Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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, W 4 in if Q Senior Play, Donna Beeson, Sallie Love, Bill Foley, Judie Morgan, Hoyt Evlls, lmrle 0ke1'be1'p:, Gene Whitney, Pat Scott, Calolyn Pierre, Brum- Lognnlmill, Arlen Anderson Gloria Swarts, Gary Roy:-r, Beverley Lander. 'zamatics Show Business is the curicular study of the dramatics students. Under the direction of Miss Virnelle Jones, dramatic coach, students study and participate in pantomiming, acting, directing, playwriting, stage-managing, make-up, lighting, costuming, etc. Requests for entertainment from civic or- ganizations are met with response from this department. They headline these programs with one-act plays some of which are written and directed by students. Besides filling the position of teacher and coach of the drama de- partment, Miss Jones revived the Newton Thespian Troupe 47 into an active club. Twenty students were chosen as Thespian members. Seventeenth Summer was the delightful play given by the senior class this year under Miss Jones' :Bees on . ge Twenty-Two 3 direction. This class, last year, as Juniors, enacted Men Are Like Streetcarsf' A Murder Has Been Arranged was this year's all-school play. Dramatics is an elective course which students enjoy while learning that through co-operation, a produc- tion is carried to its fulfillment. Play standing Darlene Frey Susan Goeiing Jim Rose en aug ruec oi ru e L, 1 y hitney, Joan Haidei, seated Hoyt Eells Gloiia bwaits Beveiley Lander Nanny Chapman Reta Bovsen Baibaia Br unit Judn Moxgan , ' , , , ' ' , Ald Allb' li, l t ', B' c L0fzmb'll, Carol n Pierce, Donna. Voth, Ted Ice

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Howard Oliver, Bruce Loganbill, Dick Ashcraft, Duane Rowland, Jim Rose, Reta Bowen in front of Jennie's house. Glnefzeffa Highlighting the season for the New- ton High School vocal department was the operetta Down In The Valley, by Kurt Weill. This was presented November 5, 1951 by the Railroader chorus, directed by John D. Davidson. The roles of the narrator and preacher were enacted by Bruce Loganbill. Re-ta Bowen portrayed Jennie Parsons, heroine, and Howard Oliver was Brack Weaver, hero. Duane Rowland was Thomas Bouche, villain, and Dick Ashcraft por- trayed Jennie's father-All hillbilly folk of the South. The curtain opened with the narrator telling the story to the audience about Brack Weaver, in jail and condemned to death. Later Brack escapes to meet his girl. Reminiscing about the past, he re- members when he met Jennie in church. Jennie and Brack had also gone square dancing. This is where they met Thomas Bouche. Bouche had previously asked Jennie to go dancing with him, thus he and Brack got into a fight, in which Bouche was killed. Returning to realiza- tion, Brack gives himself up. Stage scenery, being very modern to correspond with the modern music, was made by the art and manual training de- partments under the direction of Miss Marie Orr and Mr. Wayne Lyon. 'The chorus also gave Down In The Valley, upon request, to the State Probate Judges Convention, November 19, 1951. 1. - Square dance scene from Down In the Valley Page T e 130 f

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