Strong Vincent High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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The Soul of a Nation M, in iii 504194 1 Sylvia Galinsky-B.M. American Conservatory of The Strong Vincent A Cappella Choir is nationally known and acclaimed for the superior concert work which they have done. Every year that they have taken a trip their fame has grown, until they now receive many more requests for concerts than they are possibly able to accept. For the past four years, the entire choir has sung over a nation wide network from New York City but because of the crisis of international events, they will be unable to do so this year. Two particularly outstanding features which set them off from other groups are the facts that they are entirely self supporting and self govern- ing. All cf the money for their trips, robes, and music is raised by the energies of the individual members and of the choir as a whole. Music. Junior High Art. Junior High Music. Girls Chorus. 0. L. Grendel'--A.B. St. Olaf. A Cappella Choir, Mixed Choir. Several members were selected for the district chorus and one member received the great honor of 'being chosen for the all state choir. Last Christmas, as in previous years, our A Cappella presented a concert that was deeply moving. As a soloist, in their spring concert, they hope to present once more, Eugene Bossart, the dis- tinguished pianist whose home was formerly in Erie. The Girls Chorus, a rising member of Strong Vincent High School's musical family, is becoming an increasingly important group in their class- room and in their social events. During the past year, they have worked especially hard, gradually becoming serious contenders for the musical crown of our school. MIXED CHOIR-Row 1: Dwelle, Judd, Koschek, Phillips, D'Agostino, Nicosia, Powell, MacLean, Mead, Sawdey. Row 2: Dunnigan, Anderson, Walters, Rossi, Avril, Dahlstrand, Shulllin, Behringer, Brennan, Gardner, Wickline, Davis. Row 3: Behnkc, Logan, Piiazzi, Colao, DiNicola. Doud, Franklin, Magee, Lynch, liipsett, Livingstone, Santia. Row 4: Davison. Hoh, Lucas, Skapura, Hines, DeMatteo, Calabrese, Hubbard, Marsh, Marklow, Hervey. Twcnly

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A. E. Humphrey-+B.S. Stout Institute. Drafting AdvisergTennisg Spokesman. Cora Anne PearcegB.S. Penn Stateg lVI.Litt. University of Pittsburgh. Art. Adviser-Spokesmang Brass Choir. Jean E. Wilson-A.B. Penn State. Librarian. Adviser +Spokesmang A Cappella Choirg Student Council 12-l Class. Because drafting is a highly important subject in the well rounded education of any boy, this course is required in the curriculum of the junior high school. More advanced and more specialized work is offered as an elective subject to the senior high school students who need it in preparation for many of the branches of the industrial field. The art classes of the junior high school not only serve as a background for more general appreciation of the great masters, but also tend to encourage the artistically minded individual to continue his art Work throughout his high school years. In the Senior Art Department a variety of projects, which range from charcoal sketches to the gaily colored posters, is offered to both commercial and regular art classes. The art work in the Spokesman has been done by this depart- ment. Strong Vincent High School has an exceptionally fine library in which every type of good reading material may be found. New books are constantly being added in a successful effort to keep abreast of the literary world. Here also the student may find recent copies of the most prominent magazines and newspapers for his reading enjoyment. Any student who has not learned by actual exper- ience to use his head and his hands together has not been fully prepared to take his part in the every day world. Planning and acting, thinking and doing, call for coordination of head and hand. N ineieen Is the Art of Being Useful

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A CAPPELLA CHOIR-Row 1: Soneson, Doud. Swanson, Blakeslee, Ennis. Sprickrnan, K., Lavery, Ulfncr, Gage, VVilson, Holm, Norton, DiNicola, Albertson. Row 2: DelVlatteo, Bauman, Grucza, Pundt, Bacon, LaKari, McKnight, Coburn. lVIcQuiston, Turner, Feist, J., Skinner, Nlarabito, lVlartin, Foessct. Row 3: Kay, Schitea. James, Morton, Blumlin, Ander- son, Owen, James, Feist, J., Kissell, Nlillcr, Schonbein, Kirkland. Zcilsdorf, Sawerino. Row 4: lVlc-Grath, Nichols, Krash- neske, Hosanske, Hubbard, Krirnmcl, Roesch. Munn. Galetta, VVhitney, llichardson, ll.. Nagle. Instead of taking their annual trip, the money which has been earned by the untiring efforts of its members was used to purchase new robes. To pay for these robes, each girl payed for her seven dollar budget, with the money she earned by conducting popcorn sales and food sales. Being a group which believes in having fun While doing their necessary work, tl1ese girls have also held several roller skating parties to raise some of their money. Since early September, the Girls Chorus has worked hard to blend their voices into a har- monious and pleasing whole. They have joined in two concerts with the A Cappella choir to show to all their melodious results which only hard work and diligent practice can produce. Not only have they earned money for their own treasury, but they have also been instrumental in helping the Brass Choir. GIRLS CHORUS-Row 1 A new musical organization has entered Yincent since last fall, and it is proving to bea very important part of our large musical depart- ment. This mixed choir has been organized to give a larger number of senior high school students the chance to blend their voices together under expert supervision. This choir has often been termed the Junior A Cappella for its main purpose is to train mem- bers for that larger group. Upon its members rests the success or failure of the A Cappella. They have sung in nearby schools and have given concerts where they have been lauded fo-r their splendid work. They have joined with the other musical groups to purchase a new recording machine which will preserve their voices for future choirs. Finton, Schneider, Leone Phillips, Curtis, Rocco, De Graw, LaFuria Messenkopf Edelman, Uhlman, Ferguson Norton, Hamilton. Gallagher Fisher, Pifer, Paden, Torok Whipple, Judd, Miller, Pain ter, Hubni-r,Foerster, Heidt, Addessi. Pell. liow 3: lVlcGee Zaepfel, Griffin, Juntunen Delaancey, Babbitt, Shufflin Larsen, Sautter, Shoptaugh Seachrist, Dillon, Sampicri Lundgren, Grahaxn. Twenty-one , , I , Logan, Simon. Row 2: , , , , , , ,