Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Dramatics ’39 T HE END of another season has brought to a successful conclusion the ac¬ tivities of the dramatic classes. The grade 11 class began the year by tracing drama from its earliest be¬ ginnings in Grecian tragedy to the present twentieth century plays. The grade 10 class studied the fundamentals of acting and carried on monthly criticisms of plays read, movies, and dramas heard over the air. Last year Westmount gained quite a reputation for acting, due to the staging of public performances. Although unable to do so this year the classes produced several good plays for Lits. “The Wedding,’’ produced by the Senior class for the first school Lit on January 20, proved to be very popular among the students. Bill McKim as the agitated bridegroom, Gwynne Napier as his lovely bride, Betty Alston as the bride’s aunt, Weldon Stacey as best man, Joan Byar as the groom’s mother, Jack Hall as the bride’s father and Don Saidler as the groom’s friend, all car¬ ried their parts with surprising ability and sincerity. Miss Haw , who directed the play, is certainly to be congratulated on doing a splendid job. At a Lit held on March 24, the dramatic classes presented three plays. “The Florist Shop,’’ put on by the grade 10 classes, was the comedy of the day. Margaret Smith, Bill Wright and Douglas Johnston as the personnel of that respective establishment, carried their parts in an easy and convincing- manner. Douglas stole the scene when, unexpectedly, his suspenders gave way! A splendid piece of acting was done by Alma Deugau, who took the part of the timid Miss Wells, and Stan Spallin disclosed a splendid flair for comedy in the role of Mr. Jackson. The other play by the Junior class, “Where the Cross is Made,” was de¬ cidedly spine-chilling. The acting ability displayed was exceptional, and Jerry Forbes as the mad sea-captain did a splendid job. Dick Travis as the son, Doris Lancaster as the daughter and Bob Weeks as the doctor, all contributed to make the play the success it was. The third play on the program, “The Valiant,” presented by the Senior class, proved highly successful. The story concerned a young man sentenced to die who prevents a young girl from discovering that he is her long-lost brother. Stuart Priest ably filled the part of the condemned man and Shauna Little the part of the sister. Other members of the cast were: Bob Livingston, warden; Bill Craig, chaplain; Douglas Haddow and Don Turner, prison atten¬ dants. Three student-directed plays were also prepared by the Senior class. These plays, “Birds of a Feather,” “The Confession” and “On Vengeance Height,” were especially good, Gwynne Napier’s interpretation of “Gram” being very well done. Both the Junior and the Senior classes have shown marked improvement this year, so that it may be said that Westmount High has made a great deal of progress. To sum everything up, the plays were good, the acting good and the di¬ recting good! Page t.hirty-r

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Pioneer Staff T HIS year Westmount saw its largest and most ambitious issues of the “Pioneer.” It has been a difficult task. Opinion among the students was strongly divided as to whether or not the paper should contain articles of a serious nature. We, the staff, believe firmly that, it should. Consequently, besides the humorous articles, scandal and jokes, there were articles on politics and music and articles advocating various reforms in the school itself. We tried our best to influence our readers to think seriously of the more important things outside the limiting boundaries of school life, and also to take a greater interest and participation in the development of a union that would be the most capable a high school of our size could possibly produce. We hope we have succeeded! The difference of opinion among the students was not the only stumbling block. To look upon our large staff one would think the editor of the Pioneer had an easy job in putting out the issues of Christmas, January and Easter. Unfortunately, this was not the case. We regret to say that the co-operation was not all it should have been. Nevertheless, Keith Huff, aided and abetted by such staunch supporters as Bert Nightingale, Phyllis Dunkley, Jean Cor- regan and Ralph Loder, was able to produce three twelve page issues which were really worthy of a high school group. Moreover, each issue brought in a substantial profit, for the sales this year were record breaking. Therefore, why should we sigh? We have done our duty as we saw it, and mind you, it has been quite a lot of fun at times, and it is satisfying to know we have been successful in giving pleasure to the students of Westmount High.

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Ain’t she cute....Four cute co-eds.—Boh Rooney and is he proud .... Bashful Ken Living¬ stone....Clarke Greenough dis¬ plays his Westmount sweater ....By the fireside....Jim Clarke soaking up some of Alberta’s sunshine.... Another sweater.... Just a day off....Bing Crosby or maybe we’re wrong....In the for est primeval .... Mr. Mc- Naught—On the way to school ...Our humor man .... Monarch of all he surveys .Bill War- ham does a tricky one....In the good old summer time....A cam¬ era study .... Her again .... The big shots....Bud Hall displays a cheery smile.. .a likely group of lassies.... Doug Love also grins.... It’s the Tarzan com¬ plex....Mr. McAllister....Just a lad and his dog.