Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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' , 'iU'-Hi-,'1C'L Xli , THE ROSE CURTAIN PLAYERS Yowell Tompkins Julia Lee Ditto Laura Gruenke President Vice-President Secretary Ellen Hart Smith, Treasurer Feeling the need of an organization for the cultivation and development of dra- matic talent in the school and to present to the public high-class plays, students from the three upper classes formed a dramatic club. This organization, founded by Mr. A. J. Lawrence, bears the name of The Rose Curtain Players. The officers for the first year-1923-1924-were: Miss Emily Bennett, President, Marc Stuart, Vice-Presidentg Miss Lyda Claycomb, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mr. Sam Morton, Sponsor. For the year 1924-1925 the officers elected were: Marc Stuart, Presi- dent, Miss Hallie Haynes, Vice-Presidentg Miss Alice Siegel, Secretary-Sreasurerg Mr. A. J. Lawrence and Mr. Morton, Sponsors. In 1925-1926 Truitt Siler was chosen President, Charles Wray, Vice-President, Miss Colista Jones, Secretaryg Miss Lucille Burke, Treasurer, Mr. Lawrence, Miss Rena Calhoun and Miss Forrest Mae Talbot, Sponsors. The odicers for this year are: Yewell Tompkins, President, Miss Julia Lee Ditto, Vice-President, Miss Laura Gruenke, Secretary, Miss Ellen Hart Smith, Treasurer, Miss Rena Calhoun, Sponsor. In the three years of its existence, The Rose Curtain Players has presented such notable successes as Tweedles, t'Only Thirty-Eight, Kempy, The Thir- teenth Chair, Sally and Company, The Whole ToWn's Talking, Dulcy and In the Next Room. New members are elected in May at the annual banquet and also at the end of the first term. The membership must not exceed thirty students, who are chosen on the basis of their talent and interest. The club programs have always maintained a high standard of excellence. They are based upon the history of the drama, the study of plays, and the discussion of topics of current interest in the dramatic World. ifeefTi:-f1ifgi?i1-X,:?f1f+fFff-fr W7 ' fe mesa e , f fe 1 J- to 7 was ' Page Seventy-four

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UMOXVENSBORAN 5 W is Q W- .'3 25E'f .l 3 s , S Z lc I 1 ,Ls , , , 'ollff ' . f' 'f 5 F V.. T . S OFFICERS CLUB George Medley Leyburne Westerfield Cleo Conrey President Vice-president Sec-Treas. Cadet Oflicers Cadet Majors-Ashton Haynes, H. J. Hafendorfer. Cadet Captain and Adj utant-Cleo Conrey. Cadet Captain and Supply Officer-John Stuart. Cadet Captains-Byron Withers, Leyburne Westerfield, George Med- ley, Carl Sharp. Cadet First Lieutenants-B. M. Dearing, Delbert Gleim, James Hiter, John Wood, Milton Lesch, William Cravens, James MacDonald, Joseph Hale, Rex Stone, Max Stone, R. L. Robertson, Malcolm Moseley, James Wilkins, T. J. Mattingly. Cadet Second Lieutenants-Lamar Mayfield, Thomas Williams, Sam Fitts, James Kennedy, Holman Moredock, Fred Settle, W. T. Stout, John S. Kirk, Frank Guenther, Vernon Van Winkle, Joseph Head, Crawford Nalle, William Heck, Carl Head, Otis Leach, Forrest Bell, Clyde Hall- mark, William Field, Norman Smith. Purpose and Motto-The purpose of the club will be: in general: to promote military training and an understanding thereof and an interest therein in our community, not to train professional soldiers but to make better citizens, in particular, to increase the ehiciency of the R. O. T. C. Unit at the Owensboro High School in any and every reasonable manner. The motto of the club will be Our Country First, then Owensboro. . A Page Seventy-six