West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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EXPTQESSICDN eTTorTs oT Coaches Miss Lois Buswell, Mr. RoberT Barber, and Miss Zona Zimmerman. The work oT The dramaTic deparTmenT can be divided inTo Tive parTs: acTing or The inTerpreTaf Tion oT characTerg makeup: sTage consTrucTion or The erecTion oT seTTings which suiT The period and Tempo oT The play: cosTuming Tor accuraTe char- acTerizaTion7 and lighTing-ThaT phase OT The drama which Through iTs symbolism, iTs lighTs and shadows assisTs in expressing The mood. NaTurally, The sTudenT who masTers The arT oT acTing has obTained Tor himselT The greaTesT beneTiT ThaT The drama has To oTTer. To be an acTor he musT learn conTrol oT his voice, noT merely The maTTer oT piTch, buT The abiliTy To express The TinesT shades oT emoTions, To make The simplesT words vibranT wiTh Teeling. The acTor musT learn To be masTer oT his own body. There is no place on The sTage Tor poor posTure, Tor awkward movemenT, Tor an ungainly walk. Every moTion oT The body musT suggesT grace and ease, a compleTe absorpTion oT The acTiviTy oT The chars acTer porTrayed, The acTor musT undersTand peof ple, he musT be a sTudenT oT phsychology, and he musT develop an imaginaTion else he cannoT hope To creaTe Tor an audience The characTer which The auThor oT The play meanT The audience To see. However Tine his inTerpreTaTion wiTh his body and his voice, iT The acTor cannoT be undersTood he has Tailed. T-Te musT masTer The ar'T oT speaking clearly and disTincTly, as well as wiTh Teeling. Perhaps The greaTesT beneTiT To The acTor as a social being is his abiliTy To work wiTh oThers. An acTor who consciously Tries To sTeal scenes, who seeks To i sTar , will mar The uniTy oT The play. T-le musT learn ThaT a small parT well done is Tar more commendable Than a mediocre perTorm- ance in a large parT. BacksTage work oTTers much Tor Those who desire To creaTe, buf have no acTing ambiTions. BuT The sTudenT who sTeps Through school wiTh no conTacT wiTh The drama eiTher inTerpreTively or Trom a mechanical viewpoinT, has TorTeiTed an excelIenT opporTuniTy. The dramaTic acTiviTies oT The school are direcTed by Miss Lois Buswell. Therese Pick, original oraTor. DebaTe Teamt Lloyd Klein, Richard Wierman, Tom Kenny, Bob SalTer, Bob Grogan, Mr. Barber. Camilla Schloemer, Therese Pick, and Marybelle Kenny. Extempore Speakers: Roberf SalTer and Richard Wierman. SPEAKING HONORS Therese Pick clazed second in The Nafiona Forensic League Tourney and TirsT in The LiTTle Ter' in original cratory. Mich. Gori-ing placed TirsT in The LiTTle Ten in oraTorical declamaricd Shire, Geib c-aced TirsT in The Liffle Ten ir dramaTic decTama'ic'. Rooerf Sakgf Laced Tvgf in the Li'Tle Ten ir' evemooraneous speakrg and received an A rank ir The Milwaukee Dis'ricT 'lrus qualifying Tcr The STQTQ Cmfesr aT Madisor ir' which he ranked Tire' Page Twenr-v-one

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PCDISE and PRODUCTIONS OF l938-39 lTFi61 ol Philip Nolan When lhe Frosl ls on lhe Punkinm lBlack Vamp 'There Will Always Be a Juliel 'Elmer 'Why lhe Chimes Ranoll 'Qnly a Roseil llchrisl ol lhe Andesil Til lo' Tal 'The Eles ol Tlalocll Befnard Ziegler and Bernice lnkmann in Tnere Will Always Be a Julielf' Making Up. The Old Selllers program, llcnly a Rosefi Speech aclivilies develop gualilies- in sludenls which are essenlial lo success in lile. All ol lhe lorms ol speech aclivilies, debaling, exlemporaneous speak- ing, original oralory, oralorical declamalion, humorous and dramalic declamalion, and exlennporaneous read- ing, do much lo help lhe sludenl develop a more pleasing personalily. Training in lhe proper habils ol speech, praclice in lhe arl ol public speaking, and lhe knowledge lhal one knows how lo presenl his ideas give sell-conlidence and poise. Appearing belore audiences makes il possible lor sludenls lo overcome slage-lrighl and sell-consciousness: makes il easier lo meel people in lile silualions. Speech lraining also helps lhe sludenl lo develop a pleasing voice. l-le is laughl lhe means ol improving pilch, lone, volume, and dislinclness, in order lo make his speaking more elleclive. Declarnalion work is valuable in leaching sludenls lo inlerprel lhoughls and emolions. This lraining helps sludenls lo develop sell-conlrol and apprecialion lor worlhwhile lhings. Debaling and exlernporaneous speaking are espe- cially valuable in leaching sludenls lo lhink clearly. These aclivilies leach sludenls lhe value ol lhorough slucly and research. Debaling slrenglhens lhe sludenls will power, lor he is conslanlly pilling il againsl lhe will ol olhers. ll makes him lhink lrom lhe olher person's viewpoinl. ll makes him express himsell in clear, lorce- lul language. In all speech aclivilies, sludenls are lrained in ways and means ol elleclively pulling lheir ideas across lo olher people-a gualily which lhey musl develop lo be successlul in any walk ol life. For lhe pasl lwo years, Mr. Barber has enlarged lhe debaling aclivilies lo reach a larger number ol sludenls belore lhe lirsl leams are chosen. ln lhe l938-39 season, lhere were 26 aclive debalers who parlicipaled in IOO debales. Al lhe end ol lhe sched- ule, lhe debale leam placed second in lhe Lillle Ten Conlerence, lirsl in lhe Milwaukee dislricl, lirsl in lhe subseclional, and second in lhe lirsl seclional, lhus lying lor lourlh place in lhe Wisconsin High School Forensic Associalion. Richard Wierrnan was lhe highesl ranking individ- ual debaler in lhe course ol lhe season. Tnal lhe lorensic record lor lhe l938-3'-7 season has been unusuall successlul, is due lo lhe lrainin Y Q

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Henry Wilkens The business managerTor The school. Mr.Iv1cLane ard Mr. J. J. PrechTel wiTh The Legion Horor Plague. Legion Awards--IQ34-39 The mosT coveTed prizes To bc awarded GT CcmmencemenT are The American Legion Awards presenTed by The local commander oT The Legion To The ouTsTanding boy and girl oT The graduaTinc class. The boy is selecTed on The basis oT honor, cour- age. leadership, scholarship, and service: and The girl on The basis oT characTer, courage, scholar- ship, and service. l934-- Philip E. Pick ard Alice lv1.C-onring. l935-- MariTa J. Yahr and Richard C. Heidner. I936--Alice K. BasT and Milo J, Sal'e'. T937 -- Ray E. Zahr and Jeanne Mue'le . I938--John P. Horlarnus and Janice E. AppelT. Page Twenry-Two 5 Leadership The AcTiviTy AssociaTion is in charge oT Two TaculTy members, Mr. Colby and Mr. Hayes. One TuncTion is The mainTaining oT a cen- Tral school accounTing sysTem Tor all sTudenT or- ganizaTions and school deparTmenTs receiving and paying ouT money. This accounTing sysTem is in charge oT Mr. Colby who receives The money Trom These organizaTions and pays iT ouT by check. This sysTem was seT up in I933. Prior To This, every school organizaTion mainTained iTs own small accounT aT one oT The banks. SomeTimes an organizaTion would cease To TuncTion, and iTs small bank accounT balance would be carried year aTTer year wiTh no one bu+ The banks know- ing ThaT iT exisTed. AT presen+ There are ThirTy- one accounTs Tor which monev is received and paid ouT. The procedure involved in handling an ac- counT is This: Taking The Bend as an illusTraTion. The business manager receives money Tor sub- scripTions. AT The end oT The day he deposiTs The money wiTh Mr. Colby, who gives him a receipT. When a bill has To be paid, The business manager wriTes an order on The school bank. This order musT be signed by The sTudenT business manager and The TaculTy sponsor oT The Bend. This order is presenTed To The TaculTy Treasurer oT The school bank, who wriTes a check Tor The amounT re- guesTed. The sTudenT business manager musT keep a seT oT books accounTing Tor all The money which he receives and pays ouT. Two or Three Times a year he musT check These books wiTh The TaculTy Treasurer oT The school bank. The second TuncTion oT The STudenT AcTiviTies AssociaTion is To Take charge oT all adverTising and TickeT sales Tor inTerschool conTesTs. The per- sonnel Tor This phase oT The work during l938-39 was Mr. Colby, Mr. Hayes, and The sTudenT busi- ness manager, Henry Wilkens. Mr. Hayes and Henry Wilkens Took charge oT mosT oT This work which involved The sale oT season TickeTs To adulTs in TooTball and baskeTball, and The sale oT sTu- denT season TickeTs. The sTudenT manager has The responsibiliTy oT seeing ThaT The adverTising Tor each game is properly displayed, musT organize a group oT sTudenTs To work aT each game, and has charge oT The TickeT sales aT The game. The sTudenT business manager receives The oTTicial W. B. award Tor TaiThTul discharge oT his duTies. Henry did a very good piece oT work This year.