Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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We Cannot Standing: Nan Mack, Bill Jacoby, Jeanne Anderson, Blanche Sacketos- Franccs Smothers; Kneeling: Miss Sayers. Qlee Club J Cappella The A Cappella Choir is a coed singing group of selected voices chosen by Miss Grace Sayers, director. Miss Sayers organized the choir in 1930, and similar groups have subsequently been initiated in the other Gary high schools. Emerson’s A Cappella has been in popular demand and has won recognition throughout the city. The choir cooperated in the Christmas Pageant and Everyman.” The officers of this organization who have led the choir in the past year were: Nan Mack, president; Chester Henson, vice-presi¬ dent; Frances Smothers, girls’ treasurer; Bill Jacoby, boys’ treasurer; Blanche Sacketos, girls’ librarian; Bill Jacoby, boys’ librarian. The Glee Club is an all-girl choir. Membership is attained through tryouts held at the beginning of each year. Its outstanding presentation of the year was the Bolero” given for the Emerson Spice and Variety.” The Glee Club also partici¬ pated in the Christmas Pageant. The officers of the Club were: President, Phyllis Banker; Vice- President, Dorothy Oeth; Treasurer, Mary Pitchford; Librarians, Toula Veikos and Dorothy Lewandowski. Thirty