McCallum High School - Knight Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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-x N H so X N37,.,r T s I Upper lefT: In a quief momenT, Mike Kerr reads Thoughffully To himself. CenTer le'fT: Bonnie Evans glances appreciafively Toward anoTher sTudenT. Leff: Jimmy Wil- liams laughs aloud in appreciafion of a good joke. Top: ln a True example of a lady'ssdigniTy, Bonnie RoberTs really leTs loose. Above: Dariel Baker expresses an infrequenT feeling of serenify. Physiognomy is a pseudoscience which Tries To read a characTer by bodily signs and feafures. ArisToTle was one of The firsf To wriTe of iT. According To him, TimidiTy, cour- age, and anger are all dependem' on physical characTerisTics. ln The laTe I700's Johann Kasper LavaTer noTiced The mosT sTriking feafures of his friends and relafed Them To Their personalifies. STudenTs pracTiced This pseudoscien- Tific arT noficing compleTe sTrangers wiTh Terror sfricken faces walking sTiffly inTo Mr. Frank KeaThley's room. Philo- sophical expressions ambled inTo Ms. Kathy Murray's class and relief flooded over The faces of sfudenfs exiTing from Ms. Judy Morehead's class, because ThaT TesT wasn'T so hard. FaculTy provided a perfecf opporTu- niTy for amaTeur physiognomisTs. On Ms. Marfha Agnor's face one could read, He leT her inTo class wiThouT a permiTl , Ms. Cecil Ann l.eary's beau- Tiful day aTTiTude, and even such expressions on faculTy's faces as Can l help? and Don'T Talk To me, my ulcer hurTs. ReporT card days were a True gem as some lucky ones bounced around The school for days because of unexpecTed good grades. and some mourned sadly exhibifing a Tangible black cloud above Their heads because of unexpecfed bad grades. This monfage of arTisTry broughT McCallum alive and helped make This year, The lasf here for many as a new school wenf up and 606 graduaTed, a cherished memory. Faces!2l

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, l i 2 xr, F. 5-. Eid: Q ave if- ' , if f 1 1900 England Revisited Frusfrafed cries of Accen'I'! You're los- ing your accenf! could be heard af fre- quenf infervals for fwo-week nighfs in November. Why? The Royal Courf Play- ers were rehearsing for fheir upcoming producfion of The Admirable Crichfon. Sixfy club members were able fo accomplish much in five Safurdays. Painfing scenery, finding props, and making posfers were consfanf acfivifies. Nearer fo fhe final workday, wifh mosf problems solved, The Admirable Crich- 'lon began fo fake shape. The Admirable Crichfon is a four acf ,play by James Barrie. Sef in l9OO Eng- lland, fhe play porfrays fhe sfricfly regi- imenfed class sfrucfure of fhaf era. The lfirsf acf shows a wealfhy English family, Lord Loam lplayed by Jay Beverlyl and daughfers Mary lLuAnn Wagenerl, Aga- fha ll-lelen Mohrmannl, and Cafherine lCheri Wifferl, having fheir servanfs in for fea. Typifying fhe perfecf bul'ler's affifude, Crichfon llvlark Smifhl, remains aloof fhroughouf fhe gafhering. Ship-wrecked in Acf Two, fhe family again finds fhemselves living in a servanf- masfer sfrucfure, buf wifh Crichfon fhe sole masfer. Surroundings and afmos- phere already sef, fhe fhird acf infro- duces a new complicafion - Crichfon falls in love wifh Lady Mary, now of a lower class. Things become unbearable in fhe fourfh acl' when, rescued and back af home, fhe family musf live under fhe original class sfrucfure wifh Crichfon once again fhe proper bufler. Play nighfs were long-awaifed and somefimes greafly feared. Before fhe acfual performances, some RCP mem- bers had seen fhe play as many as I5 fimes, buf only in bifs and pieces. Befween Acf One in lvlonday's rehearsal and Acf Two in Tuesday's no one was really sure abouf fhe success of fhe play. So fhe anxiefies feI+ on fhe firsf nighf performance are easily undersfood. As fhe curfain rose, each RCP member was saying silenf prayers for success. During fhe performance, some of The club members sfood in fhe back of fhe cafeferia, viewing fhe real fhing. Buf befween acf, fhey were all busy. Behind fhe curfain some I5 people were rapidly and silenfly rushing fhrough sef changes from a mansion 'lo a huf. Each prop had ifs own place and had fo be fhere: and excepf for one sfray log in Lord Loam's living room, fhe scene changes wenf smoofhly. Along wifh hard work and rehearsals, pride in fhe play's oufcome grew. The final sfrike of fhe sef furfhered fhe impression of The Admirable Crichfon on fhe parficipanfs' memories. Onlookers commenfed fhaf +he play was oufsfand- ing and really hilarious, making fhe memories mean fhaf much more fo all concerned. . l Far leff: Sfephanie Williams and Andy Kopra rehearse fhe fourfh acf from The Admirable Crich- fon. Upper cenfer leffz Cheri Wiffer and Helen Mohrmann awail' cues during one of fhe many rehearsals. Lower cenfer Ieff: Lighfcrew head Jim Burns direcfs lighfing acfivifies during fhe play. Leff: Blake Eskew kisses Sfephanies hand as Andy looks on in Acf Four. Below: Marfha Talbof receives final makeup fouches from Donna Jones on Open- ing Nighf. HOUR. be RCP!23