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

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Drama club in variety acts, Becky Guy recites “Some keep the Sabbath. PotpourrU as Drama club’s first show of the school year, entitled Potpourri, presented an assortment of sketches by noted play¬ wrights. The evening’s entertainment offered satirical views of society as in the Sketch Feiffers’ People, gay comedy from The Taming of the Shrew and timeliness of a season opens situation in A Raisin in the Sun. The cast, Bob Forszt, Frank Merced, Marsha Morris, Laura Sosa, Tom Sam- german, Becky Guy, George Taylor, Pat Gullet, Linda Mayes, Joy McDuffie, and Dykes Rice concluded the program reading The Body of an American. Smirvov (Bob Miller) shoves Luka (Laura Sosa) into Mrs. Popov’s arms, played by Joy McDuffie, demanding his money in The Boor. Doris (Linda Williams) tries to get Charles’ (Bob Forszt) attention in Feiffer ' s People. Mrs. Bailey (Marsha Morris) weeps over her son’s (Dykes Rice) death in Soul Gone Home.

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Members cook own food at Pan-American banqnet Studying people by sampling foods they eat was a pleasant experience of Pan-American League members and guests at the group’s dinner. Held in Ambridge Methodist Church dining room, April 28. and served buffet style, the meal offered tortillas, tostados, re¬ fried beans, tacos, arroz con polio, ta¬ males and pasteles. The foods were pre¬ pared by members of the club. They also decorated the church, placed the tables and cleaned up after the dinner was over. Maria Reyes prepares stuffing for tostados while Mr. Mellick samples some of the food. Marilyn Malave and Gladys Cintron wash the dishes after the dinner is over. Marilyn Malave, Gladys Cintron and Mrs. Hernandez make meat filling for tacos as Mrs. Elsie Mellick and filena Mangual help out in the kitchen. Denise Comer mashes beans as Mrs. .Sara Nelson serves guests from the kitchen. Dorothy Hernandez places cards which identify the different Spanish dishes.

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Holiday leave cuts Twirp week activity to two days Twirp week activities were cut short this year because of the Christmas holi¬ days. December 21 and 22, the final days before vacation, were devoted to the young men. Mann’s young women carried books. opened doors and buttoned coats for the young men, bringing visions of future women’s liberation. Monday, class day, found seniors wearing yellow; juniors, blue; sophomores, brown; and fresh¬ men, green, colors assigned to classes. On their way to the guidance office, Martha Ortiz opens the door for Alex Medina. Tradition is reversed as Cynthia Brown helps Michael Mosley put on his jacket. Right in step with Twirp week rules is Pat Harris who carried the load for Eddie Brown. Lori Waiss holds a chair for Charlie Davis as one of the Twirp Week activities. U I EJ L 22