Morrice High School - Oriola Yearbook (Morrice, MI)

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I umor Play GIRL SHY Can you 1mag1ne a boy who f1nds hlmself practlcally engaged to a g1rl w1thout h1s own concent9 I'h1s 15 what confronts Tom Arsdale a college student, when h1s father comes to v1s1t lum and br1ngs along a prospectwe w1fe to be How he manages to get out of thls sltuatlon prov1des the plot of the Junlor play GIRL SHY w1th many surpr1ses and laughs Our cast was as follows Tom Arsdale, who IS g1rl shy Gary K1ngsley Oke Stxmson, who 1sn't Robert Edlnvton Anthone Arsdale Tom's father, Allan Booth Sylv1a Webster Tom s pet ave rslon Betty Gr1nnell Barbara Stanford, Tom's flance Jeanette Fournle Dean Marlow, Dean of the college Dale W1ll1ams Peaches Carter, Oke's present wealcness, Juha Sturgxs Asma, a colored wash Lady Jacquel1ne Dauel B1rd1e LaVerne, a ITIOVIC asplrant, Donna Schnebelt Alfred Tennyson Murgatoyd, college poet, Clarence Scollon Chuck Mayo, B11'd16'S late aff1n1ty Robert Pease D11-ector, Mr Jenk1ns Date of play Aprll 15 16 1955 ' 1 ! l . . , . O Caroline, Tom's aunt, Betty Neal 9 . , . . I D 1 Q , . . ll ' - D l . - , U

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Senior Play Lost H onzons For our Sen1or Play, we tr1ed our hand at putt1ng on a dramat1c play lnstead of the usual comedy, farce plays The story mvolves the crashlng oi an a1rplane somewnere m the rnountams of Tlbet, wlth one Amer1can, Henry Barnard, and two Enghshmen, Mr Conway and Mr Malhnson and a m1ss1onary, M1ss Bnnklow as passengers They are taken to a lamasary known as Shangr1 La and made to feel nght at home They are also met by an elderly Chmese who tells them he has been expect1ng them Conway IS fascmated by the strange atmosphere of the place and by Helen, a lovely g1rl whom he f1nds there Barnard, the blg and breezy Amer1can, 1s dellghted to stay on mdeflmtely, and Mlss Brmklow, the pr1ck1y httle m1ss1onary lady, doesn't mtend to speclfy Just where she w111 serve the Lord But Mallmson IS eager to be out of the place and on h1s way back to c1v1l1zat1on ' In a movmg scene, the H1gh Lama reveals to Conway the secret of the place that people do not grow old there, and that Shangr1 La 1s ded1cated to preservmg the culture and w1sdom of the people Conway learns too, that Lo Tsen, who seems so young and lovely 1s really almost a hundred years old There IS a cllmatxc scene ln wh1ch Conway reveals thls to Mallmson, who IS 1n love wlth the exqulslte Chlnese glrl and means to take her away when they leave In a Helen and the clalms of Malhnson Those 1n the cast were Prologue and Fpllogue Myra, and attractlve Enghsh grrl, Janalee Conroy Ehzabeth, also an attract1ve Enghsh g1rl , Janet Haas Wyland, of the Enghsh Embassy, Robert Edmgton Rutherford, an Enghshman, Dale W1ll1ams Cast ln Play Chang, an elderly Chlne se, Stanley Case Conway, H M Consul, Clarence Scollon Malllnson, also H M Consul, Dave Br1stley M1ss Brmklow, the mlsslonary, Dolores Ferngan Mr Henry Barnard, an Amerrcan, Allan Booth Lo Tsen, Chlnese gzrl, Jeanette Fourme Helen, and Engllsh g1rl, Juha Sturgxs Hlgh Lama, of Shangr1 La, Gary Klngsley Al Llng, Chmese Servmg glrl, Donna Schnebelt Tashl, Tzbetanglrl, Betty Grlnnell Tlbetan, Dale Hart DIRECTOR MR RASSMUSSEN Date of play, December 1 A c 1 n 'I n 1 1 . ' . 1 conclusion of magnetic power, Conway is torn between his faith in Shangri-La and his love for H ' 1

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mm- G. . ibm im - Q -4 '54 Mx' ..w...........-..- ,..f Q5 as 'f 'Q YG fin A .lx V sf'- ROW l: L. to R. Sandra Olsen, Bonnie Burkhead, Shirley Kerry, Michael I-lursh, Lonnie Valley, James Grinnell. ROW Z: Kerry Armstrong, John Flynn, Timothy Arthur, Lewis Austin, Richard Edington, David Nanasy, Rosemary Mitchell. gi -1' ivn Ill ROW l: L. to R. Mr. Douglas Ferrier, Ronnie Wood, Jin Lineau, Dale Williams, Stan Jagodzxnski, Reno King, Eugene Warren. ROW Z: Dale Placeway, Bob Rood, Tom Trimmer, Ed Tyrrell, Gerry Edington, Dallas Kane, B1llNanasy, Milton Lowrie, Don Dassance, Merle Holler, Bob Nurnerick. ROW 3: Don Villincuc, Jerry Oliver, Gary Kingsley, Mark Rowell, Clyde Ware, Clare Austin, Leonard Roby, Jerry Lowrxe, Elbert Sawyer, Robyn Peru.