Douglas Southall Freeman High School - Historian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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One-act plays, elections end snowy winter Christmas flurry endec abruptly as mid-term exams con: fronted Rebels. After a three day weekend marking the enc of the semester, students re turned Tuesday for one day Tuesday night and all Wednes- day, Richmond froze under its heaviest snowfall since 1940. For twelve days, with schools closed, many labored to move cars and few ventured through the two- toot blanket of snow. Early in March SCA nom- inees campaigned for 1966-67 offices. After speeches by the candidates, Rebel voters selected Chip Crews as president and Dale Cunningham as vice-presi- dent. Two weeks later, drama classes enacted three one-act plays, each with its own director —'The Ugly Duckling, directed by Mr. Albert Biddle, ''The Hap- py Journey,'' by student teacher Gwen Epps, and ''The Flattering Word,'' by Miss Marlise Bok. SHADOWS reflect actors Mike Schneider, Steve Reiss, Pam Van Camp and Doug Farley, poised on stools and chairs THE SPLAT of watercolor paint as it awaiting the curtain rise for hits paper characterizes the previews of ''The Happy Journey. frantic days of SCA election campaigns. 16

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Chorus, drama classes stage ‘Man Who Found Christmas’ Rebels faced busy weeks after a short Thanksgiving holi- day. Seniors examined samples to facilitate their choices of call- ing cards. Room 201 bustled with seniors being measured for caps and gowns for graduation. With college requirements and appli- cations on their minds, they trudged to school on Saturday to take SAT's. To relieve tension, Freemanites cheered the basket- ball team to a 4-0 before-Christ- mas record. Santa Claus visited juniors early in December, leaving them Christmas gifts of 1967 class rings. While others went Christ- mas shopping, the Historian literary staff labored nights to complete pages and to meet an early deadline. The last week before the holi- days, homerooms, prompted by the SCA, collected money, canned goods, and toys for needy families. In a three-group assembly, the drama class and glee club presented The Man Who Found Christmas. ' MAGNIFYING glass in hand, Miss Marian Breeden, Historian literary adviser, spends evenings prior to an early deadline examining piles of photographic contact sheets, consisting of rows of miniature prints.

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SOLITUDE. The eerie quietness of a snowfall accompanies two A FLUFFY chick takes its first steps as Snead Luck gently lures the tottering newborn with food. Snead incubated the tiny chick in his third-semester biology project. Rebels, trudging through the rapidly blizzard conditions gave students a frigid accumulating white. Near twelve-day holiday. JITTERS. King Ray Hartung and stage manager Mike Spicer make nervous attempts to bolster the spirits of the cast of ''The Ugly Duckling before their performance.