Morgantown High School - Mohigan Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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The National Thespians NDER the leadership of Robert lVluITly, Troupe 27, of The National Thespians began the year with plans for the production of Pride and Prejudice with which they expected to dedicate the new theater. A cast of twenty-six characters rehearsed the play until after Christmas, when the lack of stage equipment made such an elaborate production impossible. During the second semester, the Thespians presented UYes Means Nogn observed National Drama Week with a spaghetti dinnerg and acted as host for The Local One-Act Play Festival in which they won Hrst place. As a reward for their work in clramatics. fourteen students became members of The National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society for High Schools. OFFICERS President ........... ............................ R obert Muffly Vice-President .,,., ..... J ames Hamilton Secretary ..,......., ......... ,....., P a tricia Crton Treasurer ,,........................ .......... G eorge Batlas Corresponding Secretary .......... lVlarilynn Shannon Dorothy S. White Sponsor ...........,..............,. ..... Masquers HE MASQUERS, dramatic club organized in l935, has twenty-four members this year. The club entered an act, The Affair of the Slipper, in the Senior Follies and Won third prize. A Christmas party was held on December 22 at the home of Betty lVlcGowan. ln January the club voted to donate some money to the band to buy popular music. ln March the mem' bers voted to select a new pin and several were ordered. Two one-act plays were presented to the student body in May. They were Not Quite Such a Goose and Here Comes the Bride. Motto - No profit grows where therels no pleasure taken. - Shakespeare Colors -- Red and Silver Flower - Red Rose OFFICERS President ...................,......,.,....,......,.,, john Jolliffe Vice President .,..,, ,,,,, R oger Vandervort Secretary-Treasurer .. .,,..,.,, Helen Perkins Reporter .. ....... ....,, M attie Rosier Sponsor . ....... Mabel Taylor 57

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MASQUERS 18? THESPIANS First Row - G. Batias, J Hamilton, Miss White R. Muffly, P. Orton, C McQuistion, P. Stans- hury, D. R. Harner, M Shannon. Second Row - D. Morris E. Fowler, H. L. Thomp- son, K. Hewitt, Fied- ler, Batlas, M. Strawn S. Cox. Third Row 1 C. Ashton, G. Martin, D. R. Wot- ring. E.. Hammond, J Cocklin, R. Conaway, C Caravasos, R. Davies. Fourth Row - G. Erskine, B. L. Snyder, E.. Lee, A. Davidson, C. Zinn, E. Minor, W. Cowell. MASQUERS First Row - Jolliffe. president, H. Perkins secretary, treasurer: R Vandervort, vice presi- dent: M. Rosier, re- porter, C. Gregory: D Price. Second Row -- R. Craw- ford, B. McGowan, B Bigler, R. Selby, C. Car- ner, E.. Lloyd. Third Row - Miss Taylor sponsor: C. Wolfe, S Harner, N. Saffel, V Jennings. Fourth Row - M. Rosier J. Haddock, L. Hosey F. Zinn, L. Pickens.

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BOY'S CIVICS First Row-Pete Cuarivglia, 3ob Galbraith- Warren Swank, Gene Hastings. Second Row - Roger Van- dervort, john jolliffe, Howard Shaffer. Third Row-- Charles Wolfe Eugene Cribble. DEMOS CLUB First Row 1 B. Mccroby, B. O'Malley, B. johnson, J. Cox, D. Lazzelle. Second Row - Mr. Yates, D. Knotts, V. Flumm, D. DeMoss, E.. Holdsworth. Third Row 1 S. Tusai, T. Smith, S. Hall, Wilson.