Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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tnntests llffer u lhullenge WiTh spring comes The preparaTion Tor conTesT speech work. This year There was a large Turn- ouT oT sTudenTs inTeresTed in The six areas oT speech. ln conTesT speech, unlilce The many oTher com- peTiTive Tields oTTered To high school sTudenTs, The individual musT achieve his goals alone. From The Time oT The home eliminaTion conTesT early in February, To sTaTe conTesT Time, each person worlcs To his poTenTial in an eTTorT To achieve The Tinal reward oT a STaTe Superior or a Division l raTing. lvlany Fl-IS sTudenTs received superior raTings aT boTh The preliminary and disTricT conTesTs, which enTiTled Them To parTicipaTe in STaTe Finals held in Grinnell on lvlarch 28-29. Those receiving superior raTings aT STaTe in The Tield oT inTer- preTive reading were Vernanne RoloerTs and Judy Del-laan. Marjorie STewarT also received a superior raTing in dramaTic declamaTion. Those who received excellenT raTings in declama- Tion were Jean Johnson, humorous, and Vern- anne RoberTs, dramaTic. In The diTTiculT Tields oT radio speaking and original oraTory excell- enT raTings were awarded To Karen Kennedy and Carol Church. TOP LEFT: Radio speaking, K. Kennedyg orig- inal oratory, C. Church. TOP RIGHT: Interpretive reading, J. DeHaan, C. Russell, V. Roberts. MIDDLE: Humorous clcclamation, C. Willey, G. Speake. BOTTOM: Dramatic declamation, V. Roberts, M. Stewart, B. Smithburg.

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Il Sunnv morning IT happened one sunny morning in a parlc in Madrid, Spain. An elderly man and woman meT, and discovered ThaT They were old Triends oT long ago . This seemingly simple incidenT is The basis oT The one acT conTesT play Tor I958, A Sunny Morning . The auThors builT around This singular ploT, a Touch- ing and realisTic sTory abouT Two people who were Too proud To admiT ThaT They were aT lasT reaching old age. Dona Laura was siTTing on a parl4 bench Teeding The birds, when an irraTe old genTleman, Don Gonzalo, enTered and an argumenT developed. The quarrel, however, ceased wiThin a shorT Time, and The elderly couple became Triends and began chaTTing happily. During The course oT The conversaTion, each Tallced oT The sarne incidenT aT a villa named Maricela, where Dona Laura, Then lcnown as The Silver Maiden , had lived. IT was here ThaT Don Gonzalo had courTed her and suddenly deparTed because OT a duel ToughT Tor Laura's hand. As a re- sulT oT The conversaTion, They realized ThaT They had been The youThTul lovers. l-lowever, each was Too proud To admiT old age To The oTher. The Tormer sweeThearTs deparTed, noT know- ing The ThoughTs in each oTher's hearT. The capable casT oT The play received superior raTings aT The preliminary and disTricT conTesTs. AT The sTaTe conTesT held aT Grinnell, A Sunny Morning was unanimously raTed I by The judges. JeTT Lamson, who porTrayecl Don Gonzalo, re- ceived recogniTion by being chosen one oT The ouTsTanding acTors oT The enTire conTesT. tllit Dona Laura -Mary Sue T-lorTon PeTra, her maid-Marjorie STewarT Don Gonzalo-JeTT Lamson JuaniTo, servanT-Terry CurTis TOP: Dona Laura feeds the birds SECOND: Don Gonzalo arrives THIRD: Reliving the past BOTTOM: Farewell forever

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5Ellilll' Ilttnrs Bid Flll'EIllEll l'm Jumping Jupiter, the tallcing horse. This unique toy, plus a clever ventriloquist, near- sighted ladies, and a persistent stockroom boy created the humor in BUY JUPITER, the senior play ot I958. Jupiter, property ot Fizz Foster, a tast talking character ot doubttul reputation, created bed- lam in the toy department at Joyces, a huge department store. Thoroughly tooled by the clever ventriloquism ot Fizz Foster, Miss Lindsey, department head, purchased IOO Jupiters, hope ing to build them into a nation-wide craze. The mistalce was discovered when the boss's wite purchased the Jupiters and tound thern useless. Miss lindsey's sister and Joe, a stoclc-room boy ot many ditterent personalities, tried desperately to get her out ot the mess, and in so doing managed to get more deeply involved. Atter purchasing l0,000 Jupiters, and thoroughly con- tusing everyone, the two conspirators tinally sold all the talking horses and restored Miss Lindsey to her righttul place as toy department head. :Hit Kay Lindsey ........... ...,.,.,,,,.., . . ,..... .Judy DeHaan Miss Amanda Peck .,.,,, ,.,. . .Marjorie Stewart Betty Lindsey ...,,.,..,,,. ,.,.,,, C hristy Russell Joe Burns .......i., .,,, ..i,,,,,, T e rry Curtis Mrs. Jackson ,,,,, ....,,,,,,,, K ay Lisk Hank Hughes ....,,, ....... . Ioe Chezum Lester Krinkle ......... ,,........ G ary Riedel Mrs. Quackenbush ..... .,..,,,. M yrna Solheim Fizz Foster ,,,,.,.,.., ,,,,... M arsalan Coil Irene ......,,.... ..., . .Connie Myers Gloria ........... ,.,..,., S ue Horton Mr. Joyce ...,., ,. .,.,..... Louis Thoma Mrs. Joyce .. ...... .lla Mae Hemm ll'Elll Student Director .,,, ,,,,,,,,.,...,.,........, C hristy Russell Property Crew ,.,...,. Cathy Peck, Kay Hollander, Carol McCabe, Jean Morgan, Eleanor Boos Make-up ,,,,,,,...,... Janice Cummings, Colleen Peck Publicity ..,.... .,,,,,,,r,,,,,,,..,,,,,,......,. Y vonne Sch1'amm Lighting and set design .,...,.,,.., Stage Craft Club Ilrgumentutinn Brings Results Debate, the art ot argumentation between two teams about a chosen subiect, is one ot the most ditticult tields ot speech worlc. To develop a good debate team, the members must devote many long hours to research and preparation. Also they must thoroughly under- stand the subiect. This year the question to be debated wasp Resolved: That toreign aid should be substantially increased. The attirmative S. Krane, S. Howrey, A. Walker, J. Mawdsley, C. Willey 28 team consisted ot Carl Willey and Audrey Walker, while Sara l-'lowrey and Sig Krane com- posed the negative. The highlight ot the debating season came when these tour traveled to Davenport on March 8 to participate in the district contest. In a tield ot about 30 competing teams, our teams re- ceived a good rating. Debating, like any other torm ot speech worlc, is ot great value to the individual competing, as he learns to thinlc constructively on a variety ot topics relating to the main debate subiect. l-le learns to do research worlc, both as an individual and as a group proiect, and in this way learns to cooperate with others. l-le must not only be able to give a good con- structive discussion ot the question, but also be able to present his arguments in the rebuttal speech.