Champaign High School - Maroon Yearbook (Champaign, IL)

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Graduation Marks the Beginning of a New Freedom Tassels swinging left to right in the Great Hall at Krannert meant it was the ending of another year and another graduation. Relief and disappointment were two different reactions from students about graduating from high school and going on to college, travel, work, or marriage. The class did away with an old tradition for the first time this year - bac- calaureate. Also they discussed changing the girls' robes' color to white but decided one change for 1974 graduation was enough. As in the past several years the ceremony was held at the Great Hall of Krannert Center for the performing arts. When ask- ed about graduating, seniors expressed different opinions. Krannert has no mean- ing to Central students. I would prefer graduating at Unit 4 field , ul like Krannert but l wish we could invite more people . Even with varying opinions, everyone there - the starting of something new and the ending of something old.

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The spring musical Little Mary Sunshine was about a girl named Mary Potts, who was set in Colorado centered around a conflict between Mary and the government, concerning the foreclosure of the mortgage on her inn, known as The Colorado Inn. To get a part in the play the actors and actresses had to sing lines from the part they wanted. They also had to do a dramatical cut from one of the scenes for their speaking try outs. All this was per- formed in front of six iudges after those had a chance to learn the part. The musical was put on April 4 and 5 in the Little Theatre, at 8:00 p.m. After being postponed from March 28 and 29. After a lot of hard work and cooperation, the cast and performance of Little Mary Sunshine turned out to be a very big success. Three one-act plays? What an insanely good idea. The Balcl Soprano, Passion, Poison, and Petrification, and Impromptu made their Central debut the nights of May 2 and 3, in the Little Theatre. Two hundred and fifty people attended the plays selected by Mr. Romsland. These mind opening plays certainly gave their audience something to think about. The idea of The Bald Soprano was centered on making fun of people's language. Passion, Poison, and Petrifica- tion poked fun at drawing room comedy. Impromptu dealt with four people trying to find themselves and their identities. lt could have been related to the seniors trying to find themselves and find out what they were at the ending of the i974 school year. The S150 earned excluding activity tickets were put to royalties, supplies and make-up. However when asked Did you put on the play for a profit? Mr. Romslancl replied, Theatre should not be for money making reasons but for its art.

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