Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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lvia Barret lKaye Smithl lectures the comedian of the class, Lu Martin lChris Stacyl as the tice assistant, Francine ljaclcie Hewlettl waits impatiently. Under the Sycamore Tree cmd Up the Down Staircase End Season Left: The Thespian Society presented their third play be- fore the student body on April 14. The plot presented the audience with an imaginary presence of an ant colony who thrive to become equal to human's intelligence. This play, 4'Under the Sycamore Tree was also performed before an audience at Stovall and taken to regional con- test. Below: The last presentation of the year was a play writ' ten by Bel Kaufman, Up the Down Staircase. The play was a daydream of Ella lRobyn Colemanl as she reads letters written by her best friend who is a new teacher in a new school, Sylvia Barrett lKaye Smithl. Ella lRobyn Colemanl imagines school-room scenes as she reads a letter written by Sylvia Barret lKaye Smithl which contains events of her life as a teacher.

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Once Upon a Playground Performed Once Upon an Aldine Stage J With names such as Tootie Shoes, Dixie Wicks, ond Dibi Fee, student octors found them- selves portraying school-age children playing upon a playground. 0nce Upon a Ploy- ground, written by Jock Franke, confronted the audience with o group of conflicting choroc- ters. The costs' personalities were identified by their names. The cast was as follows: Becky Laird as Tootie Shoes, Carol Coley os Dixie Wicks, Jeanine Rhodes as Dibi Fee, Cheryl Eaves as Phoebe Bive, April Thompson as Flirt Stevens, Sherry Dodd as Fordo Moore, Debbie James os Wanda Bun, Debbi Miller as Jill lthe girl with the funny nosel, and Kenneth Walker as Johnny fthe boy with the funny nosel. T TP ' l Above right, left to right: Dibi Fee, Dixie Wicks, Wanda Bun, Fordo Moore, Flirt Ste- vens, and Phoebe Bive try to ignore the out- sider, Jill lthe girl with the funny nosel. Left to right: Wanda Bun lD. Jamesl, Tootie Shoes lB. Loirdl, Flirt Stevens lA. Thompsonl, Dixie Wicks lC. Col Phoebe Bive lCheryl Eavesl, and Dibi Fee lJ. Rhodesl stick together against the outsiders lJill and Johnnyl I68

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