William Henry Harrison High School - Legend Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Fall comic-drama, 6Up the Down Staircase9 depicts mixed feelings of Hey Teach! was the battle cry of students in Up the Down Staircase, Harrison's fall production. The orderly faculty and obnoxious class from Calvin Coolidge High School appeared on stage Dec. 6 and 7. Miss Sylvia Barrett was a sensitive young teacher who had just begun teaching her first class. With resilient enthusiasm and a genuine concern for her students, Miss Barrett had quite a bit of trouble finding a response to her belligerent room full of scholars. Yet, she still had another challenge in store for her in coping with the faculty. Her inexperience was the perfect invitation for characters such as J.J. McHabe, the major disciplinary force, to include his criticisms with his observations. The whole situation was topsy-turvey: A librarian who encouraged students to use the library, and immediately afterward discouraged them, to save her library from ruin. A guidance counselor who kept a psychiatric record on each student, and a nurse who would not touch wounds or give out bandaids- only tea, all contributed to the chaos. The young teacher was at her wits' end as she tried to understand Joe Ferone, a boy with an extremely high IQ. who was failing every class, and deal with Alice Blake, an emotional girl with a crush on her English teacher. With the help of Paul Barringer, the lover boy of the English Department, and Bea, mom Schachter, Miss Barrett was as much of a success in her new school as the play was in the auditorium...for she finally found her response: Hi Pupe! Miss Lenore Cupp directed one of the largest casts Harrison has had for a fall production, and Mr. Jerry Rudd, a former Harrison student handled the stage director's job. I The main characters were portrayed by the following people: Sylvia Barrett ..................... Suzanne Kotyuk Beatrice Schachter ................ J ennifer Gregory Paul Barringer .................... Brent A. Raibley J .J . McHabe ....................... Steven M. Tron Frances Egan ....................... Emily Esparza Charlotte Wolf ...................... Margaret Near Samuel Bester ..................... Vance Schaefer Samuel Finch ......................... Jeff Walker Alice Blake ....................... Deborah McLain J 0e Ferone ........................... Andy Brown 30ISchool Life ups her test - Off ttl Linda Rosen lAngela u Ellis average with some help from Elizabeth Mr. Barringer critiques Alice Blake's love letter as she looks on, heartbroken. lower class school Uulie Lantl while the class takes advantage of Miss Barrett's absence.

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Junior officers: Hront rowl Cindy Bunnell, Shannon Thee, tback rowl Matt Baugh, Robert Tang. Junior Angie Offutt seems to be enjoying acting her part in the spring production as she is held in mid-air during rehearsal. Members of the football team show their school spirit by dancing the can-can at Junior lollies. School Lifel29

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Class clowns Lennle Neumark IAndy Sonne- 0 Brian IErik Dovel have a little fun w h the Paul Poet Barringer finds an opportunity to sdom on Sylvia. makerl, Lou Martin ITom Woodl, and Rusty day's lesson, Macbeth. drop some pearls of wit and w lnsolent, as ever, Joe Ferone int oduces himself to Miss Barrett. School Lifel31