Morgantown High School - Mohigan Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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BOY'S CIVICS First Row-Pete Cuarivglia, 3ob Galbraith- Warren Swank, Gene Hastings. Second Row - Roger Van- dervort, john jolliffe, Howard Shaffer. Third Row-- Charles Wolfe Eugene Cribble. DEMOS CLUB First Row 1 B. Mccroby, B. O'Malley, B. johnson, J. Cox, D. Lazzelle. Second Row - Mr. Yates, D. Knotts, V. Flumm, D. DeMoss, E.. Holdsworth. Third Row 1 S. Tusai, T. Smith, S. Hall, Wilson.

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The National Thespians NDER the leadership of Robert lVluITly, Troupe 27, of The National Thespians began the year with plans for the production of Pride and Prejudice with which they expected to dedicate the new theater. A cast of twenty-six characters rehearsed the play until after Christmas, when the lack of stage equipment made such an elaborate production impossible. During the second semester, the Thespians presented UYes Means Nogn observed National Drama Week with a spaghetti dinnerg and acted as host for The Local One-Act Play Festival in which they won Hrst place. As a reward for their work in clramatics. fourteen students became members of The National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society for High Schools. OFFICERS President ........... ............................ R obert Muffly Vice-President .,,., ..... J ames Hamilton Secretary ..,......., ......... ,....., P a tricia Crton Treasurer ,,........................ .......... G eorge Batlas Corresponding Secretary .......... lVlarilynn Shannon Dorothy S. White Sponsor ...........,..............,. ..... Masquers HE MASQUERS, dramatic club organized in l935, has twenty-four members this year. The club entered an act, The Affair of the Slipper, in the Senior Follies and Won third prize. A Christmas party was held on December 22 at the home of Betty lVlcGowan. ln January the club voted to donate some money to the band to buy popular music. ln March the mem' bers voted to select a new pin and several were ordered. Two one-act plays were presented to the student body in May. They were Not Quite Such a Goose and Here Comes the Bride. Motto - No profit grows where therels no pleasure taken. - Shakespeare Colors -- Red and Silver Flower - Red Rose OFFICERS President ...................,......,.,....,......,.,, john Jolliffe Vice President .,..,, ,,,,, R oger Vandervort Secretary-Treasurer .. .,,..,.,, Helen Perkins Reporter .. ....... ....,, M attie Rosier Sponsor . ....... Mabel Taylor 57

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Boy's Civic Club HE BOYS' CIVIC CLUB was active in many different fields this year promoting good sportsmanship and cooperation. First, the club held a basketball game in conjunction with the faculty and then proceeded to take high honors in the intramural club league. -Next, the boys in the club, working with the O. A. A., produced the Mardi Gras. Finally the club sponsored a Leap Year Dance in the Girls gymnasium which was the first time in the clubs history that such an undertaking was ever attempted. OFFICERS President ..... .......,....,................... V ice President Secretary ....... .. Gene Hastings Warren Swank .. Wayne Pulliam Treasurer ...... ...... R obert Galbraith Sponsor . ,.., Howard Godfrey Demo A HE DEMO CLUB was reorganized in the fall of l939. One of its aims was to work toward the betterment of school life in Morgantown l-iigh. The Hrst major undertaking of the Demos was the publication of basket- ball programs for the High School games and the Basketball Tournament. On Friday, February 23, the Demos entertained I-Ii-Y ancl Us and Co. at a semi-formal dance in the Girls' Gymnasium at which Bob Hill and his Top-Hatters, the Demo orchestra, played. OFFICERS President ..............,.....,..........,.,,,, ..,,,,,,,, B ob Hill Vice President ..., ...... W ayne Wiles Secretary .......... ...,,.. B ill Johnson Treasurer ..... Orval King Reporter .. ..... Steve Tusai Sponsor Harold Yates