bowl and punch to a rifle and a wrecked auto fender; the stage manager is testing every rope and brace; the electrician is checking his spots; and the wardrobe chairman is carefully inspecting each costume. Everyone is trying to be everywhere at once-that is everyone except the director. Her work is finished. For weeks she has worked, and shouted, and pleaded with her actors. Now they are on their own. Everything should go off smoothly, but-if anything happens there is nothing she can do. Everything is ready! The actors take their places on the stage! The director takes hers at the back of the hall! The lights go out! The curtain rises! The play is on! Ninth Grade Home Rooms Have Programs (Continued from Page 2) on "Hygiene Classes"; Josephine Provenzo about "Home Economics"; Allen Moran on "Healthful School Environment." Discussions entitled "Recreation" were given by bartin Nielson, Mary Jane Maloney, Gene Moen, and Alice Monsees. Vincent Accardo talked I Page 3 EUGENE GRAHAM -- Courtesy Badger Studio MIILI)RED ADAMS Courtesy Badgr Studio JAMES FLANNERY -Courtesy Badger Studio ANNE LUCILLE GANNON -Courtesy Badger Studio on "School Tests" and Harry Rector on "College Requirements." Joyce Leake closed the program with a talk on "Causes of Automobile Accidents." Home room 27, under the direction of Betty Blackman. gave a program Monday, Nov. 14. Mr. Nickel, home room teacher, played his musical saw, and Miss Shepard accompanied him at the piano. Jean Lippert played the (Continued on Page 4)
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