The Bush School - Tykoe Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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V TOP: Nancy Lee Hanson, Barbara BarreH', Joan Souihwiclc, and Phyllis Raifray viewing +l'1e Frayn body. CENTER: Gwen Cunningham admiring Idalice Squire's numerous bracele+sg Midi Sawyer, Jackie Wanamalcer, and Doro+l'1y Barre'H conferring over a plafe of cake. BOTTOM: Sally Ayres foiled by Kafie Clare Roys in a++emp'r on Barbara Ludberg.

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D x 'v Drama Under the direction of Mrs. Margretta Ramsey, the Drama classes began the year with the mechanics necessary to good acting. They learned how to walk, sit down, and otherwise manipulate themselves on the stage gracefully. These exercises were followed by improvisations in which several students carried on an extemporaneous conversation on stage, and justified every action they made by their conversation. Two girls would begin a conversation on the stage. Neither ever knew what she was going to say next, but they carried on, each thinking up spur of the moment responses to her partner's last state- ment. All the while, however, they had a certain pattern of actions that they had to go through, such as walking across the stage and around a table, or sitting down in a chair. Each action had to be justified in the conversation, so thisi combination of many exercises became very valuable training for the drama stu ent. After Mrs. Ramsey felt that the students were sufficiently prepared, they teamed up in twos or threes and each group began working on a scene. In this way, each girl could have a leading part and would thus benefit by her work on it. Mrs. Ramsey left before Christmas vacation, and Mrs. Dickie took,over the classes for the rest of the year. Several of the scenes started under Mrs. Ramsey were completed under Mrs. Dickie and given in assembly. On March 15 Barbara Ludberg and Barbara Barrett gave a scene from Hedda Gabbler for the student body. Then Beany Black and Sally Ayres presented a scene from Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland, on April 3 for Dad's Night, in which Beany was Queen Elizabeth and Sally was Mary. The Juniors' dramatic achievement of the year was their Christmas pageant depicting the coming of the Christ Child. The cast was as follows: Herald ........................................................................................ Elizabeth Haynes Heber ........ Asher ............ Malchiel ....... Rueben ..... Gabriel ...... Kish ........ Mary ...... Asa ......... Abram .......... joseph ....................................................................... The Virgin .................................................................... In March, work began on the senior play, was given an opportunity to try out, and the cast ........Patricia Bowen .........Barbara Royce ..........Kathryn Black ........Kathleen Billings ........Martha Broughton ................Bett.s Hansen ................. Josie Kubley ..................Beverlv Connelly .. ........ Mary Ellen Valaer ...................Betty Bushnell Boswell Sinister House. Each senior was chosen as follows: Hepzibah Lacey ........................................................................ Barbara Ludberg ,lennie Lacey ............. . . ................................................... Sally Ayres Mrs, Dirks ............. .......... B arbara Barrett Miss Huey .......... ............... P hyllis Rattray Mrs. Simmons ....... Pease Blossom ......... ........Jackie Wanamaker ...........Joan .Southwick Edith Burke .............. ................,.,. lv lidi Sawyer Midge Towers .......... ........ G wen Cunningham Tony Trent .................. ......... D orothy Barrett Dr. Maude Garrett ........... .......... N ancv Hanson Ruth Lacey ..................,,....,.... ....... K atie Clare Roys Madame Celeste Maure ................................................................ Idalice Squire Van Hining ............................................................................................ Joan Frayn The cast worked on the play three periods of two or three hours each week, and from the weird sounds emitting from the senior room and gym, the rest of the school guessed that it was a mystery play. The climax of two months' toil came when the production was presented at the Women's Century Club Theater on May 25. -78...

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U' r l The Seventh Grade Take Over the Art Shop. S Art The Art Department this year is very proud of its new quarters-the garage up at Gracemont, made over. It has separate lockers for each student with side doors which not only keep the dust off their Work, but also fold back into large drawing boards. There is plenty of space for paint, brushes, tools, and a special dark room to keep clay moist. Black shades can be pulled down and slides and movies shown. Plenty of sunlight-when there is any-comes through the windows to make the room light and cheerful. A new gas heater, Mr. La Grille's pride and joy, has been installed for cold days. Mr. La Grille, differing from many art teachers, encourages self-expression. He believes the student should put a bit of herself into the work and not create a work simply for the technique's sake. The students, in expressing themselves, Went so far as to paint his :hair with pictures and wise-cracks, while everyone is familiar with the wav the girls decorated the upstairs bathroom with mermaids, a creation that netted profits in the form of a box of candy from Mr. Young. Almost every art student has heard Mr. La Grille state that a bolt is positive and a nut negative. Students, he says, should try to do away with the latter and stress the former. Thus, as any art student will tell you, his theme song has now become Accentuate the positive-eliminate the negative. Some art students have taken on outside projects also. joan Southwick has made several dance posters for Miss King, and one woman brought a tray to be retouched. Occasionally students have entered work in outside art exhibits. At least once a year, the students are taken to the Seattle Art Museum to enjoy some special exhibition. The art shop takes several art publications and for a wider range even fashion magazines such as Vogue. Art work takes its place of honor in all the dances, especially the Junior Prom. There would be no Christmas program without dozens of hand-made celophane stained-glass windows, tapestries, and costumes. Sets, too, are made by the students for the Senior Play. Of course the Annual is made up of art Work as well as journalism. A lot of hard work went into making the sketches, setting up the pages, and planning the cover and theme. In the spring, the students go outdoors to paint or draw directly from nature. This practice tends at times to start severe cases of spring fever, but is very enjoyable. The school year is terminated with the Fine Arts Tea in which all work done throughout the year is shown to the school and parents. We are very proud of our art shop. Many girls continue their art studies in college and make fine records for themselves. Of course we expect several famous artists to be discovered among us. You never can tell! -80-