Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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| i t | ў i м an we. uw лы, —— - Өл ы» nr a ETT urn Back Row: Foster, Mathison, Schubbert, G. Olson, McGuire. J. Myers. Second Row: O. Clark, В. Taylor, Plagge, Helser, Nichol, Sweeney, McElyea, Front Row: Galligan, Mary Taff, L. Wilkin, Caine, Mr. Smith, В. Iverson, Кире, В. Davis. ‘Dramatic (olub R EMINISCENCES of slavery, negro spirituals, the villainy of the heartless Legree, the cries of Eliza as she escapes over the ice, and the dramatic activities of Ames High are under way with the perennial favorite “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Under the direction of L. Wayne Smith, a most capable new staff member of the dramatic department, the play was produced with great facility and finesse. The cast, numbering two hundred, was one of the largest ever assembled for high school production. Not only was this an assemblage of a great cast, but it was attended by a very large audience. The production was supported by unusually capable technical crews and an active publicity department, as well as talent from the music division. The ofħcers of the club for this year are as follows: president, Dick Mathison; vice-president, Ora Clark; secretary, Barbara Giese; treasurer, Kathleen Kildee; make-up manager, Mary Taff; business manager, Marie Anderson; publicity man- ager, Doris Plagge. Judging from the success of these plays, one may look forward to any of Mr. Smith's productions. Dick MATHISON, 739, Га e e re E EE ES xod. adi амы” s Sat س‎ n Back Row: D. Thompson, D. Wilkins, Van Vlack, Mr. Smith, Wellhouse, T. Johnston, Schmidt, Second Row: Carty, Kildee, Mezvinsky, Riedesel, Dunagan, Giese, Evans, Olive. Front Row: M. Taff, M. And erson, Waller, Wallace, Cunningham, H. Hein, J. Johnston. Five

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Back Row: M. Ross, D. Carey, E. Butler, F. King, G. Reynolds, B. Jones, W., O'Neil, Mulhall, R. Tripp, D. Stafford, G. Coover. Third Row: Dunagan, Menze, McIntosh, A. Tripp, Crosley, Donelson, Himmel, Posegate, Likely, Greene, Leffler, Hubert Ruggles. Second Row: A. Christensen, Dudley, Glazebrook, Rupe, Levine, Hendrickson, Sampson, Cunningham, C. Hein, Dudgeon, Cronan, Yetter. Front Row: M. Coover, Waller, Riggs. Ringgenberg, Nicholson, Miss Bower, Porter, Byrnes, Whirüeld, Yeomans, Park. Mixed, (chorus Ee UIDED by Bill Jones as president, Charlotte Hein as vice-president, Mary Hen- drickson as lıbrarian, and Dorothy Cunningham as secretary-treasurer, and in- structed by Miss Edna Bower, the Mixed Chorus of 1937-38 was destined to become a superior group. The first six weeks were spent in voice training, and in November the music and dramatic departments presented Uncle Tom's Cabin. The combined music organizations sang negro spirituals and modern music of that character which lent a little more realism to the southern plantation setting. The second performance of Mixed Chorus was the annual Christmas program given at the Methodist Church, which scored another success for the group. The new schedule brought difficulties in practicing, and because of the many conflicts, participation in contest had to be omitted this year. To replace this yearly thrill, new robes were purchased for the members, and to pay for these, a benefit concert was given in March. The County Festival and several church programs brought the season to a close. And so, with a successful year behind them, the seniors bequeath to the under-classmen their treasured instructor, a library of beautiful music, and a name they may be proud to carry on. 38. JUNE DUDGEON, Four

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Director: Richard Day; Drum Majors: Campbell, Weeks, Knight, Mahannah; Head Drum Major: Brooker; Clarinet: Puffett, G. Buck, G. Richardson, Mahone, Kuck, D. Wilkins, Ullestad, Himmel, R. Thompson, T. Heggen, Satre, Busby; Cornets: DeHart, B. Fulmer, B. Buck, J. Rice, Beach, McIntosh, Flaugher, D. Stafford, Hummel, Kress; Saxophone: Lapp, Leininger, A. Grinstead, Carlson; Trombone: Likely, B. Grinstead, M. Burk, Martin, J. Elliott, N. Fulmer; Bass Horn: J. Taylor, E. Butler, Erwin, J. Buck; Drums: D. Carr, Cady, B. Stafford; Bass Drum: Braun: French Horn: B. Sills, Quist, Eichling, Fischer; Baritone Horn: D. Heggen, Morlin, K. Beresford; Bassoon: Clyde; Flute: Meads, Kirkpatrick, Vance; Bells: Baird; Oboe: McCracken; Bass Clarinet: Forman. ‘Band HE Ames High band has made fine improvement this school year. Our aim of a more perfect instrumentation and better music has been more nearly accomplished this year than in any other year of Band history. Our aims are steadily advancing, and we are enjoying our work and recreation. The concert band is composed of sixty members and five substitutes. Forty-five of these are in high school. The officers of the band this year are: Norman Fulmer, president; Bill Eichling, vice-president; Ellis Butler, secretary; and Richard Thompson, librarian. The marching band played at all home football games and demonstrated many new formations. In the fall we secured new drum majors uniforms and on Armistice Day went to Boone for the Boone-Ames football game. The Pep Band played for all home basketball games. Since the first of the year, the band has rehearsed in the music pavilion. The Dance Carnival, spensored by the Band and Orchestra Parents Association, helped raise money for the new uniforms which we plan to secure next fall. The concert band received an invitation. to play for the State Teachers’ Convention in Des Moines, November, 1938. The Third Annual Home Solo Contest was very successful with forty par- ticipating in fifteen divisions. The concert band entered the state music contests. Our masterwork this year was “Egmont Overture” by Beethoven; we also have quite a variety of numbers in our repertoire. This year two small groups were entered in the state music contest: the French woodwind quintet and the brass sextet. In April the concert band presented its annual spring concert. Many of the band members participated in the Story County Music Festival. We are looking‘ forward to a better band next year with the fine foundation which we have built up this year. Six BILL ErcHLING, 39.