Henry Clay High School - Slashes Yearbook (Ashland, VA)

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BIOS CLUB Organized last year at Henry Cllay Higli School for the first time, the honorary Bios Club is continuing. To become eligible for membership a student must obtain an “A” average in biology and maintain a “C” or above in other academic courses. Having met these reciuirements, the new members must display a genuine interest in biology and be a potential scientific contributor. The recognized club works toward the following objectives: to sponsor activities for the benefit of the science department, to give each member an opportunity to further his scientific studies if he so desires, and to stimulate interest in science. Last year this organization contributed to the science department, models of the heait, the eye, and the ear. We hope that the Bios Club will continue to stiimdate interest in the scientific field. Front row - left to right: C.ynthia White, Anne Meriitt. Second row: jean Melton, Anne Mallory. Frances Moreland, Ben Smith, President : Betty Dowdy, Frances ' Frevvett. Carlene Mitchell, Betty Brown, Secretary- ' Frea - urer. Third row: Overton Pollard. Michael H ade, Hoy Southwoith, Jimmy (Have. Bill Lang- ner, John Scrivener, hen Myers, Vice- President; Taylor Sanford, Jr., Dick Scrivener. UOJ

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Following the presentation of ‘‘lolanthe ' ' in the fall of 1947, the Glee Club, under the capable direction of Mr. William S. Troxell, looked upon a very successful spring. It participated in the annual Spring Music Festival held in Richmond, and, although from a class C school, it performed class B and class A earning a rating of “excellent , the second highest obtainable. To conclude the season it gave a joint concert with the Band free of charge. A cast of sixty Glee Club members put on the “Gondoliers” in the fall of 1948. This operetta is second from the longest composed by Gilbert and Sullivan and calls for seventeen leads. With only seven weeks in which to work on it, the members of the cast themselves were amazed at the overwhelming success of their efforts. Following the operetta, the Glee Club furnished music for the Christmas pageant given by the Village Theatre. An octette, made up of Glee Club members, put on a Christmas program for the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion in the college chapel. Mr. Troxell also expects to use this octette to put on a program for the P.T.A. in the near future. Since Christmas the Glee Club has been experimenting with various types of music and is looking forward to entering the iMusic Festival again in the spring. [ 39 ]

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DRAMATIC CLUB This year, it was unanimously decided that all those havins; leads in the annual operetta would automatically become mem- bers of the Dramatic Club. The club plans to participate in the Virginia Literary and •Athletic League District II One-Act Play Tournament this spring as usual. Last year, the Dramatic Club presented “The Fourth Mrs. Phillips’’ for the tourna- ment under the direction of Miss Emion Smith and Mi.ss Sally Martin. Front row — left to right: Cynthia White. Nora Dillon, jimmy Clave, Vice-Presi- dent ; Mar e Biondo, President; Peltry Huttelmayer, Secretary-Treasurer ; Betty Lou Sykes, Mrs. Morin. Second row; jay Bass, Trances Trevvett. Hilda Powers. Russell Lowry, Ariel Booker. Tommy Chilton. Frances Moreland. Sara jane White, Ottellia Teibel. Duane Plggleston. Third row: Brice Chenault. Mac Brock, Ed Co.x. Ben Smith. Bill Clave. Ned Stiles, Keith Taylor. [41}