Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Thespians To become a member of The National Thespians, honor organization of high school dramatics, is the major ambition of many a student. In order to achieve this high aim, one must accumulate ten points by appearing before audiences in plays and recitals sponsored by the speech department. Each point represents ten hours of dramatic Work. The Thespians of T. H. S. assisted in the production of 'tSpring Green, the all-school play, t'Arsenic and Old Lacef' sponsored by the Dramatic Owls, and the senior class play the past year. They served not only as ac- tors, but also as members of the production staff. ' During the war years the Tucson High School Chapter 425 contributed to the Servicemen's Library Fund, the Stage Door Canteen Fund, and pre- sented various plays and programs at the Veterans' Hospital, St. Lukels in the Desert, and Davis-Monthan Field. The officers elected for the fall term were president, Douglas Fultong vice-president, Corrine Case, and secretary, Martha Ann Roberts. 4' Miss Lillian Cavett, who organized Chapter 425 in 1940 and who was its sponsor until she retired, left T. H. S. at the end of the first semester. Lloyd Roberts, returned veteran who has taken over Miss Cavett's dra- matic work, is the new sponsor. 142

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Dramatic llwls The footlights, the drama, the glow of the theater, all bring to mind that highly commendable group, the Dramatic Owls. The members you can easily recognize by their serious expression, their sleek appearance, and their vocal power which steadily increases as they climb the ladder from mere sophomores to the overpowering position of seniors. The officers for this year were Jack Frakes, president, Douglas Fulton, vice-president, and secretary, Marilyn Myerson. They were guided by Miss Lillian Cavett in the first semester and by A. W. Little the second semester. The annual play given by the Dramatic Owls was Arsenic and Old Lace, directed by A. W. Johnson of radio station KVOA. The game of producing a play is a tremendously complicated one, since the real cast of a play consists not only of the actors and actresses, but prop men, stage carpenters, scene shifters, artists, producers, directors, and others' doing the things that make a play a success. Without them the show could not go on. Even the prompter is a valuable asset, as many a mem- ber well knows. Every detail of stagecraft must be well organized so that the play will go smoothly, and each member of the cast, whether on stage or off, is well trained in his particular role. The Dramatic Owls gives to its members the opportunity to make public appearances and to gain valuable experience which will help them now as well as in later years. The meetings are held once a month in Room 202, where each period's dramatic and public speaking classes present programs, doing all the Work themselves. As a result of Miss Cavett's outstanding work, Tucson High School's dramatic department has received an A rating among those of the high schools of the nation. l-ll

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Letterman? llluh The boys' T club, under the capable sponsorship of Coach Rollin Gridley, rounded out a full year with Johnny Newburn as president, Bob Boicq as vice-president, and Jim Bartlett, secretary-treasurer. The mem- bers of this club are the lettermen sporting the bright red sweaters with the big T and the stripes. These boys earned their membership by hard Work on the field, court, or track. They are the boys who bring home the championships and trophies. Our football, basketball, baseball, and track teams are of championship material, and each member of each of these teams fully deserves the letterman's stripes that he has played so well to get. The Lettermen's Club is one of the oldest and best in T. H. S. Coach Gridley has been sponsor for the last eleven years, and has seen the club become a really worthwhile organization, one to which nearly every boy in T. H. S. wants to belong. This year the boys on the Badgers,' held a successful dance and had an hilarious initiation on the football field. The initiates, dressed in old levis, were congregated in the field practically knee deep in mud, and the initia- tion ended in a glorious mud fight. Real Badger fnever say die! spirit was shown throughout the ceremony. The boys in the UT Club are, besides being outstanding athletes, a really fine group of fellows. , . K v., ., A , ., 4 . 143 IH,