East Lansing High School - Ceniad Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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March 31, 1943- This was the day the first collaborated work by Rodgers and Hammerstein opened on Broadway. lt was an electrifying success, because it brought together the spirit of the Ameri can people in the new West. Kate Veihl the director of ELHS'S production of Ok lahomal, said The cast was more excited about this musical than any in a long time, which proves the spirit of America is still with us. How does ELHS continue to produce successful plays? Much of the credit goes to Kate Veihl who has for the past four years directed plays at ELHS Much of the credit also goes to the un usually talented students who have work ed hard to uphold the Drama Depart ment's tremendous reputation. Every year more of these kids graduate and leave us to go on to other things. This year the lead seniors in Oklahoma! included: Cindy Mortland!Aunt Eller, Lela lveyfAdo An nie, and Dave Fellows!Ali Hakim. In the last four years these seniors have contri buted largely to the success of past plays and we will remember them as we recall Oklahoma's! memories I F M-'ff

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, , xgw-New . . ' ME M33 ff x,, Sill ,,,. 5.,.,.. .5 J 'A l 'N-1... Sprechen Sie Deutsch? In April the an- swer was Ja when 15 German students visited East Lansing from Duren, Ger- many. For three weeks they experienced American life. Among their ventures were a visit to City Hall, a tour of the Oldsmo- bile plant, and a visit to the Governor. A highlight for many was a trip to Green- field Village in Dearborn, Michigan, how- ever, one German student commented, Who cares about crazy old Henry Ford anyway? Evenings were spent partying all night. They played poker, drank, lis- tened to loud music and of course smoked. The Germans were very impressed with our school system. They felt that there was a friendlier atmosphere, more classes to choose from, less homework, and the teachers were more lenient. Our ever pop- ular commons was not even noticed by some, but one German student said, lt's a very nice place to sleep, and another said, Durch einanderf' They don't like the age requirement of 18 on buying liquor in this country. East Lansing exchange students, Carol Danhof, Alice Huber, Kar- en Bean, Mary Face, Cathy Brake, and Carrie Olmsted, were looking forward to spending the summer in Duren, Germany. Fischer, Green-

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OKLAHCDIVIA! A MOONLIGHT LULLABY Curly and Laurey perform, People Will Say We're ln Love. 4 CONTEMPLATION Curly considers the unique situation between himself and Laurey.