Manti High School - Clarion Yearbook (Manti, UT)

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AMAZON ISLE Amazon Isle was the annual High School play of 1940 and was presented to an appreciative audience on April I I. The plot centered around the adventures of a treasure seeking party. Head-hunting Amazons, pirates, skeletons, buried treas- ure, eclipses of the sun, and various intriguing circumstances all contributed to make this an outstanding dramatic production. Miss Fuller, director of the play, cannot be too highly commended for the splendid performance. CAST Cyrus Quakenbush Simpson Squire Sykes - George Reggy Rexford Jack Dawes Perry Christensen - Wright Thurston Gail Hougaard Frank Peacock Lloyd Parry Don Frischkneckt Rose Pansy Violet - Daffy Dare pueen - Bula Bula Amazons and Masquerade Guests Phyllis Johnson Marjorie Munk Rebecca Curtis Jean Denison Velma Anderson Norma Tatton -27-

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BAND MUSIC The Manti Band has an enrollment of 55 members. They gained confidence and precision attired in their newly acquired uniforms, which made them out- standing on the march and also in concert appearances. Notable among various activities was a concert presented in the fall featuring Bach compositions. The Band Mother's Club, a new organization, helped the band to accomplish many things heretofore considered impossible. Our Music Class of nearly 150, including the Freshies, didn't prepare an operetta this year, but on March 7, they presented a concert free to the public. They were the hosts in a Music Festival on May 3, in which 1500 students from 5 different counties took part. The boys' chorus and girls' chorus were excellent this year, and together they were even better. Burke Braithwaite accompanied on the piano and Principal Johnson was the instructor. -26-

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and Back Row: Frank Peacock, Mavis Hall, Miss Fuller. Instructor; George Barton Perry Christensen. Front Row: Betty Kjar and Marjorie Munk. Back Row: Keller Crawford. Elaine Parry, Edith Anderson. George Barton. Front Row: Lu Rae Munk and Mavis Hall. SPEECH ORAT ORY M.H.S. has won recognition in speech con- tests of the county, district, and state with these representatives. They entered in the fields of dramatic readings, humorous readings, and ora- tory for boys and girls. From the state contest at Provo, they brought home five certificates to put with our display of trophies. Marjorie won second place in humorous readings for girls, Perry took second place in humorous readings for boys and third place in story telling. George rated second place in oratory, and Frank placed third in dramatic readings. The annual Oratorical Contest was held Feb- ruary 22. This event has been sponsored for a number of years by the Manti High School Alumni Association. Mavis Hall won first place with Democracy's Destiny. Lu Rae Munk won second with We America.” This contest is one of the major events of each year and is very educational and beneficial to all taking part. - 28 -