Oviedo High School - Oviedian Yearbook (Oviedo, FL)

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The flat surface of the horse provides a somewhat interesting place for Carole McVay to touch up some homework. 28 f Homework Scholars like Steve Williams never waste the opportunity to sharpen their skill to maintain his high academic standing. -v lf-, For a few minutes of quick review Leigh Cantrell seeks the quiet privacy of thi book closet. v s lu 4 11 4

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o office workers, Robert McClellan and Julia . Fezziwig, David Abbott. Smith, celebrate during the Christmas party given by employer ckstage, sponsor Mr. Mintrel Martin has ticism and compliments for the actors, l both Bob Cratchet, Mark Lindsey, looks in disbelief at a totally changed Scrooge. Nix - ,i x Thespians Stage Theatrical Renaissance ver since Mr. Mintrel Martin took over the OHS Drama Club a year ago, his main goal has been to build it into an exciting, enjoyable, and worthwhile experience for both the performers and the audience. This year's strategy began with choosing a play that would be familiar to the students as well as a challenge for those involved in the production. The one chosen, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, proved just that. Mr. Martin, along with student director Susan Poole, began casting early enough so that the play would be ready for Christmas. The company was plagued by many prob- lems, however. The low turn-out of would-be actors revealed the lack of interest in drama that Mr. Martin hoped to eliminate. Also, the prolonged absence of a curtain, problems with the costume suppliers, and the con- flicting baseball practice schedule of a few of the actors all contributed toward a one- week postponement of the production and the cancellation of an additional short seg- ment called Pop Reads a Christmas CaroI. The entire company put in many after- school hours of practice to ensure the suc- cess of the play. The first sessions seemed to resemble a Laurel and Hardy movie more than a Sir Lawrence Olivier performance. Carl Geiger and Jeff Ventre proved the main causes of a great deal of horsing around and even a few tears from the director. When they both finally did end their disrupt- ing antics and the rest of the company and crew were able to find Randy Panke, Susan Poole gallantly tried to keep things some- what under control. The show did go on. The production played December 17 and 18 and, aside from a few opening night nerves, things went smoothly. After the Christmas break, the club again went to work, this time on the spring pro- duction of It Happens Every Summer. And so the OHS Drama Club lived on in the hopes of gaining more and more inter- est, developing more seasoned actors, and bringing a bit of entertainment and culture to Oviedo. Drama f 27

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issignments Know No Bounds 5 if 5 xv ,vig t-.V 4 :rnon Beckstrom avoids watching a biology film by using the light from the hall to complete an English asignment totally unmindful oft he scientific events happening around him. common word used every day, home- work, usually brings about a groan or a heavy sigh when mentioned to most stu- dents. Teachers never seem to lack an abundance of time consuming assignments to fill after school hours. Yet, why call it homework when it is so rarely ever done at home? At all hours of the day, in many uncon- ventional places, students can be found doing homework. Lunch tables stacked with books seem more numerous than those holding eatables as someone is always will- ing to sacrifice lunch to avoid taking home that extra book. The fortunate have a seat near the light from the next room during movies in chemistry, when they may find time to complete assignments to be handed in later in the day. Endless passes are writ- ten on the pretense of going to the library to work on reports, when in reality, last night's homework will be completed. Without knowing its real name, students would call homework commonswork, librar- ywork, or whenever I get the chance work. Since homework seems an inevita- ble part of school and learning, teachers will probably continue to assign a never ending stream to frustrate and aggravate the aver- age student, who, through either habit or sense of obligation will continue to com- plete them. ' David Craft and Jennifer Cheatham find the library an excellent place to complete some unfinished homework. Homework 1 29