Warsaw High School - Blast Yearbook (Warsaw, NY)

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BLFTST Tl-TE BAND AND ORCHESTRA The band has progressed very rapidly This year. This is probably due To The leadership of Mr. Magee more Than anyThing else. Mr. Magee has encouraged The members of The band and shown Them ThaT They could do very well if They worlc. Regular pracTice periods have been seT aside. The acTiviTies oT The band have been numerous. The Tull band played aT several home TooTball games. During baslmeTball season a smaller group was Tormed To play aT The basl:eTbalI games. Space did noT allow The Tull band To play aT The baslxeTball games. The band played before The ParenT- Teachers' AssociaTion several Times during The year. A concerT was held on February IB, ioinTly wiTh The orchesTra. People Turned ouT very well To hear This concerT. The band and orchesTra did well and as a resulT anoTher concerT will be held in May. The proceeds oT The TirsT concerT were Turned in To help pay Tor The Glee Club gowns. The orchesTra This year hasn'T been very acTive. lT played Tor The Senior Play. A picked group of The erchesfra wenT To RochesTer in The Tall along wiTh picked groups oT many oTher orchesTras Trom The disTricT To play aT The Teachers' ConvenTion as a massed orchesTra. This impressive group Tilled The sTage of one oT RochesTer's largesT TheaTers. One of The more recenT addiTions To The insTrumenTal group is The German Band. This liTTle group has played beTore The assembly on Friday mornings and has been acclaimed by The enTire sTudenT body. 28

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BLAST I 77- i 3 1 FAC U LTY FRONT ROW, LeTT To RighT: Miss Chase, Miss Pinclcney, Miss Myers, Mr, PresTon, Mr. Magee Miss Gardner, Miss Ross, Miss BuTTerTield, Mr. Albro, Mr. Odell. SECOND ROW: Miss Sander, Miss CanTy, Mr. Shear, Miss Charles, Miss Burse, Mrs. Bricl: Miss Greeny, Miss Zeh. THIRD ROW: Miss Wade, Mrs. BoldT, Miss Donlon, Mrs. O'Donnell, Miss STevens, Mrs. Robinson Mrs. I-Iamrnond, Miss Miller, Mrs. STevens, Miss Merrill, Miss Sims. TOP ROW: Mr. STruebing, Miss Bishop, Miss Coleman, Miss Pride, Miss Affleclc, Miss BarTIeTT Miss Wheeler, Mr. BoIdT, Mr. Rogers. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION MR. SHEAR ..........,......... ..............,......,.......... P residenT MISS ITIOLCOMBE ......... Vice-PresidenT MISS GARDNER MR. ALBRO ................................,........ SecreTary and Treasurer The Warsaw School Teachers' AssociaTion's TTrsT social evenT This year was Their annual picnic, held in LeTchworTh Parlc, aT which The new TaculTy members were inTroduced. I.aTer, in February, an informal dinner and parTy was held aT The Masonic Temple. The annual formal banqueT, To which The members oT The Board oT EducaTion are usually inviTed, will probably be held early in June. A change oT oTTicers Toolc place early in The Tall. Miss Gardner was eIecTed vice-presidenT To Talre The place oT Miss Holcomb, who had accepTed a posiTion aT BrighTon, near RochesTer. The aim oT This orqanizaTion is To promoTe Triendship among The TaculTy members and collectively supporT worThwhile obiecTives in The educaTional field and in The communiTy. The AssociaTion This year conTribuTed TiTTy-Tive dollars To The Red Cross Tor The purpose OT Tlood relieT. ' 1

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ELHST ,ms i' BAND FRENCH CLUB HELEN FISHER .......... ......... P residenf CHARLES APPLEBY ....... ..... V ice-Presidenf MARGARET HUMPHREY ........ .... ......................... S e creiary MARGARET HUMPHREY ..............................,........... Treasurer The French Club has been successfully carried on by The officers who were elecfed al' fhe 'Ersf meefing. The largesf and mos? inferesfing meeiing of fhe year was fhe Chrisfmas meeling. lf was held al' The home of one of The sfudenfs and a French play which was.wriHen by Miss Sander was given. The meefings are conducfed in French and a more Thorough knowledge of conversefional French is acquired. The sfudenfs are much in favor of fhis ucfivify and find Tha? if adds much fo The pleasure of faking courses in French. Such organizalions are used by large schools and we are proud fo have a successful one in W. H. S. 29