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Show CLASSICALIA WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 16 To Be Costume Event With Queen's Pageant In Chinese Motif The Classicalia, the annual car¬nival dance of the Ogden High school, will be held at the Berthana Friday evening, March 16, at 9 o'clock. The committees in charge of the dance this year are endeavoring to make the event primarily a cos¬tume party, centered' about the crowning incident, the presenta¬tion of the Queen's Pageant is Chi¬nese, and patrons, inasmuch as it is possible, are urged to select cos¬tumes reflecting the dress and cus¬toms of the Chinese. The feature of the evening will be the presentation of the Classi¬calia queen at 9:30. The queen for this year will be either Miss Dorothy Foulger or Miss Vella Fow¬ler, the two girls who have won their way to the final election to be held this week. Tickets for the Classicalia may obtained from any student of the school. Patrons should secure .their tickets prior to the night of the dance, as the sale of tickets at the door will close .promptly at 9:45 WHICH of these charming maidens will wear the crown at the Classicalia of the Ogden High school on Friday evening? Will it be Miss Dorothy Foulger (left) or Miss Vella Fowler? The secret will not be told until the crowning of the queen at the Chinese revels when with great pomp and ceremony the corona¬tion will take place. (Link-Tiffany) Below, Mrs. Delbert Foulger (left), Mrs. Clyde Greenwell and Gean Green well in the clever presentation of "The Gazing Globe," given by the Drama club players on Thursday evening. (Link-Tiffany) CLASSICALIA IS BRILLIANT RICH AFFAIR Queen's Pageant Most Spectacular Ever Presented The Ogden High school Classica¬lia, the annual carnival dance of the local school, was given at the Berthana Friday evening. This so¬cial function undoubtedly eclipses all other previous ones in dignity as well as in splendor and charm. The rich oriental coloring, a riot of black, purple, gold, vermillion, and emerald green, formed a bril¬liant background to the gayly cos¬tumed throng. The queen's pageant, with its Chinese motif, was one of the most spectacular of its kind ever held. On the north side of the hall hung a heavy velvet curtain, royal pur¬ple bordered with a conventional design in gold, while across the curtain cufled a brilliant golden Chinese dragon. Before this back¬ground on a raised dais of gold and black, a throne of carved teakwood awaited the coming of the newly crowned queen of the Classicalia. Nearby was similar chair for the maid of honor, and flanking it on either side, sat two golden images of Buddha. Promptly at 9:30 at the striking of a gong the curtains of the blue room parted, and out stepped the lord high executioner of the realm, Gordon Larsen, in Chinese regalia of peacock blue, brocaded in gold and vermillion, who proclaimed to her anxious subjects the crowning of the new queen, and her presen¬tation to them. The curtains parted again. To the strains of Kempinski's "Manda¬rin Dance" the regal procession entered. Following the lord high executioner came two mandarins, Don Corey and Bob Wing, bearing huge lighted candles, and after them another mandarin, Robert True, carrying an incense burner. Four more mandarins, in black and white, Harold Armstrong. Blaine Corey, Bill Burdett, and Paul Blair, in black and white costumes, bore on their shoulders the priest of the sacred Buddha, Lee Cain. The priest wore robes of gold and yel¬low, over which hung a cape of golden feathers. Then followed six flower girls in bright-hujid costumes, who spread chrysanthemum petals before their new queen, who was borne in an elaborate enclosed litter of gold and ebony on the shoulders of four mandarins. The flower girls were Fern Parry, Pearl Ball, Bernice, Thorstensen, Ruth Goss, Louise Becker and Margaret Stewart; the mandarins were Paul Skeen, Pat Aaron, Bob Archer, and Oliver Ames. Tom Broadbent as secretary of state followed, dressed in robes of royal blue, striped with black, gold and red. Then came six danc¬ing girls: Beverly Wood, Dorothy Robinson, Fay McFall, Audrey Clark, Bettie Ross Seaton, and Mary Ethel Brittain. On the shoulders of four more mandarins, Charles Housely, Vern Rogers, Walton Foulgers, and Bill Reeder, in an open litter of black and gold, was borne the maid of honor in lavendar robes, edged with gold and black. Her identity was concealed by a heavy golden' veil. Under a gold-fringed canopy of brilliant vermillion silk borne by four coolies, Jack Gwilliam, Rich¬ard Wagner, Grant Stewart, and Wayne Higham, came the queen's maids in gay costumes of variegat¬ed colors and design. The maids were Arleen Nelson, Lucile Fowles, Iris Smith, Phyllis Halverson, Gene Kimball, and Esther Lashus. THIS attractive group is composed of the sponsors of the R. O. T. C. at the Ogden High school. They have the distinction of being the only sponsors in the United States who wear a uniform especially designed and made for them. The jacket And pleated skirt are of khaki cloth and are worn with a pongee blouse, natty black tie and Sam Brown belt, not to mention the becoming little overseas cap. From left to right they are, standing: Phyllis Halverson, Winifred McCIellan, Orlean Stone, Arleen Nelson, Dorothy Robinson. (Lower row) : Iris Smith, Vella Fowler, Rosemary Barber, Ruth Jackson and Katherine Greenwell. Link-Tiffany) |