Ellendale High School - Redbird / Microphone Yearbook (Ellendale, ND)

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•i • “Determination” °. el “Alpine Sunset” :„‘ ng “Trombone Toboggan” ...Weber “I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen” .. ..Westendorf “El Capitan March” Sousa SOUTHEASTERN BAND FESTIVAL The same program as used in the spring conceit was given jointly with Edgeley, LaMoure and Oakes, on the following Wednesday, April 27. This was the third year that this festival is held, and as in the previous festivals Professor J. A. Holvik of Con- cordia College was the guest conductor. This an- nual festival is doing much to stimulate participa- tion in band activity amon g the high schools in this section of North Dakota. Officers of the band for 1937-’38 were as follows: President, Lowell Hamar; vice president, James Miles; secretary-treasurer, Rolla DuRand; librarian, Jay St. John; assistant librarian, Phyllis Judd. For the past seven years it has been the custom to award to all students who earn the fifty required points a music pin, the design of which has been standardized. Since 1922, when this award was first given twenty-nine students have received it, and only two of these, Peggy Blumer and Frances Du- Rand, are the only ones now in high school. The only student qualifying for the pin this year is Lowell Another type of music award initiated last year is given to all students who are members of toe choral groups and participate in the annual festival for three years. This consists of a chenille lyre with the letter “E” superimposed. Those to receive the award this year are the following : Seniors Ed- ward Hafner, Howard Hill, Marc Tennant. Juniois Lilian Dobler, Vivian Fleming, Lowell Hamar Gene Huber, Lillian Hillius, Richard Irion, George Radtke and Clifford Schmierer. The following membeis o the Senior class received the award last year . eggy Blumer, Thelma Bolstad, Miriam Crabtree, Frances DuRand, Mary Griffin, Dorothy Heine, Oscai Roehl, Donalda Rekow, Junior Schook. . It is with great pleasure that we, the music stu- dents look back over the past two years during which we have had Mr. Stenehjem as our dnector in chorus and band. We are grateful for the su- perior work that has been accomplished and look forward with great anticipation to having him with us again. ' SPEECH ACTIVITIES (Concluded from page 5) JUNIOR PLAY The Junior Play, “In the Money ’’ was presented November 19, and the Juniors used the proceeds of this comedy to finance the Junior-Senior banqug an nrom The cast of characters was as follows . Henry Hall who writes plays, Jimmy Miles; Lucille Mo°re, who loves Henry, Esther Sterns; Demopolis Demi- 7ohn the cook, Lilian Dobler; Mable George never misses a thing, Ella Kuch; Ed Leander, who does odd jobs, Harold Bergman; Maurice Love joy a loafer Rolla DuRand; Roberta Bosberg also a loafer’ Ardys Merrick; Ina Dillaway, admires he - self Mildred Rowe; Mrs. Dan Dillaway, also ad- mires herself, Regina Radtke; Beulah Mae Waters, giggles, Frances Walker; and Mayor Ezra Cum- jnings, Lowell Hamar. SPEECH TOURNEY April 6 Ellendale was host to the annual speech tournament. Other schools represented were Edge- ley LaMoure, and Oakes. Representing Ellendale were: Russell Heine, who gave an oration; Avis Theede, who read verse; and a chonc group con- sisting of Lillian Hillius, Isabel Barta, Gene Wolfe, Janet Brouillard, Lilian Dobler and Marjorie Meachen. “WEDDING SPELLS” The Senior play of the class of ’38 was the final dramatic event of the year, and was one of the best plays ever presented here. It was given on the fifth and sixth of May. The cast included the following Seniors: Billie, a mysterious girl, Peggy Blumer, Reeves, a gentleman’s gentleman, Oscar Roehl ; Steve Arlen, an adventurer, Wilfred McShane; Charley Cooney, his occasional friend, Edward Hafner; Mrs. Julia Pettingill, a widow, Miriam Grabtree; Angelica Wayne, a charming girl, Mary Griffin; Frances Brown another one, Frances DuRand ; Niki Murphy another one, Imogene Jury; Ruth Auburn, another one, Thelma Bolstad; Blake, a cop, Junior Schook, Sigsbee Sullivan, from Alabama, Vernerd Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Gay, a fretful mother, Sylvia Jensen. MASONIC ORATORICAL CONTEST Harold Smith represented Ellendale High School this year in the Masonic oratorical contest, which was held at Oakes. Harold’s oration was entitled “The Achievements of the Wright Brotheis. though Harold did not win a place, he nevertheless gave an excellent account of himself. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SAFETY CONTEST An outstanding event of the year 1937-’38 was the winning by Jimmie Miles of the essay contest on the subject of highway safety sponsored by the North Dakota highway department. As a rewaid Jimmy Sas grten a free trip to Bismarck, where he was a guest of the highway department and royally enter- tained His experiences included sightseeing, a So, with Governor Lunger, and designation as honorary member of the state highway patrol He was privileged to broadcast his essay over KF and hundreds of Ellendale folk listened in. Credit should be given to the local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary fo r its efforts in en- couraging high school students to enter the contest and to Miss Onsrud who had charge of the project] DISTRICT CONTEST Ellendale was represented in the declamation di- vision of the district contest at Wahpeton, April 27, by Avis Theede and Dorothy Heine. Avis read verse, and Dorothy gave a humorous reading. The reward of all our efforts in the way of speech training has been growth and development in all Ihose who have taken part. This advancement we owe to Miss Onsrud, general director of all speech work The Seniors of 1938 take this opportunity to Thank her for all the hours she has given us from her own leisure, in order that high school perfor ances might be excellent and entertaining. 1938 Ellendale High School Annual - Coleman Museum 2017