Huguenot High School - Talon Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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One-Act Play Rates Excellent; Forensics Introduced “The Marriage Proposal,” this year’s entry in the annual one-act play competition, was one of three plays chosen at the district contest at Colonial Heights to go to the state contest in Charlottesville. Directed by Mrs. Marion Waymack, the one-act comedy was also presented to the student body at an assembly. This year for the first time, an intrascholastic forensic contest was held to choose representatives in poetry read- ing, prose reading, spelling and public speaking for the district meet. The winners of this intrascholastic contest also performed for the PTA. ASN SS Bev Moisoff (ABOVE) speaks on superstitions as her entry for public speaking, while Joan Howell (RIGHT) reads “The Cremation of Sam McGee” for her poetry reading. Ivan Vassiliyitch (Richard Tait) asks Stefin Ste- phenova (Steve Larson) for his daughter’s hand in “The Marriage Pro- posal.”

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Christmas Means Eagerly awaited, the Christmas Season brought with it a holiday atmosphere of cheer and friendship which quickly affected the entire school. Before the office in the main hall was placed a Christmas tree, decorated with colorful balls, tinkling bells, and flaky, white snow. In the library, boughs of pine, holly, and mistletoe brightened the shelves, while the bookworm Hugo, dressed as the school Santa Claus, greeted the students there; and with Decem- ber 22 came the Christmas Dance, its theme “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.” During the December 16 assembly, Christmas spirit echoed through the halls as the Girls’ Select and the Mixed Choruses joined to sing such winter favorites as “Silver Bells” and “Angels We Have Heard on High.” Betty Stopps and Bonnie Lewis admire the “deer,” Bill Barton, while deco- rating the school gym for the Christmas Dance. Hospitality a Rich Taylor (LEFT) finds Christmas greetings in his locker as the mixed chorus (ABOVE) sings carols at the Christmas assembly. A solitary bell awaits food packages which symbolize the Christmas spirit of the students.

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Taming of the Shrew Takes Place April 9, 10 Doug Cruickshands, as Biondello (ABOVE) listens dumbfounded as Tranio (Peter Guy) introduces himself to Hortensio as Lucentio, and Lucentio (Ed Nolde) as Tranio. Kicking and screaming, Kate, portrayed by Barbara Miller (BELOW), vigorously objects to her marriage to Petruchio, Charles Jeffress. Richard Tait, as Hortensio, and Eugene Lawson, as Baptista, decide that giving Kate music lessons can be a little hard on the ears. Petruchio describes to Bianca, played by Susan Saylor, the troubles he has had in taming the shrewish Kate. Bianca is the beautiful younger daughter of Baptista Molina, who had to wait until her quick-tempered sister Kate was married before she could wed. ee al LAA SAIS