Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Q., ,l , qv. I V Yvjv,-.?5.,.,,,,4, . M., My -. . ,W P asf The Sycamore Players announced their fourteenth season and the open- ing of the Sycamore Theatre, November 3 and 4, with the production of The Hoosier Schoolmastern. Robert Rat- cliffe and Florence Edwards played the leading parts of Ralph Hartsookn and HannahH. Jim Hawker was the Stu- dent Director. The presentation of 4'Hamlet,', on January 19, 20, and 21 scored another success for Sycamore Players. The skillful interpretations of the leading roles by Kenneth Payne and Marian Taylor, and the beautiful costuming used throughout the play, aroused much favorable comment. Juanita Hamm directed the production. Scene from Hamlet

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Back Row-Joe Luther, Dr. Lawrence Eberly, Carl Mil- ler, Charles Hall, Paul Ross, Clyde Coburn, Louis Brit- zius, Nelson Young, Robert . Dailey, William Tabor, Wen- dell Heimburger. Third Row-William Richard- son, Joe Cull, John Curry, Elmer Wheeler, Henry Ford, Gene Morlan, Fred Fisher, Thomas Targett, Professor Harold Bright, Robert Mil- lon. Second Row-Mary Ruth Sie- benmorgan, Mary Louise Hicks, Lucille Hoops, Martha Godwin, Marjorie Koch, Florence Kelso, Betty James, Victoria Leafgreen, Ger- trude Cronin, Marie Lee, Kathleen Hergt. First Row-Virginia Liechty, Dorothy Reece, Bob Hayes, Josephine Garver, Katherine Becker, Professor L. M. Til- son, Inza Schmidt, Eleanor Briggs, Jeanne Utterback, Mary Ann Woodrum, Kath- erine Allman. The A Cappella Choir is the oldest musical organization at Indiana State Teachers College. The choir, consisting this year of forty-two voices, is directed by Mr. Lowell M. Tilson, head of the music department of the school. The choir has appeared on programs at the State Teachers Associations and the National Education Association, and members of the group appeared on broadcasting programs at Nashville, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri. The choir opened its concert season in Terre Haute on Sunday evening, April 3, with an appearance at the First Baptist Church. Con- cert trips were made throughout the state, starting with a trip to Oxford on April 5. One of the most outstanding programs of the year -was the annual presentation of the Messiah during the Christmas season. This year the group had as its guest soloist for this program Mr. Roland Pease. 4. l A . COLLEGE CHOIR

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I HSW Scene Iloosier R E 1 1 1938 SYCAMORE PLAYERS PLAYERS c'Petrified Forest , directed by Tom Headley and starring Kenneth Payne and Helen Bingman, was given on March 16, 17, and 18. Supporting roles were played by Charles Battram, Ed Stahl, Bob Perkins, John Sharpe, Sam Beecher, John Voigt, James Evans, Jim Hawker, and Naomi Wolfe. The 1937-38 season was the most ambitious and extensive season yet at- tempted. In addition to the three plays, Sycamore Players also sponsored the Campus Revue and the Sycamore Revue. The Experimental Produc- tions , one-act plays written and di- rected by students, are annually spon- sored by Theta Alpha Phi, the national honorary dramatic fraternity. Scene from 'The Petrified Forestv