El Matador January, 1965
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VOL. 3 NO.3 T. C. MARSH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - DALLAS , TEXAS JANUARY, 1965 Cram quick YULE DANCE Exams Here Prepare yourselves for a big shock. Exams are coming up, a lot BIG SUCCESS faster than you think. Regular examinations are Jan The third annual Christmas uary 27 and 28. Dance took place on December 18, Monday and Tuesday, January 1964 in the girls gym at Marsh. 25 and 26, classes will be held From 7:30 until 10:00 p.m. , 600 as usual. students enjoyed a wonderful eve ning of music by the Novas. EXAMINA TION SCHEDULE Refreshments we r e not far, Wednesday, January 27 cookies and cold drinks were plac 9:00-11:00 - 1st period exams ed on a festive table with little 11:00-1:00 - 2nd period exams Christmas Carolers figures on it. 1:30-3:30 - 3rd period exams As you walked into the gym you could see that the holly theme was Thursday, January 28 carried out by the decorations. 9:00-11:00 - 4th period exams Months of preparations went 11 :00-1 :00 - 5th period exams into the d~corations and other ar 1:30-3:30 - 6th period exams rangements for the Christmas dance. In October, the social com Friday, January 29 mittee preparations for a big dance 9:00 - make-up examinations began. Plans were discussed at the Examinations are scheduled for student council meetings. Early in two hour periods. No one is to be December the dance was discussed excused before the first hour and in our homerooms. a half. A week later the "Holly theme" The use of the cafeteria will be for decorations be g a n to take Mrs. Lenore Silby and her ninth grade chorus worked hard for many weeks on their Thanksgiving and shape. Leanne Wilberg as chair announced later. Christmas pageants. During examination week, pupils man and Miss Lively as sponsor will remain in school during the started the social committee work time they are actually in the exam ing on the dance. Mrs. Miles' ixt period class decorauiG-cU\j_ __: ination. Friday is dead day; pupils CHORUS 'RESENTS HOLIDAY PR gym the 18th and Mr. Ensley will not come to school unless requested by the principal. built the bandstand for the Novas. The Marsh ninth grade Chorus conducting the orchestra in two Sing", Walter Irwin, "Nazareth", The basketball goals were con Report cards will be issued was very busy during December numbers, "Strauss Polka" ar and Leanne Wiberg "0 Holy verted into large stockings with Wednesday, February 3. preparing for the 1964 Christmas ranged by Brown and "Legend of Nigltt" . Buddy Dooky, Bob Pat Good luck and study hard. presents in them. At the south pageant. After coming back from the Bells" from "The Bells of terson, Mike Crosson, and Gary end of the dance floor a Christ the Thanksgiving holidays, they Corneirlle" by Planquette. Fisher combined on "We Three mas tree glowed and gave a happy had only three short weeks to put Then the chorus came on and Kings of Orient Are". Mrs. Dor feeling to the presents under it. the program in final form. Mrs. Mrs. Silby directed them in a mer directed the eighth grade But the biggest attraction was the Marsh Teatiher Is Silby did her usual fine job in series of carols, "Christmas choir on several numbers. Novas who did a wonderful job of directing the chorus and Mr. Xeros Tide." Among the numbers were As a finale, Mr. Xeros directed entertaining. molded the orchestra and chorus solos by Nancy Bohlanc\er, "The the c h 0 r u s and orchestra in Thank you - from the Marsh together masterfully. Virgin's Slumber Song!', Pam . "Prayer and Praise" by Wilson students and teachers at Marsh Phi Beta Kappa Mr. Xeros began the pageant by Manning, "Hark the Herald Angels and "Praise Ye the Lord of Hosts" to our hard working student coun by Saint-Saens. cil representatives. Miss Martinak, a seventh grade English teacher here at Marsh, has just received a great honor, and the Marsh students should be very proud of her. She has been elected Display Case Shows Talent to Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary society based on college scholar ship. She graduated in the upper Our seventh grade is full of hair. Cathy Barry made most of the 10% of her college class at the artistic talent. They must have shocking pink flowers that decor University of Texas, as did another heard many compliments on the ated the cases. Melissa Green Marsh English teacher, Miss Cook, display cases in front of the audi made the lettering which announ On December 11 several Marsh ience to remember, but it was ' who is also Phi Beta Kappa. torium. ced the joyous yuletide message. students had the privilege of at heightened by the Dallas Theater Born here in Dallas, Miss Mar This Christmas display was Pat Salter did a great deal of the tending a performance of JULIUS Center's unique staging in the tinak graduated from Preston Hol planned and put together by Mrs. actual putting up of the display. CAESAR at the Dallas Theater round. low Elementary School and Hill Howard's 6th period art class. As This is not a complete list <,>f all Center. The Theater Center "was con crest High School before going on anyone could see, much work and who helped on the display. If we Many attending had studied this ceived so as to give a place of to Texas. At Hillcrest, she was the time was spent in preparing them. have left out anybody, we submit Shakespearean play in their Eng discovery and growth to that rare Student C 0 u n c i 1 Treasurer, of Mrs. Howard described the 6th our apology. Anyone who helped lish classes. These stu den t s and seldom used human ingredient, which our own Mr. Moore was the period class as one of the best at all deserves a good de a 1 of seemed to have gained much more the creative 'mind. It is a place sponsor. She also was a member of she has. Several students were of credit. understanding by seeing the play where that kind of mind may find the National Honor Society and great help in putting up this par Mrs. Howard's class is not the than would have been posSible in freedom . to grow into a great served as lieutenant of the drill ticular display. One of them was only one who worked on the cases. only classroom study. It seemed force." (Paul Baker, Managing team. Debbie Hathaway. Mrs. Howard Both Mr. Barker's classes and to live. Director). After being an officer in her described her as full of pep and Mrs. Cheshier'S have done agreat The audience experienced the The Theater Center was de college sorority at Texas, Miss go, future cheerleader material. deal of work on these displays. emotions of the characters. Fear, signed by Frank Lloyd Wright Martinak practice-taught eleventh Debbie made the lovely pink angels The classes who have good work love, hate, distrust, and humor on the basis that "an organic grade English in Austin before that floated on clouds of angel put up the displays. Almost ev were only a few of these; all were theater required organic archi coming to Marsh this year. eryone has things on display at so richly displayed on the stage. tecture." Its beauty is also func Miss Martinak likes almost ev one time or another. Comments on the play ran from tional giving the appearance of erything about Marsh, but most of Although Miss Martinak has a Remember the excellent job the "weird" and "neat", all being spaciousness and harmony. all she likes the Marsh students, sincere concern for each student, seventh grade did on the Christmas highly complimentary, many show The Marsh students who attended and helping them to learn. She and can often be seen tutoring art project. We say again, con ing astonishment and expressing JULIUS CAESAR were not only says, "Marsh provides its stu before or after school, she be gratulations, you did a good job. the intimacy between the audience delightfully and intellectually en dents with an excellent foundation lieves that, "It's up to each stu and the scenes portrayed on the tertained, but will also recall this for high school and coli e g e dent to take advantage of the op, stage. enjoyable performance as a night studies. " portunity at Marsh." The play itself was an exper- to remember. PAGE 2 EL MATADOR JANUARY, 1965 Leng. Club SCHOO l! P.R IDE Enjoys - P.~rty Do you notice how clean the halls are when you walk in the school Members of the Foreign Lan in the mornings? Not a piece of paper anywh.ere, but just let the students guage Club enjoyed a festive eve s. go through the building for two minutes and look at the mess YOU leave ning at the club's Christmas party. for the janitors to clean up. Iknow, we all say "But that's his job -- to The party was held at the home of SEVENTH GRADE clean up after us." But that isn't his job. He is supposed to take the Danny Nealon December 19 from SECTION 10 SECTION 43 trash out of the "trash cans" not "off the floors". Have you ever 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Eleanor Cocke Catherine Godsey thought that the janitors talk to each other and say, "It's their respon Providing the music was the SECTION 11 Andrew Rose sibility to keep "their" school clean up after them? popular combo, the Noblemen.