Farrell High School - Reflector Yearbook (Farrell, PA)

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MUSIC IN FARRELL HIGH SCHOOL The music activities in the Junior-Senior High School are varied according to the needs and requests of the students who take active part in them. The study of music consists of regular class work once a week for the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, and for the Senior High School it consists of glee club work for the girls, orchestra and band for all who are eligible to participate in them. In the Junior High School classes, we study the theory of music and singing, which has a wide range of interest to the students, covering essential moods and occasions, well known folk songs of all nations, and the lives of both the classic and modern composers. The Girls' Glee Club is made up of a select group of girls who are interested in music beyond the Junior High School and who have pleasing voices. These girls are selected from the Senior High School by means of a vocal examination. Each year the Glee Club gives an operetta of either light musical comedy or light operatic style in which all the members participate actively. In Glee Club practice the girls learn to sing “a capella, that is, without any accompaniment. This method of singing is gaining in favor throughout the whole country. The Orchestra meets three hours a week for practice; these periods are sometimes forfeited to assemblies in which the Orchestra takes part. The High School Orchestra furnishes the music for all school functions, such as assemblies, institutes, contests, plays and other activities in which music is necessary. This opportunity is appreciated by the Orchestra members, since it gives them training in appearing before the public During the regular orchestra period compositions by outstanding composers, such as Wagner, Schumann, Liszt, Mozart, Grieg and Haydn are studied, but these artists do not limit the field of music to the orchestra. In addition to the old masters, the Orchestra studies the works of the prominent composers of today. Each day the Orchestra plays familiar marches, waltzes, symphonies and overtures pleasing to the ear. Above all, each member of the Orchestra learns that cooperation with the leader and othei members is vitally important. The Band has a unique place in the activities of the school and of the city. The Band takes an active part in the city functions and school sport activities. There isn’t an athletic game without the added attraction of the Band's formation of letters, honoring our school and that of the opposing team, all of which adds to the importance of the Farrell High School's Music Department. The Band is composed of members who report twice a week and as many more times as the director feels it is necessary for them to learn well their duties. The Band is clothed in uniforms made of blue and gold which shows that the members are students of the Farrell High School. The Music Department now has in its possession a Sousaphone donated by the Boosters Club, a French horn donated by Mr. Andrew Wilson, and a trumpet, trombone, baritone, street drum, bass drum and cymbals purchased with the money taken in at operettas. Music is the only universal language. It is understood by everyone regardless of nationality or age. Psychologists say: ‘ Teach a child to play some musical instrument and he will never become a gangster. Music in children should therefore be encouraged. —Virginia Jamison. 18

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FACULTY MARGARET V. ROUX French Farrell, Pennsylvania A. B.. Seton Hill College Columbia University Adviser of Literary Contest Adviser of French Club HELEN L. SAGE English Farrell, Pennsylvania B. S., Carnegie Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin ERNEST I. SCHROT Mathematics Clp.arpield, Pennsylvania Lock Haven State Teachers College East Stroudsburg State Teachers College Member of Athletic Council WILLIAM J. THOMAS Social Science Farrell, Pennsylvania A. B., Westminster College M. E.. University of Pittsburgh Manager of Athletics Member of Athletic Council VAUGHN E. WAGNER Commercial Derry, Pennsylvania B. S. C., Grove City College Assistant Football Coach Member of Athletic Council MARIAN J. WIBLE Socutl Science Farrell, Pennsylvania A. B.. University of Pittsburgh Adviser of Freshman Class Adviser of Literary Contest GERTRUDE W. SABO Art Farrell, Pennsylvania Indiana State Teachers College Adviser of Art Clubs Art Adviser of the Reflector” MARY V. SCAR DIN A English Farrell, Pennsylvania Litt. B., Grove City College EDNA N. SHORT Mathematics Wheatland, Pennsylvania B. S., Westminster College Pennsylvania State College University of Pittsburgh NORA I. UPTON Physical Education Munhall. Pennsylvania Slippery Rock State Teachers College Wisconsin University University of Pennsylvania Basketball Coach Member of Athletic Council JULIA S. WALLACE Social Science Farrell, Pennsylvania A. B.. B. S., Muskingum College Washington Seminary European Travel Study Adviser of Literary Contest Adviser of Junior Class ESTHER A. B. ZENTZ English Farrell, Pennsylvania A. B.. Thiel College University of Pittsburgh Adviser of Senior Class Adviser of Dramatics Adviser of The Reflector” 17

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INCREASED ENROLLMENT IN THE FARRELL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL If we analyse the enrollment data on this page we may wonder what factors have contributed to increase the attendance by six hundred from the year 1926 to 1933. How much of this increase can be attributed to the fact that the American public has recognized the values of an education? Is this increase in enrollment due to the fact that institutions of higher learning, professional schools and industry have set standards for young Americans to hurdle? Lastly, how much of the increase is due to the inability of business and industry to provide employment for boys and girls of High School age? Regardless of how we may answer the above questions, the figures indicate a trend to remain in school longer. More ninth year students attend school since 1929. There is a decided increase in the Senior High School enrollment beginning in the school year 1931-32. Forty-eight and two-tenths per cent of the 230 ninth year students graduated in 1929, as compared to 57-3 per cent of the 312 ninth year students who graduated in 1932. This year 195, or 60 per cent, of the students who were in the ninth grade four years ago will graduate. Have we reached the peak? Will the future show that more students remain in school in the upper grades? Provision has been made to take care of this increase in enrollment by building three modern rooms on the top of the gymnasium. These rooms are used by the Commercial Department. There was a temporary suspension this year of the Industrial Arts and the Domestic Science Departments. Rooms used for the purpose of cooking, sewing and wood working are now equipped with table arm chairs and are used for regular classes. The balcony of the auditorium has been used for a number of years to take care of the overflow from the study halls. FARRELL Jl INIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DATA ON ENROLLMENT 1925 1932 Tears 1925 1926 1927 Grades 1926 1927 1928 Grade 7 349 344 325 Grade 8 270 301 314 Grade 9 230 249 290 Grade 10 174 166 197 Grade 11 76 185 124 Grade 12 103 49 123 Total 1202 1294 1373 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 354 359 354 350 344 293 299 326 327 327 312 325 348 387 371 243 237 232 292 326 166 170 183 204 249 111 114 147 179 199 1479 1504 1590 1739 1816 W. R. Anderson. 19