Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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C. H. S. BAND The Chester High School Band, under the direction of Mrs. Frieda Duncan, has shown its loyalty to the athletic department by commendable performance at all ball games. A Musicale given jointly by the Band and Glee Club gave an opportunity to render more difficult numbers. Comments of remarkable improvement were encouraging. An oboe was recently presented to the band which adds greatly toward a balanced instrumentation. Instrumentation this year: Six clarinets One baritone Four cornets Three alto horns Four trumpets One bass drum One oboe One snare drum Four saxophones (1C Melody, 2 Ejj Alto, One Eh tuba One Bh tuba Five trombones One set of cymbals I Tenor) Trumpets John Heuer Lester Moeller Melba Lemmerman John Short Delbert Courier Helen Rainey William Hettesheimer Bobby Pinkstaff Clarinets Kathryn Allen Velma Hasemeyer Hilda Crunk Virginia Heckman Donald Wittenborn Thelma Smith Saxophones Dale Gillis Minnie Jeremiah Earl Adams Fae Best MEMBERS THIS YEAR: Eh Alto Horns Ardell Moeller Ruth Orrell Gloria Saak Baritone Jack Gilster Trombones Roger Katz Forrest Ayres Richard Hamilton Kenneth Smith Jimmie Harlan Sousaphones Earl Hasemeyer Arden Ruddell Bass Drum Kathryn Barger Snare Drum Helen Hoffman Cymbals Bobby Smith Oboe Irvin Kendell Drum Majors Harry Allison Bobby Matthews Directoress Mrs. Frieda Duncan 28 THE SUMMIT

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THE SUMMIT President ... ......................................William Lewis Vice-President......... ................. .... Paul Preusse Secretary-Treasurer ................................Ruth Michaelis The Dramatic Club of Chester High School was organized nine years ago— in 1929—and has been functioning actively ever since. In addition to the entertainment it has afforded the school and the public, the club has in past years presented the school with some very valuable equipment bought with the money earned by producing plays. However, money making is by no means one of the chief aims of the organization. These are many, but probably the main one is to provide opportunities for all students interested to gain the various benefits of actual experience in dramatic expression before any group, large or small. To this are added other aims, such as promoting in members an appreciation of good drama and good 'theater'1 as well as a knowledge of what it takes in personal equipment to be a good actor or actress. Not the least of our aims is to give members an opportunity of proving the value and, in fact, the absolute necessity of co-operation in producing a worthy finished performance in dramatics as well as in sports and other lines of endeavor. The regular club programs are as important in carrying out these aims as the public performances. They have consisted this year of miscellaneous numbers, including a report each meeting on a chapter in A Player's Handbook, a well-known text on dramatic art. The other numbers are short skits, readings, and one-act plays. Reports on longer plays are also given. One program will consist of a review and reading of a famous play by an accomplished reader of this community. Before the year is over, every member will have appeared at least once on a program. The Dramatic Club solicits the interest and membership of those who are truly interested in a high type of dramatic expression. DRAMATIC CLUB 27

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President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Mary Matthews Merle Shafer Margaret Jeremiah E S U M M On the evening of December 14, the Glee Clubs, joined by the School Band, gave a Musicale in the High School Gymnasium, which was decorated in keeping with the Christmas season. Mrs. D. A. Rouse, pianist of St. Louis, and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Emlen, violinists of Murphysboro, were guest artists of the evening. The members of the Glee Clubs have begun work on Melinka of Astrakhan, a Russian operetta in two acts. Roles have been earned by the following members: Mary Matthews, Melinka Ivanoff: Geneva Mabuce, Vaska: Lorene Frazer, Waska; Dorothy Johns, Sophia Petrovich: Margaret Jeremiah, Dean Campbell: Marcella Rebbe, Mary Strongfort; William Lewis, General Ivanoff; Dale Bruegger, Captain Michael Arensky: Frederick Dreyer, Corporal Ivan Zuiske; Edward Koeneman, Bobo: Merle Shafer, Gordon King; John Heuer, A. B. Cohen; Roger Katz, Chin Chin. The production will be presented April 26. First Row: R. Katz. D. McNclly. B. Dial. P. Johns, B Matthews. Second Row: R. Michaelis, M. Rebbe, H. Glahn. G. Mabuce. M. Light. I. Cotiey, D. Johns. B. Johns. H. Hoffman. B. Lewis. B. Moeller. Third Row: L. Frazer. M. Matthews. R. Baughman. P. Fey. E. Taylor. M. Jeremiah. C. Boyte. H. Farrell. E. Barger. D. Aspley. Miss Hack. Fourth Row: F. Dreyer. M. Shafer. E. Koeneman. W. Lewis. J. Gilster. C. Manwaring. R. Hamilton. C. Brooke. GLEE CLUB 29