Central Junior High School - Reflector Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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CENTRAL JUNIOR qi, ANNUAL REFLECTOR van nQ,3Q4?6N.3l1 new The Aims and Accomplishments of the Music Department HE Music DEPARTMENT,S aim to create a musical appreciation in pupils and desire to do something worth while in the music field is accomplished in the seventh grade by the study of music reading in general, which gives them a foundation for work in future years. It also stresses the relation of orchestral instru- ments with the human voice. The pupils become acquainted with great musicians by giving re- ports about them. Besides this, there is a develop- ment of the voices, especially in the bass section. They also have a start in sight reading, in pre- paration for the chorus work of the eighth and ninth grades. The pupils of eighth grade mainly study the opera. The requirement of each pupil being to make one complete report during the year. While the individuals report, the rest of the class take notes. If one reporter happens to have a record which concerns the opera they are reporting upon, he or she may play it upon the victrola, so that all may hear and enjoy. The class also sings and studies three and four- part music. Special attention is given to those with bass voices. During the course. of this study, much thought is given to people in the public eye, whose musical career has made them famous. The lives and Works of Ba ch and Handel were studied especially this year because of the 250th birthday anniversaries of these two famous composers. As part of this course of study, the pupils also dramatized the cantata, Pan on a Summer Day. The ninth grade spend a large part of their time in the study of musical form. The impor- tant items were carefully recorded in notebooks. They learn to love the better types of music and to sing a cappella. They train their voices in different part-singing, and also report upon famous musical personalities. This year, the class gave two operettas, Cupid's Night Out, and Hu.lda of Holland. Those who have a noticable musical talent are selected for the choir, and those who are interested in drama, as well as in music, may become members of the Dramatic Choral Society. Both of these musical organizations assist in presenting concerts in assemblies, Parent-Teacher meetings, and in other school programs. In common, all of the class take a few minutes from each period to give some attention to the current activities which are taking place in the world in which music culture is demonstrated. The richest child is poor without a musical education. 9A Girls Glee Glub QJOfD Spring Oh, I enjoy the sprintime With its buds and flowers, I like to watch the seeds come up, And build their little bowers. I like to see the sun shine down, And make these blossoms smile. They seem to say in such a way, Why don't you stay awhile ? Sometimes we see the raindrops come, And pelt these flowers gay. But they do it because they must, To make these flowers stay. Eleanore Troge Central's Choir -at-if 29 :IW-

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CENTRAL JUNIOR QV, ANNUAL REFLECTOR wa naiaman new The Orchestra The orchestra, under the able direction of Mr. Kennth Mathews, is one of Central's best organizations. It is a volunteer organization composed of eighth and ninth grade pupils. The orchestra meets every day and only the best of music is studied. There are forty-one members. The instrumentation is as follows: fourteen first violins, six second violins, four cellos, three basses, one fiute, three clarinets, two trumpets, two French horns, two trombones, three drums, and one piano. The orchestra is always ready and willing to play for any occasion of the school. The orchestra played in an assembly period, and also at some of the plays given during the year. They were: The Mystery House, given on November 16,1934, the one-act plays, given on February 8, 19355 the Spanish Onion, given on March 8, 1935. Also, at the one-act plays, given on May 3, 1935. Mary Burton GNWKS Eighth Grade History In the eighth grade course of American his- tory, special periods of American history are studied. They are: The American Revolution. Establishing our National V Government. The Civil War. The Expansion of the United States. The Industrial Revolution. The Growth of the West. The United States Becoming a World Power. The World War. Foreign Relations Since the World War. Mary Burton GNQXD The Tree of Knowledge 3 QUESTIONS 1. What tree grows in the fire? 2. What tree grows near the sea? 3. What tree grows stale jokes? 4. What is the saddest tree ? 5. What is the neatest tree? 6. What is the oldest tree? 7. What tree is always right at hand? 8. What tree is always moping Betty Cleary See answers elsewhere in this annnal. 41 if il' 'F The man who makes an ass of himself would- n't be so annoying if he didn't bray so much about it. Why Teachers Grow Gray fExtracts from an intelligence testj An oxygen is an eight-sided figure. A Croquet is a form of meat ball. Homer is a type of pigeon. A quorum is a place to dip ish. A magpie is a pie made of fruits called mags. A vegetarian is a horse doctor. Henry Clay is a mud treatment for the face. A triangle is a circle with three corners to it. A moth is an upholstered bug. Glaciers are men who Ex broken windows. A hair is a female hare. Jeanne D' Arc was one of Noah's daughters. A peninsula is a bird that lives on icebergs. Adam's apple was an apple belonging to Adam and Eve. A blizzard is found in a chicken. A beau is something you tie in your hair. Deer is more than one dear. A popular is a kind of tree. Radish is some kind of a color, somewhat red. Harriette Ysberg Marion Pfaff Qian My Twenty-Third Psalm My teacher knoweth her Latin Ltoo well!J I shall not pass. She maketh me to expose my ignor- ance before the class. She maketh me to give decleusions for my grades' sake. Yea, though I study till midnight, I can learn no Latin. The translations puzzle me. She maketh me to conjugate verbs by the scores. She maketh me a low grade, my patience runneth over. Surely zeros and E's will follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the Latin class forever. By a Disconsolate Latin Student QJQVD Sunshine We should try to be cheerful, not gloomy. It's wiser to laugh than to cryg A heavy heart faints by the wayside, You're blinded by tears in your eye. Look up, for the sun's in the heaven, And God made your voice for a song, Brace up when Luck seems against you, For things will not always go wrong. And some day, when least you expect it, You'll wake in a silver light, And the clouds that looked dark and forbidding Will show that their lining is bright. -Mary Adams Smith. if SF if 2F Virtue is its own reward. The people who never make mistakes are mighty uninteresting M28 I-44

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