North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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THE TAMARACK One of tlie oldest enterjmses in school and one of the most beneficial to North Central is the orchestra. Too much credit can not be priven to it for its part in all musical activities. This semester there were fifty -one in the class, the largest orchestra in the history of the school. Under the direction of V. Olin Rice, the members of the organization i)ractice once a week, for which they receive one-fourth credit at the end of the .semester. As usual the orchestra played l)etween acts of the class play and accompanied the oper- etta. This last service was one of its most out- standing of the semester. A .special convoca- tion for the purpose of l)ringing the students in do.ser contact with classical music was given l)y the orchestra on Wednesday and Thursday, N ' ovember 1( and 17, during the first period. The following nuiiil)ers were included in the program: Halha Overture, ci m])osed by Moni- uszko; Third . larni March, by Coldman; Dance Araby, T.schaikowsky ; Orientale, by Cui; and Estrellita, by Pcmce. Members of the orchestra are: First violins — (iardner Morgan, Elizabeth Peery, Betty C ' libb, Ksther Jorgensen, Maxine Armstnmg, Stanley White, Carl Butz, Jack Woods, Vivien I ' oull, Helen Holten, Kathleen Sullivan, Marian Dortch, Phyllis Jaciibsen and Ruth (jladstone. Second violins — Ray Miles, Arnola Sharp- nach, Josephine Heywood, Howar;! Clark, Ro- l)ert Brandt, . rmand McEwen, Frances Beam, Ethel .Aune, Emma Schweppe, Leo Riordan, Lawrence Bone, Edward (Jrimmer, Howard Burger, . rlene White, Mary Barnhart and Helen Ludwigson. Violas — Dwight Sailor, .Muriel Cjlayzer and Eilene Brown. Cello.s — Constance Jordan, Kathleen Gerking, Lorraine Sullivan and Phillip Walborn. String basses, Edwin Atwood and Wayne Graham; oboe, Edwin Armstrong; flutes, Ro- berta Shanks and Howard Cha.se; first clari- net, Harry Hale; second clarinet, Paul Bevis; bass calrinet, Cleo Bullard; first cornet, Verrol Henry; second cornet, Neal Neuman; horns, Howard Picklesimer and Bill Nolan; drums, . rthur I ' nieume; i)iano. Bertha Enfield.

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T H ] ' , r A M A R A C K (Icorge Davis, wlio leads the pep band and Ilcrli Slate, head librarian. Maurice Persons is librarian for the reed section and Earl Mc- Carthy is librarian for the brass. Max Weber is the business manager and Harley Heckord is equipment manager. Bill Nolan handles the lrum majors job. The full band with an enrollment of I()3 is divided into smaller units to allow more chance for developing each boy ' s ability. The concert band has 72 members. . l)pearing about ' 20 times the l)ast .semester, the pep band set a new record for its activity. Members are: George Davis, leader, Harry Hale, Herb Slate, Harold Fry, Karl McCarthy, Verrol Henry, Dave Slee, Kenneth Morse, Wayne (iraham, Harley Heckord and Rill Pol- lard. The boys in the saxoiihone sextet are: Harry Hale, leader, Harold l ' ' ry. Herb Slate, Don Swan, Dwight Sailor, Bill Pollard and George Davis. At its .semi annual concert the band drew a large and appreciative audience. March Slave by Tschaikowsky and Kipolletto by Verdi were the two jirineipal numbers iire- sented. The personnel of the liand is as follows: Cornet — Kenneth Bain, Walter Boomer, Roy Charlton, Merwin Collison, .John Condit, D(m Kndslow, -Adrian Flower, Clinton Cirone- nieicr. Jack (iunn, N ' errol Henry, Bob Johnson, Karl McCarthy, Clifford Melting, . nstin Ness, Neal Neuman, Darrell Pace, Keed Khea, Haliih Smith, Frederick I ' hden, Paul Weatherhcad and Russell Potter. Piccolo — Harold Chase. Oboe — Elwyn . rinstrong. Clarinet — Paul Bevis, Orville Beyersdorf, CIco Bullard, Francis Drinkard, Howard Fisher, Homer Fritch, Harold Fry, .lack (Jil- liert, Harry Hale, Richard Hickey, Roliert Hill. Wendell Hoesly, Richard Ireland, Marshall Jones, Don McFarland, Harris Pasley, Maurice Persons, Walton Petsch, Ralph Shanks, Dick Sinead, Harold Taylor, Max Weber and .Mar- ion Dunlap. Saxophone — Howard Bayley, Ciale Beals, George T. Davis, William Dibblee, Wayne Graliam, Roy Jones, Don Lambert, Harold I.angeloli, Wilbur Mays, Floyd McCollom, Ho- ward McCormick, Don I ' hillabaum, William Pollard, Richard Riegel, Dwight Sailor, Her- liert Slate, N ' incent Smith, Donald Swan, .Mel- vin I ' len, Fred Wehman and Charles Nelson. Horn — N ' ewton Brunton, George A. Davis. Kdward Jennings, Bill Nolan, Howard Pickel- simer, Roland ahrly an l Ru.s.sell Caldwell. Baritone— Bob Grey, Donald McGougan and Cyrus Payne. Trombone — James Baxter, Donald Drury, Dick CJreenough, Carrold Holm, Osnier Jensen, Ridward Schwciiiie, Bob Seymour, Thomas Shaw, David Slee, John Sleeth, Bruce Weldon, John McDonnell and Percy Schroder. Bass — Melvin Bennett, Norman de Pender, George Martin, Kenneth Morse and James Rowan. Drum — Tlieron Duerfeldt, Richard Kllarson, Harold Hove, James McBroom, Harley Heck- ord, Karl Redlin, . rtliur rnicunie and Wal- lace Whitford. Mr. Bradford deserves the hearty applau.se of every North Central student for so capably handling such a large and active organization. -VR T DKPARTMENT North Central ' s art dei)artnu-nt is located on the lower floor in the rooms around the corridor leading back between the two trophy cases. .Ml of North Central ' s art work comes from this group of rooms, i ' osters announcing games, debates and i)lays arc written here. Pow Wow placards of the different concessions are made here also. -Ml the hand worked advertising in the halls and library is done by our art de- partment. Cartoons and layouts for jiictures in the News are worked up by these people and all the drawings and sketches for The Tamarack originate in the rooms occujiied by the art .students. The art (lei)artnient proper is divided into two sections; special and fine arts, and applied design. This last heading includes jewelry, which is ))erhaps the best known class of the course because of the practical examples of work displayed by n)enil)ers of the class. - study of art such as is offered in North Central not only gives practical knowledge and technique but also gives an apjireciation of beauty in the school and home. Jacky to gym class: What would you like to do for exercise today? Tubby Irwin: I would like to skip class. Bertha (ieorge: My isn ' t the floor slick? Hill .Shaw: Naw, I ' ve just got a good shine. 151]

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THE TAMARACK ' J ' his year, debate activities in North Cen- tral were fciven their first sendoff hy a try- out in October to select the members of half the squad, the negative teain. Contestants pre- I)ared three minute speeches on the |)n)i)ositioii that athletics as now conducted are not detri- mental. The other half of the squad, the affirmative team, w,is chosen by a tryout two weeks later si)eakin(i; on the op))osite contention that ath • letics are detrimental. Preliininary to l)oth these contests, all asi irants to del)ate ))ositions liad spoken on either side of the topic and a dozen or so for each side were declared eli- gible for the final team tryouts. Klsie Meyer, Richard Mcl.anc and Charles Canii bell were chosen for the negative team and .Myrtle Meadows, Uussel Potter and Fred I.awson for the affirmative. The formal stating of the semesters debate question is, Kesolved, That inter-collegiate and inter-scholastic athletics as at present con- ducted are detrimental, detrimental to mean more harmful than beneficial. This was the topic for all discussion this semester. North Central ))articipated in the state de- bate league again this year and was given a busy schedule to work on. The first contest of the year was with Si)rague high school. The season was given a good start by a decision in favor of North Central awarded to the negative team. The next del)ate was with Kit .ville, jiartici- pated in l)y the affirmative team. This was anotlier state delmte. .Vltliougli the decision went to Uitzville the North Central debaters delivered interesting and logical speeches. Both teams were contestants in the next debate session, which was a dual encounter with Coeur d ' . lene. The negative team went to the lake city school and the affirmative team argued in the school auditorium. No fornuil judges decision was given for either contest. The big debate of the year and the one most important to North Central students was tlie triangular contest with Lewis and Clark and Hillyard, with the Harvard cup as a trophy. The negative team went to the Lewis and Clark auditorium and the affirmative team met Hillyard in the North Central aud- itorium, both debates being on the same night. North Central debaters were coached by Mr. Becher of the history department. A good deal of the credit for the i)erformance of the del)aters is due to his corrective and guiding instruction. All of these debaters except Richard Mc- [63]