Osage High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Lake Ozark, MO)

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Tom Schopp Io Karen Eakxns Iudy Darnell and Nancy Allen enjoy a tree moment before noon hour practice of their contest numbers Shirley McDowell Ianiece Gould and Leon Strange listen as Mr Carpenter highlights the individual criticisms of their Tri County speech selections REPRESENTATIVES DOMINATE SPEECH FESTIVAL Four d1v1s1ons were entered by a total of thirty six students during the flrst speech pre11m1 nary held on Ianuary 8 Mr Carpenter English and speech instructor required that every stu to the first prehrnmary Radio and extemperaneous speaking were added in the second prehminary conducted on lanuary 14 with twelve students competing these two divisions Also in this judging tour contestants from each of the initial four divisions vied for Tri County representation Radio speak mg was Won by Iody Eakins who went directly to the district contest at Warrensburg Publlc speaking was entered at Warrensburg by ludy Darnell Meriting excellent ratings at the Tri County Festlval held in Tipton on February 5 were qirls prose Superior ratings were given to Leon btrange boys poetry Tom Schopo boys prose and Nancy Allen extemperaneous speaking Tom Schopp was yudged good in boys extemper aneous speaking The works of Henry David Thoreau were designated for all prose selections and all poetry cuts were taken from the wr1t1ngs ot Iohn G Nelhardt Y dent present his selection to him four times prior Ianiece Gould, girls poetry and Shirley McDowelli I . . v . I 1 . - 40

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OSAGE ACCENTS DRAMA A one-act drama with an all girl cast, Lily is centered around an incident occuring in a women's rehabilitation farm. All characters are prisoners with the exception of the policewoman, Kym Schopp. Cleeda Asa portrays Maudie Le- Claire, a new arrival at the farm, while Linda Clayton carries the part of Ianet, a sensitive elderly prison trustee. They are ably supported by Iudy Darnell, Mame, and Iris Iones, Ida Sue. The Tell-Tale Heart, adapted from a short story by Edgar Allen Poe, is 'an all male drama. Iohn Pilkington, as Valdemar, a young man seriously mentally unbalanced, carries the lead. He is backed by Larry Fry, police sergeant Glan- Leon Strange, Iamie, recognizes the voice ot the stranger, Hugh Glass, played by Bruce Iames, in the tent of the old Indian, portrayed by Earl Wood. Maude LeClaire, Cleeda Asa, is escorted into the prison farm by the Dolicewoman. Kym Schopp, while Mame, Iuly Darnell, and Ianet, Linda Clayton. look on. Valdemar, Iohn Pilkington, suffers a com- plete mental breakdown under the strain of guilt in front of the astonished eyes ot policemen: I059Ph3f Ed Abbefir 1-Cmdor. Buster McGowan, and Sergeant Glanvil, Larry hy, '-. vil, Buster McGowin, policeman Landor and Ed Abbett, Iosephs, a rather humorous policeman. The entire play is based on the murder by Val- demar of his elderly uncle. Mr. Iohn G. Neihardt's poem Song of the West is the basis of the play Iamie. It is an experimental work in which Mr. Carpenter, with Mr. Neihardt's permission, has adapted a part of the poem into a one-act drama. The setting is an Indian village and the cast of characters include Iamie, Leon Strange: Hugh Glass, Bruce Iamesp Indian Squaw, Carol Smith: her aged husband, Earl Wood and Bill Crane, who portrays an In- dian villager. I f E 5 l

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ASSEMBLIES ENRICH SCHCOL LIFE Tom Schopp. Bruce lames and Ianiece Gould heartily laugh at the weird musical tones produced upon picking their banjos. Each year the student body enjoys numerous and varied assemblies presented by the students of Osage and traveling groups from the Uni- versity of Kansas. These assemblies provide ed- ucational enjoyment as well as entertainment and aid in the broadening of the students' cul- tural background. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , por- trayed by the Campbell marionettes, revived many childhood memories--International Lec- tures presented the gripping lecture of Snow Allen , a onetime criminal, who revealed life behind prison walls--an insight of the general functioning of the blood was viewed in an ed- ucational motion picture Hemo, The Magnifi- Iames Beach displays the attire in which he .was clad while working with Lew Hershey during a University of Kansas production, 41 cent --the mystifying feats of Bobo, The Ma- gician , from International Lectures, bewildered students and faculty alike--the sword swallowing crow and whistling parakeet of Bertelle's Indoor Bird Circus fascinated the assemblage--a moment of serious meditation prevailed when the Kansas City Youth for Christ Association visited the School of the Osage--circus clown Lew Hershey provided humorous entertainment with corny jokes and various antics performed by his pro- fession--a trio of versatile artists presented a musical program titled The Americana --Mr. 6 Mrs. Banjo illustrated their versatility on the banjo with selections from popular, dance, classi- cal and folk music.