California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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R DIO G E ACT PLAYS On May 19-ZO, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay was presented as Chico Stat-e's part in the annual Chico-Humboldt State Dramatic Festival which was held here. Joanne Kelly played Cornelia Skinner and Zilpha Jones was Emily Kimbrough. Others in the cast were John Rutland, Mel McGuire, Jim Duderstadt, Marion Benedict, Don Green, Jack Monger, Matty Allgood, Jim Davis, Betsy Vanden Bosh, Del Green, Cleta Spencer, Doris Mills, Veral Orr, Patti Brownell, and Ken Pope. Fern Ludden was student director of the play. The college radio program on KHSL during the year was called Memo From Chico State. ln the fall interviews were held on the program, in the spring plays were presented. Upper left: Memo Prom Chico State with M. Walker, director Jones, J. Beeler, J. Radisich, B. McKeag. Upper right: Cast of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Lower left: A scene from Our Hearts-. Lower right: Del Greene interviews Dr. Adams on Memo Prom Chico State.

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CID McGuire gets a rub-down while chatting with lzzard. C25 Rutland tries to reason with Blair as Davis and Whitegon look Sli. 16135 Mr. Jones directs his cast through a fmal rehearsal. CAJ John Blair. QBJ Elizabeth Blair. QCD John Rutland. CDD el cGuire. ' Chico State's second drama presentation was a play that was described as tense, touching, tender, and strangely fascinating. It was the comedy drama, The Hasty Heart, which was given on February 16-l7. John Blair played MacLachlen, a Scotch soldier: Elizabeth Blair was a nurse, the only woman in the play: John Rutland was Yank: Frank lzzard was Digger: Jim Davis, Blossom: Leonard Whitegon, Kiwi: Mel McGuire, Tommy: Rick Davies, Colonel: Don Robertson, orderly. The story is about a wounded Scotch soldier whose last few weeks of life are changed by the attitude taken toward him and ultimately by him to his fellow-patients. The man's eX- treme independence of spirit nearly wrecks the good intentions of those who want to make him happy' 'MTI-IE HASTY HEART

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Top: Front row-Alexander, Spellmann, Bassler, Behymer, Dr, Rahe. Back row-Unger, Keiser, Stampfli, Ball, Duderstadt. Bottom left: Stampfli, Alexander, Duderstadt. Dr. Rahe. Unger, Spellmann, Ball. Bottom right: Dr. Rahe presents Linfield Tour- nament award to Carolyn Spellmann. ' A new addition to Chico State activities this year was the formation of a Forensics class and club. Forensics at Chico was founded by Dr. Herbert Rahe. Considering their experience, the college debaters made a pretty fair showing in meeting stiff competition at several tournaments. On February 24 the l9th Annual Intercollegiate Forensics 5 F Tournament was held at Linfield College. Twenty-live colleges and 250 students from the entire , western United States were represented, but Carolyn Spellmann won top honors in the after din- ner speech contest. At the Annual Western Pi Kappa Delta International Tournament at the University of Redlands, March 24-26, Chico State entered three debate teams. Charles Alexander and Jerry Unger were finalists, losing out to more experience. i i