Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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Girls' Glee Club TOP ROW Cleft to rightj-Simpson, Flannagan, Logan, Dickinson, George, Havener, F. Kauffman, J. Buch- anan, Kinderdick. SECOND ROW-Hoffman, Landis, Ingram, Nelson, Bishop, Haslouer, Asling, Fisher, Cor- mack. FIRST ROW-Sutton, McWilliams, Moot, Thurber, Snyder, Henn, G. Kauffman, Worley, H. Kauffman, Chrisco. HE YEAR 1933-34 was an interesting year for the Girls' Glee Club. Under the baton of Mr. Harold E. George, the girls made a very ex- cellent demonstration of their talent and ability. The Glee Club consisted of thirty-three members. Before the Music Contest several eliminations were made in the Glee Club. Two tryouts were held for the solo events. ln the first all contestants but two were eliminated in both soprano and alto solos. These four were given more intensive train- ing, and were allowed a second opportunity at the final elimination in early April. From the personnel of the Glee Club, Mr. George selected the sextet. The members of this group were as follows: Faye Snyder and Opal Hoffman, first sopranosg Frances Kauffman and Katherine Moot, second sopranos, Maxine Bishop and Jean Buchanan, altos. Alternates were Hazel Weber, Ruth Mary Nelson, and Phyllis Lee Havener. In the C. K. L. Music Contest held in Salina April 20, the Abilene entrants placed as follows: Faye Snyder, in the girls' high voice, Frances Kauffman, girls' low voice, girls' sextet, and the girls' Glee Club. HE BOYS' GLEE CLUB of A. H. S. under the able direction of Harold F.. George was one of the most outstanding clubs of its kind ever produced in this school. The club has over thirty members and was well received from its first ap-- pearance to the last. This group made many appearances throughout the year, the first one in the high school chapel. At that time they showed great possibilities. Other appearances included: the Junior High, the Musical Department Concert held at the City Auditorium. and the broadcast over KFBI, in which program the soloists, and quartette took part. At the Central Kansas League Music contest in Salina, Loy Leffingwell took the only first place for Abilene in the bass solo event. This contest number was At the Close of Another Day. The boys' glee club placed seventh and the quartet re- ceived fifth place. This quartet was composed of Robert Nottorf. Vernon Witwer, Gilbert Norman, and Loy Leffingwell. Bishop Anderson placed sev- enth in the boys' high voice event. Plans are being made to organize this club into a pep organization as well as a music club. This should increase considerably the school spirit. Boys' Glee Club TOP ROW Cleft to rightj-Bowles, Norman, Collins, George, MacDonald, Weber, Cavender. SECOND ROW- Nelson, Dieter, Witwer, Walters, Tinkler, Moore, Tinkler, Nemecheck. FIRST ROW-Hamilton, Larsen, lwffillgwvll. -l. Nfvtfnrf, J. Nelson, A. Makins, Ilartenstein, D. Muklns,

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Band TOP ROW Cleft to rightJ-Hollenback, Dumas, Allison, George, L. White, Brooks, Gamber, Van Duyne, Mar- tin, McMillan, K. Holmes. THIRD ROW-Muggrage, Pickerall, L. Eshelman, Menges, Strawsburg, Stoffer, A. Eshelman, J. Duckwall, Emig, W. Zook, Hesselbarth. SECOND ROW-Easterday, Harmon, Cook, Hollar, Pink- ham, Tilton, B. Anderson, Hershey, Erb, Picking, Issitt, Leckron, Hubbard. FIRST ROW-Berger, D. Zook, Helm, Chrisman, Keel, T. Simmons, Johnson, Berger, Cole, Amess, Myers, Gary, D. Coulson, Horner, Hooper. HE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA, composed of forty-seven members, has completed an- other successful year under the leadership of Harold E. George. The organization made several appearances throughout the year including a musical introduc- tion to the junior class play and a half-hour pro- gram preceding the G. A. A. Revue. In the spring they were called on by the seniors to help with the production of Seven Chances. This group of musicians rendered its laSt program at the gradua- tion exercises in the City Auditorium, May 23. The goal, that the orchestra set for itself second semester, was first place in the C. K. L. Music Con- test. The selection chosen for the orchestra was Andante and'Gavotte, written by George DaSch of the Chicago Civic Symphony orchestra. Through graduation the organization will lose ten members. This is the first time in six years that members of the orchestra have graduated un- der the same music supervisor that they started with as freshmen. In the Central Kansas League Music Contest held in Salina April 20, the orchestra received fourth place. FRONT-Kinderclick, Stratner. HE A. H. S. BAND, under the direction of Har- old E. George, has received favorable com- - ment wherever it has appeared. The band has a membership of sixty-five. The band, which is one of the busiest groups of the high school, made its first appearance at the football games. The organization played during the Central Kansas Free Fair and led a parade of sixteen high School bands at the Kansas State-Ok- lahoma football game at Manhattan. When the football season was over, the band furnished music for the home basketball games and also for the finals of the Junior High School Basketball Tour- nament, March 3. . When basketball season was over, the band started more intensive training for the Central Kansas League Music Contest. The contest selec- tion for the band was One Beautiful Day by R. E. Hildreth. VVayne Zook, repreSenting A. H. S. in the cornet solo contest, took second place. Dwight Zook took third place in the clarinet solo contest and Charles Horner took sixth place in the trombone solo contest. The band took fourth place in the contest. Orchestra TOP ROW--D. Zook, Helm, Muggrage, George, Amess, J. Duckwall, Hollar. SECOND ROW-L. White, Bush- ey, Holmes, Gamber, D. Dahnke, Wilson, D. Miller, L. Welsh, Issitt, Stoffer, Baker, Hershey, Horner. FIRST Row-Machen, Goodwin, Watkins, M. E. Miller, McCleskey, Ford, Bath, Reneau, E. Herr, McMillan, Coul- son, C. Shearer, Van Lew, Woolverton, Kerns, Osborn, Haslouer, Bevan, Jones.

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H i- Y Cabinet TOP ROW Cleft to rightj-McMillan, Gibbs, A. Makins, McKanna, Hopkins. BOTTOM ROW-G. Simmons, HE HI-Y CLUB, whose purpose is to create and maintain in the community and school high standards of Christian character by band- ing the boys together for clean living, clean speech, clean sports, and clean scholarship, was reorganized this year with the largest membership ever enrolled in the Abilene school. The organization was placed under the sponsorship of Doyle K. Brooks and Roy Martin. Early in the year, three boys: joe Bonfield, Al- fred Makins, and Glenn Simmons were chosen by the men's faculty to supervise the re-organization of the Hi-Y club in the school. On October I6, a general assembly of all boys in school was held for the purpose of creating enthusiasm for the promo- tion of the Hi-Y club. In this chapel Alfred Makins and Joe Bonfield, former members, and supervisors of the assembly, explained to the boys the principles and benefits of the Hi-Y, and urged that every boy join. The dues were reduced to twenty-five cents and the en- rollment numbered almost ten per cent. In the fall shortly after reorganizing, the Hi-Y Retreat was held at Brown Memorial Park for the purpose of allowing the members to become better acquainted with each other. At the Christmas chapel the organization joined forces with the Girl Reserves in the presentation of an appropriate drama, portraying the birth of Christ and the arrival of the Wise Men. Follow- ing this, the white gift chapel was presented. Throughout the year numerous meetings were held, and with one exception, home talent was used for entertainment. This one exception was a pro- gram presented by the Y. M. C. A. of Manhattan. Three members of the club attended the Hi-Y Conference at junction City, November 24-26. The delegates were: Glenn Simmons, president, Don- ald Dieter, program chairmang and Don Donnelly, acting secretary. Registration of all delegates and sponsors was held Friday morning, November 24. This marked the beginning of the conference. Saturday noon the guests were entertained at a luncheon, after which a group picture Was taken of all conference members present. In the afternoon the delegates visited Fort Riley Brooks, Rutz, Martin, Dieter. and were shown all the points of interest of the Fort. In the evening the closing banquet was held, and all chapters having sufficient merits received their awards. This was accompanied by a very in- teresting musical program. The banquet was closed with a discussion of business matters. The convention ended Sunday, after a period spent in devotions, and a discussion on the subject, Good Christian Character. The last meeting of the year was held at the Brown Memorial Park, where the organization had their second semester retreat and picnic. At this final meeting, Simmons turned the organization over to Eugene Dawson, the 1935 Hi-Y president. The picnic consisted of roasted wieners, buns, apples, cookies, and marshmallows. Before the lunch, the members went swimming in the lake. Following the refreshments, the group circled around the campfire and listened to a most inter- esting program composed of musical numbers on the mandolin and various vocal numbers. The re- treat ended with farewell talks from several mem- bers and group singing. The officers of the club are chosen according to their classification in the school, or as follows: president, a senior, vice-president, junior, secre- tary, sophomore, and treasurer, freshman. Other officers such as student council and program chair- men are elected by a majority vote with no restric- tions as to classification. The following officers were elected to compose the cabinet of next year: Eugene Dawson, presi- dent, Ralph Mcllflillan, vice-president, Charles Hopkins, secretary. The office of treasurer was not voted upon because it is to be filled by a fresh- man, and he will be voted in for the office at the first Hi-Y meeting of next year. Bill Shearer was elected program chairman. Walt Akers was elect- ed conduct chairman, and the future student coun- cil representatives are Donald Makins and Dwight Zook. j The officers of the year were: Glenn Simmons, presidentg Ellis McKanna, vice-president, Ralph McMillan, secretary, Charles Hopkins, treasurer, Donald Dieter, program chairman, Clarence Rutz, conduct chairman, Alfred Makins and Brooks Gibbs, student council representativesg Dwight Lange, property chairman.