A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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Claoir, Ckorud 1 ROW l: P. Kelly, B. Raymond, M. Larson, P. Toven, C. Sawyer, E. Lewittes, C. Steinberg, K. Doles, FJUOTUTUP1 Coleman, D. Sturdivant, P. Vagts, J. Moore, B. Eckert, L. Daikeler, G. Shuart, B. Sturtevant, T. Joachim, Bairdg ROW 2: B. Bertuch, J. Sergel, S. Gross, J. Gennett, J. Gillis, J. Gillis, J. Marston, D. Licht, J. Adams, Plummer, B. Tilson, A. Schneider, B. Henderson, N. Williams, J. Raymondg ROW 3: G. Robinson, . Emes, C. Cogger, J. Brown, M. Treadwell, C. Shafbuch, G. Roehner, B. Skerritt, B. Canfield, L. Zittell, . Maxson, E. Hubel, G. Soules, J. Harrissg ROW 4: D. Zale, P. Scagnelli, C. Kosof, R. Stewart, J. Gillian, Cunningham, T. Pizzarello, G. Kramer, M. Crandall, B. Spiegel, C. Weist, F. Blunt, J. Koster ROW l: A. Silver, A. Goldberg, ROW 2: S. Rainess, A. Duehrssen, J. Hoffmann, C. Miller, I. Leon, J. Wilkins, B. Kelly, E. Cronin, M. Cronin, C. Hinetz, D. DeCordova, K. Doles, M. Zambrano, M. Coombs, I. Robinson, ROW 3: E. Hill, M. Wagner, A. Richardson, H. Franklin, D. Craig, A. Goodrich, W. Malone, W. Warren, E. Heizler, C. Constantine, J. Davidson, J. Valentine, L. Knowles, B. Storms, ROW 4: S. Schnoor, P. Maguire, M. Horvath, V. Pastore, J. Conte, F. Vener, D. Benson, W. Pelkus, J. Glover, D. Bradley, R. Ludwig, R. Pielli, P. Laurin, J. Kittrell, D. Thomas, M. Healy The CHOIR, which was formed in 1948 by Mr. Nielsen, has only advanced singers. Among their many interesting activities was a trip to Grand Central Station where they sang Christmas Carols, an afternoon's singing at the Westchester Womanis Club, and a program of Christmas music for the members of the Exchange Club, and as a climax to their first term's work, participation in the Sectional Music Festival of the N. Y. State School Music Association at White Plains. One has only to hear them sing to appreciate the cul- tural value they add to Davis. 36 Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do is still our musical scale although the alto, bass and soprano parts in the Davis CHORUS have many times changed hands. From the time when the group was formed by Mr. Nielsen in his senior year at Davis until 1944, it functioned under two separate names- '4The Boys' Glee Club and MThe Girls, Glee Club. Finally, co-education Won out and the two groups united to form the Davis Chorus. Now, adorned in new choir robes and sup- plied With electric candles, the Chorus adds great- ly to our assemblies and musical programs.

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:felt ea fm ROW 1: S. Jacobs, M. Copeland, O. Potts, B. Hodge, T. Pizzarello, A. Pavelleg ROW 2: M. Nides, N. Burton, D. Slote, M. Donihee, P. Wolfe, J. Graham, T. Joachim, N. Taft, S. Ostrowskyg ROW 3: R. Stevens, J. Singer, R. Bloomfield, C. Weist, D. Hepburn, D. Zale, R. Jones, A. Kor- hammerg ROW 4: J. Robinson, J. Fields, A. Lemos, F. Campbell, F. Fischer, R. Greenberg, F. Ferrara, R. Zale, S. Portman, Mr. Randall Through the Windows of room 207, a medley of musical sounds reached the ears of Pop Phillips. uClose those windows! shouted the popular teacher of Caesar and Cicero. Yes, the eighth period had arrived with the ORCHESTRA adding to Davis High the sounds of its practice. During the last period every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, the orchestra, under the capable direction of Mr. Randall, could be found patiently practicing. Each time the Dramatic Society gave a performance, the orchestra was there, adding its musical background to the suc- cess of the production. Traveling each year to White Plains for the County Music Festival, the orchestra members, as a result of their constant practice, brought honor not only to themselves. but to Davis High. Ending each year on a solemn note, the orchestra accompanies the maroon-clad graduates as they march proudly out of Wood Auditorium, diplomas in hand. It was in another era, in the year 1906, that the auditorium of Mount Vernon High first echoed with the sounds of a school orchestra. During that eventful Winter the group, underlhe direction of its founder, Mr. Emil Nielsen, dis- tinguished itself by playing the uPinafore at the City Opera House. In those days the orchestra was made up entirely of boys, for it was not until almost ten years later that feminine musicians joined the orchestra of Mount Vernon High. Now, forty-four years later, the orchestra is still one of the largest and most active organ- izations at Davis. Each Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, Mr. Randall raises his baton and the forty odd members start to play. 4 Far above in 207 Pop Phillips was heard to shout, Open that Window! Thcy're playing my favorite kind of music, Latin American! 37