Franklin Junior High School - Kite N Key Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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ilillll llliitllH— •v The present ninth grade chorus members will miss presenting programs to the student body next year. They have had good experience in performing before groups with the year ' s program of school musical programs and evening concerts. North Side High School ' s gain will be Franklin ' s loss. Singers Add Enjoyment To School Programs During the course of the past school year, the Franklin chorus has presented many in- teresting programs at school. The chorus is composed of eighth and ninth grade stu- dents. Miss Mary Glen Fleming, director of the large group, has spent much time select- ing music that would please students, teach- ers, and parents. The chorus group meets to practice every other day during the regular school day. The glee club also has been busy this year. They have selected interesting songs to sing for their enjoyment. They practice each week with Mrs. Mary Alice Dick, their director. This group of 20 students is preparing for the school chorus as well as just singing for enjoyment. Glee Club mem bers enjoy singing and trying new music Their group is not particularly large but each member contributes his talent. 27

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There is an odor of glue in the room when the Model Hobby Club meets. The boys trade their ideas and skills as they work on their various types of models. Students are pretty tricky with their pencils when it comes to working an equation. Even though work is involved, fun is an outcome of the meetings. Hobbies, Math, Sales Interest Members The homeroom agents of this year ' s Kite ' n Key worked industriously at the beginning of the year for a 100 per cent in the sale of the yearbook to their homeroom. The students in the Math Club have done many interesting projects in the past year. Their instructor, Mr. Weaver, has taught them many new skills in math such as mak- ing the complicated hexahexaflexagram. The math students have played many exciting games such as Math-o, a game similar to Bingo. The Model Hobby Club meets in the shop with Mr. Krueckeberg and Mr. Piepenbrink. The members of this club construct various models. Some of the models they work on are cars, boats, and airplanes. The tools in the shop are used in the construction of these models. Kite ' n Key agents work very hard in early November, so they can have a 100 per cent in subscribers. This year Mrs. Chandler ' s homeroom had reached this goal on the first day. Each student in the room received two candy bars. 26

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Constant Practice By Instrumental Grouj Franklin has many fine musicians and the large majority of them is found in these three musical groups: the band, the orches- tra, and the Chief band. The student body, along with the faculty and parents of Frank- lin, greatly appreciate their activities which add a large measure of enjoyment to pro- grams at Franklin. The members of the instrumental groups are not required to take private lessons, but many of them do. In this way, they become more accomplished musicians which aids them as instrumentalists and also improves the quality of the music of the band. Many of the members of the various groups en- tered the solo and ensemble contest held each year in the city. Many of them received high ratings. Franklin has taken great pride in its various in- struments ' groups, particularly the band. This group, The Chief band is composed of seventh grade stu- dents. This band is preparatory to the band, and it is in this band where the musicians learn the funda- mentals of music The members of this band enjoy playing in this group and performing at various programs during the school year. 28