Behrman High School - Bee Hive Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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f if 3-lf1uNEf 1 952 Soloists, quartets, and the sextet who received ratings ot Superiod in the recent Louisiana Music Educators Association contest pose for their picture at the entrance of the school. BAND PRESENTS ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT The spring concert presented by the Behrman Band in the school audi- torium on Tuesday, May 20, 1952, featured William Wagner in a clarinet solo, Capricious Aloysius, and Lloyd Lawrence in a trombone solo, Adazio. Some of the selections that seemed especially well received by the audi- encebwere The Blue Tango, Night and Day, and The Poet and Peasant Overture. The Poet and Peasant Overture was conducted by guest conductor Lloyd Lawrence. Music students who will join the band next year replaced the seniors to present Military Escort, a march by Harold Bennett. ' Presented below are selections played by the Behvrman Band Washington Post Sousa ' Five American Folk Tunes - - Siegmeister P Dream of Olwen Williams March of the Little Leaden Soldiers Pierne Adazio Haydn V Tulle Grundman Capricious Aloysius Waltgrs Blue Tango Anderson Night and Day porter Poet and Peasant Overture Von Suppe' Broadcast From Brazil Bennett Military Escort Bennett Mrs. Milton Bush, wife of the Band Director, was a guest artist at the Can- cert. Mrs. Bush, an accomplished pianist, played Dream of Olwen, a piano solo, with band accompaniment. l 4i'49

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BEl-IRMAN BAND ALWAYS BUSY 'PLAYING' By Lloyd Lawrence Under the leadership of Mr. Milton Bush, Behrman High Bandsmen have enjoyed a very successful season. Activities began in the early part of the year with the beginning of the football season. The Band presented a variety of pageants with interesting themes, both serious and humorous. One of the most interesting themes, of all was a marching drill in which the band neglected the commands of the drum major and proceeded in their own. This, as you can imagine, proved to be very interesting and amusing. It also added greatly to the Homecoming half-time activities. Bandsmen helped the happy yule-tide spirit along by participating in two Christmas parades, one in New Orleans and one in Algiers. The Band also played for the annual Corinthians Christmas Party given on December 23. Pre- vious to this engagement the Band presented their annual Christmas Concert. The Band presented several selections by themselvesg for others, the Band and Glee Club united their efforts. There were soloists presented by each group. When the Carnival season rolled around the Behrman High Band and the Band composed of students from the Elementary schools of Algiers were on hand for the parades of Alla and Choctaw in Algieis. They also marched in the Midas parade of Gretna. The rating of superior was awarded to the Behrman High Band, the Com bined Algiers Elementary Band and the All City Elementary Band in the annual Louisiana Mucic Educators Association contest held at Peters High School last March. Superior ratings were also received by three soloists, three quartets and one sextet from the Behrman High Department. With the opening of the world premier of the motion picture Flesh and Fury held in New Orleans, the Behrman Band, the only band invited to take part in this activity, marched in a parade with the leadig members of the cast, Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling. The actors took pictures with the band and members had their music -autographed by the actors. The band contributeclmuch to the success of the Spring Fiesta presented by the school on April 26. In this show the band presented a variety of South American music. Because of the complex rhythm employed in South American music, it was necessary that the percussion section work harder than usual. On May 2, the Band joined other public school students in celebrating McDonogh Day. On this occasion student of the New Orleans public school placed flowers on the McDonogh monument. John McDonogh is remembered each year by public school students for the assistance he gave in the advance- ment of public schools in New Orleans.

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TH E -BEL Hive f 1 f f 350 Learning ence seems note of the dustrial Arts classes, each to choose the JUNIOR HIGH INDUSTRIAL ARTS PUP'ILS LIKE 'LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIENCE' By Marilyn Lassere through experi- to be the key- Junior High In- classes. In these pupil is allowed project he would like to complete. Not every one has the same desire or talent to fashion the same thing, explained Mr. Joseph Logreco, Junior High Indust- rial Arts supervisor. Some want to make shoe-shine boxes, others work on what- not shelves, while some tack- le end tables and magazine racks. The boys first draw their plans and later measure, cut, sand and paint or varnish their projects. 1 In the picture, proudly dis- playing' their completed pro- jects are 'Charles Rush, Michael Leahey, Hugh Roy Babylon, Gary Serpas, and Robert Porche. A All materials used by the pupils are furnished them by the school. MBH5 WEEKLY LETTERS FROM MISS HYMEL PUBLISHED BY LOCAL NEWSPAP-ER INFORM FRIENDS OF DELIGJHTFUL YEAR SPENT TEACHING AND TRAVELING By Janet Bond . Miss Margaret Hymel, eighth grade teacher of Behrman, who went to England under the exchange system, hais found an unnsual lway of keeping her friends and the people of Algiers informed of her experiences and travels. The interesting and informartive letters which she Writes home are published Wholly or in part The Algiers Herald, our local newspaper. These articles have been read with interest and enjoyment by the subscribers of The Herald, and have kept Miss Hymel in touch with her community in which she has played an im- portant part for many years. Miss Hymel, while at Behrman, taught eighth grade English and music. She was quite active in school programsg last year Miss Hymel very capably directed the senior class play. In theatrical work outside of Behrman, she was president of the Algiers Little Theater last year. In England Miss Hymel has taken the place of the English exchange teach- er here at Behrman, Mrs. Jessie bllis, at the Pirincess Royal School, in Batley, England. Like Mrs. Ellis, Miss Hymel has done as much sight-seeing in her spare time as possible. She arrived in England in the latter part of July and traveled about on the Continent, visiting France and Italy. She spent Christmas in Switzer-- land, and recenftly journeyed to Scotland and Ireland. Miss Hymel will return to the United States in July of this summer, and resume teaching at Behrman in September.