West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Student Dramatic Presentations Provide In a rehearsal for Inherit the Wind, prosecutor Brady interrupts the selection of the jurors to speak to Drummond, the defense attorney. -12- Q .1 f ' ' 'hf fkr iv, . he . ,: . Q Joel Pollard, Dave Adams, and Diane Stielstra give readings for Mrs. Kahn while trying out for Inherit The Wind. Colleen McCarty gets made up for her part as Katrin.

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Herbert Philbrick, author of I Led Three Lives, explains the evils of communism in one of the many fine convocations of the school year. Many students find time to relax and visit in the parking lot after school or at noon hour. And School Spirit, Dances, Parties And Work A paper devil, soon to be ripped by charging footballers, is being prepared by Shari Smith and Gayle Bartlett. Nw. -11- Special pep sessions after school helped boost the school spirit for the night's game.

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Entertainment For West Lafayette Students Speech Arts Club was busier than ever this year, presenting two principal plays, I Remember Mama and Inherit the Wind, besides a chil- dren's play and six one-act plays. The cast of I Remember Mama was led by Colleen McCarty as Katrin and Jeannine Low as Mama. The story is told by Katrin, the daughter, who is recalling her childhood and past memories: the endless budgeting, family struggles with the aunts, the love and happiness which kept the family close, and Mama who was such an inherent part of each memory and childhood episode. Inherit the Wind is the story of the famous Scopes monkey trialn in Tennessee, during 1925. A young school teacher, Bert Cates, portrayed by Steve Taylor, comes to a small, fanatically reli- gious town. His introduction to his pupils of the Darwin Theory, which appeared contrary to the Bible, resulted in the earthshaking trial and a na- tion-wide interest. The Hanson family looks won- deringly at Mr. Hyde's bogus check in a scene from I Re- member Mama .