Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Sebastien - - Jerry Turley Marie-Celeste - Cathy Mem Clinton Preminger )r, Jim Fischer Isabel Sorodin - Eloise Tolies Jane - - - Sharon Race Colin - - - Dave Morris Pamela - - Linda Ploudrc Jacob Friedland - Russ Jowett Anya Pavlikov • Robin Carpenter Cherry-May Waterton Suzie Richards Fabrice - - Roger Buecher Obadiah Leivellyrt - Rich Clark Georgia - Nancy Rosenthal Stotesbury - - Larry Potts Row 1: Betsy Wobus, student director. Row 2: Robin Carpenter, Jerry Turley, Eloise Tolies, Linda Ploudre. Row 3: Jim Fischer, Cathy Merod, Russ Jowett, Mrs. Merle Guth¬ rie, Sharon Race, Dove Morris. The east reheased six weeks for the JC Plav. w ' A prominent activity of our college year was the JC play, ' Nude With Violin,” a light comedy in three acts. This witty play by Noel Coward presented the conflicts between friends and relatives anxious about the contents of the will of Paul Sorodin, a brilliant painter. Sebastien, valet and companion of the dead painter, led the action of the play by revealing a startling letter. Interesting characters — a Russian princess, an ex-show girl, and an Immersionalist — sparkled the action of this play. This spicy play attracted a large and enthusiastic crowd which filled the auditorium on Friday, April 7. Rich Clark, Roger Buecher, Suzie Richards, and Nancy Rosenthal lines between acts. An outstanding job of directing was accredited to Mrs. Merle Guthrie and Mr. James Pleasant. Through the efforts of the cast, stage crew, publicity crew, props committee, make-up committee and prompters, “Nude with Violin” was an excellent production. Mr. James Pleasant, the technical director, checked the lights at dress rehearsal. reviewed their

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Row 7; (bottom) Judy Calhoun, Elaine Schneider, Robin Carpenter, Marilyn Beck. Row 2: Lynn Strothmann, Linda Ploudre, Babs Carro- way, Jan Siebert. Row 3: Suzie Richards, Donna Hallemeyer, Pat Norman, Roberta Martin. Row 4. John Hod, Mr. James Pleasant, sponsor, John Schroeder. The Social Committee planned our night life. Under the direction of Mr. James Pleasant, the Social Committee worked hard to make JCs various social activities a success. During the Sunday after¬ noon meetings, sub committees were formed and chair- It takes two to tango. men were appointed to take charge of refreshments, programs, greeters, chaperones, decorations and pub¬ licity. Before each dance, Mr. Pleasant and a few members of the committee drove to a St. Louis supply house and chose suitable decorations. The Social 0)m- mittee had long hours, hard work, and no pay except the reward of knowing they had made the Junior College activities more successful. Somebody had to do the hard work.

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r ir- i The selections of the choir brought o Christmas spirit to the school and its students. Assemblies were provided for oiir pleasure. The Junior College assembly, which added in¬ terest and variety to the student life of the school, was one of the ways through which the students and faculty could communicate with each other. All students became acquainted with the various organizations of the college at our first get together in Septeml)er. A representative from each organization gave a brief outline of his organization’s purpose and invited any interested student to join. In Noveml er the Student Council sponsored an assembly to introduce the homecoming queen candi- dates. At that time the students voted on their choice for queen. 1 he results of the balloting were disclosed at the I lomecoming Dance. The choir, under the direction of Miss I lope Baer, presented the annual Christmas and Easter programs. which were the outstanding assemblies of the vear. . At the lx?ginning of the basketball season in No- vember, the cheerleaders sponsored a pep rally at which time Coach Carter introduced the basketball . All in all the assemblies greatly enriched our daily program during the past year. Shorron Race assisted Bob Forhetz os he provided organ music for the Christmas assembly.