Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

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Rawley Farnsworth does some quick catching up as he makes permanent notes on the results of the first drama production. jon Bauer takes a quick mental note of some sign language symbols to enable him to portray a mute more realistically Painting chairs for the fall drama, these stage crew artists over- lapped their talents on furnishings and each other. i i ,Liif i,2f Wg ' tas ssss i Cherri Mantel prompts the leads as the initia rehearsals begin for the first production.

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l THESPIAN OFFICERS-Candy Clendening, Susi Snell, julie Barkley, and jim Hanna. Sfagccraff leequires Zfalem' ,find Tasks Searching for antique props, acting out skits, and painting scenery, the Thespians ac- tively pursued their goal of promoting interest and participation in the dramatic arts. Students earned points for Thespian en- trance by working on crews or competing for parts in productions. Every ten hours of service backstage and every hundred spoken lines re- sulted in a point, ten of which constituted Thespian membership. In addition to skits staged by members, weekly programs featured such prominent speak- ers as Giles Fowler from the KC Stan The an- nual Thespian assembly highlighted regular ac- tivities and the Thespian banquet climaxed the year with the induction of new members, instal- lation of officers, and presentation of awards. THESPIANS-Front Row: R. Sporn, C. Dubowy, S. Berger J, Stoll, Watts, P. Miller, A. Labunski, K. Marcus, N Friedman. Second Row: S. Litman, B. Sporn, Martin, B Brownlee, B. Petruzzelli, K. Walker, Barkley, S. Weed, C. , Clendening. Third Row: R. Zarr, R. Parenteau, Dodge, H . Silverglat, Potter, Hanna, A. Robinson, S. Snell, D . Raymond.

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,Merit ?imzlisfs Krzuk High On zzfirfmzl Casts NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINAI.ISTSfFront Row: Paul Dixon, Barb Myers, Chris Kelley, Corlett Orr, jeff Morgen- thaler, Bob Meredith, George Williamson, Chuck Clanton, Fred Svoboda, jon Bauer. Second Row: Steve Smith, jack Green- National Merit Hnalist Barbara Myers hopefully scans the ofhce files for news of possible scholarships. mail wald, Mike Smith, Amir Arbisser, Chris Montgomery, Kathy Hoefer, Dan Dana, Doug Iliff. Third Rowi jonathan Dodge, Pete Robinson. Comprising one-fifth of the semifinalists throughout the state of Kansas, twenty-one Na- tional Merit Semifinalists and thirty-two com- mended students brought honor to S.M. East. In February 1966, juniors took the Nation- al Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The three- hour test was divided into five sections: math- ematics, English usage, word usage, and social science. Semifinalists were announced in Sep- tember, making them eligible for National Merit Scholarships. They were also invited to participate in Summerfield and Watkins scho- larship competition at the University of Kansas and Putnam Scholarship competition at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Students scoring just below the semifinal- ists were awarded Letters of Commendation in recognition of high performance on the quali- fying test. In May, announcements were made of 1967 National Merit Scholars.