Hemingford High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Hemingford, NE)

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Band and Chorus Exemplify Cultural Development An essential part of high school students’ de- velopment and search for identity is culture. Band, music and chorus serve as vehicles in their struggle for attainment in the field of fine arts, provide instruction and experience in self-ex- pression and emotional fulfillment. The music students of HHS performed twice this year for the community, providing cultural entertainment as well as enjoyable experiences for the participants. In addition to preparing for their winter and spring concerts, the music de- partment spent many long hours of practice re- fining selections to be performed at the Panhandle C Music Contest. Three superiors at the contest proved the efforts worth while. Above: Instructor. Mr. Arnold Quinonez, leads the band during the winter concert. Mr. Q. is a graduate of Colorado State Teacher's College where he received his BA and Vandercook School of Music where he received his MM. He directs beginning and senior high band, girls' and boys' glee, as well as supervises solos and ensembles. Top left: Bill Hebbert adds some variety to the winter con- cert with his trumpet solo. Top right: The mixed vocal ensemble exemplifies the many that performed at the Panhandle C Music Contest. Right: A newly formed vocal group, boy's glee, makes its first spring concert appearance. Far right: The pep band provides entertainment and boosts spirit at one of the home basketball games. 14

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Junior and Senior Speech Classes Cover HHS News The responsibility of bringing this year’s news to the students and surrounding community fell upon the junior and senior speech classes who produced the school newspaper and radio program. These media kept a close watch on lo- cal events and provided a public service for an- nouncements and constructive criticism. Students of Speech II learned the fundamen- tals of practical journalism through their bi- weekly publication, The Feline. News items con- cerned with sports, academics, social events and editorials formed the backbone of the paper. A new process of letter transfer eliminated the slow and delicate cutting of headlines on sten- cils which gave The Feline the added touch of boldfaced headlines. A weekly radio program brought the HHS news to the airwaves each Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. over KCOW. This broadcast was a project of the Speech 12 class and served to bring the school news to a wider range of the community. The senior speech class gained the tech- niques of broadcast journalism through this pro- gram, as well as valuable practice in speaking and news commentary. Along with this the people of the area were able to hear what was happen- ing at HHS and perhaps better understand how their young people were being educated. 16