Niverville High School - High Lights Yearbook (Niverville, Manitoba Canada)

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BEHIND THE SCENES The whisper in the hallways grows steadily louder and increases in momentum till finally it reaches its peak. The time for the performance of the three act drama LENA RIVERS has come. The two dress rehearsals are over so its now or never Make-up and hair-dos are done to perfection. A hushed silence pervades the at¬ mosphere and everyone is excited, especially Aunt Milly who feels like jumping right out of her skin. The curtain rises and the play begins. Audience and actors alike, forget themselves entirely as they put themselves wholeheartedly into the story of the lovely country girl, Lena Rivers, and her jolly Granny who have come to live with the arrogant Livingstones who do not want them! Lena ' s charm and Granny Nicols ' magnetic personality soon capture the hearts of Junior and Anna Livingstone. However, more important is the fact that Durward Belmont too is won by Lena ' s charm. This attachment leads to complications which in turn lead to the revealing of some rather strange secrets. Durward ' s step-father turns out to be Lena ' s run- away father. The play ends leaving everyone united in love for the heroine Lena Rivers not excepting the obsequious Mrs. Livingstone who thinks it is just too, too divine that their niece should be an heiress. Now its back to the dressing room to await ■ -pg the verdit which Mr. m ■ Toews readily announces | t ■ as: WELL DONE!

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Ah picked de likei ay you. Ah picked! Aunt Milly and me is goin to be incorpsidized! A My what a long tail our cat ' s trot! LENA RIVERS Haven ' t you ever been in love, Lena? CAST: Dick Giesbrecht, Old Caesar; Romelda Kehler, Aunt Milly; John Giesbrecht, Malcolm Everret; Friedel Dyck, Anna Livingstojie;Agatha Braun, Caroline Livingstone; Paul Heinrichs, Mr. Livingstone; Darlene Leppky, Mrs. Livingstone; George Peters, Durward Belmont; Darlene Leoppky, Lena Rivers; Elvin Enns, Mr. Graham; Irma Friesen, Mrs. Graham; Eileen Muir, Granny Nicols; Reggie Friesen, Junior Livingstone.

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SPEECH CLUB High School is generally thought of as an in¬ stitution of learning, and rightly so. Many hours of patient teaching, and tedious learning are spent each day to increase the intellectual scope of the f individual. This past year many of us have also had the opportunity to learn how to express our - selves most efficiently. In the Speech Club, we spent our time in practical application of what we had learned. This consisted of presenting differ¬ ent types of speeches and panel discussions. These were then evaluated by the club members. The purpose of this club is to assist the individu¬ al in acquiring the ability to express himself clearly, emphatically, and interestingly. DRAMA CLUB Upon entering a new school term a group of students selected the Drama Club for extracurriculum activity. It was started off by the vocal reading of plays, which was followed by organized groups presenting dramatizations. Most groups chose to par¬ ticipate in a play selected from the text, al¬ though some made up their own comical ones. Once again the groups rearranged them¬ selves and attempts were made to write a tradgedy dealing with juvenile delinquency. Most of the results were highly interesting. The final project was the writing of a series of entertaining dialogues. LITERARY CLUB This club has completed many large projects during the term. The class began by drawing posters and writing reports on favorite books in the hope that these posters would stimulate edu¬ cational reading. With the generous help of Agatha all the library books were catalogued. Each member had the privilege of telling the class of a striking personal incident. These proved to be quite interesting. A newspaper was introduced THE NIVERVILLE OBSERVOR of which Melanie Wallace was elected editor. The last few classes before the Christmas season were spent in listening to A Christmas Carol on tape. Immediately after the holidays the class began with its final project, that of author reports. These reports consisted of the life story of the author and the reading of some of his writings.