Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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The Importance of Being Earnest This year’s Senior Play was ‘‘The |m- portance of Being Earnest’ by Oscar Wilde. The plot involved Alger- non (Jeff Blain) and his friend Jack (David Glass). Jack was in love with Gwendolyn (Sutton Stephens) who believed Jack's name was Ernest. Ernest was Jack’s imaginary brother. (Actually, the two were one and the same.) Algernon was in love with Cecily (Dina Jones) who believ- ed Algernon was Ernest, Jack’s wick- ed imaginary brother. Both men wished to be cristened Ernest because their fiances both felt they could only be married to a man named Ernest. The play resolved itself when Jack’s real name was discovered to be Ernest; and Jack, Cecily’s guardian, agrees to allow her to marry Algernon. Other senior cast members in- cluded Janay Ferguson and Con- stance Adams double cast as Lady Bracknell, Sally O’Connell and Betsy Rouse double cast as Miss Prism, Kyle Ford and Scot Sigler double cast as Dr. Chausable, Brad Weir and Paul Taylor double cast as Mer- riman, John Christian and Duff Smith double cast as Lane, and Mary Mills and Tricia Rippey as the maids. The play was a great success and was greatly enjoyed by all who attended. Earnest after all: Everyone is happy to learn that the two couples can marry at last. Tea for two: Lane (Brad Weir) serves Cecily (Dina Jones) and Gwendolyn (Sutton Stephens) tea. Pretty please: Algernon (Jeff Blain) begs to be allowed to marry Cecily (Dina Jones). | simply adore them!: Jack (David Glass) looks on as Algernon (Jeff Blain) eats muffins. 26 « Senior Play

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A community effort: The auctioneer for ‘‘Wild Night in the Park Cities” directs the bidding during the fund raising event. Like father, like son: Bart Bevers impersonates his dad at a pep rally. = 3 = twee The winning combination: Girls’ cross country team members Michele Medlock, Kathy You can’t keep a good man down: Varsity cheerleader Lumpkin, and Libby Lumpkin receive victory apples after capturing the state championship. Caren Cain supports the Scots despite her broken ankle. November e 25

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National Merit names several test winners The National Merit Scholarship Cor- poration named seven Highland Park seniors as semi-finalists this year, as well as sixteen com- mendees. The semi-finalists scored in the top one-half percent of the na- tion on the PSAT NMSQT taken during the fall of their sophomore year. Commendees achieved their titles by scoring in the top five per- cent nationwide on the same test. Semi-finalists were Constance Adams, Janay Ferguson, Stacy Jor- dan, Jim Kasischke, Parnell Mc- Carter, Holly McGuire, and Eddie Tatum. Commendees were Bill Davis, Amy Duncan, Tom Ellis, David Frase, Mary Huck, Jimmy Jud, Mar- sa Munroe, Karen Neal, Karl Rath- jen, Erica Scholder, Karen Shouse, Cesar Stastny, Scott Stockwell, and Maureen Sweeney. Matt and Sam Perry, now attending Southern Methodist University, were also named commendees. The semi-finalists went on to com- pete for National Merit finalists stan- Gingss-and shot euniVerstty Super-jocks?: Semi-finalists Jim Kasischke, Mad scientists: Commendees Ken Shouse, Tom 3 Holly McGuire, Stacy Jordan, Constance Ellis, Jimmy Jud, Karen Neal, Erica Scholder, scholarships. Adams, Parnell McCarter, and Eddie Tatum Marsa Munroe, Karl Rathjen, David Frase, and reveal their true personalities. Maureen Sweeney spend time in the lab. National Merit e 27