The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-01

An organization at Tulsa high
school which is little known to the
outside world but whose hard efforts
has made for itself an enviablc
record in the local high school an
mails, is that OF the Stagecraft club.
To the efficient work Of the mem-
bcrs of the club who are trained I'm
all the various branches of stage
craft art including the work OF OPP
Grating a standard size moving pic
ture machine. can be attributed the
success of the many amateur plays
and the lyceum numbers which have
been staged at the high school audi
torium during the past months.
The membership OF the club al
present includes the following high
school students: I'D Woods, jr., as
slstant director and moving picture
operator, Bob Epperson, superin-
tendent. Active members Oscar
Shaw. Louis Conner, PAU Cunning
ham, Kenneth MacDowell, Paul
Steel, clifford Hlkock. Inactive
list: Claude Miller, Virgil King, Ed
Fikc. probationers: Paul Hull and
Olan Srrber.
Present own Program.
A regular school credit is given TO
the members of the club providing
11O hours of work is completed dur
ing the school semester. At the
present time the members are put
ting in an average of $50 hours a
semester. after school, because OF
| the many extra occasions and meet
| ings which are now being held BY
/ clubs and organizations outside OF
| the school
Several days ago the club di-
| grcssed from its regular schedule oi
| work and staged moving picture
| program under its own direction
/ The program consisted OF scenic pic
/ lures. good comedy and moving
/ pictures taken os the Shawnee-Tulsa
| football game. This was the firs
| time that the boys had come from
| "behind the scenes" since the or
ganization of the club ALMOST si'
years ago, and heralded the first oi
| a series OF presentations which the
club intends to give during TN!
semester.
Membership Only by Vote.
Membership to the Stagecraft clui
Is obtainable only by q vote of th'
club membership following from tw'
to three weeks of successful proba
ton tests in actual stage work. Al
mombers are given membership
cards which admits them to an,
academic function of the school. An
graduate of the high school who ha
been a good stagecrafter Is present
ed a second card in recognition o
his service and this card admits hin
TO all school functions.
A recent change in the rules o
the club provide for a rotation II
the various positions, periodically
! Heretofore the members were ap
pointed to certain positions whicl
they held throughout the semester
Term appointments are now limited
to the club president or the. super
intendent.
Under Four Heads.
There are four different depart
ments under the supervision of tn
| Stagecraft club. The first ls IN
electrical division which includes IN
various stage lighting effects whlI
the second has to do with scenery
The third Is the switchboard. con
trolling the lights on both the stag
and auditorium and the moving PIC
ture machine. A youth is assigne,
as head over each OF these four al
visions and is responsible to IN
main superintendent for the worI
done so efficient have the member
become that the heaviest propert
scene which has even been staged u
the high school auditorium wa
changed in approximately thre
minutes.
After a member has worked on
semester and is forced because OF a.
extra heavy schedule TO give up IN
stagecraft work, he Is placed ON IN
inactive list and Is subject 10 call a
any time that he Is needed.
Make own Ad Slides.
Advertising slides have recent
been inaugurated into the work o
the stagecraft department. TN
slides which are made to the adver
J tisers directions, by the boys them
selves. are shown at all meetings o
the student body held in the audi
: torium with the exception OF IN
, single class assemblies.
The club at present hoids weekl
, meetings on Monday night to who's
nersonal efforts may he attribute
tho present plan of organization an
J work. .,..t.,
The stagecrafters have fittingl
chosen a motto for their club whic
tells plainly the PLAN OF their or
gnnizaiton. It Is: our Service !
Our Loyalty
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