Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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A t Xie were those little eltins who made your plays what they were. ln gaining our precious points which were necessary for us to gain admittance to the Thesptans, we did everything from electrocuting the patrons of the theatre by fiddling with the light switch. to smearing grease paint on poor unsuspecting victims, and play- . H ,, . mg ze leeds. in your plays and some assembles. tlften. in the clear, not so dead days of last year. you could have seen any number of us memorizing lines. getting props together, testing light bulbs, dashing madly around in search of lileenex, and other jobs not so illustrious but just as im- portant. .Xfter the performance of Seventeen, we got our year under way with a for- mal initiation. It was all done by candlelight. and if someone hadn't been on hand with a bucket of water when llat Spencer knocked over the candle of Dionysus, it would have been done by firelight. ln our first year we had au election and chose Milton Gibbs, the illustrious Willy liaxterf' as presidentg XYilliam lYarren. the wicked Nazi, vice-presidentg and Ar- lene Nlyerson. the matronly mother, secretary. ,Xs we go on naming important details. here is one you just can't pass by, and that is wonderful Grand Thespian. Miss Lillian Cavett. XYell. this year has gone past. and don't they all, but another one will come along. so we can put on our -treat plays for you 'ufain. N C . . 1 ?'r Rulers of the Stage t

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r .. , 'Uma 'llhe only requirement for membership in onr oh, so illustrious ehtb was to be taking either Dramatie ,Xrt or Public Speaking, but Llflllll get ine wrong we are exelnsireg we have only the best in oak borders. .Xlthongh this year we were officially inactive, we weren't so privately. Yes every day we were the ones who tried to talk Miss Lfarett out of giving tests. lint as yon gaze thonglttfully into our face, donlt believe we always looked that way, lonee we were yonngerlj. ln the years before we sent money to the Stage Door Canteen by putting on one aet plays. being th speech ehoir, hlpingg back stage. playing bit parts, and generally being the backbone of the theatre. We didn't eleet ollieers, but we intend to next year. and all the years afterwards. Bliss l.illian Cavett did a grand job of teaching ns the fundamentals of the stage. Next year we can carry out those fundamentals. and really do big and good things. Pupils ul the Stage

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YK ' ll l Kaucous fiermaus. intellectual school teachers. a sea-sick Cfhic. and yodeling old maids heralded the V344 Senior class play, Incognito. When the curtain went up, we were in the auxiliary radio room of the pleasure steamer Lf. S. Imperial. .X German spy, portrayed hy liill Kimble, was radioiug important news to a Nazi lf-boat, and was shot. From that moment on we had to hold onto our seats. tain Mitchell falias llerr Capitan Miceel alias Charles Lockej was portrayed hy lioh Young. .Xs the old maid school teacher, Miss Hilldick, who religiously read The l.ove Life of the lfnmarriedu was Toni Rudolph who wanted a man. .Xs Ilelen Clark and Seedy Sloan, two girls definitely classed as characters. we had Margaret Ross and 'Torkyl' Corkum. The next person had a green dress, and also a greenish tint on her face. She was seasick Prunella tehicj Johnson, aimia- hly portrayed hy Lyle lNlorrisou. Mrs. Thumble, the slightly inebriated member of the cast who spent most of her time eating. was played hy Katie O'lJowd. Mrs. llaseomh. the snoh, who was leaving her husband to meet someone else lwe never found out whoj was handled hy Mary Margaret Ilendersou. Trudy Blitt. who in her better days could spit thirty yards, was played hy Lillian Johantgen. llick Mitchell played Captain Collins, and he acted so well we c0uldn't tell whether he would he Herr Colster, or Buster. the .-Xmeriean spy. llerr Von Strumm, the ll-hoat captain, was played hy Bill XVarren. As Mrs. Schuhman, a Jewish refugee from Germany, we had Violet Epstein. ,Xs her disguised daughter. Grace Shields. Ruth Guenther did a grand pieee of acting. Last. hut not least. we come to I1 slimy little character called Fritzie who stole jewelry. slapped ladies' faces and shot Dick Mitchell in the arm without even the slightest strain on his conscience. XX'ith the greatest ease, Frank Boice handled this part heautifully, The cast this ve'1r was reallv super 'ind thev put the plav over with a hang. Ciapv The play was directed by Miss Lillian Cavett and was produced hy T. D. Romero. Senior class advisor. lt was really grandg the hest Senior class play yet-we think! 1 gnito or Who Done lt? fi -i-i,