Custer High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Custer, SD)

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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

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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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Juniors -. Q ,r Roland Johnson g K' ,Q . Junior Sponsor 'X W a.i,,,.? 'g i K ZA' jf tw., 5 fi - -.ra , ,' - ,, wp, ffs,Xi it l f XX I 5 3 S- A y x , 3 5 -J I 1 l 'V' President Vice-President Sec.-Treas. Don Freeland Charles Miller Jim Kelley Elecfed by their classmates, fhese boys' leadership helped the class a greaf deal this year. The successful and beautiful Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet was arranged with fheir help, as well as fhe ever helpful guidance of 'lhe able sponsors-Mr. Haley and Mr. Johnson. John P. Haley Junior Sponsor Of the sixty-four individuals who enfered CHS in l95l, fifty remained for the iunior year. The class's biggesf proiecf, outside of chemistry and shorfhand, was fhe Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. One means of providing funds for fhis was the iunior play, The Little Dog Laughed -a real project in itself. lt was under fhe direction of Mr. Johnson, and went over as a howling success! Another means of gaining money was through the sale of magazines. The iuniors and seniors competed for sales in fhis campaign, and, although the seniors offered tough compefition, fhe iuniors edged fhem for fofal sales. Finally after hard worlr bofh in raising money and planning 'the beautiful Hawaiian theme, fhe Prom and Banquef became a realify on May 9 at the Sylvan Lake Hotel. For class officials and honored see fhis and fhe facing page. as . 'Q' if , J. fs, i ff , Nellie Bohlken Mary Campbell Betty Evans Beverly Ferris Carmen Griffiths Doris Hunt Shirley Jensen Judy Knutson Joanne Lacey Theresa Lombardo Helen Mahnke Joyce Morgan Zell Neff . Sharlene Plooster Joan Rohm Pat Treloar ' ' Eileen Wilkinson Shirley Williamson