Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Soddering metal jew- elry in Mrs. Garry's melalcrafl class are. left to right: Ann House. Phillip Valeri- us, Shirley Hein. Ruth Gold, Soirley Jones. Lorraine St. Pierre. Mardelle Red, and Bill Klauer. Art instructors. Miss Sue Simi and Mrs. Dorothy Garry. ART Even the supposedly primitive Indian had a type of art that served to express his feel- ings, besides the purely functional purpose that it filled as a means of communication. In fact, some of the trinkets which certain tribes fashioned stand in a class by them- selves, even now, in the quality and type of workmanship. But art serves the D. H. S. tribe” to even greater extent. The three- year course which is offered includes instruc- tion in the fundamentals of art, drawing, painting, principles of design, sculpturing, commercial art, and metalcraft. One of the most popular courses, and the one most akin to the art of the Indians, is that of metalcraft. In this course, students make jewelry of their own design. In addition to their regular class duties, art students undertake additional tasks, such as making posters for Holy Week Services, school plays, and War Bond and Stamp drives, and making Christmas cards for sol- diers at Schick Hospital to send home. Students in Miss Simi's painting and still life class are. left to right: Bill Boeshaar, Melha Cline, Bob Wulf, and Shirley Frauen.

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MUSIC Music instructors are. left to right: B. G. Schaefer. Kent Gannett, and Tom Collins. As feanne Hinkle plays piano accompaniment, members of the ad- vanced chorus practice. They are. left to right: Bob Bebm, Bob Jones, Tom MacTaggart, Shir- ley Staff lebach, Vir- ginia Benfer, Bernice Kath, and Alberta Rogers. Whenever Indians got together music was a major part of their entertainment. While they were grouped about the camp fire in the evening enjoying its warmth, often they di- verted themselves by singing the old and beautiful Indian songs. Here in the tribal school, music, both vocal and instrumental, provides many pleasant hours of pastime. Mr. Morti boy, supervisor of instrumental music, rehearses the band. In vocal music, courses in music apprecia- tion and harmony are offered, plus beginning and advanced chorus and Girls’ Glee Club. Six of the best girls’ voices are chosen for the Girls’ Sextet, and four boys’ voices compose the Boys’ Quartet. Mr. Gannett, vocal instruc- tor, also organized a Negro Girls’ Quartet. Programs given by the vocal department during the year were the annual Hi-dc-Hi musical, and a portion of Handel’s Messiah’’ presented by a chorus of 100 voices with accompaniment by the high school orchestra. Instruction in almost any instrument is offered in instrumental music. If the tribal student becomes proficient enough, he may enter the orchestra or band. The concert band and orchestra present two concerts each year, and the band plays at football and basketball games.

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COMMERCIAL The early Indian did not need to make provision for the study of commercial subjects. His world was simple, and within the borders of it there was no room for anything more than the bare necessities of com- munication. But the members of the D.H.S. tribe” arc in a different situation, and ample provision is made to train them in the things they need. At the conclusion of the three-year course in typing and two- year course in shorthand, students arc usually prepared to take over one of the many stenographic positions open in the Tri-Cities, or continue in college courses. Even while they are still in school, students in this course have many jobs to do, including typing all re- port cards, typing and mimeographing for the Boys’ State campaign, and typing out blanks for contests held here. In this present-day world, so much more compli- cated than that of the Indian, the importance of the role which the instructors play in training students in secretarial work can hardly be over-estimated. Commercial instructors, W. R. Baker, Wallace Evans, Paul C. Moon, and Clement Bridge, discuss texts used in the commercial courses. Above, left: Jim Nelson, working in a local store as part of the cooperative retail training course, decorates a window. Below: Miss Mildred Blair, retail training instructor.