Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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Presenting Troupe 544 OFFICERS: R. Mawdsley, G. Riedel, V. Roberts, M. Stewart, J. DeHaan, M. S. Horton. The spiriT oT Thespis, The TaTher oT drama, is car- ried ouT in The NaTional Thespian SocieTy, an honorary organizaTion ThaT recognizes Those who have made conTribuTions in dramaTic worlc. Ten poinTs, each sTanding Tor Ten hours oT work in connecTion wiTh plays and The speech Tields is a requiremenT Tor membership. These hours may be spenT working on a sTage crew, pracTicing Tor The producTion oT a play, preparing a speech selecTion Tor conTesT, or any oTher acTiviTy as- sociaTed wiTh The TheaTre, dramaTic arTs, and speech. ATTer becoming a Thespian, a mem- ber conTinues working Tor poinTs. An addiTional Ten poinl's enTiTles him To receive one sTar, Twen- Ty poinTs Two sTars, and so on. The greaTesT honor is ThaT oT becoming a Tour sTar Thespian. Formal iniTiaTion OT new members Tor i958 was held Tollowing a bangueT aT The Turner T-loTel. The candlelighT ceremony, during which The oT- Ticers and sponsor oT The organizaTion Told iniT- TiaTes The hisTory and ideals oT Thespians, was very impressive. The Troupe's colors oT blue and gold were carried ouT in Tlowers and oTher decor- aTions aT boTh The bangueT and The iniTiaTion ceremony, while The Thespian symbol, a mask lllfiters President .,.,..... ........ M ary Sue Horton Vice-President .,,,... .......... J udy DeHaan Vernanne Roberts Secretary ......,. ........ Treasurer ........ .... , .... M arjorie Stewart Point Chairman ,....... ,.....,, R alph Mawdsley ...,,...,Gary Riedel Program Chairman .....,,.. oT comedy and Tragedy, was a cenTer oT aTTrac- Tion. Each year Thespian members produce a one-acT play which They Talce To The speech conTesT ser- ies. This year's play, A Sunny Morning , re- ceived a Division l raTing aT STaTe ConTesT-The TirsT such raTing Tor FairTield Thespians in a num- ber oT years. To combine Tun and enioymenT wiTh worlc, The busy Thespians sponsored a dance aT which, True To Torm, They presenTed a Tloorshow, consisTing OT a slciT and panTomimes. This dance provided a chance To earn money Tor proiecTs oT The year. This year The main proiecT oT Thespians was buy- ing The Trophy and pins To be awarded The play and STaTe Speech conTesTanTs. All dramaTic producTions aT FHS are under The direcTion and supervision of The Thespians. These are planned and scheduled so as noT To overlap wiTh oTher acTiviTies oT The school. Troupe 544 sTrives aT all Times To creaTe inTeresT in dramaTic producTions aT Fl-IS. lTs poinT sysTem creaTes iniTiaTive among The members To worlc To Their poTenTial in The Tields oT dramaTics. 23

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DRAMATICS ' fell of Iler Many Victories Won A d lligli ller Banners Raise Everyone, somelime in his life, longs lo be a dillerenl person. A sludenl's op- porlunily arises when he porlrays a characler in one ol The many school plays. Behind lhe curlain The aclors lalce a lasl loolc al lhe scripl and assume lheir places on lhe slage. The audience's sleady murmuring guiels and a brealh- less expeclalion sellles over lhe crowd. The audilorium lighls blinlc and go oul as lhe curlains slowly parl. The aclorhg feeling ol apprehension and lension is al a lever pilch lhal abales only as lhe play progresses. Noi all lhe glory and honor ol lhe slage belong lo The aclors however, lor lhe unsung heroes ol all plays are lhe back- slage crew. l-lours ol concenlraled preparalion, painling of llals, learning lo run lighls and lo apply malce up are rewarded by a successful produclion lor bolh aclors and crew members.

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T Ai TOP: Painting scenery MIDDLE: Setting the stage BOTTOM: Make-up for cast 24 ull!! llf '59 WhaT would you do iT you inheriTed Ten million dollars To spend as you wished? This was The problem ThaT Taced Mrs. Savage aTTer The deaTh oT her husband. She wanTed To give her inher- iTance To people so ThaT They could spend iT Tor someThing They had always wanTed. l-Ter greedy sTep-children, however, wanTed The money Tor Their own use. l-Toping To seize The inheriTance, The Tamily had Mrs. Savage commiTTed To a pri- vaTe menTal saniTarium. While aT The CloisTers , she meT people, who like herselT, were considered curious . Mrs. Savage grew To love all The guesTs and They in Turn were drawn ouT oT Their egg-shell worlds because They TelT she needed Their assisTance. Mrs. Savage knew The Tamily was Trying To Take The money and ThereTore, wiTh The help oT her new Tound Triends, she seT abouT To ouTwiT Them. To aggravaTe The Tamily even more, Mrs. Sav- age decided To be exTremely eccenTric. For ex- ample, she cuddled a large Teddy bear consTanT- ly. However, The Teddy bear did conTain The bonds, which her sTepchildren wanTed To gain possession oT so badly. Finally, when The Tamily demanded ThaT she Turn over The bonds, Mrs. Savage was Torced To reveal The TacT ThaT The Teddy bear was her personal bank. As she gave The bonds To Them, one oT her Triends Turned ouT The lighTs and snaTched The papers. The oTher guesTs immediaTely Tell in wiTh The plans and convinced The sTepchildren ThaT The pre- cious bonds had been desTroyed. Believing all The money gone, The greedy Tamily no longer wanTed To boTher wiTh Mrs. Savage. ATTer They leTT, The bonds were broughT ouT oT hiding and saTely reTurned To Their owner. Free To leave whenever she wanTed and having her inheriTance, Mrs. Savage was now able To carry on her plans Tor a happiness Tund . She realized she owed her good TorTune To The innocenT acTions and quick wiT oT her Triends aT The CloisTers . AlThough Mrs. Savage realized she musT leave The CloisTers To go on wiTh her work, she did so relucTanTly because she had become a parT oT This small world where she had been needed To help The guesTs Tind Themselves. They, in Turn, convinced her ThaT They liked her Tor her- selT and noT Tor her wealTh. The audience aTTending The Curious Savage will long remember The hearT warming comedy presenTed so ably by The iunior class oT l958.