East High School - Arrow Yearbook (Sioux City, IA)

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inging chool Sees Second Year urcr. Hob llakenholzg l.ibrarian. Hill lVlarple. It has been the custom in former years for the vocal members of Or- pheon to sing Christmas Carols in the halls of East l-ligh. For a few minutes before assembly the singers sang the well-known Christmas Car- ols. l.ater. in assembly. while Mrs. Hrown gave a reading, The First Christmas Tree... the carols could be heard forming an eflective back- ground. Music Fossils Found Since February lffi, 1025. when lVlr. Cobb organized the first East High orchestra, it has increased from ten to forty-four pieces. The or- chestra made its hrst appearance in assembly in the fall of l926. Although the Glee Clubs were or- ganized when lVlr. Huntley first came to East High in the fall of the sec- ond year, the A Capella is a new in- stitution. The A Capella was or- ganized iu the fall of Rl. The first opera presented by East Higlfs students was Once in a Hlue Moon. Hecause East Highs auditor- ium was not completed. Once in a Hlue lVloon was presented by a cast of sixty. under the direction of Mr. Huntley. in the East ,lunior auditorium. l,ast fall. one hundred sixty-five students pre- sented Rosamunde. Pickles, NH. lVl. S. l'iuafore, Pirates of Penzance. and The Ntarriage ol' Nannettei' were presented in the falls of the years '26. '27. '2H. and '29. respectively. spring, East High. for the first This time. was host to the Sub-District Music Contest on the dates. April l and 2. at Y Y East High boasts ninety-nine in the GIRLS' GLEE CLUBS. -1 f t Note the nymph-like ejfecls of the 'gall pure trhitc dresscsf' First and Seconds, Larger. larger, larger, steadily grow- ing larger. The size of the Girls, Glee Club has been increasing until now it has a membership of one hundred. The work in the Clee Club consists chielly of voice training. Fundamentals of vocal work are taught in the Glee Clubs, with the aim of improving the quality of the voices that will make up the future A Capella. Persons in the Girls' Glee Club are: V. Rader, Hell, Fry, Gall. Green, E. Rader, Ro- Cian, A. Rrude, M, Hrude, Clough, Everett, Firth, Holbrook. Jensen, Johnson, Kautz. Kelly, Kerr, Lindsey, McArthur, Melady, Nlil- Sopranos and Altos ter, 0'Harrow, Patton, Pease, Petersen, Paul- sen, Puck, Rogers, Serdinsky, Sturgeon, Har- rington, Harrison, Heiuriksou, Hoelfler, Hoger- hide, Horrigan, F. Kelly, Krul, Leafstoue, Ma- hood, Mazur, Peterson, Meier, Murphy O'Neill, Partridge, Petry, Pylelo, Ratchje: Rasmussen, Roest, Ryan, Spears. Anderson, Hrandsma, Roles, Rrown, Carter, Conover, Crockett, Dabrowski, Dean, Dixon, Gapp, Gerlach, Hallett, Hatter, lleusiukvcld, lde, Jenkins, Johannsen, Knowles, liyle, Mal- inosky, lil:-lheini, Miller, bliska, Nelson, Os- tensen, Perillo, Ranard, Scroggiu. Si-use, Smith, Stulich, Thompson, Thorpe, Tobias, Vang, Wadsworth, Winterringer, Wolfson, Vandesteeg, Van Pelt, Vachal, Taylor. Accoinpanists for the Girls' Glce Clubs are: liucille Johnson. Thelma Fowler, Harriet Stevens. and Donabclle Stuart. .Q i. , . ,..k CHOIR. Progress plusf They are buying new cottas with concert money. Nineteen

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it 6 4 l'I ZZLE: If you can find fifty-treo and one-half paper lies in this picture of the BUYS' GLEE CLUB. you lmre goorl eyes anal ure ll blame good liar. You are now entitled Io 5.000 of the 3.000 points in the big B!1Ny,I0lIiS Who Contest. Bass, Baritone and Tenor Now. if you birds will open a few windows. we will breathe for a change. Ready. l-2-3--l-5-- Hold it. All right. Exhale. Again. l-2-3--'l--5. Exhale U. Now that we're full of air. give me a note on that tuneless piano. Got your chord '? Ho --me---sole--do. t.. .- v. vt Men Me---lVle you baritones. now all together. lint---ni m. A little more tenor. Not so much bass. Pipe down. you baritones. ffmon. crcscendo. give me all youive got. Uh! Wait a minute. You're let- ting it get on the breath. Breathe any time you want to. but don't all get the big inspiration at the same time. Keep your neck limber. but don't relax above the eyes. Sit up straight. You're sup- posed to get your sleep at night. Now. give me that chord again. llo you re- member it? NU? Well. give it to them again then. use LII this time. ulieady. La-a-a-a. 'gNow. thatis a good tone. You guys have got something there. but I'll be hanged if I know what it is. No. this isn't a comic record to amuse three-year-oldsg itis the line that glial hands the Boys' Clee Club every period. The reward is membership in A Capella Choir. The following are in the fourth pe- riod class: Bobbie Arnett. Alex Bush- mer. James Coss, Floyd David, Frank Dixon. Harrison Epperson, Lawrence Follis. Stanley Giuld, James Headid. John Hansen. Fred Humphrey, Paul Linke. John Lyle. Paul McKenna. Nick Nassif. Bob Pearson, Oliver Vang. Charles Verlinden, Bob Brown. The following are in the sixth period class: Virgil Haskins. Bob Hayse. Joe Hedeen. Richard Jenkins. Harry Jenson. Sherman Jenson, Vernon Lorenzen. Ole Linsley. Don lVlacAllister. Ned Metcalf. Gerald lVlcCrath. Donald Moss. Don lVlicl1aelson. Arnold Ness. George Phin- ney, Eldon Richard, James Short. Ralph Smith. Adrian Snyder. Bill Stockwell. George Stocker. Tom Vileir. This East High A Capella Choir ln accordance with a prominent movement in choral singing throug- out America. Mr. liuntley announced last year that East High would offer a course in A Capella work. The work of the organization spoke for itself and this year the enrollment reached to over seventy. The new type of choral technique includes all of the splendid qualities. rich tones. broad effects. and thrilling slimaxes of the old style of choral sing- ing. plus the refined expression and the greater dramatic phrasing which is de- manded by the more intelligent and much more critical audiences of today. Choral work requires greater vocal control on the part of the singers than other types of chorus work demands. Each vocal part must sound like one huge voice. and the vocal parts. how- ever numerous. must be tuned to the others to maintain a perfect balance. The voices must always be able to pro- duce different qualities of tone to sat- isfy the claims of interpretation neces- sary to modern choral work. In addi- tion to the sudden climaxes and vice versa. highly characteristic of' the older form of choral work. fine crescendos and diminuendos. smooth phrasing. defi- nite prominence or subordination of any part or parts. each takes a place in choral interpretation. The pronuncia- tion and enunciation of words also de- mands careful attention. All chorus work strives for an organ tone effect. East Higlfs A Capella Choir has achieved each of these necessary choral requirements to a complimentary de- gree. for high school singers. The A Capella in an effort to raise money for choir robes. was organized on a business basis. The officers are: President. Kathryn Smith: Vice Presi- dent. Rutbelie Larson: Secretary-Treas H' s '55 1 -.age 4- l , L rr. 11. Eighteen One-tenth of the entire enrollment of East High belongs to the A C.4PEl,L.-I

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Fam new he FE1CU.lt cards added to y faculty Clock East High Gives Generally Prepared For the business world, the scientific world. or the professional field, there is the General Course. lt also prepares a student for most colleges, though not for all. lf electives are carefully chosen, the pupil will have enough academic cred- its to fulfill graduation requirements. Seven credits in English are required for graduateion. It is the aim of the English Department to teach organized thought. to aid in correct speaking, and to increase understanding of principles underlying the 11se of words in sen- tences. Two credits in Geometry are compul- sory for graduation. In studying Ge- ometry the student learns to interpret as well as to apply theorems in terms of figures, to work independently in prov- ing propositions and exercises. Two semesters of American History are re- quirements set by the Superintendent and School Board. For college en- trance the student is required to take history during the Junior and Senior years. General History is a study of man from prehistoric days until the present time. This subject should he chosen in the first and second semesters. Zoology. which is a general study of all types of animal life, and Botany, which is the study of plant life, are of great cultural value as well practical application. These two sciences should be taken in the tenth year. The languages which may he elected are Latin and Spanish. Subjects which may be elected the third and fourth semesters are: Chemistry. and Advanced Algebra, and Geometry 3, Typing, and Shorthand. Electives for the last semester: Civics, Trigo- as of wide nometry, Physics, Physiology, Psycol- ogy, Economics, and Sociology com- plete this general preparation. High School Trains for Business The student who is planning to en- ter the business world after graduation should take the Commercial Course in High School. The Business Course is designed especially to meet the require- ments in English and business tech- nique necessary for entrance into busi- ness life. Men and women entering the business world have letters to write, rec- ords to file, and cash transactions to handle. East High is trying to meet the demands of the public. For these rea- sons, a course in Business Training and Bookkeeping was introduced into our school. The five semesters of English offered in the Business Course are the same as those in the General Course. The chief business training to be had, however, is that in Bookkeeping, Typing, and Shorthand. In Bookkeeping I, the stu- dent learns basic fun- - damentals and under- lying principles of Bookkeeping. Book- keeping II is a more advanced study of fundamentals including practice work office training. This work is done on adding machines. comptometer, and the calculator. Word Derivation means much to the business student. Analysis of words and their origin, prefixes, stems, roots, Srhmult Mrfmnnrll Lewis Mzukslnury 'l'mucl! in Vvllilff Kreufz Schroeder Frirke Ryder Cobb, Kfreutz, Traudt only teachers of first elefvem Burnett Twenty Blake Blizzard Crouse Luge Sc-ydell