Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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UBUT I DIDNAT spoil her! protests Mr. Carroll Uohn Corlewl. will fs1 'f C, ss l- 1 f DAD, ARE YOU SORRY I'm not a boy? asks Ginger tCarol Colsonl. MR. PARIS GIVES last-minute instructions to the cast prior to the dress rehearsal. Full of Contrast and Fun Time Out for Ginger, the first Thes- pian production, expressed the tomboy attitude of many adolescent girls who wish to compete with boys in sports. Fourteen-year-old Ginger, whose only interest is football, is one of three daugh- ters of Howard and Agnes Carroll. Joan, the eldest daughter, is 18 and encounters the typical unending beau problems. Jean, age 16, is completely devoted to the stage. Complications arise with Mr. Carroll's belief that all people should have com- plete freedom to do what they want. Thereupon Joan and Jean initiate a pe- tition to end gym classes for girls. Ginger, on the other hand, tries out for and wins a position on the school football team. Not until she becomes nationally known does she realize she has been a fool. Her

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AN ANGRY TOM MY surprises reminiscent Joc and Ellen as they relivc their last college dance. COSTUMES, ACTIONS, EXPRESSIONS and stage setting all contribute to the humorous situations posed by the cast of the Junior Class Play Junior Class Play 'Male Animal' Challenged principles and the eternal triangle were the main ingredients in f'The Male Animal by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent, this year's junior class play Although a comedy, the story seriously stressed the right of individuals to think for themselves. Professor Tommy Turner's normally quiet life and his wife Ellen is suddenly turned upside-down when Joe Fer guson comes to town for the big game at the college where Tommy teaches English. Joe was the best football player the college ever had, and he was once unofficially en gaged to Ellen. In addition, Tommy's academic freedom is challenged when the board of trustees threatens him with expulsion if he reads a letter to his classes written by Vanzetti. At first his only ally is Michael Barnes, editor of the literary magazine. Even Ellen, in her preoccupation with Joe, is against him. The combined pressures of the upset in his private and academic lives forces him to consider the real attributes of the male animal. Only after he and his colleagues realize these qualities is a resolution reached.