Denison High School - Monarch Yearbook (Denison, IA)

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Left to right-JoAnn Shields, Har- low Sievers, Janice Hinz, Eddie Bail- en, Roxana Jedele, Dick Kapfer. First Row: Left to right - Donna Lueck. Joleen Marquardt, JoAnn Shields. Second Row-Dwayne Stur- tevant, Frank Brown, Wayne Dozark. declamafory . . . I2 Left to right-Mary Weed, Joleen Marquardt, Jack Goeser, Phyllis North, Virginia Shields, Jane Gil- christ. First Row: Left to right-Marilyn Walde, Phyllis North. Second Row- Hugo Denker, Frank Brown, Bradley Tate, Wayne Dozark.

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. . . senior play 31 Flrst Bow: Lett to right - Donna Lueck, Virginia Shields, Jean Harker, Pat Retman, Janice Hill. Second Row-Miss LaVerne Shannon, Dick Kapfer, Marilyn Savery, Bradley Tate, Blair Baughman, Jack Goeser, llugo Denker. lf1XlllliRS of the se11ior play east recreated the reflec- tio11s of a l1o111e for the mentally inconipetent i11 the three-act comedy, The Curious Savage . The play was directed hy llliss l,aVerne 811211111011 and featured jean llarlcer i11 the leading role, as Mrs, Savage, an eccentric inillionaire, wl1o had trouhle with her lll0llC'y-llllll- gry children. The children i11c111ded Tit11s, a United States senator. played by jack Goeserg Samuel, Zlll undistinguislied judge. portrayed hy llugo llenkerg Zlllfl l,i1y llell, a spoiled daugh- ter who lliltl heen divorced six times. was played hy l'atsy 11 etnian. Marilyn Savery cl1aracterizec1 llliss XYllllClllllllZl., the at- tractive nurse at t11e Cloisters, while lllair llauglnnan was cast as Ur. linnnett, head physician and ll'lZlllZlQL'I' ol the home. Guests at The Cloisters were played hy Virginia Shields, cast as lflorence, a young woman give11 to elegant niannerisins, and Bradley Tate as llannibal, a violinist, whose playi11g consisted of just two notes. 'lanice llill played liairy May, a sweet young thing w11o wanted to he loved hy all, a11d lliclc Kzlpfer played tl1e role of -leifcry, a liandsonie, dignified young nian. Mrs. Paddy, a grouehy, middle aged woman who had given up conversation for life, was played hy Donna Lueck. Mrs. Savage, who is coniinitted to tl1e institution hy her children. is lar from insane, and t11e supposedly weak niinded patients show ninch logic i11 their 01311110118 on prohleins of the day. -50-

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declamafory HE Drama Club, which was sponsored by Miss La Verne Shannon and Mr. Harold Petersen, entered twenty-one contestants and a one- act play in the Preliminary Speech contest held at St. Angela's Academy in Carroll, February 20th. These students had won the right to compete in this contest after placing I in the home elimination contest. Over forty- three students prepared selections for declamatory work. Mary Weed, Virginia Shields, and Jack Goeser received I's in the home elimination contest with Sixteen, Medea, and The Last Rendezvous. Wayne Dozark, Frank Brown, and Bradley Tate won top honors in the oratorical division with Skeletons All, Bloody Alars and Mankind's Moment of Decision. In other elimination contests Phyllis North, Hugo Denker, and Marilyn Walde qualified to compete in the original oratory division. Their selec- tions were Youth Answers the Accusationf' Feeding Starving Europe, and India's Role In VVorld Affairs. Phyllis North, Jane Gilchrist, and joleen Marquardt entered the contest as interpretive readers, while Wayne Dozark and Dwayne Sturtevant com- peted in the radio speaking division. In the humorous declamation division Donna Lueck, joleen Marquardt, and Jo Ann Shields presented The Cat Came Back, VVhy Don't You Tell Me These Things? and Sweet and Girlishf' The Swamp Spirit, the one-act play, included Dick Kapfer, Roxana Jedele, Virginia Shields, Harlow Sievers, Janice I-Iinz, Jo Ann Shields, and Eddie Bailen in the cast. In the preliminary contest eleven division I ratings were received, and thus the contestants advanced to the Pre-District contest. All the contest- ants in the dramatic and humorous declamation division and also in the in- terpretive reading groups received l's. Phyllis North placed first in original oratory, and Denison's one-act play was also given a I. In the Pre-District contest held at Denison, March llth, nine I's were received. The entire group of Denison entries in both humorous declamation and interpretive readings placed in Division I. Mary NVeed and Virginia Shields received I's in the dramatic division. Phyllis North received an automatic I in original oratory since there were no other contestants. Five I's and four Division II ratings were won by Denison contestants at the District contest held in Paullina, March 24. Joleen Marquardt and Phyllis North received I ratings in interpretive reading, and Mary VVeed received a I rating in dramatic declamation. Phyl- lis North was also given a I rating in original oratory, while Joleen Mar- quardt was given a I in the humorous declamation division. The winners of the District Meet went to Vlfaterloo April 23 and com- peted with students from all over the state. .52-