Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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ATALANTA 1933 (Orchestra The High School Orchestra has just finished another successful year under the direction of Mr. Larison. who has been its conductor for twelve years. They have held their regular practices on Tuesday of each week and have contributed liberally to the 1’. T. A. meetings and other events concerning the school and the community. Clarinets Bernadine Thompson Winton Hoose E. Alto Saxophone Joseph Mountjoy Winton Hoose Samuel Turner Flute Philip Crihfield personnel Cornets Paul Adams Lynn McClure VVeldin Frantz Tenor Saxophone Louise Brad way Trombone Johnston King Bass William Garrison Piano Loretta King Hack row: Turner, Hradway, Mountjoy, Moose. Seated: Larison, Crihfield. McClure, Frantz, Adams, Kin«, Garrison, Kin«. [22]

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ATALANTA 1933 Commercial (Club The Commercial Club was organized Monday, October 3, 1932. The Club elected Madelyn Curtis, president; Paul Adams, vice-president; Joseph Mountjoy, secretary; Edna Mae Brandt, treasurer. Leota Younkers and Samuel Turner were chosen sergeants-at-arms. The board members named were Susie Irish. Elizabeth McClure, Mildred Phillips, Sarah Watt. Mary Zollars, Buell Cluck, Weldon Frantz, Lyle Paulsen, and Lyman Rogers. The meetings were scheduled to be held the first Monday of each month. The purpose of this Club was to promote the interest of the students in the Commercial work, also to gain the interest of those who had graduated from high school and had taken up Commercial work. These people were invited to attend the meetings. Some of the speakers of the year were Reverend McClure, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Haines and Miss Lucy Coe, of Urbana, Illinois. At one of the meetings a debate was held. Resolved—That Roosevelt was better qualified to be President. Joe Mountjoy took the positive and Earl Hayter the negative. There was no judge present to decide who won; it was left up to the national election. At the end of the first semester keys were presented to the following by Miss Langston for having a grade of A in a Commercial subject and averaging B in all other courses: Madelyn Curtis. Susie Irish. Edna Mae Brandt, Inez Douglas, Marjorie Carlock, Helen Adams. Myrtle Atnberg, Bernadine Thompson, Paul Adams, and Joseph Mountjoy. —Mary Zollars, ’34. Hack row: Odom. Paulsen, Crihlield, Wilcoxsen. Hulmcr, Turner. Mountjoy, I loose, Adams, Hayter, Hlanken.-hip, Adams, Smith, Rogers, Fulk, Johnson, Frantz. Middle row: Carlock. Heverly. Howe. Lancaster, Curtis, Coddington, Hou htling, Miller, Phillips, Zollars. Deavers. I.oercher, Douglas. Seated: Franklin, McClure, Hubner, Amberg, Watt, Rradway, Thompson, Younkers, Reinmiller, Irish. King, Brandt. [21 |

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ATALANTA 1933 •preliminary Contests The preliminaries in vocal, glee club and literary contests were held March 2, 1933. iiinsic GIRLS’ VOCAL Soprano “Dawn” .................................Curran Narola Miller “Old Fashioned Town”....................Squire Louise Bradway “In May Time”...........................Speaks Hester Hubner Contralto “Morning” ..............................Speaks Maxine Aaron “Homing” ............................Del Kiego Mary Elizabeth McClure “The Old Refrain”.....................Kreisler Josephine Beverly BOYS’ VOCAL “The Trumpetor”............................Dix Marlin Baker “Invictus” ...............................Huhn Joseph Mountjoy “When My Ships Come Sailing Home”........Dorel Philip Criiifield Narola Miller, Maxine Aaron, Marlin Baker and the Girls’ Glee Club will represent our school at the County contest at New Holland on April 13, 1933. They are also entering in the Sub-district at Normal April 8th, and we are all hoping for a favorable outcome. literary DRAMATIC “Little Dub”....................Kimball Bernadine Tiioupson “The Highwayman”..................Noyes Frances Behrends ORATION “Ropes” ..........................Clinton Lynn McClure EXTEMPORE SPEAKING Joseph Mountjoy Bernadine Thompson, Lynn McClure and Joseph Mountjoy will enter in the County contest. They were drilled under the careful guidance of Miss Hieronymous and Mr. Dagley and we are all expecting favorable results from them. I 23 1