Custer High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Custer, SD)

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Thespians Thespian initiation this year saw the old, out- landish garbs and make-up overthrown and in their stead character costumes: For two days the halls of CHS looked like a movie studio, with everyone from Mammy Yokum to Hecate roaming them uttering Hamlet's advice to the players. Pictured from left to right starting with the top row are Mammy Yokum, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Robin 1 Hood, Pop Eye, Tarzan, the old pro Thespians with pressions they are all emoting at the time - Hoppy, a group of aspirants bowing to their superior, Pop Eye and Santa Claus, and a general hall scene where theatrical students are mingling with other classmates. ROLAND JOHNSON ......... A........,,,...... S PONSOR LOLA WHITLEY ....v....., .........,...,,,,,..., P RESIDENT JANET GATES ....... -.. .,,....,.. VICE-PRESIDENT DANA MASTERS ........... ........,......., S EC.-TREAS. LOREETA BAKER DOUGLAS coB JACK DYVIG PEARL HYDE T BARBARA KENNEDY sHARoN LANE BOB MARTIN SHERLLL PRICE I The National Thespian Society Motto: Act well your partg there all the honor lies. The National Thespian Society was established in l929 by a group of students and teachers interested in the advance- ment of dramatics. The aims of the society are to establish and promote dramatic arts and to create interest in dramatics among the students. Membership in the society is not only reward for meritorious participation in dramatic art, but also evidence of the desire of the student to be associated with other high school boys and girls performing superior work in this field. Membership also carries the obligation of performing even greater work after the Thespian pledge is taken. ' The Custer Troupe No. 384 commenced the year with a rollicking weiner roast at Doran Lake. This was merely in prep- aration for the hard work ahead, for each year the troupe presents the Thespian One Acts. lSee page 4Il I - On April I7 the formal initiation ceremony for new Thespians was held in the high school auditorium. The incoming members must have earned ten points in dramatic work. These points are earned by acting or in some way assisting in the production of a play or operetta or by work in declamation. The ceremony was followed by a dance and refreshments. The seven candles in the initiation ceremony represent the seven steps of progress in dramatic arts. I. Speech-communication of thought by speech 2. Music-better expression through music 3. Dance-even greater expression by dancing 4. Dionysius-first written records of drama as we know it 5. Thespis-birth of individual character portrayal by an actor 6. Church-progress of arts under protective influence of Christianity 7. Theater-dramatic arts as we know them today Thespis, an actor and writer ot tragedies, was the first to use actors to speak lines on the stage. We pay homage to this Greek actor by calling the society The National Thespian Society. Thespis was the first to use masks. Today the usual sign of dramatic arts is the mask, and that is why masks of comedy and tragedy are used as the insignia of Thespians. 28 . their sponsor Mr. Johnson - iudging from facial ex-

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CLASS DATA ATHLETICS Jessie Barnes Bill Frye Norval Kendall Shirley Collins -l0Cl4 DYVi9 B05 Mclflln Bernice Parris Marilyn Morrison i nnual Staff SCHOOL LIFE Janet Gates Pearl Hyde Barbara Kelly BUSINESS oRGANlzATioN ggvgalzlsflggijf I' Douglas Coe Loreeta Baker U y Hazel Landis Dana Masters NOT PICTURED Pat Scott . . Jr. Rep. Bonnie Hyde . ssssssss Soph. Rep. ADVISOR Colean Kelly ARTIST-EDITORS lt is to Miss Ingalls that we went with all our ' Fresh Rep' Clqir Kirk , , sY,, ,.,,,AAAe,.,..,,,,s7.. A rflsl' problems. She had the answer to any question Lola Whitley that arose, and proved to be a helpful, willing, Sharon Lane rrfrfri Co-Editor and enefgellc ad f0'- shefin Price is . ,,,,,,, CQ-Editor The annual statt is especially thanlrtul to those persons who contributed their time, energy, and lcnowledge to the pub- lication ot this annual. Taking pictures at the right time and place is a maior taslc, and tor this we relied upon Mr. Haley. He spent many hours talring, developing, printing, enlarging, and planning pictures. He is responsible tor much ot the picture-story ot this annual, and to him we owe a special vote ot thanks and gratitude. For several years CHS has called upon Mrs. L. C. Collins to write a poem for the annual foreword, and this year as usual she responded with a foreword ot which we can all be proud. The superior quality of the portraits and group pictures, as well as several intormal shots, must be attributed to Mr. Dow- ney, who worlred hard with the photography ot our annual. Then, of course, there is technical advice, and tor this we had to call upon Cliff Henningsen. He frequently came to CHS, always with an answer to a problem or a helptul suggestion. 27

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EMSSEES fn ll 5? ra -- Y vrzgam On our ranch are many ranch hands who have not yet earned the coveted distinction of being foremen. These ranchmen are grouped into three classes according to their experience. Although they are perhaps more carefree, each year they assume more of the res onsib'l- p I ities of the ranch, so when we leave ranch CHS we foremen know that we will be followed by good foremen. 29