Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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DRAMATICS CLASS Jack Zwiclcy Norman Smith LaVerne Spear Mary Lou Abshicr Elwyn Littlefield Esther Diamond Alice Conn Ben Boreham Yvonne Hay Nellie Mabrey Margaret Gregory Muriel Gonthier John Cassidy Betty Boughan Willodezln Clark Bill Parker Helen Goss Evelyn Taylor Madalyn Heard Mildred Rhoades Willis Smith jean Johnston Guy Lucas Wiiiifred McDowell Harriet Taylor, Instructor EVENTS OF DRAMATICS CLASS Captain Applejack The Minstrel Show The Family Drum Corps Ufvrsfe Clmirj STAGE CRENV Kenneth Abell Robert Abell Allen Smith Vernal Hale Clarence Bowery Howard Martin Wallace Culley

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Wt Betty Bouglian Charles Collins Ellndetm Hayes June Crum Coach-Mr. C. L. Dean DEBATING After a. preliminary scrimmage with lfla,ufo:'d, SiSted of Betty Boughan and Charles Collins e, while .Iuue Crum and Ella- deilll Hays played on the defensive, went into ou the otteusiv the LG11sue Games with great confidence. The games WGVQ Dlayed on the ground that the - al states should adopt legislation provid- ing for a, HSVGI' I Syfilelll of complete medical care, available to z ll ft' 1 Ll IZGIIS at public expense. 'Po start. the season off, Coach Dean gave Ulf Dlflyers several pep talks to get them in trim tor the conference games At the first ganna ot' the season, Coalinga kicked ott t.o 1 A 'U . I I ' Llovi... Attei a tew passes they scored two touchdowns and won an easy victory. ' 'Phe Kerman team was in good condi- tion and made seve 11 f I . ,:'z, good plays, but again Elle Coillllltfa. team proved victorious i11 both dlves. Refofe the Madera game, the Coalinga players felt uneasy, but in the huddle they W01'ked up some clever plays and scored two our debate team, whose lineup cun- touchdowns to win the game. The defensive Sanger team had a strong lineup and did some good bloelzingeqg and al- though the offensive made some good plays, a Sanger player intercepted a pass and raced for a. touchdown. lu the second half the Coaliuga, defensive team retaliated with a goal-the score was even, and Coalinga walked oft with the League title. 'Phe games to decide the County Chant- pionship were then lJGf.flll1. The Iirst halt' ot the game with Roosevelt lligh School was lost to its opponents. Again during the last halt the Coalingra defensive tied tho score. Having: had such a successful season, the Coalingans felt that they were in good enough form to walk oft' with the Count.y Title, Llew- ever, the Luton lineup proved to he too much t'or the Coaliuga team, and after a fast game, during which both teams played we'l, Latou made two touchdowns and won the County Title from Coaliuga.

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A DAY BEHIND THE SCENES By a'S0und Effects Quiet puleeze! Qpausej XVill you please be quiet? shouts Miss Taylor, all the while banging her pencil for order. QThe noise slowly dies down to a whisper-which, in its turn, is squelched.j Now then, I want Nellie Mabrey, Bill Parker, and Yvonne Hay Qin the back of the roomj to study their parts. The rest of you--. Jack Zwicky! If you can't refrain from falling all over your chair, will you please sit on the floor? Where was I? Oh, yes-. In bounces Betty Boughan Qlate as usualj and, striking an over dramatic pose, shrieks, I am sooo soreee, but Reechard woould naught go. How's my accent, Miss Taylor? A By this time the class is again in its original state of convulsions. Then some aspiring actor plays Tarzan from the top of the stage ladder, while sev- eral others raid the music closet and begin blowing loudly on all types of horns. After a speedy clean up job by the instructress, which, among oth e r things, included the separating of Winnie McDowell and Willie Clark, who were arguing over something-nobody knows what-not even themselves, the class is restored to order. But this is not for long. A booming voice belonging to Ben Boreham is heard roaring. This is the craziest thing I ever heard of! Imagine a bunch of high school kids tromp- Ing around the stage yelling Boom! Boom! Boom! It's ridiculous and further- more . . .m That will be enough from you. I'm teacher here, says Miss Taylor, giving Ben one of her sternest looks Qand believe me thatls sternj. Norman, quit pestering Mary Lou, and get to work drawing those stage plans. Now then. Who wants to be first to give a pantomime-Huh! Just as I thought. No one! Well, is anyone ready to recite 'Hamlet's Speech to the Players'?', I - Ah, huh! This from Alice Conn. I am . . . Oh, shucks! I forgot how It starts. Oh, well, I don't like it anyway and besides there's no sense in it-1,11 do mine tomorrowf' Hey, Teach! How about those one-act plays you are supposed to direct? Oh, yes-Now, here's the way . . . Sit down! Sit down! Wliere do you think you're going? Sorry, Teach, but the bell has rung. Oh, goodness! Such an unruly class. Dear me . . . fsighf' Curtain