Wamego High School - Wa Kaw Yearbook (Wamego, KS)

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INCREASED INTEREST IS NOTICED IN SPEECH ACTIVITIES! Something new at W.H. S. this year was the TV show every month. Each show was given by a different department. Here, the director of the shows, Mr. Rhine, gives a few pointers to Chester Westergardt, master of ceremonies on the F, F, A. -F, H, A, program A reversal of the situation came about in the one act play If Boys Ask Girls For Dates. This play was under the direction of Miss Barbara McNei1ly, and the cast consisted of: Diane Fecht, Myrna Hilliard, Edgar Drake, Tom Riat, and Eloise McKinnon. This play was given at the Parents' Night and for an exchange assembly at Haskell Institute Mary Enlow became the first person at W.H. S. to receive a ONE rating at the Kansas State Speech Festival. She received this honor by giving the reading, Good-bye, Sister. Congratulations, Mary!

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Mrs. Earnest W. Stanley . . Martha Hansen THE MAN WHO CAME T0 DINNER PROVES ANOTHER BIG HIT FOR SENIORSI Something new was added for the curtain call of the Senior Play of '56--everyone was in an assigned place. 5 Those Seniors sure do everything different! What did they do this year but put on THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER which appeared pn Broadway for quite a spell! The comedy was written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Everybody really enjoyed the play which was directed by Miss Barbara McNeil1y. Jerry Banjo Pitney gives Nurse Ellen Lolley a bad time as Tom Whiteside Riat peacefully looks on in his usual manner--for the play that is!!I Cast of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Miss Preen . . Richard Stanley . June Stanley . John .... Sarah .... Mrs. Dexter . . Mrs. McCutcheon. Mr. Stanley. . . Maggie Cutler . . Dr. Bradley . . Sheridan Whiteside Harriet Stanley . Bert Jefferson . Professor Metz , Luncheon Guests . Baker .... Express Agent . . Lorraine Sheldon . Sandy ..... Beverly Carlton . Westcott ..,, Radio Technician . Banjo .... Deputies . . , Student Director . Assistant Student Directors . . Ronda Ko lte rman . Ellen Lolley . Tom Hartloff . Phyllis Pitney . . Jim Shortt . Mary Enlow Kathleen Marten . . Tom Beach . Diane Fecht . . Herb Bretz . . Tom Riat Wanda Weybrew . . .Don lnce Eloise McKinnon . Jim Cantwell and John Miller . Edgar Drake . Barbara Flinn Myrna Hilliard . Bob Hofmann . . Bill Gieber Dwight Burgess . .John Miller . Jerry Pitney . . Bill Gieber Dwight Burgess . Kay Duncan Ronda Kolterman Barbara Flinn Jerry Pitney again puts the audience in an uproar as he attempts to put Myrna Hilliard in a mummy case! Whiteside Riat still doesn't look too excited Diane Fecht, Tom Riat, Don Ince, Eloise McKinnon, Martha Hansen watch eagerly as Jim Cantwell and John Miller are escorted in by Edgar Drake, The two culprits are being sent to Crockfield, the Home for Paroled Convicts. 1 5

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DEBATERS WIN THROPHY! ' ' s 1141. YY: E 1 A 113,22 v 5 t Q . Nx. Q isbn, N E. ' Juanita Wille .KF -L X , .. f is 4 n K ,. try-is :gi A 'ad V AN - v- ,V ,, :G .. , 3 S4 9 ' 53? g 1 1, gf 4 Q, , Y' If ww, ' f Katie Balderson Well, now here we are to the soap-box catagory-- Debate. This all female debate squad is something new at Wamego this year, or rather--I guess-revived from about four years ago. They tell me that those gals met some of the best debaters in the State in the tournaments at Topeka, Hutch The debaters look very pleased with the trophy that they won at Hutchinson. K? W fi' g N31 Fi. 6' W ,W.f,W'L' f1 ' fs z rglja, .ff , . k 9 x ,aff -5 ,HN , . lf, ,L ,-.- W, .M - ,f Q T - I-1 ' 'i ff 4' -'ir V - su - p 1 kt? f ' GD SFLSQ 52553 k . ,T 1 'V' fp x 3, 35. ,g .azsvpg A. . 1 -p 4,4 . Q V. ,W , a 1' f ' M, i X ., f ' 4 -A, f ,. 1, if . 'I ' ' I a Wanda Weybrew Di-we Fecht inson, Shawnee Mission, Manhattan, and the district tournament. They also brought home a Third place tro- phy from the Hutchinson tournament. l've heard that they always drew quite a few comments when they called their de- bate coach, Miss McNeilly, Mother and also when they were continually running out of gas. 17