Dodge High School - Sou Wester Yearbook (Dodge City, KS)

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Thespian ---debut in drama l t . , X, 64, , Smilesof board of executives above are stimulated by a comedy they are inspecting to be used for observation in a meeting. Studying famous plays is only one of the activities of the club. Here Patty Lehman, student council representative, liarriett Elema secretaryetreasurer, Bernard Dougherty, pres' ident, and Betty Lightfoot, vice'president,l0okg on as Miss Dorothy Reynolds, sponsor, readS the catchy lines. Adolescent hearts flutter and blood tingles as the first curtain goes up on a high school stage debut whether it be the feminine lead or the office boy with one line. The glamour of the theatre is present in one of its ele- mentary forms as Dodge High Lunts and Cornells read and re-read lines. Knowledge of the theatre and its functions comes through the Thespian Club with Miss Dorothy Reynolds dir- ector and heap big chief. Activities are varried as well as frequent. Theatre goers who have watched New York theatrical productions bring back reports to the local Thespians. The P's and Q's of stage makeup are included in the study -practical application to these lessons comes when the students handle all makeup for high school pro- duction - handling stage scenery is also a part of the Thespian program. All high school plays are connected directly or indirectly with the Thespian group, but the event they like to talk about and really THE accomplishment of their school year is the sophomore night of onevact plays, a brain product of the club. The supervision is taken from the first by upper classmen who direct and produce the plays. In short, the purpose of the theatrical organization is to bring out stage abilities - whether as actors, stage hands, critics, or directors of high school students. 4

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lh ..... 'l'o create, maintain, and extend throughout the school ian Charat'ter -with this purpose in mind, the local H1-Y entertainment and service. lfnder the leadership of Clifford Crane, president, the With jess Nlvliee as social Chairman no one had any douht Hi-Y ---outlet for energy lnterested glanres on the part of yhese lli-Y hors are directed toward a lefleral man, :i speaker on the reg- ular srhedule, The movie Camera was familiar src-nery' in llifY all year. Pic' ture shows were featured as a year's project. and community high standards of Christ- completes one ot lla finest programs of Hi-Y carried on a full year of activities, that there would he plenty to eat, lion Myer anti l'hiI Young sa v that the finanvial standinls ot theorganization wereupto par. ,lark Lasley, program uhairm in, was kept busy preparing entertainment tor the hi-m vnthlx meetings. lintertainment for the meeting was ot various sorts. Two times the cluh opened its doors to the student hody s A during a meeting tor a visual program on education and lor a musical hy' the Knights of Rhythm. 'l'he local lli-Y was host to one hundred and fifty sponsors and memhers at a tall district offivers' training conterence. This was the largest meeting ot its kind in years, Mr. Wilbur Miller, head sponsor, Mr. l.awrent'e Stantow and Mr. Charles Varvel comprise the faculty' advisors tor the group, iv ' E I I' 5, e Ili-Y cabinet invludvs from left to right: jim llnglvs, Don Nfver, ,liek Rvnsrson, .lauk l.ztslt-v. Cliff Crane. president, limil Goldsherry. lrvul Lt-rnbright, l'hil Young, Lee l'lradtlot'k, Mr. Wilhur Miller. sponsor, It ss Mcliee, ,Iinuny King, and Hill Lopp. 46. Y' ll' 7' 'nv 1-