Benton High School - Bentonian Yearbook (Benton, MO)

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1939 THE BENTON IAN 1940 MUCI DEPAP NT T Slf La H repos and relax 1t's Benton's l9UO mus1c department, pldvln II 11g those famlllar melodles It h s been through a large proportlon of our students learnlng to pprecl te muslc that our four dep rtments have gre tly 1ncre sed ln slze Thls f vorable school year held 1n store for us a new d1rector, one most assuredly capable of teachlng muslc He 1 Mr Paul BushonL who came to us from the Southeast MiSSOUT1 Teachers College e most talented muslc student He was a member of the A Cappella Cho1r, hls past credentlals h ve glven our school Through Mr Bushong dreams of Benton c1t1zens and prevlous band members are reallzed Dur1ng thls school year the band h s been 91V en unzforms whlch conslst of red caps and c pes wh1te sk1rts an trousers The unlforms were made posslble by parents and patrons of the school The band played at all home basketball games, at the plays glven ln the communltv bulldlng and we are entered 1n the contest at Cape Glrardeau to be held 1n Aprll The numbers to be played re Azalea' by Fulton and UAmer1can Youthu by Pettee To the lnstruments already possessed the hlgh school has added new cvmbals and a street drum The growlng prospects of the organl zatlon are credulous A bras quartet has been 'o m d by some of the most capable mem- bers of tr b nd Loulse Wllllams, a senlor, manages the cornet wltn great ab1l1ty Dlck Engllsh, a sophomore, trombonlst eases h1s sllde successfully Elwanda Cooper also a sophomore, plays the bass horn splend1dly Charles Wade, another sophomore, 13 the trumpet melody carr1er He 1S also a member of the Benton Swlng Band The quartet has played at several entertainments Another of our arrangements 15 a sax foursome, made up f M Bushong, the d1rector and most noted sax player of th1s sect1on the country B111 Mlller, a sophomore whose technlque 15 grand Betty W tklns, a Junior, who successfully manages a sax, too Julia Grace Steck, who has not played long, 15 outstandlng A club made up of members of the band class has been formed Its maln object1ve 1S to promote lnterest 1n MUSIC. The offlcers of the club areg pres1dent, Warren Bertrandg vice pres1dent, Dorrls Daily: secretary, Irene Blesg treasurer, Monroe Bolllngerg reporter, Charles Wade 0 A A u C HJR! .y H Ck? 8 , . . and ::'.1gg'1 4, 'F ' ' ' ' . la ' ' a 'a ' a ' a ' a . . . . 5 . M . I 0 l S l Q . ' 2 H -' as the the college orchestra, and the Music Club. We appreciate the honor . . a . . . V . . . l 1 . . . . a O. h . . . a ' V . . d 0 . . I ' .. C - n - ' , A u I . O v. 5 . ..- C . -- s 1 l l r e ' ' le 5 : . . . . . , . . 3 . . . . . Z , - Z . . . . . Q 0 A 0 2 rn . . . of : . . . . : a ' 3 I I

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1939 THE BENTONIAN 1940 MPL uLJuC'E The e has been an rou GQ lHt6T9St lH the g1T1S glee club The nfnbershlp has lncreased to twentv The club has appeared 1D three part harmony for P T A meetlnvs assembly orograms,the May F9StlVQl and commencement exerclses e numbers that have been worked on are NH l to Benton hlghu Amyrlllls , By the Bend of the P1vern,and HThe Bells of St Marv F1fteen m1DUtSS of e ch cl ss perlod has been spent ln muslc appre Ciat10H and ear tralnlng BOYS UL L CLUB Twelve boys enrolled.1n glee club after tryouts were held The maln numbers on whlch the bovs h ve worked thls year are NH 11 Benton P Ehn and the old folksonbs The boys, through thelr cooper atlon wlth Mr Busnong are able to slng two-part sor s VIOLIN CLASS Somethnrg new for our school 1S started Some of Bentonls puplls 1 re ecome so lrterested ln muS1C that a v1ol1n cl ss has been one ed There has been much progre s 1n thls department and t s e netted that the departments of band and v1ol1n v1ll unlte next year to begln an orchestra for toe chool RHYTHM BAND Although the rhythm band lS composed of cnlldren from t e grade s hool it is a d1rect lnfluence for good on the future bands of the rlgh school There are flftv in thls Dano Whloh lS prorresslng very rapldly under the dlrectlon of Mr Bushong. l ' l I W 1 - 1- ff v1-- -T ' - D '1 ' .Ju Y' r ' 5 1 . , . I . L - . 11 .3 1 Q . ' n ' 7 V 1 - . 3 1... n .UL . , U Q . . F . a n . , D 9 L A. ' .- . Th a- . f-1 - cha. ll ' ' 11 ll ' .- 1 all . s , Q c I 5 5. . 3 ' .-' ' I 71 '1 ' L., . I J V C I . U. a ' a to L1 'r ' ' U- O x 1 ,.. a . Lg Q . . A U . i . 1 v 1- . . . . . , Hx 1 LJ L . 'x ' 5. -t . . 1 rm f c- ' L ,-. 3 .. ,, 1 1 YY' ' ' , H ' ' , - 1 A ' 1 S n 1 , .- .Q M n ' ' 1- ' V NJ 1 4 A' '-. . . . . . . - . . . ,. . 1 I Q' :rj . 4 I