Galena High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Galena, KS)

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----7AeB!uefwJWA4:z'e-l'l-- Class History On September 7, l935, a group of ninety-five boys and girls entered old G. H. S. with a reputation of being one of the largest classes ever to enter the school. We' held our first class meeting and under the sponsorship of Mr. Powell and Miss lliff we elected the following class officers: President, Dick Simon, Vice-President, Acel Lamb, Treasurer, lda Mae Dunnill, Re- porter, Betty Jean Williams. We chose red and white as our class colors and the American beauty rose as our class flower. Many of our classmates participated in school activities by joining clubs and musical organizations. When the year was ended we were told that we were no longer green freshies but that we had at last gained the privilege to be called sopho- mores. During our sophomore year, however, there were no memorable events only that many of our freshman classmates had left our number and many of the boys in our class had found out that they too could go out for sports, and a real success they were. Our junior year was filled with many gay events. Our junior sponsors were Miss Beverly La Rue and Mr. R. H. Troughton. Under their able sponsorship we selected as .our class officers: President, Phillip Geisler, Vice-President, Acel Lamb, Secretary and Treasurer, Delores Myers, Reporter, Raymond Carlisle. Although we have never had the reputation of being a very active class, we had the privilege of seeing one of our classmates, Lavon Downing, crowned as i938 Carnival queen and Betty Jean Williams as our 1938 Athletics queen. On April 29, l938, we gave our first class play, The Strange Bequest, which we thought was a great success. We also kept the old tradition by entertaining the so-called dignified seniors of '38 at the annual Junior-Senior banquet, given May 6, l938. Thus one of our best years in G. H. S. was over. Now at last we have gained the distinction of being dignified Seniors, and the privilege of being looked upon and envied by our under classmates. Each year our group became smaller, but nevertheless through four years of school we have maintained our reputation of being an unusually large class, and have in our class at present twenty-five girls and twenty-eight boys. Our Senior Class play, Toby Helps Out, was presented on April l2, l939. As we are finishing our school days in old G. H. S. we can only leave our word of appreciation for four years of exciting and successful school-life and are sure that in the future we can recall these four years as the best in our lives. Page Twenty-four

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Musical Organizations The musical organizations were reorganized this year under the supervision of Mr. Leslie Scoville. Music was a regular part of the school program with an hour of every day devoted to each group. The girls' drum and bugle corps afforded entertainment for the spectators and encourage- ment for the players at games of both the football and basketball teams. Marching along in their new blue and white uniforms with several additional rows of girls, they did, indeed, pre- sent a flashy spectacle. The first band that the high school has had in many years gave thrills to the students and increased the love of the alumni for their alma mater as they played their snappy pieces at the athletic contests during the year. A group of talented student musicians made up our orchestra. lt made a successful debut in assembly after which it appeared several times at school programs. The orchestra worked on solo work and group numbers, one of which was a string quintet. Although the orchestra was not large, cooperation made it a balanced organization. Increased by a considerable number of voices, the boys' glee club studied group and com- munity singing this year. With twenty-six voices in the girls' glee club, they studied two and three part pieces. At various times throughout the year they appeared in assembly with classical and semi-classical songs. Trio work was carried on during the year. Both glee clubs led in the community singing in the assemblies. The Galena High School may well be proud of the progress that the music department has made. Page Twenty-six