New Bern High School - Bruin Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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a nc! Soda! poise Scenes from Dear Ruth, a comedy of XVnrld ar , w osc p ser in motion by luuers wriuun to servicemen by a teen-age girl using her older sister's signature. i r .. 1 l lafim ,yi 1 I 1 .7 . YV? , s til , l r I j wa 6 Mary Frances Ramsey and Charles Hargexr play the leads. IHDJQ one Connie Dennis, Billy Biddle, Bobby Johnson, Georgia Par- 33 ag, V, , rott, and Leon Toler in The Florist Sbap. n... - VCL! E3 I ' . K.F lx A f ,S . . ,ww l , 1 I I-Q ' 1 '- . I N , nv' .inf Y -'f Y. 'P s.,,.- Al top: Craig XVhire, Michael Miller, Margaret Rhodes in Dear Ruth. Al left: Mary Frances Ram- sey, Linda Hardman, Mar- garet Rhodes, and Bobby johnson in another scene from Dear Ruth. ,fp l 11

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ama 5fre55e5 ,aeecA ana! Sociaf poise x ' I I L I . Q x ,,,.,W-ai Ag 1 The chair recognizes Mr. johnson in a little matter of speech class business. 16 WWW. WJ, .9 The lights dim! Sudden silence prevails! And the curtains roll noiselessly, smoothly back. A sigh whispers softly throughout the auditorium as people settle back to enjoy the play-product of much rehearsal on the part of the cast, of much work and ingenuity on the part of the lighting and stage crews, and of the effective harnessing of the school's most valuable resources-time and energy. Long cognizant of the fact that drama can be a unifying force in a troubled world, Miss Hilda Gordon, director, saw her course as the means of ,promoting artistic discrimination, of developing co- operation, imagination, and ingenuity through group activity. Each year this department offers drama I, drama II, and a course in speech, which emphasizes parliamentary procedure as well as forensic fundamentals. All courses are elective and carry a one- unit credit each. Billy Biddle was coached by Jean Hudson in Mr. Jack- son's lines for The Florin Shop while Betsy Ferebee and J. A. Ipock cut the window glass to fit. Y ,Af Sherry Ann Wooten, Bobby John- , 5 iw., V 15635191 son, and Miss Gordon gave the set .ph I , . -'1-'i for Dear Ruth a complete paint job. ,. L - if l K, A E If S 'M kg. 'V f F Y A bf, , f t f' f I .uafj 55

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ja fLing .7ogefAer rin 1 I Mara 1 lfg? ,ww s Lloyd Brinson and Judy Steinberg, dressed in costume of Roman slaves, wait at the entrance to some Olympian grotto. Mrs. Sarah I-lunnings, Spanish instructor, Mrs. Laura Rhodes, of the Latin department, and Mrs. Helen Smith, French teacher, examine some new material for the foreign language department. America has a definite need to touch elbows and hearts with all the nations of mankind. There is no surer way to do that than through a knowledge of languages, for they encourage friend- ships around the world. New Bern High School does its part in realizing this need by offering instruction in Latin, French, and Spanish. Each course offers as much practical experience in the language as possible through the usage of records, special news- papers, word games, dramatic presentations, and songs. fTwo years of each language is required for credit, but each year is worth one unit.J