Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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WhaT is more consoling, more inspiring, more beauTiTul Than good mu- sic? Many schools do noT have The opporTuniTy To learn music ThaT we have, and we greaTly appreciaTe The eTTorTs oT lvlr. Tellaisha, who has worlced very hard To help us. ln The beginning oT The year The high school chorus was divided inTo boys' and girls' glee clubs. There were TwenTy-one members in The boys' glee club and ThirTy members in The girls' glee club. AT EasTer Time The girls gave an excellenT canTaTa, The Risen Lord . wiTh The assisTance oT The brass ensemble. On May I4 The chorus pres senTed The opereTTa, Campus Daze . BoTh oT These perTormances were very well done. A new class in appreciaTion oT music was added To The music courses This year. More pupils should Talce This course, Tor The sTudy of The lives oT greaT composers and Their ouTsTanding worlcs adds much To a real ape- preciaTion oT good music.

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This year abouT Two hundred new books have been added To our library. Among These are TicTion. biography, drama, and essay. The school ap- preciaTes These books and hopes more will be added each year. Books Taken Trom The library may be kepT Tor Two weeks. IT They are kepT longer a Tine oT Two cenTs a day is charged. The money collecTed Trom These Tines is used To buy more books andilibrary equipmenT. This year new Tiles and a book press were purchased as were book-mending supplies. As books are always geTTing damaged, The book-repair deparTmenT has been consTanTly busy. All small Tears and oTher minor damages re- ceive aTTenTion, and worn books are rebound. All books have been marked according To The Dewey Decimal SysTem. This work Took con- siplferable Time, buT since iT is Tinished, Tinding and arranging is much sim- pi ied. This deparTmenT, probably more Than any oTher, needs The co-opera- Tion oT The whole school in order To do iTs work eTTicienTly. The books are used by The whole high schoolg ThereTore, all The sTudenTs, insTead oT iusT one commiTTee, are responsible Tor The condiTion oT The books.

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The band and lhe orcheslra, organized some years ago, slill allracled boys and girls who play or are inleresled in lhe inslrumenls ol lhese or- ganizalions. The band played al school lunclions and al several ol lhe baslcelball games. The orcheslra provided music al plays and al com- mencemenl lime. A special class lor lhose who are beginning lhe sludy ol inslrumenls was held again lhis year. A new musical group, lhe brass ensemble, composed ol six more ex- perienced players, mel lhree limes a weelc aller school lor praclice. The personnel ol lhe ensemble, nol piclured, was as lollows: Virginia I-Iill, cornel, Gladys Rychener, lubag Belly Neidhardl and Wanda Weber, barilone horn: Virgil Sunday and l-loward Nolziger, lrumpel. This group lurnished music on several public occasions. orefiuizfxlious