Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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JksL {Band, (plajy d. On. Mr. C. J. Shoemaker FLUTE AND PICCOLO M. Davidsmeyer, B. Hopkins M. Griffin, P. Hosick L. Larson, D. Larson, D. Lake OBOE H. REEVE B-FLAT CLARINET G. McGrow B. Broberg, D. Roberts L. Sargent, F. Fletcher, R. Daniel E. Mears, J. Craigmile, D. Johnson R. Miller, G. Lukes, P. Porter W. Heitschmidt, K. Stephens ALTO CLARINET J. Schroeder BASS CLARINET D. Geroy ALTO SAXOPHONE B. Binder, V. Rohrbein, R. Mcnson TENOR SAXOPHONE C. McMahan BARITONE SAXOPHONE T. Dinges CORNET N. True, B. Rogers, D. Wolf, J. Morris R. Nordahl, R. Lowe, J. Riley TRUMPET J. Scott, E. Davies HORN A. Johnson, W. Berry, W. Larson L. White, H. Plumb, J. Downing TROMBONE D. Schaffner, E. Shire, B. Parry, R. Uphoff BARITONE N. Yost, R. Plumb, R. Ault BASS G. McGraw, C. Beard, T. Thompson TYMPANY J. Naramore, P. Peterman, B. Toon DRUMS E. Chessman, V. Claus, D. Fariss, R. Townsend, B. Vosacek BASS VIOL R. Smith DRUM MAJOR M. Davidsmeyer BATON TWIRLERS Vivian Dimmitt, Virginia Dimmitt Vivian Dimmitt Margaret Davidsmeyer Virginia Dimmitt Rest Period On parade Gerald Me Grow 35

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STANDING V. Claus, D. Fariss, E. Chessman, B. Vosacek, B. Townsend, R. Smith, B. Toon, J. Naramore, P. Peterman. THIRD ROW G. Lukes, B. Porter, D. Geroy, B. Miller, D. Johnson, J. Schroeder, J. Morris, D. Nordohl, D. Lowe, J. Riley, E. Davies, J. Scott, T. Thompson C. Beard, Gerald Me Grow, R. Ault, R. Plumb, N. Yost, B. Artus, B. Parry, E. Shire, D. bchaffner. SECOND ROW R. Daniels, E. Mears, J. Craigmile, N. True, B Rogers, D. Wolfe, J. Downing, H. Plumb, L. White, W. Larson, B. Berry, A. Johnson, T. Dinges, C. Me Mahan, R Monson, V. Rohrbein, R. Binder. BOTTOM ROW Mr. Shoemaker, George McGrow, D. Robinson, L. Sargent, F. Fletcher, H. Reeve, D. Lake, D. Larson, L. Larson, P. Hosick, M. Griffin, B. Hopkins, M. Davidsmeyer. With strains of martial music emimating from Room 111, we find the Downers Grove High School Band practicing for another concert. The three concerts of this year’s series were held on January 31, March 12, and April 30. A great variety of music was played, including selections from famous operas, symphonies, and current musical shows. This series proved to be one of the most successful the band has had, with the attendance greatly in- creased. The band participated in many other activities throughout the year also. The local selectees were given a cheerful send-off by the snappy marches played by our band at the railroad station at six thirty the morning of their departure. For these and for the many other patriotic meetings and rallies at which our band appeared each member was awarded an individual citation from the Music War Council of America. At the first concert of the season, when these awards were presented, it was announced that our band was the third high school organization in the United States to receive this honor! An excellent marching band showed its style at all the home football games, making use of trick formations, rousing marches, the official songs of the armed forces, and our two new school songs to promote school spirit and stimulate the morale of our teams. Again during the basketball season our band was at hand to provide a musical back- ground between the games. The annual Christmas performance is an import- ant event in the band’s program. For this occasion they not only play band selections, but also for one selection they accompany the A Cappella choir. Assemblies, pep rallies, Cap and Gown Day, and Commencement are a few of the other school programs at which the band appears. Mr. Clarence J. Shoemaker who conducts this band also directs a second and a primary band for students who have not had enough instruction or experience to play with the more advanced musicians. 34

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Clinic. Headaches, stomachaches, cuts, burns, frost- bite—these are the problems of our nurse and the girls who work in the clinic. Donating their services for one hour a day, the girls cure these ills by means of band-aids, aspirins, and quick thinking in case of emergencies. Supervised by Miss Myna Beck, the clinic staff includes Frances Woodward, Marjorie Rinderer, Shirley Moffett, Lorraine Braley, Joyce Slama, and Marie Crowder. Aside from her duties at the high school Miss Beck also serves the grade school of Downers Grove. War brought many changes to our cafeteria this year. Among them was an acute shortage of student help which made it necessary for students to carry their own dishes and bottles back to the dish-washing machine. The murals depicting high school life drawn by last year’s art classes were put up in the fall and add much to our enjoyment of the cafeteria. Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Perkin, Mrs. Lower, Mrs. Hawkins, and Mrs. Nachtwey are on the kitchen staff and it is largely due to their hard work that we have such varied and balanced menus. CAFETERIA Mrs. Perkin, Mrs. Nachtwey, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Lower. CLINIC STANDING S. Moffett, F. Wood- ward, L. Braley, J Slama SEATED M Rinderer, Miss M Beck. IN BED R. Parrish. 36