Lucille Nix - Director
Attention! Did you know that a new department was added
to Gladewater High School this year? It is called "The
Speech Department" and students may now receive speech
training as a part of their regular school work. There
were thirty-two students enrolled in the class this year.
One of the interesting features of the class was its poarticipation
in Choral Reading, a practice which has become very popular
in the speech field, especially in Universities. The class
served as a source for several chapel programs during the year.
The Dramatic Club, a unit of the department, consists of seventy-five
students who are particularly interested in drama. The
initiation of the members was administered in connection with
a social event at the High School. The one-act play which
the club entered in the Interscholastic League Play Contest
was "A Cup of Tea", a rollicking comedy from beginning
to end admirably played by Bob McCutchin, Dorothy Newell, Leon
McKillip, and Mary Francis Nixon.
The first major production of the year was "Give Me Credit".
The Pep Squad Club sponsored the production while the cas was
chosen from the Pep Squad Band and Pep Squad Club. The
following were members of the cast who succeeded in making the
performance a success:
James Tenery
Junior Carney
Charles Rook
Dorthea Maness
Helen Crumley
Geraldine Kilgo
Jimmie Richardson
Elaine Creamer
Minnie Louise Bean
Nettie Green
Thelma Clark
Melba Rose Wood
Hazel Garner
Leroy Neal
The second major production was the Junior Class Play - - "Girl
Shy". This three-act comedy was shown to a full house
on February 13 and 14. The cast is to be complimented
for its smoothness. Those doing outstanding work as members
of the cast were:
Leon McKillip
Robert McCutchin
Mary Ella Dickson
Geraldine Boatright
Francis Nixon
Geraldine Kilgo
Mary Lynn Victory
Marjorie Lasiter
Frankie Brown
Junior Carney
Trentron Boyd
Thurmond Jones
Topping the theatricals fo the year will be a beautiful drama
in three-acts - - "The Garden of the Moon" to be presented
as the Senior play.
It is interesting to note that stagecraft is also being taught
to a few who have helped in building the sets for the production.
We look forward to still bigger and better things next year.
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