Marietta High School - Orian Yearbook (Marietta, OH)

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l f ,, .. A Q . wg Qi i, Wt W 33 ,. - l A. A smile adds sparkle to Joy Gatten's speech. The Marietta High School Speech Society was organized with the purpose of promoting interest in the area of speech and encouraging participation in speech contests. ln the spring a play was performed at an assembly in hopes of drawing new members. Speech Club Members Explored The Dramatic Arts K I Y 27

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All The World's A Stage As Thespians A d A. lmprovising, as demonstrated by Mary Stout and Scott Elliott, is a skill often used by Thespians. The National Thespian Society recognizes students for their work in dramatic arts. Students who have completed one hundred hours of dramatics works are tapped for Thespians. The Senior Class Play, Our Town , and the All School Musicale, CameIot , provided opportunities for interested students to gain hours. Following a week long initiation, new members were honored at a banquet held at the Lafayette Hotel.

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Things ran a little smoother this year as sixty volun- teers became office aides, library aides, and guidance aides. Under the direction of Nlrs. Wetzel, office aides collected absence slips, ran errands and answered the telephone. lVlrs. Bole advised the library aides who jack- eted, shelved, and checked out books. Regulating the number of people interviewed by counselors and check- ing schedules were two of the many jobs of the helpful guidance aides. Without these volunteers, life at lVlSHS would have been a little more hectic. Task Performed B Aides Assisted The