Dixon High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Dixon, CA)

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i' f i-: Ghcznticleer 1--..-.............. ,-. ., .- I' . s QAND f The band, formed this last year under the direction of Mr. Good has a membership of forty-two. This nu ber also includes several of the advanced grammar school musicians. In order to make the course avail- able to everyone, a band period was held twice a week in the morning before school. . A Such splendid cooperation was shown by the students that a fine band was assured for the people of Dixon, and uniforming the organi- zation was then considered. It was decided that the uniforms would consist of green and white military caps, green capes with white satin lining, and white pants with a green stripe on each leg. The uniforms were purchased through a loan from the student body, but will eventually be paid for by the band. The first step in raising the money was a short concert and card party given in the gymnasium which 400 people attended. Prizes were donated by che local merchants and refreshments were furnish- ed by members of the band. Receipts from a dance sponsored by the Legion and Rotary Club and fifty dollars contributed by the Dixon Boys Band also aided the uniform fund. - , ' The first appearance of the band were short programs put on before the student bodyQ1'On Armistice Day, the band made its first public appearance playing at thc Armistice program in the Legion Hall. In the afternoon of the same day, the band made its first marching appearance, by playing in Vacaville during a huge Armistice Day parade, and then played at the football game which followed the parade. The organization also played during the basketball season at home games. This aggregation received its greatest reward when it entered the contests at the Davis Farm Picnic and brought home a cup for first year bands. Greater distinction than that was won in the final ratings when the Dixon High Band was given a higher grade for its class than any other band entered in the contest. A chance to show off these new honors came two weeks later when the first annual concert was given before a packed gymnasium. The following Saturday, a now top-notch band marched in the Youths' Day Farade at Winters. It is expected at this writing that the band will lead the May Day Parade and that it will enter a Musical Festival at the Armijo High School. We, the band, have the reputation of being e pretty good one this year, but WAIT NTIL NEXT YEAR!

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f H I r 'I F F' X - sCrIOLAA:n-il? oOC1.cff J This year's scholarship society had the largest membership in the history of the school. There were fifteen different members in the two semesters' work. In the first semester the oId'members who were eligible were Annie Aye, Virginia Almeida, Dean Dunnicliff, Dorothy Dawson, Marguerite Reimers, and James Seyman. New members or members who have belonged before but didn't make the grades for the preceding semester were Marjorie Behrman, Margaret Jane Carpenter, Shirley Cecil, Mary Rose, and Howard Wilson. The officers elected for the first term were: president, Lmrgaret Jane Carpenter, vice-president, James seymsng secretary-treasurer, Zbrjorie Behrman. The second semester found Nhrjorie Behrman, Dorothy Dawson, Dean Dunnicliff, and Margaret Jane Carpenter still eligible for the society. There,were four new applicants, Otto Bruhn, Jeanne Larson, Janet Potter, and Marilee Rohwer. Of this group, Dean Dunnicliff was elected president, Marjorie Behrman, vice-president, and Dorothy Dawson, secretary-treasurer. Not every class is honored by having one of its members attain the rank of a life member in the California Scholarship Federation, but at the end of the first school term, the seniors were doubly honored by D having two of their contemporaries awarded the life pins. They were Margaret Jane Carpenter and Marguerite Reimers. The requirements for . this position are that a student shall have been a member in the society for six semesters, one of which is in the senior year. This year's annual trip was taken on May ll. The Columbia Steel Works in Pittsburg was visited in the morning, and then the telephone exchange and the DeYoung Museum were gone through in the afternoon in San Francisco. The trip was made by auto, and was financed through a donation by the studerm body combined with an equal amount raised by the society. New methods were used this year to obtain the sum required for the trip. The main contribution was the proceeds from a pie sale E? given during a school noon hour. A small sum was raised by the new members as part of their initiation. Each was required to turn in fifty cents which he had earned by shining shoes, or making and selling Q3 a cake or some other similar method. T l k Ghcmticleer o

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C.. y t , ortcH.as'fsox n . . The orchestra made the same start as the band, practically everyone being a beginner. And like the band this organization ended up as a first class unit. It might have looked like a hopeless task to Director Good when he first faced the orchestra, and he probably was sure it was hopeless when he first heard them play. However, a start was made with simple music, and by degrees all students graduated into harder pieces. Several musician friends of Mr. Good happened to hear the orchestra on several occasions and paid the students a compliment when all of them said it sounded like a second or third year aggregation. b Mbst of the appearances of the orchestra were for student body programs. The band made the first public appearance, and went over in such a big way and became so popular that people forgot about the high school orchestra, so the latter organization gave few public recitals. It does not belittle the orchestra's prowess one bit, and as a matter of fact, it is just as good as the band, which is saying a mouthfull. Mem- bers can well be proud of their playing ability especially as there were only two rehearsals a week. - The personnel of the orchestra is as follows: Naida Ritchey ' Dorothy Smith Pearl Stahl Lois Schroeder Frahk Williams Violins: Lorrell Anderson - Mary Lou Hughes Ruth Lawrence Marian Madden Grace Morgan ' Marjorie Madden ' Trumpets: Jack Bloom Dezfn Dunnicliff Trombones: Tony Dircito Elwood Thompson Clarinets: , James Parsons Gordon Watson Tenor saxophone: Tommy Kunze Baritone: ' Otto Bruhn ' V Flute: ' Janet Potter ' Piano: , Marjorie Eehrman 'L- Contra Bass: Gordon Marvin ' Percussion: Peggy Marvin I 9 3 7 1 li ii' -x 'Ghcmticleer Ad rl