Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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Standing: Magee, Brown, Stubblefield, Hampson, Moe. Seated: McNevin, Stanley, McCrea. Hull, Miley, Jones, Ricks. DRAMATICS Under the expert guidance and advice of Mr. Magee the Dramatics class gave two, three-act plays this year. The Brat, the first of the two, was presented December 14, I 5 and 16, dealing with a child of the slums brought to the home of a prominent family, to be used as a model for a book being written by the eldest son. Pat Jones, portraying The Brat,” gave an excellent performance, ably supported by Bob Brown as Mac, Tom Miley as Steve, Bob McNevin as the Bishop, Alice McCrea as Mrs. Forrester. Betty Ricks as Mrs. Ware, Mary Pearl Stubblefield as Dot, Grace Moe as Margo, Ray Hampson as Timson, Doris Stanley as Angela, and Marian Hull as Jane. The first semester of this year a number of one-act plays were given in the assemblies for the entertainment of the student body. The Valley of Lost Men was a tragedy portraying the days of the gold rush in Alaska. The able supporters of this play were Tom Miley, Wendal Cone, Ray Hampson, Reo McVicker, and Bob Brown. In the Morgue, a vivid portrait of death equalizing all individuals, was well enacted by Tom Miley, Bob Brown, Reo McVicker and Ellsworth Vandervate. The Mayor and the Manicurist, a comedy showing what happens when the rich father outwits the smart little manicurist, was played by Ray Hampson, Marilyn Berg- strom, Don Prusia, and Wanda Kieth. « 22 »

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Top row: Conley. McDonald. Welder. McCrca. Knutson. Staley. Burt. Mix. Becker, Miller. Morey. Salem. C. Spindler. Bottom row: J. Mix, D. Spindler, Hoxsey. Olsen. W. Ott, Likins, L. Ott. Barker, Stubblefield. ORCHESTRA The High School Orchestra, also under Mr. Mix's capable leadership, is a very peppy up-and-coming organization. They have furnished well-played music in some of the assemblies in the past year. Many if not all of the orchestra members also rendered their services in the band. Some of the high school girls have organized an all girls orchestra with which they plan to earn spending money by playing for dances and other forms of entertainments. Some of the boys, not to be outdone, have also organized an orchestra, which is com- posed only of boys. They are planning to outdo the girls in spending-money and jobs, but we feel sure that both of these organizations will be successful some day. « 21 »

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Standing: Prusia, Bergstrom, Jones, Vandervate. Seated: Stubblefield, Hampson, Stanley, Miley, Hull, Carroll, Yeager. DRAMATICS Tiger House, a mystery comedy in three acts, was presented April 28, with Marian Hull as the heroine giving a splendid performance as Erma Lowrie. Other characteriza- tions were Ellsworth Vandervate as Yami, a Hindu; Elizabeth Yeager as Sarah Broderick; Mary Pearl Stubblefield as Murdock; Tom Miley as Macintosh; E. Carroll as Oswald Kerins; Marilyn Bergstrom as Peggy Van Ness; Don Prusia as Thompson; Doris Stanley as The Mystery Woman ; and Ray Hampson playing the double role of Arthur Hale and the Tiger Man. The second semester, two plays were given. So This Is Paris Green,” a rip roaring French comedy with Marian Hull alternating in the clutches of Ellsworth Vandervate and Tom Miley, gave an inside story of life in the Parisian underworld. White Elephants, an amusing play in which the rich society newlyweds let the burglar steal their valuables so that they could collect their insurance, only to find that her husband had forgotten to mail the insurance policy, was well performed by Bob McNevin, Doris Stanley, Mary Jean Patterson, and Elwin Carrol. «23»