Alexander Hamilton Middle School - Warrior Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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THE Girls, Cleo Club THE Girls' Glee Club has a membership of forty-five girls from the SA and ninth grades. Before becoming a member each girl must pass a vocal try out. Girls who have been members of the Girls' Chorus havea much better chance than those who have never had chorus training Miss Stocking is the Director of the Glee Club and the officers are: President, Elsie Lee: vice president, Ruth Glezeny secre- tary, Marguerite Brown: sergeant at arms: Juanez Hager: librarian, Fern Fleming, assistant librarian, Rena Mason, accompan- ist, Leone Turnbow. The Girls' Glee takes part in the Flag Salute exercises every Monday morning and has appeared at a number of assemblies and P.-T. A. programs during the year. The 10th of May the Girls' Glee and the Girls' Chorus gave a radio program. The perfor- mance of the year was for the June Promo- tional Exercises. Girls, Glmovuts THE Hamilton Girls' Chorus, which was newly organized this year is happily progressing in the second semester of work, The elected officers of our club under the direction of Mrs. Adeline Jones are as fol- lows: President, Lily Mae Creswell: vice presi- dent, Helen Simmons: secretary, Ruth Mayes: librarian, Guida Paisley: assistant librarian, Frances Kennedy: representative Gladys Dawes: sergeant at arms, Geraldine Wygal: assistant sergeant-at-arms, Dorothy Gordon. We are proud of an enrollment of thirty- nine members. At present we are prepar- ing for a radio program and also are plan- ning a combined assembly program with the Girls' Glas Club. We have been work- ing earnestly and diligently each day to learn the fundamentals of good tones and we all feel that the time spent has not only been profitable but most enjoyable as well- By Ruth Mayes. - 3igiri. ' c B 1 1 fr P Pug: Thirty-lhrn

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iAiVlIL Senior Orcliestra, 1 'JR Senior Orchestra this term has sixty five members. Its elected officers are: Mamie Lombard, president, C. P. Gold- smith, secretary-treasurer, and Elsie Lee, reporter. The Orchestra, in uniform, plays regu- larly every Monday morning in the Flag Drill exercises. Recently they played for a Masonic Club luncheon. This program which was also broadcast over K FOX was greatly appreciated by the club members. The soloists in the Orchestra were Adaline McCartney,concert mistress and Arthur Claar, coruetist. Several members not long ago repres- ented the Senior Orchestra at the Pacific Coast Club luncheon. They were Adaline McCartney, violinist, and Arthur Claar, cornetist. with Leone Turnbow and Lillian McCartney as accompanlsts. There has been a popular boys, sextette developed within the Orchestra. It is composed of piano, curnet, saxaphone, clarinet, tuba and drummer. Elsie Lee, Reporter rm cllll1iOU Orclftestrci. THE purpose of the Junior Orchestra is to teach music technique to young mu- sicians and to acquaint them with sight reading. The capable students are admitted to the Fe nor Orchestra whenever there is a vacancy. Members ofthe Orchestra are as follows: Fu-st Violin, Harold Jennings. Rav Cham- erlin, Clark Ward, Robert Olsson, Blanton Freeor, Dorothy Pal'ner, Iris Christian, Claude Atkinson, Orval Taylor, Janette Davis. M .ixine Schooley, John Mylott Glenn Smith, Seconzl Violin, Gladys Kliugenburg, Bill Shotwell, Lillian Bailey. Harold Hefron, Alice Brewster, Ruth Hoop, Edna Anne Smith, Everett Vilander and Marie Marks. Saxaphone, Clarice Clinton, Eunice Ev- ans, Lyndol Asheraft. Katherine Beehley, Sherrod Kendall, Devere Weldin and Wes' ley Burns. Cornet, Jimmy Fiske, Eldon Byrus, Roy- Protheroe and Maurice Astahy.: Clarinet: Billy McNutt and Bob Jones: Piano: Jane Goslin and Nadine Douglass: Trombone: John Jarvis, Lowell Nesbit: and Donald Eivir: Drums: Franklin Daily: Bells: Allen 1 er. Tlnirly-lam

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7 7 Boys C3199 out THERE are forty-two boys in the Boys' Glee Club. These boys were selected after try outs as to their voice quality and sight reading ability. The officers of the Boys' Glee Club are: President, Bob Salvesong vice president, Robert Hamble: sergeant at-arms, Fred Hatch: librarian, Billy Olsson: assistant li- brarian, Richard Eatongaccompanist, Nor- man Davies. The Boys' Glee Club's most important appearance during the year was with the combined Junior High School Boys' Glee Clubs of the city for the Teachers' Institute at Wilson High. They also took part in the Flag Salute exercises every Monday morn- ing and at a number of programs through- out the year, including the fair, a radi0 program over KGER and the promotional exercises in February and June. Boys Cl'tOU LLS FOR the past two semesters Mrs. Jones has been sponsor of a group of boys who organized a club called Boys' Chorus. This club sang for P.-T. A. meetings and holiday assemblies and thus far has proved a great success. Last semester we were organized as a club room gang but this semester we are a happy go-lucky crew of sailors, sailing every morning from 7:45 to 8:30 over the sea of songs. Like all other clubs we have our rules which are promptly obeyed by the crew. The ship's officers are: Howard Esta- brook, president: Ralph Aston, vice pres- ident: Billy Gray, secretary- sergeant at- arms. At present there are sixty-four boys in the club. However we have many waiting for a chance to join the ship's crew. Billy Gray. Pan Thirl 1-leur