Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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Chorus ls Superior At Emporio Receives Highest Qotihq Given: Date Ah Excellent at Soliho Contestg Dresehts Christmas Concert Over KFBI HIC lXllXlflJ CIIURUS, under the baton of Henry lYise. had a successful year, doing more work than has been done in several years. The separate glee clubs worked mainly on music for the chorus: the boys' glee club met Tuesday and Friday mornings at 7:50. and the girls' glee club at 3130 Monday and Thursday afternoons. The mixed chorus met every Monday. ltednesday and Thursday during the activ- ity period. XYhen the all-school l'ennv Carnival was held the 4 - 4 glee clubs sponsored a fortune-telling liootli, with l'atricia Townley as general chairman. Cln Sunday, December Io. the mixed chorus gave .a concert over radio station Klflsl, featuring six- teenth century hymns and Christmas carols. Many directors from other towns gave as their criticism that the chorus sounded like a professional choir. Three concerts were given this year: one to the grade schools on March 243 one to the high school and junior high, March 253 and a formal concert was giv- en March 25 for the public. The chorus journeyed to Salina to participate in the district music contest on Thursday, April 14, They sang Agnus Dei and Adoramus Te, Christe and received an excellent rating. The girls' glee club received a superior rating on two selections, The Lfitli-.Iournalisin class starts on History of 1'larI,v Abilene. 28th-Marie Kenny tliinks New in Canada. .It-rsey is at sweater. Iilst-Czlgt-i's are guests at the Lions elull. nlilltlgu Allen is the speaker. tith-Myra Ilurd air-conditions tttgytgy wisp: 1 l'31iHVARY Roek's waste basket by kiekilli VW-at gfusic lst-Rei' Rlflllfltls tledieates 11 it hott- in it, ilimpiirta stare, n. s. song to his current heart-tlirolu. 11111-Alll1ll1ll-SQITIIIQ contest Iionnie Cillltlllilll. between boys and girls begins. Bud-I'aul Collins, Roy Martin. and Fred Allison attend the Gola den Gloves boxing tournament at Salina. executive meeting. Ilrd-llarris, Maelien. ind Krlilll- W foyle st-ntl up a balloon that lands ltlisftl. A. A. kid party. livery- one looked natural for .i tliange. Ktlihllarheek and tluilfoyle tlirow one at I1ill's house YVinner gets a lialf-liolidav 14th-Myra Ilurd and Xvlllllil XVenger are Iiostesses at the G It Nightl' and 'Wthen .joseph lYas .X-XYalking. The girls' small ensemble, singing Xtednesday, .Xpril 13, was awarded an excellent rating for their interpretation of i'Ye Xtho The I.onging Know. Mem- bers of the ensemble were: Ramona lioyd arid tier- trude Gough. sopranosg Doris XYeller and Melva Kla- t'ie Callaltail, secolttl Stlllflllltlfsl eau ,Xsling and Kath- erine lfllack, altos. Soloists and their ratings at the district contest were: Ramona Boyd, soprano, goodg Blelva Marie Callahan, medium, goody Darrel Clark, tenor, av- erage: Donald Howell, baritone, highly superiorg lhe mixed chorus, girls, glee club, girls' small en- semble and soloists took part in the state music con- test, held in limporia. .Xpril .26-39. The same contest pieces were used. The ratings were: mixed chorus superior: girls' glee club, excellent: girls' small en- semble, composed of Ramona Boyd. Gertrude Gough, llelva Marie Callahan and .lean Asling, superior, The soloists and their ratings were: Ramona Boyd, goodg hlelva ltlarie Callahan, superior: Donald Bowell, su- perior. A few of the contestants were fortunate in hearing Helen Jepson, world famous opera and radio star. .Ns has been the custom for several years, the vocal music department furnished the music for the Bac- calaureate service, Sunday, May 15. t Chorus I First Itow, Left to lliglttkli. tfrans ' U. NX'oods, li. Townley, A. Bischoff, D Ibit-kinson, Il. Gufrler, Ifl. XXX-iyaiit, T Stants, V, Ilosie, A, Clark, Il. Phelps XY. Hicks, IC, linriprht, Il. Stunts 1 , Iiutvell. lxee, li. xxtlI'lt'j', W. Slut-llli, ll, Slllltlt'I'S, I'. Townlev, H. YYilkins, M. Laughlin, Y. Iiandis, Ii. Summerfield, ll. XVeller, H. Callahan, Il. Harmon, M. Murray M. Herr, Il. Hll11llJ2ll'g'L'I', M, Hill, V Ilelfloff, I', Smith. Third Iiow, Left to llight-t', Funk, I. St-riven, Ii. Frahni, Il. Mustarid, M. Van Sickle, I. Franklin, M. Murray, E. Viekiiisoii, I.. Thompson, M. Iiohman, XY, llavis, 1' Covert, Il. Iimig, I.. Has- louer, J, XVelsh, M. Iiinigr, P. Helm. Fourth llow, Lett to Iliuht -D. Clark, .I. t'hrisman, IZ. Keel, IG. Neis, M. XX'ylder, ll. Harheek, M. Kenny, F. Sexton, Ii. Milliam, Il. 'l'ol'l'I', li. lillielk Y. t'orniaek, I.. .XslinL:', sl Cot't't-It, Iii. Stunts, II. 3let'leskt-y, K. Black, J. Asling, I'. Ilay, B, Met'ormit-k, Fifth Ilow, Left to Iliglitflh tiar- ver, H. NYist-, It. Haslout-r, F. Mt-Hoyle, Il. lloyd, II. Iltttehison, IC, liarlit-i', H. Iiztlir, II. tfllt-ll, J, Iiurnette, tl. tlourh, M. XX'ilniore, If. Hath, Iv. Iliekt-man. -1- -- -- -- M. t'allalian, M. Nelson, I., Nottort, F. Iiannian, Il. Yiekers. , . ,MI t'oIeman, Ii. Starr, L. Phelps, H. Stone, Il :st-eond Ilow, Left to liightftb, Mc- y V, Allison, A. Clark, Iiut-ille Ilavhoff,

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Grnana Clirnaxes Isancls Activities Musicians Receive Trip To National Contest for Dating I-iiqhig Superior at Salinag Dresents Spring Concert ITH THF CLOSE of the 1937-38 school year. the Abilene high school band wound up its twenty- seconcl year as an organization for the better- 1ne11t of instrumental music in Abilene high school. The band, under the direction of Earl R. Ray, op- ened its season very successfully on September 21, 1937, XYl'lC1l a group of sixty-five musicians journeyed to Hutchinson for the Kansas State Free Fair. The group was resplendent in their new uniforms consist- ing of an orange satin jacket with a zipper front and brown wool patch pockets, On the breast pocket was the A. H. S. monogram. The rest of the uniform consisted of white trousers, an overseas cap and an orange tie. The band's goal for the year was to be able to at- tend the National Regional Music Contest which was to be held in Omaha, Nebraska. ln view of this fact, the group started earning money early in the season. On the afternoons of September 28 to October 1, in- clusive, the band played for the western performances of the Central Kansas Free Fair. At the end of that week the coffers were just 375.00 better off, VVith the arrival of the football season the musical aggregation was awarded a free trip to Manhattan for the annual homecoming game at which time they were privileged to witness a chapter of the eternal feud between Kansas State college and Oklahoma During the local football season Professor Ray en- tertained the fans with a small military band. This year the leadership of the marching band was in the hands of llliss Bonnie lllilham who showed excessive talent in baton twirling. The Abilene band also entertained many local civic organizations throughout the year. On October 27, the band gave a short concert for the Rotary club at its regular weekly meeting. In addition to this, Mr. Ray had many small ensembles who played for va- rious occasions such as Hi-Y, G. R., church organiza- tions, women's clubs and the men's civic clubs. The instrumental department gave a public concert' on March 31. 1938. Included in the program were such selections as Heigh Ho fro111 the picture Snow lYhite and the Seven Dwarfs. Builders of Youth which was the required Class B contest number for the National Regional contest, and i'National Vic- tors. On April 14, Professor Ray took his instrumental group to Salina where they entered the National Reg- ional qualifying contest. Upon returning to Abilene, the group had six of their nine entries eligible for the national contest. The ratings for those eligible are as follows: band, highly superior, brass sextet, su- perior, cornet solo, superior and bass clarinet, excel- university. Isanci 1 Flutes-Keel, MeCleskey, Stradtner, Harris. Oboes-Course, YYe1ler, Hicks. Clarinets-Nieolay, Leckron, McCosh, VVylder, Stone, Keel, Chai-5m2lU, WVRF- ner, Stants, Covert, Foltz, McKee, Voss- lqyh, Eggleston, ldmig, Kinderdiek, Bar- ber, Asling, Bert, Hansen, Strowig. Alto Clarinets-Hess, Funston. Bass Clarinets4Keast, l'arizo, Souders, Bas- soons-Seriven, Callahan, Rizor. Saxophones-Alto, Meuli, Callahan, Summerfieldg tenor, Hake: bklrilolw, Leekron, llamey. COI'Il8tSfl':I'llllliLll, Knox, Fowler, Strowig, Lowry, Carl- son, Hoyer, Gary, NVil1ia1ns, Orth, Blazer, Stone, French 1'IOI'l'lSff1ql11tlt5l - dick, Townley, Vickers, Milhain, llob- inson, YVit-clower, Landis. Baritimiic-sl XVel1e1', Hesselbarth, Say, Clark, lirieh. 'lYl'lJllll70llE'S-cillllS, Tliompson, Berger, Nichols, Eisele, lirown, Thimsen. Basses-Jordan, Long, Neis, James, Pooler, XVhite. String Bass-Gary. lfor- eussion-Polley, XYorley, Patterson, YVisby, Blaesi, Long, Kenney, .Patter- .son, Asling. t EARL 11. RAY Instrumental Music John Tarleton Agr. Col- lege North Texas S t a t e Teachers' College Southwestern Band and Orchestra Conserv- atory Simmons University T e x a s Technological College University of Kansas lent. f'lll'lSllllilS story and poem contest. NVQ- knock off for Christinas vaca- tion. 28th-Miss Nelson blossoms ont in a IICNV Chevrolet. JANUARY 3rd-Gleiin Mehl has a eraek- up at the intersection of First and Buckeye. -lth-Senior class vetoes class rings and pictures. Cowboys win their first C. K. ll. tilt from the Ellsworth Bearcats. 7th-Cowboys eked out by liigzlily-touted Salina Maroons, 19 l lo IS. lorh-Mr. Rock shoots up to Clyde to assist in installing a Lions club there. 11th-The gift to the school from the class of 1937 finally ar- rives: a nineteen volmne set of the XVorltl Book. 17th-Joyce Burnette decides she has a crush on Bob Polley. ifltli-Barbara Sue takes ad- vantage of l'1tliering:ton's feminine respect and wails his knob. 21st-lhiinoretl that Mr. YVise hurt his ankle doing the 'tBig Ap- ple.

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