George Wythe High School - Chancellor Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Beautiful chalk representations by John Johnson held both parents and students in a state of fascination at the spring art exhibit. Mr. Cheatham and students arrange a concrete figure on a wood platform for the spacious sculpture court. Mr. Cheatham gives Dora Parsons pointers and hints about her silk screen process, as she endeavors to print some original Christmas cards. Carol Setzer, Sandra Robbins, and Bobby Millet sketch the sunny out-of doors surrounding them. Administration and Departments 27

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Sitting at the well-equipped jewelry workbench in the art department, John Tingle hovers over his work, while he skillfully executes a basic process. ctu sny maa AYt Students Add Zest out the reclining figure in concrete. Modernistic mobiles, graceful stabiles, brilliant chalks, warm wood sculpture, vivid temperas, sparkling oils—these are some of the media with which the art students stage the second spring art show. Throngs of parents, friends, neighbors, and students crowd around the exciting displays entered in the annual exhibit. Outstanding members of the advanced art and jewel- Veclia Peres ty classes joined other Richmond students in demon- Student Teacher strating varied skills at the art exhibition sponsored by the Valentine Museum entitled, “Art for Forty Thou- sand.” The erection of beautiful simulated stain glass win- dows, the composition of captivating show cases, and bulletin boards, and the construction of ravishing back- grounds for the stage productions and dances provide zest and color in school life. It is through these and other crafts and techniques that the art department adds luster to George Wythe throughout the year. W. R. Cheatham BaprACViEs= R.P.I., Florida State University Karen Harshbarger, BEbeApaerale 2% Administration and Departments §

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28 Variety of Choral Music Presented by Students “All right—sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses,— sing! Stop! Go back and begin again at the bottom of page three! This time get the right rhythm. Everybody sing—two, three, four!’ Mr. John Yeager’s voice classes respond to these words. Each member of the class works hard toward the moment when he will be chosen to perform. Many techniques are learned and used—tone quali- ties, modulation, singing up and down the scales, sight reading of music, correct breathing from the dia- phragm, and the proper sitting position. Choral groups perform at a Parent Teacher Associa- tion meeting, the Christmas Pageant, and the Spring Concert. Hymns, scores from Broadway shows, songs from movies, popular songs, old favorites, folk songs, seasonal songs, and patriotic songs comprise their reper- Singing in parts, the eight-grade vocal class is learning to harmo- toire. Singing during a concert with one’s classmates piety Pea cae is the reward for hours of rehearsal. John Yeager, B.S., of Music Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music A group of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-graders combine to sing a “Thanksgiving Proclamation” and “Harvest Hymn.” The spirit of Christmas breaks forth with joyous strains as Mr. Yeager directs a choral group singing carols during the Christmas student assembly. Administration and Departments