Northwest Classen High School - Round Table Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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BELOW: INEBRIATED department store floorwalker, Kay Long, shares a good laugh with Rex Humphrey about the miseries of Christmas in Gentleman Shoppers. RIGHT: YOU'VE got that glassy stare again. Watch the road! Mrs. Mitty, Candy Foster, nags her daydreaming husband, Mike Kyle, in the scene, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. an 28 o Special Activities

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QUEEN Frances Mitchell watches enter- tainment in her honor after coronation. BREAKING THROUGH the Victory Hoop, varsity basketballer Mike Manning is hailed by the second semester pep club presidents, Debi Greene and Kathy Jackson. signals flurr of new, traditional activities ON HER WAY to deliver Cupid Expresses is Student Council messenger, Lisa Klotz. Tempo in Knightland quickened second semester when Time Block 10 activities were increased. The second week in February, Black Heritage Week was commemo- rated by special daily activities. To focus attention on highlights of Negro History, a symposium fea- tured a panel discussing Cultural Pluralism. Senior Frances Mitchell wa s crowned queen in ceremonies follow- ing a music jam session and fashion show in the social center. Other events included a black art show and black poetry readings. Traditional February events were climaxed by Cupid Express and coro- nation of Knight and Lady of Friend- ship. Biggest news event was the Feb- ruary 23 blizzard which swept across the Midwest and paralyzed the en- tire state. Although Oklahoma City public schools were not officially closed on Monday following the worst snow storm in years, only an estimated 75-100 students and 45 teachers reported to Northwest. Special Activities 0 27

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Knights' Theater features farce billed as 'A Thurber Carnival' Tipsy gentlemen shoppers, nag- ging wives, and elusive unicorns were all part of the routine when drama students presented the first Knights' Theatre production of the year, A Thurber Carnival. Composed of ten scenes, each taken from a short story by James Thurber, the play was presented in an assembly and an evening show October 30, under the direction of Mrs., Betty Hall Allred and technical advisor, Mr. James Morehead. Some of the more well-known seg- ments in the production included The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Unicorn in the Garden, and The Macbeth Murder Mystery. Because of the large number of characters appearing in the play, most students played several parts. The cast was composed of Kathy Tuel, Cindy Chesher, Cindy Donal- son, Terry Meek, Carolyn Raney, Mike Kyle, Sue Salmon. Kay Long, Carol Warren, Julie Jacobs, Lynn French, Candy Foster, Harriet Hall. Dancing between the scenes was choreographed by Beverly Farmer. Dancers, who also appeared in the play, were Bernard Jones, Pam Lem- mon, Wendy Runnels, Rex Humphrey, and Rick Bayless. Student director for the production was Kay Long. David Turnipseed acted as stage manager, Kathy Tuel served as costume designer. ABOVE: COSTUMER Kathy Tuel puts last-minute touches on dancer Pam Lemmon's jumpsuit. LEFT: I DON'T want any more copies of Grandma Was a Nudist! angry Rick Bayless ex- plodes to his secretary Lynn French, in File and Forget. Special Activities 0 29