Decorah High School - Viking Yearbook (Decorah, IA)

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WlE AIM TO PLEASE All lleeorah High Sehool is proud ol' its fine herds, followed by a soprano solo. Lullaby on mixed chorus. 'l'his year many enthusiastic stu- Uhristmas Eve. sung: hy Marjorie liima and ae- deuts tried out t'or ehorus work. From all of eompanied hy the ehorus. In addition to this these. Mr. Russell H. l'latz. the etiieient ehorus performance. the mixed ehorns sang' l'or the director. seleeted forty people. who reliearsed t'hamber of t'ommeree and t'or a special as- l'aithl'nlly twiee a week on Tuesdays and Fridays sembly. dnringrthe fourth period. 'l'hrong1h this praetiee For the annual musie eontest they sang: a they aeeomplished a great deal, begriiniing with heautit'ul Finnish folk song. Lost in the Night hasie prineiples ot' eorreet hreathing' and projee- hy Uhristiansen. and a modern arrangrement ot' tion ot' tone and proeeeding' to the singiing' ol' Drink to Me tinly With 'l'hine Eyes. When nnnsually diftieult selections. they eompeted in the distriet. or preliminary 'l'he mixed ehorus played an important. part in state, musie eontest at West llnion. the organ- the eoneert presented at ti'ln'istmas time hy all ization reeeived a Division l. rating: 'l'his made the voeal organizations. 'l'he group sang' a spe- them eligrihle to eonipete in the State Blnsie t'on- eial arrangement ol' Silent Night featuring test at Waterloo. where the ehorns won more an antiphonal ehoir. 'l'heir other numbers were lanrels t'or our sehool. 'l'he First Nowellu and Hark, Now' 0 Shep- l'l'IRStJNAl.S IVRUM S'l'A'l'l'l Some parents wonder if their rhildren went to Waterloo to enter a musie eontest or a danee marathon. Plenty of rest and eleanliness must he a sure way to a man's heart as demonstrated by two sophomore girls at the ltussell-lianison who spent most of their time either in the hath tllln or in house eoats with eold eream smeared all over. Some girls don't have to worry mueh about taxi fare when they go to niusie eontest, as they ean w'alk down the street and piek up a super eonvertilule eoupe Qwith red leather seatsj with three handsome swains oeeupying' it! Seven spaghetti eaters had to drive all the way to Vedar Falls to find :1 plaee to Dine and llanee for two hits! Une senior hoy who went to Waterloo apparently never gave a thought t'or one whole day to 'l'he Girl lle Left Behind. 'l'he Blond l3riga4le in 428 kept up a steady stream ot' eonrersation with the nlale enter tainers from t'lear Lake who oeenpied the other half ot' the suite. A eonple of East liroadwayites diseovered that hell-hops and night clerks are not, ineehanieal men but really human lneingsl Mothers take notiee! llid all ot' your lroys and girls have striped shirts with thenl at Waterloo, or were those Illhltllllil tops they were dant-ing in one evening at the Russell-llamsonf Front Row: Marjorie Rilna, llonna Kneeskern, Jeanne XVilson, Genevieve Johnson. Virginia Alni, Mariel Nieholson, lflorenee Nelson .hlililrell liidne. Nlr. l'latl. Middle Row: t'harles Nelson, Kermit Yanderhilt, liohert 0:-tenson, Janet Nlay. tiretehen Moen. Nlelha Williams. Kathryn Seiln. lioseniary Kuhn. .loyee Thompson, Mary Nlargaret Roberts. lone Wennes. Helly llirks. Raymond Vsgaard, Urville XYinger, llyle Williams, tilenn Rl'Illlllt'll. Back ROW: Kenneth Strinnioen, Allan Moe, James 'l'orx'ik. llowarll Owen. ltonaltl llullngren, .Xndrey linth, .lean lirantlt, Virginia ltaker, Mary Margaret Jaeger. Margaret Xlalanaphy. Peggy Jansen, Irene llnhlce, t'nrtis liarson. Neal llayis. l'eter 'l'orx'ik, Kermit llenflriekson. Robert llresselhaus.

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MORE BLUE RIBBONS ln the fall ot' 1939, approximately one hun- dred girls tried out for the girls' glee club. From this group Miss Anna Mae Davis chose the eighty-six girls who became members. They met for fifty minutes every Monday and NVednes- day to sing under the capable direction of Miss Davis, who was largely responsible for the suc- cess of the group throughout the year. The glee club prepared three songs: With a 'l'oreh, Jeanette Isabella, a Fresh folk tune, Angels D'er the Fields by tiaevert, and To- day 'l'here ls Ringing by Uhristiansen, which they presented at the t'hristmas Vocal Concert, December 21. 'l'wo small groups from the or- ganization also sang numbers for this program. At the beginning ot the second semester it was necessary to reduce the membership to thirty- two to conform with contest regulations. This group practiced diligently on the ditlicult meas- ures ot' 'l'he Valleys ot' Dream by Fletcher, late llas lioveliness 'l'o Sell by lieautieu, and Hear the Sledges With the Bells, an arrange- ment of Edgar Allen l'oe's 'l'he Hells. The girls, appearing in lovely dusty rose dresses. won a Division l rating at the preliminary state music contest at Mlest llnion on April 5 and made a fine record at the state contest at NVaterloo. In the spring a number of the girls entered the solo audition contest. held in the auditorium March 7. lfrances Wonieldorf. contralto. singing Schubert's Serenade , Marjorie Hima. soprano, with the Swiss Echo Song by Ekert and Pains Angelicusn by l ranckg and Dorothy VVomeldorf. mezzo soprano. with Sleep, liittle Baby ot' Mine by Dennee and 'l'he Mazy Dance by Ewing were winners in their 're- spective divisions. Marjorie and Frances placed first at West Union, qualifying for state com- petition, while Dorothy rated second. Glee club officers elected for the second semes- ter were Marjorie Rima. presidentg Gretchen Altfillisch, vice-president: and Jean Brandt, secretary. N EWS UDMM ENTS Watch Decorah at the State Music t'ontt-st!-ll ulrrloo louricr. V , . Decorah rates lirst in l'lass A schools.-IV. .'ll. T. .N'r1rs Hro1ul1'rml. lleeorali sweeps t'lass A events.f-Waterloo f'UIII'il'l'. Musicians rate fourth at State Music t'ontest.-ll. ll. S. Uflnunio. ll. ll. S. Wins lil of 243 Music l'lVl'lliS.'Ut'f'Ul'llll Journal. D. Il. S. Musicians- 'l'hcy 'l'op N. lfl. Iowa l'ontcstants.v'llr'coi'uli Public Opinion. Front Row: tire-ti-hen Moen, Norma Iiangland, Doris Halverson, .lt-anne Wilson, Virginia linker, Virginia llitms Ita Inna llolt lulxn Nttphnns lllltll Nlnluql on blllllll Nil l llounu l :.A-'il' ' . vcr.-V L . .V-'tt . V s , . 'W . 4-ioson, tl '- '- Nesou. Middle Row: Marjorie Riinia, Donna Kneeskern. Janet May, Tllelina Amuntlson, Norma Sersland, lin-lyn liosen, .Ioyre 'l'hompson. Margaret Malanaphy, Dorisgene Doerr. liurille .hSt'llllll, lirett-hen Xlttilliseh I ora ' Vo 'sm-in Xli -vi' i.sis. .,.ssD.is. Buck Row: Marcella Styve, lieverly Wilbur, Vivian Vick, llt-len Woodhouse. .lean lirandt, Mary Mar- garet Roberts, Mary Margaret Jaeger, Audrey Ruth, lint-ille Winger, lfrances Womeldorf, Helen Kijevre, Kathryn Seiin, la-ona tiattormson,

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