J Sterling Morton West High School - Talon Yearbook (Berwyn, IL)

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o A -2 T. U H U 0 ll od I Il S CB S N -S U! H CB Q An all girls cast ftopj from the Drama Department .E rehearses You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Intense facial expression enables Bob Tulo Qabovej Q to communicate without words with the audience. m Listening to Mr. G. Drew's instructions, Joyce Sebela Qrightj learns a valuable theatrical lesson. 60 ACTIVITIES -,

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in 555 Falcon 's frankness aids its top journalistic style The Falcon informs students of what's happening in our school and society, said Mr. J. Stebbins, the adviser. One of the paper's biggest attributes was its frankness. Informing students and faculty of today's problems and occurrences in a frank, unbiased manner allowed them to see all sides of the situation. Discussion of child abuse and politics were two of the major issues in this year's papers. Mr. Stebbins sent top stories and layouts to Quill and Scroll, a national evaluation center, and the entire newspaper entered state competition at North- ern Illinois University. Morton's literary magazine, The Egg, had a total of twenty members. Selection and compila- tion of materials submitted by students oc- cupied the staff's year. The published Egg was sent to a critical service for judging. FALCON EDITORS-FRONT ROW: J. Stebbins, Adviserg J. Ambrosia, Edit. Ed.g B. Buckley, Art Ed.3 K. Sladek, Feat. Ed.g A. Filak, News Ed. BACK ROW: J. Zurales, Sports Co-Ed.g D. Rivas, Photo Ed.: G. Davis, Sports Co-Ed.g A. Vorac, Photo Co-Ed.g J. Marciszewski, Asst. News Ed.g C. Alcorn, Asst. Feat. Ed. While he shuffles through the copy on his desk, Mr. J. Stebbins Qabove, leftl stops to answer a question. Working on student contributions to the Eggg Mrs. P. Geiser and Kathy Michals Qabovej process the best. ACTIVITIES 59

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Death of Director Drew saddens West Side cast Morton East and West Drama Departments opened another successful year with their production of West Side Story. Although cast and crew were deeply affected by the death of the director Mr. Ga Drew on the morning of opening night, the show did go on under the direction of Mr. F. Meyer. The play,s participa- tion in the Illinois High School Theater Festival produced invitations to thirteen students to attend an Illinois State workshop. West drama participants entered the play, Merton ofthe Movies, in the Illinois High School Association district play competition. Each year a different school hosts the competition, and this year Morton West received the honor. Also for state competition West's Readers' Theater presented You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. This year's Readers' Theater consisted of an all girl castg however a senior boy, Pat Shanahan, directed the performance under the supervision of Mr. F. Meyer, the faculty adviser. Male cast members fabove, left, poke fun at the adult world as they portray delinquents in West Side Story Sue Nekolny, Liz Recht, and Jim McNerland Qabovej party during One Flew over the Cuckoo? Nest. Before the performance Sue Schnuelle fleftj delicately puts the finishing touch on Karey Borzym's make-up. ACTIVITIES 61