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Show SALT LAKE CITY' UTAH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942 Price Five Cents VOL XI- - NO. 9. danceTdrama expresses patriotism tonight . I Girls' Gym Department Utilizes Three Themes At 8 p. in. In Auditorium Dances, drama, music and costumes stressing three patri-otic themes of the Dance Drama, a production from the girls' physical education department, will be featured tonight in the South high school auditorium. "Our America," the first act, brings descriptions of early Amer-ican Indian sacrificial, Eagle, and Aztec ceremonials, Mexican tem-pos, cowboys and negro dances and music. The European influence is to be seen in the form of dances from various countries, Greece, Holland and Russia. Freedoms and liberties enjoyed by the girls will be expressed in the second episode, "Freedom is You," through a street scene, wom-en's right to vote, trial by jury, freedom of movement, color dance, and a fantasy. Protection of Freedom As the finale "What People Can Do to Keep Their Freedom," will Its scenes are entitled "Armed depicting machines, exercises, etc. Its scenes are entitled "Armed Forces," "Learn a Trade," "Physi-cal Fitness," "The Power House," and "Religion." 1 Miss Iris Sleater, Miss Virginia Walker, Miss Barbara Biesinger, and Mrs. Violet Walker, the four gym instructors, have charge of the dances. Orchestra Assists Selections from the orchestra under the direction of Armont Wil-lardse- ri will be presented with many of the scenes. Other numbers will be accompanied by Miss Ruth Halverson, pianist. Costumes and scenery are to be furnished by other school depart-ments. Every girl enrolled in the gym classes was required to take part in the program by dancing, work-ing on costumes, etc. This presentation of the Dance Drama is alternated with the oper-etta. Work on the program has been underway for several weeks. Through it the girls have received information on the various types of dancing, the forms, origins, and developments. Miss Dyer and Chubbins' Bid Adieu Miss Dyer, with her pet dog, "Chubbins," bids South farewell for the "duration" to accept a defense position in San Francisco. South Wins Top Honors For Debate Terminating the eleventh annual Deseret News - University of Utah High School Forensic De bate Tournament, March 28, sev-eral students representing South high school gained honorable rat-ing. Twenty-fiv- e schools entered with more than 300 students par-ticipating. The women's debate division in-cluded a three-wa- y tie for first place. The winning teams were Vivian Edman and Marva Tingey, representing South high school; Shirley Messinger and Billy Fall-er- n, West high school; Patsy Clegg and.Darlene Newbold, Wa-satc- n high school. Bonnie Andex--so- n and Elaine Weilenman were awarded excellent ratings. West Excels in Men's Division In the men's debate division, Bob Zang and Rulon Glade from West high school were awarded first place. West high school teams won all three places in the e-- men's debate. Bob Evershed and Stanley Smith of South high school received honorable mention. Im-promptu speaking was won by Martin Tubbs, East high school. Darrell Willey of Davis High school was awarded first place in the panel disccssion, while Floyd Bunnell of Carbon high school placed first in the vital speeches division. U. of U. Campus Sceaie of Debate The league started on the morn-ing of March 27 at Kingsbury hall on the University of Utah campus and concluded Saturday, March 28, at the same place, with an award luncheon for the winners at the Beau Brummel cafe. First place winners were award-ed a bronze medal and the schools they represented were presented with a gold plaque. Those gaining second place were given certificates of excellence. In the women's division South was represented by Vivian Edman, Marva Tingey, Elaine Weilen-man, Bonnie Anderson, Elaine West, Vivian Edman, Maurine Lee, and La Rene Carey. Bob Eversbed, Stanley Smith, Bill Leiter and Stanley Jones were delegates in the men's division. Douglas Wel-ti, Dick Clayton, and Lewis Owen, competed in other groups. South's Stage Will Be Scene Of Music Fest "America, the Land of Promise," is the theme which has been chos-en for the annual music festival to be presented at the South high school auditorium during the week of May 4 to 8, inclusive. The music has been carefully se-lected to depict certain phases per-taining to America, such as the home of the redman, the refuge of the pilgrims and the land of oppor-tunity for the immigrants. It will depict the conquest of the pion-neer- s, a land of hope for youth, freedom for the worshipper, and "liberty and justice for all." Wheelright Directs "The music which has been se-lected for each division does not attempt to tell a story, or offer a pageant of events. "It attempts to do what music can best do, express the emotional qualities of these ambitions and achievements," said Lorin F. Wheelwright, director of the fes-tival. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-day, May 4 to 6, inclusive, will be devoted entirely to the elementary schools, and Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8, to the high schools. Those participating will be the A 'Cappella choirs, the girls' and boys' glee clubs, accompanied by a city - wide symphony orchestra from the upper and lower division high schools. The music festival is presented annually by the Salt Lake public schools. Vice Principal Abandons Post At South Friday Miss Winifred Dyer announced early this afternoon her in-tention to resign from the post of assistant principal at South high "school so that she might be free to accept a government position "for the duration" as director of personnel for the Consolidated Aircraft Company at San Diego, Calif. The announcement came as a In reference to the news of her resignation Miss Dyer emphatical-ly declared, "I hope it will not be received with too great relief by the student body as I really would like to be missed." Governed Since 1931 Since the opening of South in 1931, Miss Dyer has been assistant principal, governing with a "soft heart, but firm hand." Prior to that time, she instructed classes in English and Civics at East high school. (Continued on page three) complete surprise to everyone. Even close friends of Miss Dyer were unaware of her intention to accept such a position. Since Jan-ua- y 3, Miss Dyer has been in con-tact with defense officials in Washington, D. C, and San Diego, but no mention of this was made until today when a telegram sent to her office here at South af-firmed the telephone conversations of the last 3 months and O. K.'d the public announcement of her resignation. Leaves Friday by Plane Orders from Washington direct-ed Miss Dyer to leave Salt Lake for San Francisco April 3. She has made arrangements to plane to the coastal city and will leave Friday evening from the municipal airport, thereby arriving in time to settle personal matters before meeting with her new employers. She has been assigned to duty as director of the Consolidated Air-craft department of personnel. In this key position her major job will be to "hire and fire" employ-ees of the vital defense plant. Confers With Experts During the Christmas vacation Miss Dyer conferred with defense experts in California and at that time was subjected to a number of mental tests relating to this new position. At that time she attended a de-fense meeting where she acted as guest speaker, discussing the fac-tor of healthful employees in rela-tion to war production speed. Alumni Member Sends Invitation To Senior Class Fred Schwendiman, president of the South High School Alumni As-sociation, announced at a meeting March 29, that the Alumni Dinner-Danc- e, scheduled for April 17, will be open to graduating seniors. Because of the luxury tax placed on amusements, the price of ad-mission has been raised from $1.75 to $2. Alumni members will conduct an assembly that Friday during the fifth period in the auditorium. Former members of the South high school student body organization will be guests the entire day. The dinner-danc- e, which is for-mal, will commence at 6 p. m. Tryouts for Places On '42-'4- 3 Scribe StaffDue April 10 Competition for positions on the editorial and advertising staff of the Junior issue of the South Scribe, scheduled for publication May 1, will begin April 10, when dummy sheets and essays will be submitted to judges for classifi-cation. Candidates for editorial positions must submit a dummy sheet and typed material for the page on which they wish to work. Mem-bers of the advertising staff will be judged upon an essay describ-ing improvements which they would apply to the business end of the organization, and ability to so-licit ads. Judges' decisions will bo based upon originality, neatness, journalistic qualities, and prompt-ness in submission. Judges will be V. F. Victor, fac-ulty sponsor, Miss Ruth Ford, Doris Dibble, editor, LaRene Carey, associate editor, Barbara Meakin, George Tashima, Joye May, Ada Alder, business man-ager, Mary Alice Cox, and Thelma Urli. SAM Sponsors Beard Contest-Settl- ers Ball Priorities will soon be placed on all forms of that distinguishing feature of man, the beard. Selec-tion of the winner of the annual beard-growi- ng contest will be one of the many highlights of the day 4 of glory for the South Associated Men, April 17, date of the annual Old Settlers' Ball. Judges will award prizes for the most impressive beard, mustache, goatee, and fuzz during the inter-mission of the dance when winners of the costume contest will also be announced. Gifts will be presented to the most picturesque Indian, squaw, farmer and farmer's wife, cowboy and cowgirl. The best "Old Settler" and wife will receive the grand prize. To produce a rustic atmosphere, sagebrush will decorate the boys' gym, scene of the ball. Because of the prevalence of girl journalists on the Scribe staff, a boys' issue will be substituted for the conventional girls'. SAM of- - ficers will supervise publication of the issue of Scribe scheduled for April 17, while male members of the regular staff will do the actual editing of the paper. Columns will specialize in the masculine view-point of social functions, fashions and curriculum. Chairman Presents Appeal to Diners An appeal for students to be more careful about the appearance of the cafeteria has been issued by Mickey Galacher, chairman of the Host and Hostess Club. The condition of the cafeteria ta-bles and their surrounding floor area has been improved to a great extent since the institution of the Host and Hostess Club, but gar-bage disposal cans have been left in frightful condition. Many stu-dents throw lunch sacks at recep-tica- ls in a hit-mi- ss manner and do not bother to pick up sacks that missed, according to Mickey. He added that a new system of demerits has been put into effect whereby all Host and Hostesses doing unsatisfactory work are pen-alized by subtracting the demerits from their awards. SAM Cancels Annual Dirty Cord Contest One of South's most prominent annual contests, SAM's Dirty Cords Contest has been ruled out. The contest, a tradition since the beginning years of this school, was cancelled because of the lack of cords caused by the present na-tional emergency. It was decided that a contest relative to the Dirty Cords Contest would cause too much wear and tear on pants, boys, and mothers. SHAG Plans Girls Dance May 2, 1942, is the date set for the Girls' Dance of South high school. According to SHAG Pres-ident Elaine Hunsaker, there will be no information given out to the public concerning preparations. |