Clinton High School - Clintonia Yearbook (Clinton, IL)

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u T P H D E O W s N T A I C A R- S £ surges'W For a short two days the Clinton High School stage was turned into the run down Calvin Coo-lidge High School as the Drama Club presented it's first play Up the Down Staircase. The cast and crew of nearly fifty students spent six long weeks of hard work to prepare for opening night. They were directed by Mr. Simpson the club's sponsor and much valuable help from two student teachers Miss Chramosta and Mr. Sherman. The play was presented December 1 and 2 to very enthusiastic crowds. The play is about a young teacher Miss Sylvia Barrett (Sara Jenkins) and her first year of teaching. Miss Barrett finds herself buried under an avalanche of useless paper work, such as filling out polio consent form. She is frequently reprimanded by members of the administration (Doug Glasson, Carol Mead, Bill Johnson, Lindy Lewis, Cathy Austin, and Stephie Hazel) for some infraction of the endless number of rules. She soon realizes that her students are the ones suffering. One student, Joe Ferone (Dave Riggert), continually voices his disgust for what the school calls education. However, he is 18

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Loretta Koshinski Sara Jenkins

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 Sorry I'm late. I was in detention. Where they make you sit to make up your lateness. But keeping order is getting to be the important thing. just saying what the other kids feel. Some of them have been pushed around till they do not care and are just marking time till they can drop out. Others would like to learn but are frustrated when their attempts are met by seemingly uncaring teachers and unreasonable demands, ''The school library is your library. No students allowed into library until further notice. Amidst all of her confusion Sylvia finds another teacher, Bea Schacter (Jeanne Dunakey) who understands what she is going through and has conquered it somewhat. With her help and the students' Miss Barrett realizes that leaving the school will not help. She stays on and sets about to teach and help as many students as she can without causing too much trouble. Miss Barrett learns that all knowledge is not found in books. The students enjoyed putting on the play because it was about something they understood and felt. They conveyed these feelings to the audiences and made the play a great success. 19