Adlai Stevenson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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Newest Clubs Take Active Part at SHS Despite being two of Stevenson's newest clubs, Future Nurses and Human Relations proved to be among the school's most active organizations. The Future Nurses toured a number of hospitals and had several guest speakers in the course of the year. Among the facilities visited was Children's Hospital, where the girls presented a Christmas project. The club's speakers included a representative from North- ville State Hospital, speaking on psychiatry. The Human Relations Club, organized to elim- inate some of the prejudice in Stevenson and the community, did its best to carry out a rather difficult . . I . t. . . aim ncluded among its ac ivities were a successful Led by Miss Carol Shabby Future Nurses Vicky Owens, campaign to begin a minority .groups class and a pr0- Judie Van Dyke, Ruthann Gleason, and Sue Peters gram concerning the California grape strike. headed for the hospital with their handmade dolls. The Human Relations Club carried its arguments to the minority groups class. Representing the Stevenson club on, school board in an attempt to establish a second semester the panel were Beth Kushigan and Donna Orrin. Us ru Activities 91

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TARS managed to gain support for their candidate, whether by fair means or foul. '53 :Six Contributing his outstanding artistic talent, TARS vice-president Al Helm- kamp did his part in promoting a GOP victory. Election Year '68 Finds TARS Revitalized It was the year of the big comeback. Not only for Richard M. Nixon, but for his supporters at Stevenson as well. The elections of '68 saw the Teenage Republican Club taking a renewed in- terest in politics and the candidates. Sponsored by Mr. Gary Vance, TARS undertook an extensive Nixon-Agnew campaign at Stevenson, culminating in presentations at the election assembly. What counted more with the TARS, however, was their influence on those of the twenty-one and up bracket. Prior to the election some of the TARS carried out a complete voter identification drive, polling an entire precinct of homeowners as to their political preferences. And, school or no school, the TARS turned out in force to cheer at the Roma Hall Nixon rally. Finally, election day found them at many of the polls passing out lit- erature and making telephone calls in an attempt to convince any of those still undecided voters that Nixon's the One. 90 Activities An unimpressed delegation of TARS representatives strove to ignore Humphrey-Muskie supporters Debbie Bagwell and Gail St. Aubin as they demonstrated at the assembly. X fc

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il 7 y Masque Hits It Big With All-School Play xmmw Mama and Jessie joined Uncle Chris in one last drink. 92 Activities From laughter to tears and back again . . . that's the way it went during the Stevenson Masque's production of I Remember Mama. The standing ovations were quite a tribute to the acting talents of the cast, and the direction of Mr. Richard W. Thiede. The story was an emotional one, portraying the daily life of a Norwegian family living in San Francisco in about 1910. Katrin, the eld- est daughter wanted to be an authoress, and much of the plot was devoted to her struggles to find herself. But complications and an al- most family-crisis arose when Aunt Trina wanted to marry the town undertaker, Mr. Thorkelson. She had to have the approval of Uncle Chris, the head of the family, and her chances of getting it seemed next to impos- sible. But in spite of all the difficulties, the end of the story found Aunt Trina and Mr. Thor- kelson happily married, and Katrin on her way to becoming the authoress she wanted to be. The family gathered around as Katrin read her first published story aloud for their approval. 'Nix if, QS.