Granite High School - Granitian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Royal hlue, cardinal red dress our hand for CODCCFIS and marching. BAND Wliile exploring the A huilding, l was deafened hy a jumhle of noise that reminded me of hedlam hreaking loose. Since the sounds seemed to he coming from the auditorium, I warily peeked from hehind one of the curtains. The sight of students carrying wooden stands and cardboard holders, hanging chairs, and hlowing into odd objects completely haffled me. l deducted that this hlowing action produced soundsg l had no inlcling that they could hlend into a harmony producing music. Mr. Alsop, the conductor, enlightened me as to the hand's purpose. The memhers march in most of the city parades and participate in the annual Band Day at the University of Utah. A portion of the hand assists the cheerleaders at the home foothall and haskethall games. ln their hand concert they rendered everything from American Patrol hy Meacham, to Atlantis Suite hy Safraneck. A tromhone quartet and vocal soloist, Don Martindale, rounded out the evening. This year the hand played in the Park City regional music festical as well as the annual Granite District Music Festival. 29 it 'Ii if Q i if cit if Sflldlnllfi Use your nmulle, Etinur use your 1l0lItllL'lH gr , Etinurg: M3' goodness, where is it? l've hushed or pulled every gadget on this instru- ment.

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Formals and suits add an air of festivity to orchestra concerts. SPOTLIGHT ON EUPHONY ORCHESTRA Perched on top of a music stand to survey the seventy-piece instrumentation of the orchestra, l was amazed that high school musicians played Mendelssohn's Ruy Blas Qverturef' Dvoralos New Wforld Symphony, and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. The vibrato of the violins excited me, the harmonious brass section enthralled me, and the rapid piccolo trills cheered me. Through this music the orchestra achieved acclaim in sym- phony concerts and music festivals. I marvelled that they at- tained such heights, because aside from the orchestra, the auditorium was host to electricians installing spotlights, students Waiting to rehearse for an assembly, and stage crew members preparing opera or school play properties. Mr. Alsop, the direc- tor, informed me that the come and go activity in the audi- torium during orchestra rehearsal would soon be alleviated. The orchestra boasted of a budding composer, Laurie Lyon. His Prelude,' was played by the organization in the district music festival. The personnel of the orchestra has surrounded meg and I am aspiring to master the mysterious, intriguing bassoon. Z8

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RAMONA BERGESON Type FRANK JORGENSON Type - Shorthand Being of a prying nature, I made my way into one of the crowded shorthand classes, where students were inter' ested in the study of hrief forms and the principles in- volved in the use of the ow dipthong. The headaches of advanced shorthand students confronted Mrs. Pmoshg while Mr. jorgenson did his utmost in engineering the beginning shorthandists. Day after day, I saw students drilling on queer characters that they understood and formed into words. Mr. lorgenson possessed a unique sense of humor to contend with the wit expressed in his classes. His dictation continually reminded him of incidents, pertinent though humorous, that completely enraptured the students and me. In fact, it took all my will power to suppress my amusement, thus retaining my dignity. I, however, could detect no such effort on the part of the pupils, their unrestrained merriment paid a fit- ting trihute to those droll takes. Runners, or last-minute notices, were terrific annoyances to Mrs. Bosh's shorthand devotees. One day as I sat nonchalantly on my perch atop a plant hanger in the shorthand class and peacefully enjoyed a IZO-word take, the creak of the door disturhed me. Shortly a creature appeared hravely hearing a very important no- tice - 'fSchool will operate on assemhly schedule today. Class, of course, was interrupted tremendously and, conse- quently, never returned to normal the rest of the period. Miss Bergeson took great pains with hoth first and second year typists. Period after period she gave drill upon drill. Wcwuld the students never comprehend? Often times I could hear melodic strains of music coming from her type classes. This, I learned, was a method of avoiding monotony. Students kept time or sometimes clouhle time in harmony with the records. The alphahet was another excellent drill that many students patiently concentrated upon with the hope of one day mastering. Once they knew the essentials of the strange mechanical device known as a typewriter, its operation hed came more comprehensible to hoth students and teacher. Day after day, I found pupils huddled over their typewriters strivf ing for perfect carbon-copy erasers on term papers. Mailahle letters, interoffice memorandums, and tenfminute timed writ- ings comprised the curriculum of the daily scope of an ex- cellent husiness student. I EVA suMNER W, , . .2 L f' -ww, , - . -' ' Law - Economics Bookkeeping 1 ' . , on K. ' ' z , ' so V,