Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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TENSE ANTICIPATION FIT the mood of Frank Gilbreth as he watched teacher Miss Brill, played by senior Julie Elkins, grade his daugh- ter’s graduation examination. Gilbreth’s daughter Anne, played by sophomore Chris- tianne Dick, had completed the examinations in hope of achieving an early high school grad- uation. EFFICIENCY CAN BE applied in taking a bath according to Frank Gilbreth, played by senior Pete Yelkovac, who demonstrated to his family the “proper way to bathe without wasting mo- tion. Throughout the play, Gilbreth gave vari- ous tips to his family on saving time in house- hold activities. SHOUTS AND LAUGHTER filled the Gilbreth household as cheerleader Joe Scales, junior Scott Newsom, demonstrated the hoo, rah, ray and a tiger” cheer of Montclair High School. Scales hoped to take Earnestine Gil- breth out on a date.

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CONGRATULATION KISSES WERE in order for newly-crowned Queen Mary Bielich as she stepped to meet seniors Jill Bodensteiner and Carolyn Miller after the halftime show. LEGEND STATES THAT a pot of gold graces the end of every rainbow, but junior Michele White and senior Larry Wright dispell the myth by finding a different treasure — their heart. More than 270 hearts — one for each couple — served as dance decorations on the north wall. 13 Homecoming

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i r t- “SHORT UNDERTHINGS” PROVIDE a shock to the Gilbreth family as Anne Gilbreth explains to her father why she purchased them. Gil- breth bought them to help increase her chances of catching the eyes of other boys. I Cheaper by the Dozen | Serious Fun In the beginning, on October 26, Alice Gambel knew for sure that she had three things to work with — a play, a cast and a couch. Together, these three things provided the framework for the drama department’s fall production, “Cheaper By the Dozen.” “Cheaper By the Dozen,” a true story written by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernes- tine Gilbreth Carey, is the tale of Frank Gil- breth, Senior’s struggle to raise, and at the same time control, 12 strong-minded chil- dren. Life in the Gilbreth household is typi- cally filled with surprise fingernail inspec- tions, language lessons in the bathrooms and instructions on the most efficient way to take a bath. Although Gambel and her 18-member cast (17 students, one dog) put the show to- gether in roughly one month, preparations for the play began at the end of the 1985-86 school year, when Gambel began reading scripts. “I wanted to do a serious drama. Even though ‘Cheaper By the Dozen’ is a comedy, it has serious overtones,” said Gambel. “It’s a meaningful play because of the realities that are presented in it,” said senior Pete Yelkovac, who portrayed Frank Gil- breth. “The message is in the second to last line of the play. You should spend your time doing what you want to do — ‘where your heart lies,’ as the play says.” After selecting her cast from a field of 83 auditioners, Gambel blended actors, cos- tumes, sound and lights into one final prod- uct. “It’s like building a house. You put up the decorations last,” she said. “Believe it or not, I built almost everything around the couch because I had one definitely picked out. I knew it was rose, and I also knew that at some point in the show, every costume would be sitting on that couch!” Four-and-one-half weeks and $4300 lat- er, the cast gave its debut performance to 1300 middle school students, a group that turned out to be the largest audience of the play’s five-day run. “I was sick over the audience sizes for this show. Maybe it was just poor timing — I don’t know,” said Gambel. “But how can you fight the Bears game?” by Karen Mutka 15 Fall Play