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

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5111 ULULJ l0Uf'lf 85671185 I. PENNY CATCHERS 3. WE KNEW HIM WHEN 2. HEADQUARTERS 4. VICTORY MARCH CITIZENS FORM LIFELINE

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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

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BGUQGI ROW l: T. Pizzarello, L. Cirino, G. Fowler, E. Randel, A. Rabkin, N. Burton, D. Slote, J. Hollinger, N. Taft, ROW 2: S. Jacobs, E. Whitman, A. Scupin, D. Joachim, M. Myer, L. Gilbert, P. Bloomfield, R. Piersall, B. Hodge, V. Basnight, A. Gross, C. Karl, V. Dunkle, S. Portman, F. Baird, N. Harris, ROW 3: G. Shafbuch, B. Magill, A. Huber, P. Wolff, E. Peterson, B. Delaney, S. Cohn, J. Tripp, M. Caputo, C. Weist, T. DeGloria, O. Minklei, M. Howard, J. Graham, R. Yaswen, A. Carpentier, J. Singer, R. Greenberg, R. Hocking, F. Blunt, ROW 4: E. Goins, Y. Vaccaro, G. Meyers, R. Stevens, P. Berland, F. Ferrara, T. Joachim, D. Zale, A. Lemos, R. McLeod, R. Zale, R. Vosler, T. DeMaio, C. Roemer, D. Garvey, L. Lowinger, D. Accocella, A. Weis, T. Gizzog ROW 5: H. Levine, R. Waechter, L. Alpert, R. Fields, J. Robinson, J. Gillian, O. Potts, Mr. Randall Davisites are so accustomed to the sound of their BAND at football games and similar affairs that they take their talented Sousa-men for granted. However, prior to 1939 there was no such musical organization to give life to the school. Why, at that time students could actually study in silence! The band's tremendous spirit has carried it to new heights this year, the program being climaxed in the opinion of some with the best band concert in the history of the school. At this event, from the moment MDoc Randall, their inspired leader, stepped to the podium, Hill Toppers knew that their band was something to be proud of. After the last of the be-bop, blues, and marches had been heard, a show of appre- ciation was given by the crowd that bought tears to the eyes of many stalwart musicians. Earlier this year, the students showed their faith in the Band by successfully completing a community-wide drive for new uniforms, cap- tained by Miss Brown and Doctor Landis. Scenes from the drive at the police station and along the route of the parade are shown on the opposite page. Although they are a closely-knit unit, the Band is divided into several sections, the best illustration of these being the brass sextet. Show- ing iine uesprit de corps , they have delighted Davis assemblies several times as well as sup- porting the band fest with their efforts. While proving their Worth in competitive recitals at White Plains, members of our band received several individual HAM Ratings. This merely verified the fact that they are as good as We, the students, think they are. Credit must also go to Ted Pizzarello, the leading participator in Band activities. Through his work in promoting the band uniform drive, and his inspired music while playing in the Band, Ted must be recognized as Davis' number one up-and-coming musician. All Davis agree that, after a successful year, the Davis High School Band has many more triumphs within their grasp, and all antici- pate a future Band recital. 39