George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Wide Acclaim “Don’t worry!” Percival Brown (Ed Jacobsberg) consoles Polly (Barbara Hered). “He will come back again.” “Come on baby, let’s show them that old vo-de-o-do!” says Bobby Van Husen (A. J. Saliga) to his flapper girl friend, Maisie (Linda Field).

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Auditorium Sparkles with First Musical Merits “It’s never too late!” contends Lord Brockhurst (Ken Miller). May, 1962 marked the most resounding dramatic success in the school’s history. The Boy Friend was the first full-scale musical comedy to be pro¬ duced on the Clark stage. The directors, Miss Jeani Knapp and Miss Thelma Wilcox, overcame seemingly unsurmountable problems—teaching 6’ 7” Jerry Bercik to tap dance, training altos to sing soprano solos, getting A. J. Saliga to do the Charles¬ ton, and talking Ken Miller into wearing a striped, 1920’s bathing suit. But in two months, the cast was dancing and singing through three acts with fourteen musical numbers—and loving every minute of the experience. The Friday night performance received the first standing ovation in Clark’s history. The Boy Friend is a spoof of the 1920’s. It por¬ trays the razzle-dazzle of the era down to the last “vo-de-o-do.” The stereotyped plot concerns the girls at a finishing school at the French Riviera who are tracking down boy friends. A hackneyed ending resolves everyon e’s love affairs to the tune of “I Could Be Happy With You.” Just as a boy friend was “sine qua non” to the flappers so was the pit orchestra to the total effect of the show. Under the supervision of Mr. Snider, this group reproduced the two-beat, saxophone- heavy, cymbal-crashing music of the 1920’s. Polly (Barbara Hered) sings to Tony (Jerry Bercik) “I Could Be Happy With You”, as they dance on the beach. 18

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Assemblies Improve as The school year 1962-63 marked a change in the assembly system. Because of increased enrollment, assemblies were divided into two shifts. Assemblies were financed by the Student Coun¬ cil’s magazine drive. The Council held its own assembly to encourage sales to earn the money. A panel of representatives from four classes presented an assembly on the Community Chest. After touring Hammond charities, the students took part in a “Truth or Consequences” program hosted by Clark’s own Mark Moynihan. The panel mem¬ bers were asked serious and stunt questions. Wrong answers to questions found Tom Allison and Barb Hered twisting and Tom Snider singing. Students were enlightened in the facts of the March of Dimes peanut drive in a Talent Scout assembly. Other assemblies throughout the year were presented by the Vocal Music department. One of many assemblies for 1962-63 was the Earlham College Choir which spellbound the students during the hour program. 20