Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS ■—17 cornets, a saprano saxaphone, two alto saxaphones, three trombones, one bass drum, two trap drums, and piano. Not having had previous orchestra experience, it took most of the first semester to learn to play together with balance and smoothness. During this time members were tak¬ ing private lessons regularly and be¬ coming more independent players. They worked conscientiously and pro¬ gressed so rapidly they were in¬ vited to play for Chapel programs and Parent-Teacher meeting. They were enthusiastically received and later invited to furnish music between acts of the Eighth grade play. This was the first time Central had furnished music for their own play. Several pot luck suppers were held after rehearsals which added to the interest. We are looking forward to 1928 ex¬ pecting better results with more mem¬ bers added to the violin section. With this year’s experience and the sum¬ mer’s added training, Central ought to have an orchestra prepared to give real pleasure to its hearers. We did not enter the State Music Memory contest this year for several reasons. Instead we decided to make it regular class work ending in a con¬ test confined to Central building alone giving every pupil an equal chance. This resulted in more inter¬ est. Some pupils who had never had an opportunity to listen to good music at home became very much interest¬ ed. This resulted in more enthusiasm in other music work, individual and class, and best of all cultivated an appreciation of good music which is the object of Music Memory study. GLEE CLUB Miss Chester organized a group of the best singers in the eighth grade and started a Glee Club. After a few weeks of tiresome and faithful work we were able to sing a few songs. We took a great interest in our w r ork so the task was not hard to accomplish. Miss Chester soon taught us to sing two special numbers. We were asked to sing for the High School chapel exercise, and sang our best. We later sang for Central chapel. Miss Chester has taken great in¬ terest in the class and we extend our hearty thanks. ■—Alice James. -—o- MUSIC MEMORY In spite of many handicaps, Miss Chester has developed a good music memory team and has helped the school in general very much in music appreciation. The pupils upstairs heard the rec¬ ords only once, yet several perfect scores were turned in. Downstairs, the pupils heard the records several times and it is ex¬ pected that when they reach the eighth grade, there will be some fine material for a team. In the first elimination contest, held in each room, the three best in the room advanced to the contest between the room win¬ ners, upstairs and down, and three were selected from downstairs, and three from the seventh and eighth grades for the final contest between the two floors. The finalists were: Sixth Grade 8A Grade Glenice Tyndall Bernice Closs Virginia Miller Georgia Foughty Mary Maxine Brown James Burke. The 8A grade finally won the con¬ test by beating the sixth grade 46 points. —James Burke.

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16 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS CENTRAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRA OUR ORCHESTRA MUSIC Boom! Crack! Bang! That was the name of one of the first numbers we learned. No, it doesn’t sound very musical but you know “there’s noth¬ ing in a name.” You must hear us play before you can appreciate what beautiful (?) tones we can produce. Miss Chester, who directs us, has worked hard and patiently with us and has encouraged us to continue our efforts and some day reach the goal for which we are striving. The following have remained faith¬ ful members of the orchestra through¬ out the year: Violin: Virginia Miller, Louis Buch¬ er and Robert Coffee. Cornet: Roll- and Reppert. Slide trombone: Rich¬ ard Odle, Paul Hancher, Robert Schroyer. Saxophone: George Helm, and Franklin Keller, Glenn Dickerson. Drum, Carl Buffenbarger. Piano, Olive Teeter. The pupils of Central building have shown unusual enthusiasm in music this year. Besides the regular funda¬ mental work in Public School music. A Glee Club, made up of boys and girls from the Eighth grade, was or¬ ganized with forty members enrolled. James Burke, president; Thurman Andrews, vice-president; Chalmer De¬ bolt, secretary and treasurer; Bernice Closs, librarian. Three part songs, soprano, alto and baritone were used and so well done the Glee Club was invited to sing on the Chapel programs at the High School and Central. This training will be very valuable to the boys and girls preparatory to Glee Club and Chorus work in the High School. The following numbers were sung on Chapel programs: “On Parade”.Loomis “Boating Song”.Ely “Buccaneers” . Frazier An Orchestra was organized with sixteen members. Four violins, two

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18 - DEEDS AND MISDEEDS EIGHTH GRADE PLAY “HIS LAST LEGS” The eighth grade play, a comedy entitled “His Last Legs” was, as usual, the outstanding feature of the school year. Scholarship, attitude to¬ ward the school work, and the will¬ ingness to do much hard work with¬ out extra compensation are the prin¬ cipal things taken into consideration when our teachers select a play cast. Of course, fitness for the particular part assigned is also considered but we are assured that that is the sec¬ ondary consideration. So, we who were honored by being given a part, felt that we had every reason to con¬ gratulate ourselves. The routine of practice was fre¬ quently relieved by luncheons before rehearsal and Ford rides in Randolph’s truck afterwards, provided Miss Coffee accompanied us. We presented the comedy January 7th and 8th before a full house each night. After the second night’s per¬ formance we went to the M. O. confectionery where Mr. Brown had ordered delicious toasted sandwiches, hot chocolate and hot chocolate sun¬ daes. We ate and made merry for we felt that all our troubles were over. They were, but our joys were not, for Mr. Thomas loaded us into his Essex and took us for a long ride over our little city. Thus it ended as all things will end but we have many happy memories which we shall always cherish. —,-o- Bernard Scheiman, 8B, believes in living “close to nature.” One inter¬ mission period he seemed to be the center of attraction and upon inquiry, we learned that he was wearing a “real honest-to-goodness” rattlesnake skin belt. He informed his classmates that he had killed the rattler, skinned it and tanned it. We also learned that “reptiles” are his common playmates. Anyone looking for a manager for a side show, consult Bernard. -o- “Are you going to send me violets every day?” “No. I’ll send a package of seed and you can raise ’em yourself.”