Holton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Holton, KS)

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THE RETROSPECTii:EfiE5:gg It Max Davis Atwater Hilgtenfeld C. McKinsey H. Sinning M. Alley Butrum A,'Miss Skinner K. Mannell McFadden Flanders G. Allen G1l1NfIcKinsey H. Kaul Wallace Baskett .-ty Boys ' Glee Club Considerable trouble in the boys' glee club has been experienced this year since the boys of this group were also important members of the football, basket ball, track, tennis, and debate teams. It was necessary for Miss Elizabeth Skinner and the coaches of the sports to cooperate in order to accomplish their work in the various activities. The peculiarly penetrating ning, ning, ning which disturbed class work toward the middle of the afternoons each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday was the usual beginning of each boys' glee club practice. The boys seldom appeared in public, but in spite of their inexperience along this line, they were rated good in the Big Seven Music Contest for this year. Galen McKinsey singing tenor and Harold Sinning singing bass furnished two mem- bers of the mixed quartet. The seventeen members of the group chose John Wallace to act as president, and Max Davis acted as librarian. Several of the boys of the junior chorus were added to the ranks of the glee club for the contest. As a special project for the music department, the glee clubs worked on the songs and dialogue in an operetta The Bo'sn's Bride. A mixed chorus composed of the boys' and girls' glee clubs appeared to sing several numbers of this composition, Several other choruses were worked out, both songs and dances, Since the boys were to represent sailors, there were frequent opportunities offered to use a sailor jig or a jolly sea song. Y, , 4 .A ,r:::tfxv:.,,Wx,r.: .,.. f ., iiuggigimTlqmmimngrigmnmqiy1minmmn 1 9 3 2 g 'rrx1.i iimuu:.::....ii.mj..:.7ru.i.l:..m....:.?....:,.L..5 ..,. PAGE 25

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THE RETROSPECT Back rowMRicket, H. Hollis, A. Mumaw, O. Moore, A. Bidwell, Fletcher, Horn, L. Durr. Middle row-R. Allen, Beaman, Loughmiller, Miss Skinner, Ernst, Mirshall, Sharp. Front rcw-J. Johnson, Heed, Keller, T. Faulkender, W. Mannell, Pltsche, Miriam Davis, Ada Eulert. Girls' Glee Club Girb' glee club is an organization formed by open enrollment after which the music supervisor limits the class to those whose ability shows promise for work of this nature. The first four weeks of the school year are devoted to individual tests and try-outs. In this way each individuals ability is determined and personal contact with pupils er121b19S the supervisor to understand the need and give the proper training. From the group of twenty-eight girls, twenty were selected to enter the Big Seven Contest for girls' glee club. As a result of their receiving a superior rating, twenty- four girls entered the Emporia competition. Here they received an excellent rating in the class B division in the state. Four girls in this group were selected as a girls' quartet and were entered in the music contest, Thelma Faulkender, soprano: Helen Ernst, contraltog Lois Sharp, second soprano, and Edith Fletcher, alto. Also Ruth Keller as first soprano and Aleene Bidwell as alto sang in the mixed quartet. Lois Sharp was entered for girls' vocal solo in the Big Seven Music Contest. She was rated good by the judges. Q The girls' club met every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and was directed by Miss Elizabeth Skinner to keep their cheeks up, chins down. weight on the balls of their ieet, and incidentally to sing. .During the year this group was requested to sing at several church entertainments. besides iurnishing several numbers for the student assemblies. Ruth Keller was chosen to act as president of the club. ' ' :.'T:3: ' 1 9 3 2 A - H PAGE 211

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THE RETROSPECT Wallace Baehni K. Tudor Beaman J. Stous M. Davis Duffy Pointer C. Moore Horn Fletcher Fowler Reed Flynn Publications Locking back over the activities and accomplishments of the year, one sees many he wishes to keep for future reference. To select and record the more important of these happenings, an editor-in-chief, assistant editor and business manager are elected by the senior class. These elected ofhcers choose other class members to assist them. The members for the staff of the Retrospect this year are: editor-in-chief, Edith Fletcher: assistant editor, Muriel Fowler: business manager, John Flynn: advertising manager, Harry Duffy: athletic editor, John Wallace: art editor, Evelyn Beaman: photograph editor, Kenneth Tudor: class editor, Mary Horn: organization editor, Eliza- beth Reed: snapshot editor, Miriam Davis: mounting editor, John Stous: humor editor, Clifford Moore: stenographer, Verna Baehni: circulation manager, Robert Latta. The annual edited by the class of '31 received a First Class Honor Rating in the National Scholastic Press Association Contest spcnsored by the University of Minnesota. This rank is second to the All American Rating which is the highest award given. Each year this annual publication, the Retrospect, is entered in this contest to compete for honor ratings. A new publication, a sixty page student handbook, was edited by the Publication Committee with the assistance oi the student council. Each member of the council was assigned a special phase of the school activities on which to report. During the summer the material was arranged and set up for publication. Each student who enrolled at the first of the year was given a handbook to serve as a student directory. Twenty-three years ago the Blue Pencil was started as a pioneer paper in senior high school. It was a four-page paper but was changed to the Tattler which was published in magazine form. Its end came soon, however, and the Tattler was turned into the 'tHoltonian Magazine until 1919 when it was first edited in its present form. The Holtonian is now a bi-weekly, four-page paper which has, two different times, won All-American honor ratings in the National Scholastic Press Association Contest. This year the paper won a second place rating in the C. S. P. A. national contest which is sponsored by Columbia University at New York. The journalism class, consisting of thirty-one members, had charge of the writing of the news stories and all other features of the paper. 1 9 32 - . aww PAGE 26 Xlil wifi X 'v' P.- C I 4 'I X I I X 'i sc 5 L X X