Walter Hines Page High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Henrietta Nance and Mary Alyce Watson work diligently on newly assigned music in orchestra. MISS GLORIA ANNE SHIPWASH Assistant Band MRS. LUCY STILL Orchestra rounded music department The choir at Page has a strong tradition of high standards in singing and pride of performance. It was composed this year of over sixty select voices and served as the principal performing vocal group of the music department. Admittance was based on voice quality and attitude. The girls’and boys’choruses received training in howto breathe, diction, tone production, and volume. Chorus is really a class as much as any minor subject, because the students receive in¬ struction and are tested regularly. The choruses performed several times this year in assemblies. Mr. Milton Bliss, choral instructor since Page first opened its doors three years ago, wrote our alma mater, “Page High For¬ ever,” which this year has been used as the theme of this book. Both the band and orchestra at Page had regular classes dur¬ ing the day. They practiced during their study periods in the individual practice rooms for the many different activities in which they participated. These two music classes were available to beginners and experienced pupils. Linda Franklin and Sandra Boatner com¬ bine flute and clarinet during band prac¬ tice. 29

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Hank Barden, James Wiles, Woody Woodard, and Harry McDonald, who compose the boys’ quartet practice to the accompaniment of Isabel Bandy. MR. MILTON C. BLISS Vocal Music MR. FRED RIERSON Band Bands, choruses, and orchestra compose a well- Open the vowels and explode the consonants.” Mr. Rierson directs band students in daily class activity. 28

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Susan Chirdon finds that even washing clothes can be a chal¬ lenge in home economics. MRS. JOANNE JARRETT Home Economics Family Life Child Development Homemakers-to-be find help in home economics, family life, and child development Dee Ferguson tests food prepared by Shirley Mitchell in home economics class. (above) Careful measurements are of great importance in all recipes as Martha Jen¬ nings learns in Mrs. Jarrett’s home eco¬ nomics class, (below) The purpose of the home economics course was to instruct and prepare stu¬ dents for the domestic part of their fu¬ ture. To accomplish this, Mrs. JoAnne Jarrett included in her course seven areas of instruction: food preparation and con¬ servation, making and caring for cloth¬ ing, child care, family economics, fam¬ ily relationship, health, and housing. These areas provided an opportunity for the girls to get experience which will serve as a means of meeting future daily problems. Each home economics student was required to do a home project during the course for which she assumed com¬ plete responsibility, aided only by her mother and Mrs. Jarrett. Another feature of the homemaking pro¬ gram was the family life class offered to junior and senior boys and girls. This course taught a better understanding of family relationship and problems in fi¬ nance and housing. Child development was a one semes¬ ter course offered to junior and senior boys and girls. It was the goal of the teacher, Mrs. Jarrett, to help students realize the responsibilities and privile¬ ges of parenthood. In child development, students learned the care of a child from birth to six years of age. The observation and participation in kindergarten clas¬ ses were very beneficial supplements of the course. Betty Osborne, using Bonnie Horner as her model, learns the funda¬ mentals of sewing. 30