Alexandra High School - Old Acquaintance Yearbook (Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada)

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chasm From the opening curtain to the end of the final scene, tense drama was featured on the A.H.S. stage. With only a smattering of comedy in Act II, Rebecca was well received by the capacity crowds at the two presentations. The entire cast gave a grand performance in their roles of the people living at Manderley. Star of the play was Jacquie Brinkhurst, who portrayed Mrs. Danvers, the evil housekeeper. She drew applause every time she appeared on the stage. The other two leading roles, those of Mr. Maxim de Winter, played by Dick Taylor, and Mrs. de Winter, by Marg Patterson, were also excellently charac- terized. In the supporting roles the honors go to Irvin Shore, who played the happy-go-lucky country squire, Giles Lacey. He acted his part all the way and contributed to the amusement of the enthusiastic audience. Lois Mahon, who played the part of his wife, was also very good. Honorable mention goes to all the other supporting actors, as they played their parts mag- 42

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EN AVANT Back row lleft to riglitl: B. Slliels, I. Shore, H. Wyers, D. Kraemer. Middle row: F. McQueen, M. Patterson, E. Sangster, Miss Baillie, R. McNicl1ol, I. Hildebrand. Front row: V. Reid, J. Laing, M. Reesor, J. Freedman, I. Johnson, R. Hildebrand. E511 3561111 The aim of the En Avant committee this year was to keep up the standards set by last year's committee and to fulfill the expectations of the students. One very important goal was reached when, to the surprise of the editor, the students and even one of the teachers created a great deal of controversy over one of the editorials. While the criticisms were rather harsh the interest shown in the paper proved to be very helpful to the committee. The girl responsible Cshe loved ith for the two pages of scandal in every issue was Joyce Jorgensen. Judy Freedman's Girls' Page never ceased to bring forth laughs. President Joyce Reesor reported from the Students' Council, and Bob Shiels gave out continually with his amazing style in the Weakly Whiz. All of the writers this year have been exception- ally good, but space does not permit mention of each of them. For the past two years the En Avant has won the I.O.D.E. scholarship for the best school paper in Alberta. It is hoped that the one hundred dollars now realized by the paper will be used for furnishing an En Avant room. 41

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DRAMA EXECUTIVE Back row Cleft to rightl: Mr. Allergoth, Miss Nyberg, Mr. Fisher. Front row: I. Mattson, J. Brinkhurst, E. McNichol, E. Gibbs, L. Mahon. 4 wma Gllub This year new highlights have been reached in the drama field. Besides our three-act Rebecca, which was declared a success, the Drama Club presented a radio play, Why I Am a Bachelor, over CHAT. The Drama Club has been functioning only as an executive with Elaine McNichol as president, Lois Mahon, secretary and Elizabeth Gibbs, treasurer. Because of the difficulty of securing programs regular meetings had to be discontinuedg perhaps next year we have them once again. This year the Festival promises to be better than ever with seven plays entered. The Festival brings this year's dramatics to a close, but you can be looking forward to more and better dramatics next year. nificently. They included Ron Miller, Dick Stephens, Budd Whit- icar, Don Elder and Ewart Kinvig. It is hoped that in the future more fine dramas such as this will be produced by Mr. Allergoth at the high school to bring out the drama students' talents. The school orchestra played between acts. 43