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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
Sunday, March It. 1963
25 Years Of Drama Observed
By Little Theatre At KUHS
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stand that it is the creative proc
ess that keeps men living.
"One of the faults of the present
civilization," says Mrs. Blomquist
"is that creativity is being taken
away by push-button housekeep
ing and mechanization. Creativity
Is an inborn characteristic of man
kind. When creativity is taken
jiway illness results."
'-The progress story of the Lit
Be' Theatre is interesting.
X-Uoberta Blomquist came to
Klamath Falls in 1932 when there
was no drama department in
KUHS It was five years before the
Little Theater became a realty.
In 1933 Paul T. Jackson, high
school superintendent, permitted
any student who was interested
to register for the drama classes.
Eighty boys and girls were ea
ger for the course, far more than
anyone anticipated.'
There was no place except the
main auditorium of the high school
for that size class. Roberta Blom
quist divided the students into
play casts to meet the emergency
She adjusted and taught drama,
.and continued to think about a
Little Theatre.
- She taught history and English
and remembered her successes
when she coached plays at the
University of Idaho at Focatel
lo, and Whitman College, and
bided her time. Vi
Lloyd Emery, then high school
principal, was interested in the
idea for a separta theater.
The school board was receptive,
but there was no money budgeted
and no spot to convert to that'
use except a shop that had been
used for repairing school buses.
Undaunted, Roberta Blomquist,
by that time 'Blommie" to her
students of the drama, went to
work and with the help of Lloyd
Emery and others, turned the
"pretty dirty" room into a the
atre. There was no cost involved
except to replace some doors,
She gave student shows during
noon hours, taught makeup, the
basic techniques necessary for
proper phonation and articulation ,
stage techniques including panto
mime, stage setting and lighting,
and memory development, color,
business and advertising, puppet
ry, and as her classes increased,
she taught silk screening, textile
design, jewelry fabrication, cos
tume design and manufacture, all
of consequence to the students,
to the continuing growth of the
Little Theatre, and public interest
in its productions.
The school board budgeted $50,.
000 for the construction of a new
theatre within the high school
building. Seventy seals were in
stalled at $40 each. The curtains
were brown velour.
That was 25 years ago. There
have been few changes since.
Roberta Blomquist began her
annual Christmas presentation of
plays for the public and students
of the city and county schools.
The seating capacity has been
taxed. Five hundred seats would
no more than care for the audi
ences. Last Christmas season 2,700
spectators saw "The Gift," in two
weeks. It was repeated free of
charge at matinee and evening
performances.
In 1962 there were five daily
drama classes for study of the I
fundamentals of the theatre. Three
periods of the eight period class
room day were devoted to re
hearsals. More students desired to
take the course than could be
registered. The first 130 were the
lucky ones.
Both boys and girls, with train
ing in the Little Theatre, have
gone on to professions and ca
reers founded behind the footlights
or in some other phase of theatre
productions.
Waste copper wire, transformed
into jewelry has interested stu
dents in working with metals and
becoming instructors in that
field. Others have been influenced
in art, sculpture, electrical work
designing, architecture, writing,
from news media to book-length
fiction.
Tile progress of the Little The
atre is a lesson in accomplish.
ment by an educator dedicated to
her chosen work.
Modern researchers indicate
that some knowledge of the drama
may have come from Egypt to
Athens going back to 3,200 BC and
possibly earlier. Physical evidence
oi at least three passion
plays exists in Egyptology.
The drama seems to have ongi.
nated in religious tribal dances.
The first crude dramas, whether
Egyptian pr Greek, told stories
and legends of some God, as Bac
chus, god of wine and fertility.
Through the centuries, from
country to country, the drama has
portrayed the advancement of
mankind. Each era has contribut
ed, leaving significant records of
change.
The Little Theatre at Klamath
Union High School is playing Its
part in tradition.
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cernod. Gail Brotherhood played Lady Macbeth.
SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY Gail Carnini,
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BEHIND THE SCENES Stage crews responsible for preparing props, painting
scenery, designing and making costumes, lighting and all other work that adds up to
good production, rarely get rave notices. Everything used in the many plays given by
drama students is produced by the students themselves under direction of Mrs.
Blomquist. Costumes and props are kept in good repair to be used by later classes.
Beverly Swanson is at top of ladder, ready to wield a paint brush on a wall.
Closet Hides More Storage Space
By MR. FIX
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
It has been said that no home
has enough closet space. Even
some homes with loads of closets
seem to lack room to store every
thing the family accumulates.
Often it isn't lack of space, but
inefficient arrangement that caus
es difficulties. Examine your own
closets for waste space. Do you
make use of doors? Is there
space above a shelf for another
shelf? What about the space be
low shirts and skirts that hang
on rods?
Are there items in your closets
that could be stored elsewhere?
Does the main closet contain both
summer and winter clothes re
gardless of the season?
Obvious First
Do the obvious things first. Store
unseasonal items in seldom-used
closets, or purchase dustproof gar
ment bags that can be hung in an
out-of-the-way corner of the base
ment or attic.
Room can be made for hanging
extra items by installing coat
ALL EYES Make-up class in Klamath Union High School Drama Department learn
make-up for appearance in stage and television appearances and for photography.
Member of the high schoo If acuity shows art of aging features of young performers.
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GENEROSITY Local residents have shared valuable
old items of clothinq and furniture with the little Theatre.
Amonq the many who hav contributed are Mrs. R. R.
McCartney, Mrs. Charles Moor and Mn. Bert (Helen)
Thomas.
City Avoids
Regimentation
CLAREMONT, Calif. (UPD-A
senior-citizen community here has
based its way of life and living
on avoiding regimentation and has
dispensed even with social direc
tors.
Clarcmont Village Green draws
people over 60 by its non-institu-
lionahzed living, its official greet
er. Dr. Roy Fonda, said he was
attracted not only by its freedom
but also because of "a stimulat
ing cultural cnironmcnt."
The community is in the midst
oi five college campuses.
Attractions of the proicct are a
combination of closeness to the
community while retaining pri
vacy. In connection v. ith the free
dom they desire, residents rent on
a month-to-month basis with a
30-day option.
hooks on closet walls or on backs
of doors.
Between the door and the clothes
there's waste space, sometimes
as much as six inches. Why not
find there's room below for an
other rod. Incidentally, a low
clothes rod is ideal in a child's
closet.
In youngsters' closets, use space
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install shelves with raised edges
so that items don't fall off?
Rearrange hanging clothes.
Overcoats and dresses may re
quire the full depth from rod to
floor. On the other hand, jackets
and skirts may not. With all of
the small items together you may
Pictures Enhance
Decorative Scheme
CHICAGO (UPD-The correct
arrangement of picture groupings
can point up a decorative scheme
by focusing interest in one area
of a room, highlighting a piece
of furniture or achieving a bal
anced look.
In hanging single pictures or
groups, the arrangement should
be related to the available wall
space, the lines of the furniture
beneath it, and the rules of good
balance, says the Picture and
Frame Institute.
The institute suggested these
tips for effective picture groupings:
Mark off an area on the floor
approximately the same size as
the wall space where the group
ing will hang. Then arrange the
I pictures on the floor before hang
ing them on the wall.
For a large grouping, start
with one important picture, and
build your arrangement around it.
The key picture may be in the
middle, on the top, or on the bot
tom of the grouping.
Arrange and rearrange your
Dr.' Fonda, a retired Detroit iseconrlarv nirlurps nrnnnri ih iou
dentist, feels this offers freedom i picture until you get a pleasing
to the residents they don't get overall effect. Don't spread them
with life-leases, buyinc-in Dlaiu'too far anart because a narrnuw
and memberships. I space between pictures will tend
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States in IW2 evpoited morelnearlv 10.000 huVs of nickel Mam-
than $3.5 billion worth of fond less steel to package Hie uranium
products. 20 per cent more than oxide fuel of the first nuclrar-
the previous all-time hiph in lM7,jpocrcd merchant ship, the N S
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to give the feeling of one mass
rather than of several separate
pictures.
Try to balance the entire
grouping so that the eye flows
smoothly from one picture to an
other. If your eye is continually
drawn to one side of the grouping.
rearrange the pictures to achieve
better balance.
After you have decided on a
"floor" grouping, cut out a niece
of paper large enough to hold the
complete grouping. Lay the paper
on the floor and draw the out
lines of the pictures as you have
arranged them on the paper,
Mark the spot where the nail or
hook will go. Tape the paper to
the wall space, drive the hooks,
then remove the paper and hang
the pictures.
Invisible means of haninp
should be used where possible so
as not to detract attention from
the picture itself. Either nails,
hook and nail combinations, or
special picture hooks with adhes
ive backs may be used.
Screw eyes for picture v,irc
should be placed one quarter of
the way down from the top of
the picture.
below short items for a toy chest.
Build yourself a giant rollout toy
bin large box on casters that
fits below cothes and is flush with
the front of the closet.
Remodeling Method
To get the most from your clos
ets, you can resort to complete
remodeling if you have the skill.
This involves removing the door
and enlarging the opening by re
moving the rest of the wall across
the front of the closet.
Doing this exposes those cor
ners you never can get into.
With the opening the full width
of the closet, you can install dou
ble doors, backing each of them
with extra shelves. New molding
will frame the opening and hide
the scars.
Partition this space and install
i-inch drawer rails on the sides.
This will permit you to slide in
shelves or drawers wherever hang-
ng clothes don't fill the space.
Study Of Farm
Jobs Slated
SALEM iL'Pli - A three-state
regional farm placement planning
conference of employment service
officials is scheduled here March
12-14, it was announced Tuesday.
Eldon Cone, director of the Ore
gon State Emplovment Service.
said the meeting w ill point up the
employment service farm place
ment program for 1963 in Oregon.
Washington and Idaho.
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