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older brothers and sisters, because, you know, we did have quite a gang of kids with us when we joined back in August. And so the new ones seemed like more of a good thing. Here they are with their proud parents. In days to come we can at least remember that we know them when:

Phyllis and Bob Snider - Vallerie
Jean and Milt Adams - John
Mary and Bill Martin - Mary
Liz and Chick Quilter - Matthew
Anne and Bill Nevitt - Bill
Maria and Bud Stintzi - Bobo
Betty and Square Knot Capehart - Elizabeth
Dolores and Bill Rogers - Jonothan
Ethelyn and Brick Lessig - Priscilla Lynn
Helen and Ollie Haywood - Dick
Betty and Wally Ford - Jeffrey Stuart
Lisette and Tex Ocamb - Gail

We did not spend out time just eating and studying - contrary to the evidence of our waistlines. We also went dramatic. Ah, Thespis [[two musical notes]]

DRAMATICS

During the 1949-50 academic year, the Class and Faculty members were well represented in the two presentations of the Maxwell Little Theater in which officers and their wives participated. Stellar roles in both plays were ably portrayed by class members and their wives, while the majority of both production staffs included names from the AWC roster.

In "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward, presented at Theater No. 2 on February 10 and 11, 1950, Jim Morgan and Pop Polifka gave very creditable performances in the only two male characters in the play, while four of the five female characters were played by Ruth Walker, Peggy Haugen, Jackie Schukraft, and Kay Malmstrom. Backstage were Boyd Hubbard as production manager, Pinky Webster as director, Murray Bywater as stage manager, assisted by Bob Billingsley, Aud Walker, and Vic Haugen, with Bob Schukraft in charge of lighting effects. Student Services was represented by Lt. Joe Walker in sound effects and Lt. Lyell in scenery construction. Jack Splain handled the ticket sales, while Bill Nuchols took care of publicity. Outstanding jobs behind the scenes were also turned in by the wives with Grada Billingsley in charge of properties and Juanita Hipps in the makeup. An interesting note about this play is the fact that all class members involved were writing their thesis drafts throughout the period of rehearsal.

Hardly had the laughter of the audience subsided, when Boyd Hubbard was elected President of the Little Theater for the next year, and plans laid for the production of Samuel Spewack's three act comedy, "Two Blind Mice," which was presented May 5 and 6 at the Weaver Theater.

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