Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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

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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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★ Journalists pose In addition to their regular duty of writing the Weekly Web, the first semester journalism students won numerous honors at the annual Journalism Day contest held at Drake I’niver- sity on November 19. “On the Spot contest winners were Dob Kozeboom, who received a first in the sports division, and Nancy Neff, who won a second place in the straight news. In the feature story division Mary Pierre won a first and Dud Winfrey a third for stories written before the contest. •Journalism class, under the direction of Miss Charlotte Nelson, learns methods of gathering news, making interviews, playing up a feature and compiling material for publication. Proof reading, tin final step before the copy goes to press, is done every Wednesday morning at the Tribum office. Second semester staff carried on a courtesy campaign. A drive was made in which home- room 22.1 was chosen the winner. Almost 147 yards of copy were written this year by the first and second semester journalism classes and published in the Weekly W b which appears on Wednesday in tin Ames Doily Tribune. Twenty-six