Dawson High School - Red and White Yearbook (Dawson, NE)

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SCHOOL DAYS GIRLS CLUB Front Row Cleft to rightb-Mary Spaulding, Dolores Tiehen, Dorothy Lanning, Audrey Spaulding, Dorothee Yates, Maxine Gilfillan, Barbara Spurgin and Colleen Mullins. Center Row--Eula Faye Ellis, Eileen Harring, Alice Burns, Dorothy Hill, Ella Mae Sinnett, Lucille Rexroth and Miss Mary Gilbertson. Back Row-Blondena Howerton, Verna Curfman, Marilee Lollman, Colyne Brien, Mary Margaret Quinlan, Alice Bernhardt, Arlene Curfrnan and Evelyn Gil- iillan. The Girls Club was organized to be a social club and also a club to obtain broader knowledge on such topics as travel, literature and occupations. The club elects a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and also a social committee. The social committee has the responsibility of planning the program for each meeting. The program consists of lectures, social activities and games. This year the club has sponsored a party, a waffle supper and a tea. Since the war situation has confronted us the club has collected books for the soldiers and has helped the Red Cross with sewing, and will receive material on First Aid later. Club officers for the first semester were: President ,, ......, ,-,,.,,-.- . - .,.- Dorothy Lanning Vice President e --, .--. .--,,- ..,., --, , Dolores Tiehen Secretary-Treasurer ,, ,.,,, L-, L .... , L.- Lucille Rexroth Social Committee ee Marilee Lollman, Ella Mae Sinnett Second Semester: President L, -..e Dorothy Hill Vice President ..,,.--,,,,,,-,, M.-. ...e ,--, . --,, Dolores Tiehen Secretary-Treasurer W--. ---,..--. ..r..,, , Evelyn Brown Social Com. ,W -- Dorothy Brown, Blondena Howerton l 1 1 -1 1 1 l

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SCHOOL DAYS DRAMATIC CLUB Back Row Cleft to rightb-Lucille Boring, Margaret Sue Fishwood, James How- erton, Bill Hardt, Gene O'Grady, Ernest Argabright, Lowell Helmick and Miss Wilkinson. . Front Row-Ione Heim, Dona Larimore, Polly Powell, Colleen Mullins, Audrey Spaulding, Dona Griffiths, Evelyn Heim, Luella Fisher. President -..,,..,--- ...,l..,..vs, - ..i,... ..., lone Heim Vice President W- --- nn.-- Bill Hardt Secretary ..,l..s....,.,........,s.. Colleen Mullins Dramatics is an important activity in the Dawson school and is under the cap- able direction of Miss Jeanette Wilkinson. During the school term various programs have been presented to the student body by the club. In the local Declamatory Contest held in December, several members received Superiors. Margaret Sue Fishwood, lone Heim and Polly Powell were the mem- bers who had this honor. At the District Declamatory Contest, lone and Margaret Sue duplicated their performance, while Polly received an Excellent, Aunt Adeline's Heir, a one-act comedy, was presented before the student body in January and was later entered in the Little Ten Declamatory Contest at Shubert. Several times during the year lectures on pantomimes and acting techniques were given to the members. Many of the student dramatists presented speeches and gave extemporaneous acting before the club. Readings and talks by the teachers in our school were on the programs given before the Dramatic Club. Mr. Pence, nationally known imitator of famous liter- ature characters, instructed the members in the art of make-up for stage char- acters and also gave a very educational as well as interesting program to the entire student body.