Willoughby High School - Lens Yearbook (Willoughby, OH)

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gndusffzial Gifs Although the future of the home economics department was inauspicious when we reluctantly left the stage last performance, the future became better when we returned to the theatre of thought to find a completely renovated set equipped with the finest props available. Sets 3 and 4 were freshly painted and the old props replaced with new, much to the delight of the- home economics directors, Mrs. Luella Laing and Miss Marian Reimann. On the industrial arts set we made the acquaintance of a new staff member, Mr. Gerald Babson, who came to us from Washingtown, Ohio. He rehearses the boys in the practical use of the tools of carpentry trade and, together with Mr. Clarence Hartline, who teaches mechanical drawing and formerly starred in The- Clerical Member of the Arts Family, is responsible for the construction of the sets. 0 'I -J 5: X'- ta tin' X ml: lvl i 'lt' sixteen

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plnlsical gducafion fast Actors must be in good condition to meet the rigorous demands of a long engagement. This is the belief of the Physical Education Department. The training of our actors in this ideal is under the capable leadership of Mr. H. Winters, Mr. Stanley Foster and Mr. Bert Davidian, Directors of Physical Education. They also double as football, baseball and track coaches, re- spectively, along with Mr. Gerald Babson, basketball coach. Under the direction of Mrs. Jeanne Mann, the actresses of our company have a physical education program no less strenuous than that of the actors. Field hockey lthe rough kindl is substituted by the fair sex for football, that tame male sport of blocking and tackling. We can be sure that our thespians will benefit greatly from the training received from the physical education department. They will have learned co-ordination and stage deportment. They will be more poised, more grace- ful, but above all, they will have more courage and endurance to continue in the role assigned to them. fifteen

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ine l Gifs Those whose special talents lend themselves to musical comedy and light opera roles are under the excellent tutelage of Miss Helen Jones. In her classes they first try out for the musical roles they hope someday to play. Others who wish to star in swing bands or symphonies put themselves into the hands of Mr. Charles Ruddick who brings out the- best they have to offer. Stage setting and costume design are the special interests of the group which enrolls each year in the art classes of Miss Dorothy Cowell. seventeen