Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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16 THE GLEAM At the first of the semester only twenty-one boys enrolled for band but after a room was provided and a definite schedule planned the number grew to about fifty-five. Many of these are new pupils in the work but in time our band will be another of the many features of which Ensley is proud. A sixty piece band, which will be the best in the city, is Mr. Brown’s goal. MARGUERITE MATLOCK. ’26. ■o- Hi-Y The Hi-Y Club is an organization of the boys in High School affiliated with the Y. M. C. A., having as its creed “To create, maintain and extend throughout our school community higher standards of Christian character.” The membership this semester has grown to twenty-five boys all eager and willing to work. The officers of the club are: Harry DeFreese ............................ President Everett Hagler ........................ Vice-President Terry Huffstuttler ......................... Secretary Cecil Benton ................................Treasurer Joe Bynum ................................... Reporter Our programs are planned very carefully. Each program has as its main purpose the development of the boy mentally, morally, and physically. Once each month the Hi-Y Clubs have a banquet at the Y. M. C. A. These banquets serve to bring the different clubs of the city into closer contact with each other. Every year a loving cup is awarded to the club showing the greatest development within the organization. Last year Ensley won this cup. We are hoping to bring the cup back again this year. CECIL BENTON, ’26. -------------o--------- The Girl Reserves As the curtain goes up on the school year of 1925-26 many new and interesting things are brought to our attention. One of which is our Girl Reserve. We were organized in the spring of 1925 as the Girls Hi-Y. but as it was near the end of the year we were not heard from as often as we hope to be this year. Although the youngest organization in Engley High, the Girl Reserves is far from the weakest. The Girl Reserves differs from the Girls Hi-Y in that it is an Interna-

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THE GLEAM 15 Iris Martin; Publicity Manager, Victoria Davis; Librarian, Evelyn Staggers; Assistant Librarian, Irene Motley. The club recently took part on the program for the Parent-Teachers’ Association. The numbers rendered were: “Thanks Be to God,” “Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses,” by Anna Mary Singleton; “A Winter Lullaby” “To a Hilltop,” by the Girls’ Glee Club. The girls are planning to participate in activities during the Southern Music Supervisors Conference, which meets here the second week in January. They will sing in the chorus of one thousand voices, selected from the boys and girls of the three high schools. ANNA MARY SINGLETON, ’26. -------------o---------- Boys’ Glee Club The Senior Boys’ Glee Club, under the leadership of Mr. Martinson, is having a very successful year. The boys are taking a greater interest in this work than ever before. The thirty-two members of the club are picked from a large number of boys who are taking vocal. The aim of the club is to develop the individual and to take part in public performances. The Glee Club is going to take part in the Southern Music Conference, which will be held January 11th to 15th. They also expect to take part in all High School activities. The following members have been elected as officers for the fall session: Robert R. Hardy Vernon Patrick William Poole .... Taft Barber .. ROBERT R. HARDY, ’26. ..........President .....Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer ..........Librarian -------------o--------- The Band We are fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Brown, a graduate of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music and a pupil of Patrick Conway, as band master. The band is practicing every day. The classes are divided into two groups, those who play brass instruments, and those who play the reed instruments. These classes meet together twice a week for group instruction.

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THE GLEAM 17 tional organization. We are striving for the same purpose that the girls in Europe, or the girls in South America are striving for, that is: ‘‘To find and give the best.” Our code is: “Gracious in manner Impartial in judgment Ready for service Loyalty to friends Reaching toward the best Earnest in purpose Seeing the beautiful Eager for knowledge Reverence to God Victorious over self Ever dependable Sincere at all times.” With our most capable advisers, Miss Shelton and Mrs. Stewart, and officers, Marguerite Matlock, Mable Varner, Rochelle Snow, and Anna Mary Singleton, we have a most successful year planned. ROCHELLE SNOW, '26. ------------o---------- The Art League The Art League, as some of you already know, was organized last year and even though it was the latter part of the year, we obtained several fine paintings. We bought one and had three framed. “King Lear,” a beautiful painting valued at three hundred dollars, was donated by Mr. Ramsey. “Men of Steel,” one of the most famous paintings of the steel mills, by Mr. Roderick McKenzie was given by the artist himself. These pictures are now in the library but will be placed in the halls when the new building is completed. Membership in the Art League is voluntary, the fee is only five cents a month. This money is received in the office and kept until enough is collected to buy a good painting. Last year we bought “The Oath,” by Edwin A. Abbey. This year we are going to continue the Art League and hope to get many more beautiful pictures to be placed in our corridors and in the session rooms. MARION ROBSON, ’26.