Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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ii . N rf DRAMA STUDENTS CREATE A GRUESOME TORTURE CHAMBER with help from the Key Club. Juniors Karen Moss and Joe Malham clown around with a dance step. Photo by Bill Montgomery. 40 Spotlight - Depfh Design by Cindy Pere! PJZLQQQQXZQQLZZZW' QZM Qmaea iam ressed in basic black and with bloody make-up smeared on their faces, drama students presented a Medieval torture chamber for Hallow- een. To raise money for the March of Dimes, several high school drama departments and key clubs created a special booth or room at an exhibit in Town and Country Village, according to drama teacher Mr. R. L. Cook. The drama students created a former clothes store into a gruesome torture chamber complete with a shackled man being whipped, someone being stretched on a rack, a cage where a girl reached out begging people to free her, and a person hanging in a noose. lt was the most acted room,', Mr. Cook said. The students did a profes- sionaljob of horrifying people. Visitors paid a contribution of S2 for adults and 51.50 for students to walk through and be greeted with screams and decorations such as the picture of a heart with a knife through it on a wall. I helped construct this particular room and stood around and scared people, Junior Paul Fromberg stated. HWe screamed and made ugly faces but it was a lot of fun and a good experi- ence. According to Fromberg an incident occurred when a man going through, the torture chamber pulled a knife on al girl. Both people left the chamber3 unharmed. l The March of Dimes was one of the' more worthy charities to do it for, i Fromberg said. Another project of the drama stu- dents was working on television. They presented a series of four to five shows to be presented on instructional televi- sion for thejunior high schools, accord- ing to Senior Melissa Heller. Starting in January, they rehearsed for shows doing such works as one whole fairy- tale to be used in a unit on folklore. Each student designed his own cos- tumes and sets. We're constantly busy, Melissa said. Drama students rehearsed two days out of every week for the televi- sion project, as well as doing the play The Glass Menagerie. entering a one-act play contest, and being involved in other drama tournaments. -301 A Roberla Diakum THESE GHOULISH LOOKING DRAMA MEM- BERS include Junior Betty Jackson, Joe Mal- ham, Karen Moss, Sophomore Tim Guince, and Junior Paul Fromber, and John Hanson. Photo by Bill Montgomery.

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e- ,,.... U.. J.. 5, r if 'W It Q I ' Q GIVING A LIFT T0 CHARLOTTE BENTLIF, Explorers Michele Brydon and Diana Prince practice their first aid techniques. Various members were chosen as dummies for the others to administer help to throughout the year. Photo by Scott Waughtal. WHO INVENTED SEX? Medical Explorers Diana Prince, Julia Browning, Charlotte Bentlif, and Michele Byrdon search for the person as they glance through Plain Truth before a weekly Wed- nesday night meeting. Explorers studied various aspects of advanced first aid during an eight-week Red Cross course January through March. Photo by Scott Waughtal. A iw 9,4-r prl ' my if s av 'nbx Medical Explorers ' 39

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-i xv 9 Xt F c J ' 5 ff QP 61' - rw-f., y . .. ru... au A BODILESS MANNEOUIN GHOULS AROUND with Junior Betty Jackson in a medievai torture chamber at the March of Dimes Haunted House, Drama students from various schools around the district contributed torture chambers, graveyards 1 and other scary sights to a haunted house in order to raise money for the retarded children in our area, The house was opened from October 14 to the 31 in Town and r Country Shopping Center and raised a total of S16,000, Photo by Bill Montgomery. V i 1, t. Spotlight ' AI