Willoughby High School - Lens Yearbook (Willoughby, OH)

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7-vfffffn 'f'i' --'ff'-T' f ffn- v f f H l l l l l l l l i l i l l l l l i r l l K , I l. Hisfofzxf History would seem to be a rather dull subject for a play, yet when directors such as Mr. Robert Kovanda, Miss Sylvia Simon, Mr. Milan Stefanik, and Miss Madeline Fickes take command, the players all sit up and take notice. Serving a first year apprentice ship last year, Mr. Kovanda has proved his talents and has won a permanent place on the staff of W. H. S. Miss Simon coaches her players as it should be done. She brings Louis XIV, Henry Vlll, and many other historic characters right to the footlights to say 'hello. Mr. Stefanik, known to his students as Smilin' Milan, makes such a hit with his classes that it has become a privilege and a joy to attend his classes. Miss Fickes who has the difficult task of directing the stars must be constantly alert to remain ahead of this all-knowing group. Yet even the stars applaud such graciously and affably talented showmanship. fl xii iw? twelve Y, ,.1.,c-. ,....,,,............,,.- ,...,- .-

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I 5i.,i.gi Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue, for if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my Iines. To insure perfect diction and accurate script writing is the duty of the six assistants who comprise the English department. Mrs. Margaret Meyer and Mrs. Elizabeth Puyou do their bit at smooth- ing the rough edges of the extras who are just getting ready to try out. ians Mr. Norman Moyer and Mrs. Florine Carroll do their best forthe comed- while Mrs. Carroll also helps Mr. Herbert Lake with the understudies. It is Miss Cleo Sawyer who is in complete charge of the stars but it has taken five others to groom them for their stellar roles. eleven

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mathematics At the beginning of the year the technical problems of our production were viewed with great alarm by the students of our drama. These difficult details might have disrupted the whole play had it not been for the directors of mathematics: Miss Margaret Gibbs, Mr. Donald Bowland and Miss Alice- Barkow. Those of us who were involved in the keeping oflbooks and business organization received expert tuition from Miss Gibbs. Financial problems which at one time loomed as insurmountable barriers to progress now prove surprisingly simple. ln a great deal of stage work the unknown is encountered. Be it x or be it y, Mr. Bowland is always on hand with the correct answer. ln the more complicate-d problems of direction Miss Barkow is the taskmaster, the perfectionist. Many are the young thespians who have wakene-d in the middle of the night haunted by ghastly apparitions of all sorts of odd figures and equations. Under the-ir guidance our business department became a proficient unit, ready and able to cope successfully with the many irksome details which might otherwise have hindered the development of our play. thirteen W ,154 . - , ,. -1 .