Bradford High School - Bradonian Yearbook (Bradford, IL)

Page 26 text:

Mixed Chorus First Row-left to right-Miss Bischoff, Director, Lois Ward, Carol Velde, Ruth Nel- son, Mae Turner, Gertrude Swearingen. Second Row-Wilford Farley, Shirley Horack, Helen Phelps, Mabel Allen, Juanita Quinn, Tom Mowbray. Third Row-Clifford Renner. Leo Fuertges, Virgil Bates, Les Welsh, Beryl Coleman. Kenny Johnston. Fourth Row-Ruth Spencer, Jane Owens, Gloria Welsh, Ferne Tumbleson, Dorothy Garrison, Mary Catherine Mowbray. Fifth Row-John McKean, Bill Harney, Bill Carroll, Herbert Bayers, Bob Boyd, Jerry Holland. MIXED CHORUS The Mixed Chorus is composed of the combined Girls' and Boys' Chorus. There are seventeen girls and eighteen boys which forms a chorus of thirty-five members. We find that with our united voices we can sing the more famous compositions with the volume and interpretation they require. Sunday afternoon, March 19, the Mixed Chorus sang at the joint Band and Vocal Concert held in the Bradford gymnasium. The selections were our contest numbers. The District contest this year was held in Canton, Ill. The Mixed Chorus sang Listen To The Lambs by Dett and Home- land by Noble Cain. The chorus looked very neat in black and white. The girls wore black dresses with white colors and the boys wore black suits with white shirts. The business of the Mixed Chorus was handled separately in the individual chor- uses. We had no extra dues. Each member paid twenty cents a semester which en- titled him to membership in both the in- dividual and Mixed Chorus, Our first soc- ial gathering was a harvest party held in October. Gloria Welsh and Bill Harney represent- ed our chorus in the All-State Chorus at Champaign in November. Gertrude Swearingen was our able ac- companist and Miss Bischoff our conductor. THE OCTETTE The octette originated this year under the direction of Miss Bischoff. It is com- posed of the girls' and boys' quartette. We sang at community functions such as the Masonic meeting and the Juniorsenior League meeting. We appeared in the Vo- cal-Band concert in March and at other school affairs. DOUBLE QUARTETTE First Row-left to right-Miss Bischoff. director, Bob Boyd, Bill Carroll, Bill Harney, Gertrude Swearingen, pianist. Second Row-Shirley Horack, Dorothy Gar- rison, Fern Tumbleson, Jane Owens, Kenneth Johnston.

Page 25 text:

Boys Chorus ,cs f:-E, First Itow-left to right-Leo Fuertges, Miss Bischoff, Directory Gertrude Swearingen, Pianist: Virgil Bates. Second Row-Clifford Renner, Wilford Farley, Les Welsh, Beryl Coleman, Kenny Johnston. Third Row-John McKean, Bill Harney, Bill Carroll, Herbert Bayers, Bob Boyd, Jerry Holland, Torn Mowbray. Miss Julia Bischoff, director of vocal music for Bradford High School, got to- together fourteen healthy male voices for the purpose of entertaining the public. Out of this said group who rehearsed frequently in preparation of a contest which was held in the spring, four boys compris- ed the boys' quartette. It was composed of R. Boyd, B. Carrol, B, Harney and K. John- ston. This fine group of young musicians sang all year at different school and city social events. In collaboration' with the girls' quartette, the boys and girls made a nonpareil group of songsters. Last spring Lois Gubbins, Gloria Welsh, Warren Hallock and Bill Carroll Went to the sub-district contest in Geneseo. Bill Carroll received first place and went to DeKalb where he received second division rating in the District contest. This year the soloists are as follows: Soprano-Gloria Welsh. Second Soprano-Jane Owens. Contralto-Dorothy Garrison, Baritone-Bill Carroll. Bass--Bob Boyd. Gertrude Swearingen and Rosemary Breen are the ac-companists. Miss Swearingen was the accompanist for the organization. William Carrol and Robert Boyd enter- ed the solo contest in the spring. ALL STATE CHORUS Bill Harney and Gloria Welsh ,asv I6 SOLOISTS First Row-left to right-Gloria Welsh, Bill Carroll, Bob Boyd, Fern Tumbleson. Second Row-Shirley Horack, Dorothy Garrison, Mary Catherine Mowbray, Jane Owens.

Page 27 text:

Home Economics Department. Front To Back--seated-Gloria. Welsh, Gyneth Whiskers, June Enos, Ardis Talhert, Marian Fate, Mary Dorothy Mchane, Camille Kelly, Mary Catherine Mowbray, Char- lotte Dunbar, Norma Ames, Frances Reed. Front to Back-standing-Shirley Clausen, Nina Beeney, Mabel Allen, Marcella, Mc- Lane, Mary Jarman, Margaret Malamphy, Betty Jurgenson, Jeanne Oakes, Miss Grantham, Instructor. During the unit, The Well-Fed Family, the Senior Home Economics Class have given a series of demonstrations of new and interesting recipes. The girls in charge of the demonstration as pictured are: Ma- bel Allen. Nina Beeney, Marcella McLane and Shirley Clausen. Other members of the -class are taking notes for class dis- cussion. Bradford Township High School is most fortunate in being one of the first in the state to have a complete four year com- posite course in home economics. A com- posite course is a combination of various units which will help students with their present and future problems of living with a special objective of fitting the work to the needs of the students rather than fol- lowing any special phase of home econom- ics. Miss Grantham, our instructor. is to he thanked for this progressive condition in the high school. She attended summer school in order to be better prepared to present these units to the high school stu- dents. After a visit to our high school, the state supervisor of home economics was so well pleased with the course as taught in the high school that she invited Miss Grantham to serve on the state committee that was working out a survey of that course of study in the unit method of home economics. We feel that the school should be proud of having its faculty member serve such an important committee. The Board of Education recently pur- chased two new electric stoves and a large refrigerator. This equipment has been re- commended by tbe state department of home economics and will be a useful ad- ition to the department. With the new cup- boards purchased last year, the rearrange- ment of the foods room, the abandonment of the obsolete gas plates, and the addition of the electrical equipment our foods de- partment will be modern in every respect. WINIFRED GRANT!-IAM, B. S. 1 , McKendree College l HOME ECONOMICS Q