Willis High School - Pirate Yearbook (Willis, KS)

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. MUSIC The entire student body is enrolled in chorus and ten of these are members of the band. Under the leadership of our music in- Strlfctoff MTS- Esther' Chapman, we have achieved one of the most active music departments in the county. For the past three years the music department has presented two home concerts annually, one at Christmas time and the other in late spring. For the past two years the Willis All-Stars Chorus and trio have won lst place in the County 4-H Music Contest. .Individual soloists and ensemble groups were rated high this year .in the. County Music Festival. Much stress has been given to individual instruction and achievement. The vocal department has given complete programs for out of town parties, club meetings and church services, in addition to indi- vidual numbers for the activities of school including plays, banquets, and regular assemblies. Mrs. Chapman wishes to give recognition to Carlton Ross, freshman, as the student who has made the most progress in music this year. Carlton sings soprano and plays the trumpet. Addie Mae Lambert ASSEMBLIES This year we have had regular bi-monthly assemblies. Outside of the class assemblies we had several special assemblies. In October Mr. Paul Skinner, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Horton was the guest speaker. He gave a very interesting talk on Goals in Life. Mrs. Heffelfinger, English teacher was in charge of our Halloween assembly. She read the palms of several of the students during the program. The Armistice Day assembly was given on Novem- ber l2. Mr. Hutton, principal, was chairman for the program. Guest speakers were I W Zentmyer, Dale Sawyer Lloyd Pederson. Mr. Elder pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of lfiiillis was the guest speaker, at the Thanksgiving Day assembly. In Ianuary Mrs. Howard Clark and Miss Mildred Imach of Horton gave a splendid assembly program. Mrs. Clark reviewed the book Any Thing Can Happen Here. Miss Imach, in her native dress of the Apache tribe gave the song Nearer My God To Thee in tribal sign language. This demonstration was followed by severalviolin numbers by Miss Imach. These assemblies were enjoyed by everyone. ALL SCHOOL PARTIES The Girls' Club sponsored the Christmas Party which was held in the gymnasium the afternoon before Christmas vacation. The gaily dec- orated Christmas tree was surrounded by numerous gifts including a Ho Chest for the bride-to-be, Miss Flagler. The festivities began by play- pe ing games. This was followed by group singing of Christmas Carols. Mrs.

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