Horace Mann High School - Horace Manual Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Aclmlnlsfraflon PAUL CARLSON BOARD OF EDUCATION TAYLOR C WHITTIER Prmcrpal Mr Wrllxam H Stern Mr Damel Kreltzman Mr Charles D Lutz Mrs Uno T H111 When at the end of a play the curta1n swmgs open w1th a tlounsh and the actors take the1r well deserved curta1n calls there IS an unknown and 1nv1s1ble force stand1ng bes1de them A force wh1ch 1n a great measure has made those curta1n calls possrble It 1S that 1gnom1n1ous often unapprec1ated soul the d1rector He s the fellow who must shoulder all the problems that everyone else avo1ds He s the one who juggles the budget trymg to satlsfy every one The dlrectors also plan the productron allot the t1me to be spent on each scene They work szde by sxde w1th the actors and get the play on stage lt an Secretary Asslstant Prmczpal Vlce Presldent Supermtendent Treasurer actor cant grasp the part the d1rector shows h1m how 1f he needs extra coach1ng the d1rector stxcks 1t out w1th h1m Regardless of what 1tel'1lQ1lS 1t s up to the d1rectors to l1ve up to that anc1ent adage the show must go on Once lt does go on the d1rector contmues to funct1on 1n the background coordrnatmg or 1mprov 1ng rough spots But he never steps out from the wrngs 1nto the spotllght never unless you pull h1m out wh1ch 1S just what we re go1ng to do They re the Very heart of our play our adm1n1s tratlon and faculty Pg2I U O O l 1 T t Y x Rev. Newton P. Fowler, ,.,. ......... .......,,Y...,,..............................., P r esident . . , . . I I I ' I . I . . . ' I . . 1 1 . I ' I u 11 . . Q - - - I U I ll - I I . , ' ' . , I ' I - 1 1 . . . , . . . , I I . . , . . ll H

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THE HORACE MANN SOCIAL COMMITTEE Standmg Glenn Dr1ver Iamce Tolle Pattt Grubbs B111 Wh1te Mary Rhodes Barbara Leonard Ann Russell Seated Mary Curley Mrs Scott Aurora Colma Donna Grossman Sue Owen Ruth Enckson On the Air Announcer Good morn1ng folks' Th1s 1S statron HMHS br1ng1ng you Soc1al Commrttee Th1s pro gram 15 sponsored by Mrs Ruth Scott and comes to you th1s Monday morn1ng at 8 40 from the Iumor L1brary To get our program under way a member of the Comm1ttee w1ll g1V6 a brlef descnp t1on of the organ1zat1on Member The SOCIGI Commrttee was set up to ap prove soc1al events that take place here 1n school For 1nstance 1f a club plans to hold a dance 1t has to turn 1n a pet1t1on to us We approve the date and 1ssue certam regulatlons Announcer Thank you And now we br1ng you Th1S Year Wlth the Soc1al Comm1ttee We take you back toward the early part of the school year The comm1ttee and Booster Comm1t tee jomtly gave the Whos Who Dmner Then 1n Ianuary came the W1nter Wonderland Dance W1th Chrrstmas lust past everyone was st1ll 1n a merry hollday Sp1Ill Effectrvely helghtenrng the atmosphere were black and Whlle s1lhouettes of snowmen skrs and 1C6 skates all around the walls Fred Roberts orchestra played the current dream songs After the Iumor Play the comm1ttee gave an other dance These have been the year s act1v1t1es of the comm1ttee Tune 1n agarn next year same t1me same sta t1on for the next eprsode 1n the story of the Soc1al Commrttee THE SOCIAL CLUB BOARD Barbara Leonard Front Don Lozow Iud Cassrdy B111 McLaughl1n Social Club Board The large group of teen agers that amble over to Hangout every Tuesday n1ght are no d1fferent from any other audlence They enjoy the entertalnment presented to them part1c1pate 1n the act1v1t1es and leave SGl1Sf19d after each performance But as every audrence do they really understand the hard work that takes place Back stage before and dunng every performance? If you have ever worked on a crew for one of the plays at school you know what confus1on and slave dr1v1ng goes on behrnd the curtam However when the curtam 1S opened the smooth performance de celves the spectator The actors look cool and col lected and run through the1r l1nes W1th no hes1tat1on the doors open and shut W1th no st1ck1ng or pulllng and the l1ghts subtly suggest the pass1ng of t1me In realrty the fem1n1ne lead rrpped a two 1nch slash 1n her dress on a spl1ntered board two m1nutes be fore curtam t1me the h1nges on the door dropped off as some careless stage hand jerked 1t and IS t1ed Pg20 wrth str1ng the ma1n fuse for the spotl1ghts burned out f1ve mmutes before the play began Cleavmg the stage 1n utter darknessD and th1s could go on for ever but we dont have room As producers of the1r performance every Tuesday the Soc1al Club Board has 1ts trrals and tnbulatlons 11k6W1Se At the beg1nn1ng of every year the mem bers have to sell out the house for every presentat1on After the money IS all collected they must pa1nt and decorate the set set up the l1ghts collect propert1es and sound effects Also to run smoothly every cast must have a stage manager to see that all d1ff1cult1es that 1nterfere w1th the performance are taken care of The Soc1al Club Board rel1es on teachers and parents rn that capacrty Next t1me you h1t the outer bounds of our beautlful campus and hear stralns of 'Nature Boy floatrng out to you on the summer breeze thank the pro ducers CSoc1al Club Boardj for those wonderful Tuesday nrghts I . , . - . . . ,, . . 1, - I . I l I . . I ' . . . . . . I I , . . 1 I ' I ' . . , . . . ,, . - - - ll ' ' I ' I . . , ' - Back: Angela Cimino, Mary Ann Burke, Sharon Elser, Mr. Mcliargue, I - I . . . . . . , , , . . , ' . I . . . . . 1, H - I I i U I ' II ' ' ' I I I U ' II v u c I ' I - I I . . . . . -. - I n - 1 ' , ' I I ' , . n e '

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Top Row Iames Beavers Musrc Clarence Bell Industrral Arts Helen Beck Spamsh French Second Row Wlllram K Chance Commercml Iuha C Brown Commercial Ioy Bovmgdon Soczal Studres Third How Industrial Arts Kexth Crown Physrcal Educatron Wrlma Flewelhnq Mathematrcs Fourth Row Shlrley Doer chner Physrcal Educatron Don Elser Physrcal Educatron Bottom Row Margaret France E nglrsh Fmley French M echamcal Drawmg Orpha Davxdson Mathematrcs Iohn Buck