Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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j re Sent Jhe iJorchL J? eurerd Top Row: Jim Prather. Marvin. McNeil, Pederson. Wefald. G. Clark. Pierre. J. Miller. J. Bennett. P. Arnold Mmni.K Row: Maitland, A. Clausen. Mathews, Summers, It. Jud«e. Hills. Thielman. I’. Miller. Green Kko.vt Row: Terrenes. Dryer. Crosley, Mr. I ett. Stevenson. S. Moore. Ramsey, E. Robertson. Mary Ann Comstock This year Drama club decided to go in for self-analysis when they chose the annual fall play. Its members sat back, took a good look at themselves and laughed heartily, as did the audience. Cause of all this mirth and merriment was The Torchbearcrs, George Kelly's satire on amateur theatrical productions. The cast was as follows: Mr. Fredrick Ritter Mrs. Paula Ritter Jenny . Mrs. J. Duro Panipanelli Mr. Spindlcr George Clark Mary Pierre Dorothy Maitland Beverly Summers Page Arnold Mrs. Nelly Fell . Ella Mae Robertson Miss Florence McCrickett . Janet Miller Teddy Spearing . . . Jerry Bennett Mr. Twilier .... Wili.is Yocum Mr. Huxley IIossefros.se . Arthur Schakchk Stage Manager . . Adel Throckmorton Mrs. Clara Sheppard . Dorothy Wefald Cast members. os far as possible, were drawn from Advanced Drama club, leaving Beginning Drama to do the production, supervised by Ad- vanced Drama members. On Borrowed Time was selected for the Junior Class play and Smilin' Through for the Senior Class play. This year instead of leaving pro- duction to the members of the class, as has been done before. Drama club took charge of build- ing the set. Beginning Drama club offered sophomores a chance to become acquainted with the technical phases of stage production. Class members serv- ed on the different crews of the Drama dull play—costumes, make-up, publicity, properties, and stage crew. During class periods students Txcenty-four

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 lmei % riene 7 . Jr a in Top Row: H. Knudson. J. Winfrey, Chivt-rs, Clemons. Holmes Mii i i.k Row: GImo. Gilman. Mrs. Dickinson. Burton, Schulz Kkont Row: Netcott. Sweeney. Neff. .1. Bnppe. Townxeml Using the theme The Little Engine That Could, the Junior Red Cross began its first major project by collecting cans of evaporated milk from each of the Ames schools to he loaded on the Friendship Train which stopped in Ames last fall. By being 100 percent and gathering 1 cans of milk. Ames High made her contri- bution. Once again 100 percent in membership drive. Ames High made collections amounting to $( 9.1.9. After being familiarized by the school nurse on the correct care of children, the group of sixty Junior Red Cross workers furnished 40 families of Pammel Court with baby-sitters on the night of Dec. (i. Fun was had by all as the sitters spent the evening cooking, reading, eat- ing and enjoying the door prizes. At the first of the year students interested in Junior Red Cross work signed up on one or more of six committees. Chairmans were selected by the workers of each group. Joan Bappe and Nancy Neff each served one semester as the group's chairman. ★ Friendship Train Mops in Ames Twenty-three

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Li eij innerJ oUecirn S tucje ZJech imbues Tor Row: p. Hahn. Barber. C. Kennedy. Kyle. I). Dunlap. Schanche. Yocum, Dahl. Getz. Irvine Middle Row: Stein. S. Anderson. McKeen. Norton. Gerbrach. C. Smith. Holmes, Blaine Griffith. Schmidt, Krickson, Penly Front Row: Culbertson. Burner, Hayenga. Heywood. Mr. I.ett. Knuths, Sherman. Gray. Roberson learned about acting techniques. Near the end of the year the class prepared a one-act play. Beginning Drama members in the Drama club play included Arthur Schanche and Willis Yocum. Drama club. Ames High s answer to the “call of the theater. ’ has as its officers Mary Pierre, president -. George Clark, vice-president; Valerie Stevenson, secretary: and Page Arnold, business manager. Drama members holding the Palm, national honorary dramatic award, are Mary Pierre and Ella Mae Robertson. ther former members who won the Palm include Rosemary Iverson, David Larson. Mary Ann Plagman, Betsy Ross, Adel Throckmorton, and Wayne Spangler. Each re- cipient of this award is entitled to wear the small gold pin of a Greek comedy mask with Alls Palm engraved on it. ★ Palm members Tor Row : Larson, Iverson. Spangler Bottom Row: B. Robertson, Pierre, B. Ross, Plagman Twenty-five