Wayne State College - Spizz Yearbook (Wayne, NE)

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Standing: Paul McCluskey, Vice-President; Phil Houser, Bill Mongan, President; Larry Brandstotter, Treasurer, ond Ted Blendermon. Seated: Dr. Russell, sponsor; Beth Krohnke, Rebecca Lyman, Bonnie Lutt, and Judy Weible. Helen Russell, Ph.D. Alpha Psi Omega Alpha Psi Omega was organized by Lenore P. Ramsey, teacher of dramatics in 1929. Since that time the organization has been active presenting many plays, sponsoring a play loan library, and developing playwrights. Miss Ramsey, who was unable to be present in the picture above, has been sponsor from organization date to now. In the last three years Dr. Helen Russell has been co-sponsor. During 1961-62 the group assisted the classes in Dramatics and Children's Theater. Some of the theatrical high lights of this year include: One-act plays—The Valiant, The Monkey's Paw, and Another Way Out; Longer Plays—Papa Is All, Night Must Fall, and J.B.; Children's Play—Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. The motto of Alpha Psi: Seek a life useful. 27

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Dr. Benjamin Bernstein directed Wayne State's orchestra in its annual concert presented in the college auditorium. Among the other activities of the orchestra this yeor were the accompaniment of Bach's Christmas Oratorio presented by the Choir, and the music for the Baccalaureate services of the graduating seniors. The orchestra is constituted of members that are not all college students. Many of the members are people from the city of Wayne who help the orchestra reach symphonic proportions. Orchestra Provides Aesthetic Education For me? Oh, you shouldn't hove! Assist-ont directors ond student teachers were elated over the gifts presented them by the Hohn junior high The Blue ond the Groy cast. They ore clockwise from lower left: Carol Dibbcrt, Ethel Godbersen, Patricia Sherry, Twilo Stewart, Bonita Vondcgrift, ond Dovid Anderson.

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'Night Must Fall' Comic and Mysterious CAST Dan ............ Mrs. Bromson ... Olivia Groyne .. Dora ........... Hubert Louric .. Mrs. Terence .... Inspector Bc'sixe John Soulliere Becky Lyman .... Sue Rapp Judy Sandburg . Jon Whitwer Beth Krohnke ... Bill Mongan The ploy, in British dialect, concerns the story of Don who enters the lives of Mrs. Bromson and her niece, Olivia Groyne, when Dora confesses she is- in trouble. Woven into the plot of murder in England is the rest of the cast named above. 'Papa Is All' Opening Play CAST Mama ........................ Judy Weible Papa ........................ Phil Houser Joke ..................... Brad Hickerson Emmo .................... Marty McCarty State Trooper Brendle ........ Bob Bigelow Mrs. Yoder ............ Vcrnelle Dobcrkow Papa Is All, a three-act comedy, was a characterization of the Aukamp family, Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. A mixture of comedy and tragedy in stirring drama, the play was a good representation of what was to come from the drama department in the following months. 28