Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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RECOVERING FROM HIS operation. Chorlie Gordon (Pool Ktoeger) discusses his memories with Professor Nemur (Mott Douhon) ond Dr. Strauss (Jeff Dygerf). while Dert Seldon (Scoff Newsom) fakes nofes. LAST-MINUTE JITTERS prevenf a sfeady hand for Moff Dou- hon. Applying the make-up before the show is Jeff Cormi- chael. This ploy was in no way Q complex one, but it challenged us in that it was very different from ploys we hod done In the post.” Scott Newsom BERT SELDON AND his assistant Doris (Missy Moore) ob- serve Algernon, o mouse who received the same intelli- gence-raising operation os Charlie.

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IN AN ATTEMPT to get away from the fosl-food blohs, many people potronlzed Shokey ' s PIzzo in the middle of the County Seat, which offered sit-down dining ot reo- sonoble pikes. WEEKENDS ARE MOKE thon ploy for senior John Hilziey os he bogs groceries ot Costos Foods. Mony students gave up some of their free time to eotn extra cosh.

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Script challenges players by Christo Eichberger Often when the issue of science vs. hu- monity is roised, one speculotes os to the ex- tent thot certoin creotures con be exploited before things go too for. In their foil production Flowers for Algernon, Dromo Club mem- bers ottempted to provide onswers to some of those questions. The centrol messoge is cleor, stoted senior Poul Kroger, who portroyed the men- tolly hondicopped Chorlie Gordon, whose I.Q. is surgicolly increosed. The needs of humon beings con often be ignored in the pursuit of science. Under the direction of Suson Shurte, re- heorsols took ploce for over o month ofter costing. According to Shurte, the November 21-22 performonces chollenged the octors to ploy chorocters of mony different types, sociol levels, ond oges. Very often, high schools prefer come- dies becouse they drow bigger oudiences, yet this wos o chollenging script which pur- posely left questions unonswered, Shurte said. Mrs. Alice Gombel, who usuolly directs dromo productions, took o moternity leove for the foil seoson. She suggested the ploy be- couse she felt it wos well-known, required simple scenery, ond it would be inexpensive to produce, os the budget wos under $1000. Scenery chonges were minimol, ond the or- rongement wos of formolized stoge set-up. This procedure required levels ond or- eos of the stoge to be controlled entirely by lighting, which coused ottention to be direct- ed entirely upon the octing without other dis- troctions, Gombel exploined. Ploying Chorlie wos interesting be- couse it wos like two roles; one os o retorded person, ond one os o genius, ond it chonged bock ond forth, Kroeger soid. Flowers for Algernon wos definitely not just one more Dromo Club production. Di- rector Shurte ond the 27 member cost op- prooched the student body with o serious dro- motic subject which roised unonswered ques- tions ond required the oudience to think in or- der to fill in the missing pieces. Although the comedies ore olwoys enjoyed by the oudi- ence, this ploy hod the some success ond o little more to it. REMINISCING ABOUT HIS childhood. Charlie remembers the problems he (Ryan Hill) caused to his porents (Keesha Adorns and Dave Baker) and his sister (Allison Eogen). TEMPERS FLARE AS Professor Nemur ond Dr. Strauss orgue obout whether or not to take Chorlie to o medicol con- vention ofter the controversiol operation and treatment. jTti el Fall Play