Royal Oak High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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THIRTEEN SENIOR PLAY Under the dlrectlon of Mxss Ellzabeth Pxke and her as sxstant Mlss Irma Fneduch members of the semor class pre sented Oscar W lde s sparkllng comedy The Importance of Bemg Earnest before large audlences on November 15 and 16 Takxng the leadmg roles nn a story of romantxc mtrngues and mlstaken 1dent11es Brll Gass as ohn Worthnng and Lou Land as Gwendolme Faxrfax presented thelr parts very suc cessfully Both Eugenla Holmes as Cecxly Cardew and Dick An derson as Algernon MOHCFICE gave very sklllful performances Marjorie Millard as Lady Bracknell Ruth Deasy as Mlss Prlsm and ack Reynolds as Dr Chausable furnlshed much of the performance humor wlth thexr outstanding nnterpretatlons of their roles and Roy Grahn and Duck Drexfuss added thelr but to the fine The orchestra under the dlrectnon of W Denman played several selectnons before the play and between acts Pxcturcs Courtesy ofthe R O Trxbune BILL GASS LOIS LAND X .v 'fifix DICK ANDERSON EUGENIA HOLMES D ' 3 ' ff ' 9 . ,, . , . , . S Y J . , , ' , . J. .

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FOURTEEN Natronal Honor Socrety As rs customary the Royal Oak Chapter of the Natronal Honor So crety elected new members present ed therr formal rmtratron before the nrnth graders gave an rnrtratron party and sponsored the Flower Fund and the elghth annual Hon or banquet at whrch more than 200 persons were present The Honor Socrety also undertook a new actlvrty Under the drrectron of Lors Jamreson charrman of the adxertrsrng commrttee the socrety ponsored the pard assemblres throughout the semester Thanks to the members efforts a consrder able sum was earned to pay for ar trcles for whrch the school board does not approprrate money Offrcers elected were Jane Mrller presrdent Esther Howarth vrce presrdent and Blll Gass treasurer New members chosen by the socrety and the teachers were Bertram Gra ham Wrlfred Bedford Dorothy De Leo Betty Lou Tuttle Maryorre Mrl lard Lrnden Albrecht Paul Ladd Dorothy Walker Betty Gordon Howard Penny Sophre Koshorek Tames Crabb James Hallock Kerr neth Kelley and Marjorre Speer Washrngton Club Agarn thrs semester the Washrng ton Club sponsored several matrne dances two performances of the senror play The Importance of Be mg Earnest and one of the most dances grven rn years from both fr frnancrfrl and so cral pornt of vrew successful alumnr Offrcers were presrdents Harry Hallock and James Crabb vrce pres rdents Ma v Lourse Hart and Dor othy Walker secretarres Lors Jam reson and Wrlma Judson tr easurers Donald Belden and Lrnden Albrecht The club numbers 135 members It rs sponsored by Mrss Gunn and Mr Dyer Atwas Club Under the sponsorshrp of Mrss Prke the Atwas Club thrs semester rlected and rnrtrated ten new mem CL BS bers sent two representatry es to see Green Pastures presented The Importance of Berng Earnest rn col laboratron wrth the dramatrcs class and gave one act plays Returns from the senror play were used for the Washrngton Club and retums from the one act plays for replen rshrng the books rn all depa tments of the lrbrary especrally fictron and brography New offrcers were Malcolm Heber presrdent Rrlla Jeanne Smrth vrce presrdent Alys Jane Prerce secre tary and Edrth Hyde treasurer Commercral Club Because the off ce practrce class and the Commercral Club were com brned thrs semester many meetrngs were occupred bv a drscussron of what to do and what not to do rn offrce work but members also gave an rmtratron party at the home of Dorothy and Theresa Coode and took trrps to the Royal Oak Bell Telephone Comparrv and the Guar dran Bank Offrcers of the club were Dolores Stanton presrdent Genevreve Con dor vrce presrdent Mary Beach secretary treasurer Mrss Geer spon sored the group Forestry Club Havrng been presented wrth 4000 trees by the old 4H Forestry Club the first meetrngs of thrs new or ganrzatron were spent plantrng trees rn a mrnrature forest at Twelve Mrle and Campbell roads Afttr that r constrtutror for the c'ub was drawn up and durrng the wrrrter month movrng pc rrres of forest lrfe were shown Thrs semester s offrcers were pres rdent Joe Raymond vrce presrdent Dougla Florra secretary treasurer Alex Collrn The sponsor rs Mr Tenhave Brenvenue II ralog ues and short talks rn French and programs on French theaters and schools have been sub ject of the meetrngs of the French Club thrs semester Members also put out the Francars Latrna and gave a Noel Saturnalra rn collabo ratron wrth the Latrn Club Brenvenue rs sponsored by Mrss Irma Frredrrch and offrcers were Ellen Moore presrdent Dorothy Pe terson vrce presrdent Edrth Mat thews secretary Jean Clark treas mer Grrls Lrterary Club Lrvrng up to rts reputatron as one of the most actrve clubs rn Royal Oak Hrgh school the Grrls Lrt Club thr semester sponsored the World Serres broadcasts and the Hazel Park R O football game had a pot luck at Barbara Eppsterrr s home rnrtrat ed 22 new members at a party gave welfare baskets at Tharrksffrvrng and Chrrstmas trme had a Chrrstmas party at Betty Lou Tuttles home to whrch members came rn costume put on a. bridge party and at reg ular meetrngs heard a serres of vo catronal talks grven by women of varrous professrons Offrcers elected at the first meet mg were Barbara Eppstern presr dent Lors Land vrce presrdent L0.s Jamreson secretary and Betty Gor don treasurer Mrss Skrnner rs the ponsor R O Club The R O Club held rts semr an nual rnrtratron sponsored the All School party rn collaboratron wrth the H1 Y staged seyeral pep mee rngs ushered at all assemblres and 1 now lakrng charge of puttrn up and takrng down the bleachers used for basket ball games Offrcers were Francrs Hanson pesrdent Herbert Heagerty vrce presrdent Jrm Moore secretary Roderrck Bone treasurer The span sorr Mr Rathsburg Travel Club In the tenth year of rts exrstence the Travel Club had a prcnrc at Wrllrams Lake sponsored trrps to the Ferry Morrrs Seed Farm and Creenfleld Vrllage and rn honor ot N u u V . 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