Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Rifle Club 2 LOUIS HOWLAND T HE 1938-39 Rifle Club began its season of club meetings and interschool competitive meets in October. The members elected John Aumen, president and Lou Howland, vice president. The club held practice meetings on Monday evenings and entered the second of the series of the Junior Bi-weekly Team matches sponsored by the National Rifle Association. We also had competitive meets with Quincy, North Quincy, Nor- wood, Brockton and Thayer Academy. The outlook for next season’s team is bright as only two members, Bob Hall and Lou Howland, will be lost through graduation. John Aumen, Paul and Ken Brown, Jimmy Connolly, Warren Erickson, Ken Goebel, Art Petterson, MacLaugh- lin, O’Neil, Dunn, and Buckley can be counted on to turn in good scores when they are needed. The freshmen on the squad, as would be expected, turned in rather poor scores at first, but gradually with experience and the advice given by Mr. Jordan and the older members of the team, they improved until they are now capable of holding their own against anyone else in the club. 03 }

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Music DONALD CRISPIN AND — This year the band, even snappier than ever, furnished added enthusi- U asm for the spectators of all our major football games. The fine spirit and playing ability of the band was a real inspiration even though we met with hard luck at the games. Last year our band won first prize at the State Festival at Kali River. We are equally proud of the showing made by our band at the State Festival at Belmont and the New England Festival at Worcester held early this spring. The real popularity of the band among the students was proved by the large student body that gathered in the hall every Wednesday to hear us practice. Orchestra — With the violin section really improved greatly by the addition of some fine freshmen violinists, the orchestra gathered favorable comments at the rehearsals, the operetta, the Teacher’s Club play, and the various assemblies. The addition of two new kettle drums also made the orchestra sound better. The orchestra made a fine showing at both the State and New England Festivals. Mr. Hauck said that the success of both the band and orchestra was due to the added enthusiasm and interest that the members had for their work this year. Vocal- This year vocal music came into the limelight under the able direc- tion of our new director Miss Lindsay. The most outstanding event of the vocal groups was the presentation of the operetta, “The Lu cky Jade,” on March 3. The operetta leads were taken by Ruth Papps, Elliot Spiess, Guy Robbins, Natalie Snow, Jean White, Chester Price, Jean Young, Juanita Block, John Rideout, William Stovold, Donald Crispin, Joseph Kelly, Pearl Schatzl, John Tollison, and Herbert Ryan. Miss Iveany assisted in the stage work of the operetta. The Girls’ Glee Club and the Madrigal group gave a special concert at the Lincoln School, January 9. The Boys’ Glee Club sang at the Christ- mas Assembly. The Music Festival, given in the high school auditorium, was a real success. All of the musical groups demonstrated their ability much to the pleasure of the par- ents and friends who attended. Many solos and special numbers were given by the students. Miss Lindsay and Mr. Hauck have given much of their time in helping tin individual members of the band, orchestra, and glee club with their music. { 25 }