Cate School - Mesan Yearbook (Carpinteria, CA)

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'N-'ef Q IX LER P1'Lll14Jtl,'il MR. MELCHER Wada! For the second consecutive year, the Cate School Glee Club and Choir have had 11 successful year, under the able direction of Mr. Melcher, with Mrs. Melcher accompany- ing and Cheever-Tyler president. The Glee Clubs repertoire included music of both a serious and light nature. Musical plays were performed with the Glee Club taking parts in both the singing and acting. One of these musical plays consisted of a series of sea chanties accompanied by panto- mimic acting. A dance was given by the Glee Club, and a major program of music in the spring. Several times throughout the year the Choir became a part of the Sunday night church service. Many religious hymns and chants of an unusual sort were sung. Before vacation in December a Christmas pageant was presented by the Choir with the assistance of the Glee Club. Generally, the Glee Club had an extremely successful year, and as an ac- tivity, is becoming more and more a part of school tradition. Back row: Berolzheimer. XY'o:md. Strachwitz. Trapnell. Hudsoll, Tyler. Kelham, Bixler. Kennedy. Ullman. Smith. Front row: Stoctnn, Young. Meyers. Moseley. Huntley. Spencer. Davis. Bushnell.

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4866 GREGSON Chairman I This year's social calendar was highlighted by six dances, two for each term. These dances were entirely sponsored by the Senior Dance Committee, which was formed at the beginning of the year for that purpose. All preparation for these gala affairs, includ- ing the financing, was placed in the hands of this committee. At the head of the committee was Ed Gregson as Chairman, who directed the years social life with all its complications. Under Gregsons leadership the rest of the com- mittee, which was divided into different departments, carried on the remaining business. In charge of the musical end of dancing, Cheever Tyler arranged for the bands which appeared at the various dances. Frank l-lodsoll had the unenviable job of procuring the dates or arranging for their arrivals as the case might be, while George Ellis headed the decorations department. Also assisting on the Dance Committee were Wally' Trapnell, Doug Brown, Doug Moseley, Bob Fairchild, and, on the financial side, Dave Hood. This year the Dance Committee also held a junior'Senior Prom shortly following the end of the Winter Term, maintaining a tradition which had been started last year. The dances themselves were all successful, and though a greater attendance was to be desired at some of these gatherings, they retained that air of vitality so essential to such an event. Left to right: Gregson, Hodsoll, Ellis, Tyler, Spencer, Hood, Trapnell, Moseley Fairchild Brown Haines.

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This year school musical enter- tainment centered around two rela- tiyely new additions, the faculty ' and senior quartettes. The faculty group, comprised of Messrs. XY'ood- worth, Kimball. Eaton, and Mel- cher, could be heard practicing dur- ing the interval between lunch and the first period in the afternoon. The success of the Senior beach picnic, held at the beginning of the year to welcome the new boys, was largely due to this group and its superior barber shop harmony. The senior group, under the able supervision of Mr. Melcher, consisted of Chc-ever Tyler, bassg Walleyi Trapnell, baritoneg Frank Hodsoll, first tenorg and Doug Moseley, second tenor. This group spent every Friday evening in a very casual and enjoyable mannersinging and sometimes jamming up various numbers. In conclusion it is hoped that this year's success will prove to make these two quartettes traditional institutions at Cate. SENIOR QUARTETTE-Tyler, Trapnell, Hodsoll Mosele