Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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swing swing it boys! every time we turn on the radio, everywhere we go, we hear this phrasc. but, what is swing? no one really knows what it means. we are no exceptions in this particular case. we donit know eith- er. we shall, therefore, not come right out and explain what it isg but will beat a- round the well known bush and give you an example. may we say, before we start on our fling, that any similarity to an article appearing in the january readers' digest is purely coincidental. Cwe read that article tooe-good, wasnlt it?J now that's over we'll start. after going down two or three stairs, we enter a dimly lighted, basement room. there are very small tables placed closely around a low platform in the center of the room. on this platform is seated a rather large group of musicians. they are attired in very informal clothes, each has his instrument near at hand. lucky for us, we have arrived just in time. had we been later we would not have been allowed to enter. suddenly with out any cue, one of the clarinets be- gins to play a popular melody. several others join in, following the clarinet. by now he is K1LK1I1g-Oullw. ne soars above the melody, tnen rides on down . we, the alligators,,, are impressed by the fact that he is a master oi nis instrument. later we Ilnd he is one of U16 outstanding orchestra leaders of the day. almost as suddenly as he began, he stops.one of the trumpets picks up the melody. we can no longer distinguish the melody from the rhythm. all this time we have seen no music, and what's more we won't see any. paper men arenlt allowed in these sessions. the Heats are really getting in the groove and we feel the presence of the melody even though we cannot hear it. in the middle of the song there is a break , which the drum- mer takes. the object seems to be to destroy the traps in the shortest possible time. how- evcr, the drums seem to be standing up o. k., so we won't kick. then the break is over and the others join in on the rhythm. they stop. my! hasn't the time gone quickly? it's late already. we do not clap, but simply leave by the door through which we came. we have atteded a typical jam session . that's swing new do you know what it is? we don't edi.tor's note: see glossary of swing terms on next page for words and terms which you do not understand. A

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principal e. W. mc mullen english: miss edna knapp miss laura newell miss sara d. kirkpatrick science: miss lois morse miss marguerite morse mathematics: miss lois morse miss rachel donald foreign language: miss christine carmack miss martha kelly miss mc connel history: miss christine carmack mr. r. b. reed mrs. j uliana chafin adviser miss laura newell commercial : music: mr. j. W. scofield miss eloise goza miss rachel donald prof. rocco grella athletics: nal rogero bob padgett Wesley sewell domestic science: mrs. n. m. faulds miss uarda briggs mechanical drawing : prof. n. m. faulds printing : a. meadows X

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senior chatter staff -for senior edition of the c. h. s. chatter- clearwater high school, clearwater florida 0dif01' in Chief . ...,. ,,i,,,.,,,,,,, c . eddye burleson aSSf. Cditor ,,,,,,,, ,,,,Y,,ML,YYY,Y e rig picker feature editor ..,,.. .,,.. albert kilburn DlCtl1I'e editor ,,,, ,A,,,, essie mae griffin sports ediltor W ,,,, ,,,,,,,. r obert thompson swing editor ,,,,,,,, ,.,,,, burr j. randall, jr. associate editors ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, doris o'quinn, louis taylor, bill beck, john meek. business manager . ,,,i,,,,,.,,, ,,,, j ames Wilder our objective we have dedicated this publication to t'svving and have attempted to carry out a swing theme . we think of t'swing in this use, not as music, but as a symbol of mod- ernism. we do not mean by putting swing into our articles that they should read with a crazy rhythm, but that the composition should be simple, devoid of complications, and that the material ,should flow easily from the mind of the writer and thereby, easily into the mind of the reader. glossary of swing terms jam sessions: an informal meeting of mu- sicians playing for their own amusement, without leadership or score. alligator: a non-playing swing devotee. paperman: a musician who plays only writ- ten music. ride: easy going rhythm. screw-ball: crazy, unbridled swing. 4 Ll in the groove: carried away or inspired by the music. cats: the musicians of a swing orchestra. licking their chops, or friisking their whis- kers: 'getting warmed up to swing. gang: a medley of songs. lick: an original interpolated phrasing. break: dropping the rhythm for a few beats. mugging light: soft, staccato swinging. mugging heavy: as above, with heavier beat. kicking-out: very free, improvisation. john adams receives award the bausch Sz lomb honorary science award was presented to john adams, treasurer of the senior class, as being the member of the graduating class, who, in the faculty's estimation, has shown the greatest progress in the three years of scientific studies. this award, which has been established by the bausch and lomb optical co. for the futher- nce of student interest in the sciences, was presented in clearwater high school for the first time this year. six seniors on honor list the six following students have the distinct- ion and honor of being the only students in the senior class who have had a scholastic average of 90 or above during their three years in senior high school. douglas davis marguerite dressler albert kilburn burr randall walter Winchester mary worts