Miamian Heads State Drama and Speech Group
One hundred ninety four students and thirty two sponsors from twenty Florida high schools attended the third annual Flori da Inter Scholastic Speech and Drama Association meeting at Florida A and M College April 24-26. Miss Sarah Scott of Booker T. Washington High Miami was elected president and Miss Doris Hunt of BTW Miami became second vice president. The three day event, directed by S Randolph Edmonds, featured a play festival with groups from Kissimmee, Tiveli, Roosevelt, Middleton, Booker T. Washington Miami, Pensacola and Jones presenting titles such as The Chance Miracle and Fog on The Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Florida
Florida A and M College
Sarah Scott
Booker T. Washington High
Miami
Doris Hunt
BTW
Famcee Playmakers Guild
S. Randolph Edmonds
Division of Humanities
FISDA
Kissimee
Alumni Association Defends Mrs Bethune Against Alleged Subversive Ties
The General Alumni Association of Bethune Cookman College condemns the Englewood New Jersey American Legion Auxiliary for accusing founder Mary McLeod Bethune of affiliation with groups labeled subversive by the government. The group reaffirms Bethune’s integrity leadership and loyalty.
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General Alumni Association of
Bethune-Cookman College
Englewood, N.J
American Legion
Mary McLeod Bethune
American Legion Auxiliary of
Englewood
N. J
Runaways and Up the Hill to Paradise at festival
The drama festival featured Runaways Lincoln The Grass is Always Greener Shades ville Up the Hill to Paradise and an oratorical contest. Participants and their schools included Eddie F Hall Roosevelt WPB Birdell Butts Middleton Tampa Willie M Moore Madison County Training School Madison Cynthia Symonette BTW Miami Ralph McGhee KAMC Tallahassee Maurice Smith Lake McBride Leon County.
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Lincoln
Shadesville
Paradise
Eddie F. Hall
Roosevelt
WPB
Birdell Butts
Middleton
Tampa
Willie M. Moore
Madison County Training School
Madison
Cythia Symonette
BTW
Miami
Ralph McGhee
KAMC
Tallahassee
Maurice Smith
Lake McBride
Leon County
Facts and Fun A Frederick Douglass Story
A compilation of humorous anecdotes and social vignettes featuring Frederick Douglass on a train refusing a man’s seat, an Army sentry, a brash colonel, Aunt Hilda on religion, Florida sisters debating Jonah and a gator, a crowded bus foot dispute, and a note on newspaper accuracy plus a church service reporting quip about two ladies singing a duet.
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Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass
Newburyport
Mass
Douglas
Douglass
Spring fashion jewelry catches the eye of shoppers
The article notes budget friendly costume jewelry for spring and summer. Crystal pastel earrings vary from small to tear drop designs with rhinestones. Chalk white bead sets pair with outfits from casual to formal. Rhinestone studs and Amazon style bracelets rise in popularity as sleeveless dresses reveal arms.
Between Two Thieves By Huff
A dramatic verse vignette describes a dying man pondering his fate as church, law, and medicine circle him. He declares his death mirrors Christ while noting the lawyer and the doctor as thieves, a grim closing scene for the piece.
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Parson
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ANP
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Val
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17Th Street
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Psychic Temple and Studio
54Th St
Between
William Henry Huff
Dade County
Biscayne Building
Townsel and Son
15Th Ave
Liberty Theatre
Harry Markowitz
2Nd Ave
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