Pettisville High School - Lariat Yearbook (Pettisville, OH)

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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

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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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School liTe Today does noT consisT only in sTudying Iessons Trom books and Then going To class To reciTe Them. The modern school oTTers many ouTside inTeresTs which are aImosT equal in imporTance To The Tormal edun caTion. which, in mosT peoples' minds, consTiTuTes school. Even small schools have a raTher varied group oT such acTiviTies To ap- peal To The diTTerenT inTeresTs oT The pupils. AThIeTics, perhaps, oTTer The mosT publicized oT These acTiviTies wiTh baske+baII. baseball, and Track Teams. OT These, baskeTbaII has always been The TavoriTe aT PeT+isviIle. Class baskeTbaII Teams-boTh boys' and girls'-play regularly in noon games during The winTer. A TournamenT ends The series oT games. For Those who would become KaTherine Cornells or Leslie I-Towards, The iunior and senior plays and shorTer dramaTic producTions Tor schoo programs mark The beginning oT Training in ThaT direcTion. and give seITi- conTidence in appearing beTore The public. Each pupil belongs To one oT The Two IiTerary socieTies which aITernaT wiTh programs every Two weeks. Every member is required To appeaeT on The programs aT IeasT once each year. Thus, a Ii++Ie opporTuniTy To perTorm beTore an audience ouTside oT The classroom is given To all. Work on The school paper and on The annual gives The respecTive sTaTTs a TasTe oT iournaIisTic Training. One resuIT oT This experience is unTaiIing- a real appreciaTion oT The amounT of work necessary To place a newspaper or a book inTo The hands oT The public. The library sTaTT, aT leasT, acquires a keen respecT Tor books and Their care aTTer Tinding The same book coming down To The workroom Two or Three Times a year Tor rebinding. OTher books reTurn counTIess Times Tor mending. The home economics club supplemenTs The regular classroom work by giving programs heIpTuI To Those girls inTeresTed in homemaking. They Iearn in an inTeresTing manner more abouT The care and Turnishing oT Th home, abouT proper Toods, and abouT suiTable cloThing. Fashion showi wiTh The girls Themselves modeling garmenTs, show in concreTe Torm how cloThing should look. The various musical organizaTions appear in public on occasions. Th insTrumenTal groups play aT games, plays. and oTher programs. The glez clubs give canTaTas and opereTTas. Occasional inTormaI class parTies, picnics, and The one Tormal aTTair oT The year -The iunior-senior banqueT - give The boys and girls a chance To meT in a social way. Any child's Training is one-sided and incompleTe when school means only The classroom To him. To make good ciTizens. The school needs To provide Tor iTs boys and girls a weII-rounded program of classes and ouT- side acTiviTies. EXTRA CURRICULAI2 ACTIVITIES