James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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GLENN KRCPF Principal MISS DESSIE NICKLES Class Sponsor H. H. OGDEN Assistant Principal

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Uedication To you who succeed us and will soon take our place, this book of reminiscences is sincerely dedicated. Q5 FAREWELL TO RILEY I-HG-I-l ell if :lr With our school days now behind us, And the rest of life ahead, Do we falter in our progress, Or future battles dread? No, We think of our forefathers In their trying days of time, And push on to days of glory For the class of '39. When We have reached our limits, We'll look back with a sigh, To the dear old days of school, And be glad that we did try. We will search our fondest memories For what has been so Hne, And live again in spirit With the class of '39. -HAROLD NOGGLE.

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The Band INCE 1931, when it was hrst started, the band has been steadily climbing upward. This semester for the first time since its origin, the band has the full concert instrumentation required for symphonic band. The two people responsible for this successful rise of the band are Miss Kantzer and Mr. Riggs. the school music directors, lt was begun by Miss Kantzer in 1930, who in 1934 turned over her duties to Mr. Riggs who has supervised the band ever since. Our very time marching band appears at the local football games with brilliant marching maneuvers, which are becoming more complicated every year. The unique waltz maneuver is favored by everyone. Since it was presented, the band has had to repeat it several times. Last September 23, our m-arching band was out- fitted with new uniforms which they truly deserved. The color of the new uniforms is the dark Northwest- ern purple trimmed with gold, which gives the band a striking appearance. However, now that the football season is over, the band is turning its attention to the more serious and diflicult concert music. This season's repertoire includes: The William Tell Overture by Rossini: Amparito Rocco by Texidor: On the Trail from the Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe: Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgesky: Cowboy Lament by J. De Forest Cline: The Sixth Symphony, sometimes referred to as the Pathetique Symphony, by Tschaikowsky, and Finlandia by Jean Sebelius. Several marches are also included. As this goes to press, the band is just starting its concert season. This year, as usual, the -band will give its annual school concert and its annual Grace M. E. Church concert. The Grace Church concerts have al- ways been great successes and that is why they are repeated each year. Another outstanding activity is the annual Blossom Parade in Michigan when they give a tireless marching performance. Each year they have been the guests of the Lakeview Hotel which well proves that besides its prominent musicianship, the band also maintains a Hne reputation. The band has a membership of ninety members. It almost has to be reorganized each year because graduation usually takes some of the out- standing members away. The band practices an hour each day in the school auditorium. Mr. Riggs hopes that some day they will have a private rehearsal room for band and instrumental practice only. The ofhcers of the band are elected every year: seniors. of course, being the first choice. The position of student director, which was ori- ginated a few years ago by Mr. Riggs is being capably Killed by Edna Butz. The other current officers are: Jean Wolfram, president: Gerald Detweiler, vice president: Betty Wolfram. secretary: Gertrude Wolfe, treasurer, and Annette Gill and Jean Andrews. social chairmen. There are many small instrumental groups within the band. These quartets. quintets and trios practice every Thursday. They are working MR. PERCY H. RIGGS on diflicult music and expect to give a concert in the spring.