Springfield South High School - Wildcat Yearbook

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1 XX-, z if if E 'Q v E i E I I The members of the cast of the National Thespian Society Play were Don Singleton, as Paul Hirsch, Neysa Stephens and Tyrone Artis, Mr. and Mrs. Schlingerg Dorothy Parker, Libby Hirsch, Nataline Settles, Jessie, Sue Kollman, Mildred, Carolyn ational y l Debbie and Robert do not seem to be pleased by the comments of Peter Nemo. Turner, Sophieg Shaila White, Minnie, Leroi Sutton, psychi- atrist, Larry McClure, Peter Nemog Diane Myers, Debbie Hirschg Alan George, Robert Wolfe. 1 l Thespians Pla Shows the

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John fRobert Pattoni tries to prove to Lisa QLinda Gattenj that she also has a last name. The cast of the senior class play illustrates the unusual setting and lighting used in David and Lisa. Senior Class Presents David and Lisa The Senior Class of South High School presented David and Lisa on March 22 and 29. The play was ex- ecuted with many unorthodox but fascinating means of setting and light- ing. David and Lisa deals mainly with two of the students at the Berkley School for the mentally ill, David Clemens and Lisa Brant. David fears that if anyone touches him he will die. The reason for David7s psychosis is his disappointment in his parents. Lisa's problem stems from the fact that she is unwilling to accept that she is an orphan. The play shows how David and Lisais growing affection for each other helps them to solve their prob- lems. Amid the turbulent emotion of the play, the classmates of David and Lisa provide humor as well as some insight into their own personal problems. Each student and teacher at Berkley gives some new dimension to the problems of the mentally ill. I39

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is V,,.,,..,.:11 215 Q111, vvig s Generation Gap N The National Thespian Society pro- duction of Dear Me, the Sky Is Falling brought to the stage of South High School on May 24 and 25 a light-hearted por- trayal of the generation gap. Libby Hirsch is a mother who cannot resist meddling in the affairs of her family. Libby interferes in her sisteris life by calling lVlildred's estranged husband who takes her out to ask her for a divorce. Libby at the same time is altering a husband, Paul, who is selling his half of a business. Her new deal is for Paul to buy out his partner. All of this makes everyone angry, but l.ibby's biggest mistake is her meddling into the affairs of her daughter, Debbie. When Debbie starts seeing a psychiatrist about her inability to remember the name of her fiance, Libby immediately sets out to stop her visits. Libby, however, is not content with thisg she brings Debbie's old boyfriend, Peter Nemo, back into the house in an effort to show Debbie what she has in her fiance, Robert. At the end of her plotting, Libby seems to have lost her family. With the help of the psychiatrist, Libby regains her family, and learns a valuable lesson. Vw' Libby and her husband, Paul, seem to be finally getting together