Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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GIRLS ' GLEE CLUI First Row: Chubb. Eberhart. Pratt. Hogg, Disney. Hopkins. Root. Ruth Holmen. Hall. Bcronius. Baker. Bram. Obenhaus. Heidt. Stapleton. Second Row: McCartney. Norris. Miller. Rankin. Burkhart. Wiscombe. Buckmaster. H. Hatha- way, M. Stadler, Tebben. Gott. P. Hathaway, Morand. Stitt. Third Row: E. Cusic. H. Foltz. Whitney, Kekar. Howard, Templeton. Shepard. Wells. Wolfe. Little. C. Stadler. Williams. Weaver. Fourth Row: Lutz. Dahlstrom. Conner. Krallman. Harris. Fairbanks. G. Foltz. ' . Cusic. StuU. Wells. Leunburger. Cox. BOYS ' GLEE CLUB First Row: Brown. Moore. Krch. Richardson. Ruth Holmen. Pratt. S. Iwig. Reynolds. Disney. Casebeer. Second Riw : Clark. Bates. Wootcn. C. Iwig. B. Taylor. McClenahan. Prcssgrove. Cowell. Cooley. Hooper. Third Row: Anderson. Flohrschutz. Cloud. Whitehead. Butner. Tebben. Preston. Petrik. Nussbeck. Fourth Row: Decker. D. Taylor. Lommasson. Buckmaster. Ransdell. Smith. Burrell. Weir. Elmore. Page Twenty-one

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First Row; Rankm. Brown. Moss, Obenhaus. Ruth Holmen. Chubb, Langley, Abels. Second Row: Pooler. Stapleton, Flohrschutz. Cusic, I. Krch, Gott. M. Krch. Third Row; Conner. Pressgrove. Whitehead. Iwig. Disney. Casebeer. Fourth Row; Bailey. Anderson. Thompson. Tebben. Music Department Has Active and Successful Year The Music Department has accomplished commendable work this year under the direction of the music supervisor, Miss Holmen. The orchestra consisted of twenty-seven pieces, and participated in several of the concerts given by this department. The glee clubs had a membership of one hundred voice, which as a whole comprised the mixed chorus. The quartets were composed of the ablest singers at Highland Park and in- cluded, in the girls ' quartet: Allene Barbee, Julia Etta Miller, June Disney, and Adrienne Krallman, and in the boys ' quartet: John Buckmaster, John Richardson, Dick Taylor and Beryl Whitehead. The school entered both the individual and group contests this year at the state meet at Emporia. Last year Allene Barbee, Contralto, was rated excellent, and Marvin Flohrschutz, Tenor, and Glenn Barbee, Baritone, good. This year Marvin Flohrschutz, advanced to the excellent class and John Buckmaster, Baritone, received the rating of good. The A Capella Choir and the Mixed Chorus were classified as excellent and good, respectively. During the year several concerts were given, the most outstanding of which was the Christmas Pageant, The Star of Hope. They proved to be very entertaining and of unusual quality. Page Twenty

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Commercial Department Sets High Aim The Commercial Department, under the supervision of Miss Louise O ' Brien, has accomplished as much, if not more, than any other department in school. The aim of the instructor of commercial arts is to turn out students from the department who are well trained and efficient in every line of stenographic work necessary to obtain a good secretarial position, without further training. The commercial students are taught to operate the machines which are used in any ordinary office routine. Advanced Class Added Since 1929, when the eighth grade began the publication of the Micro- phone , the advanced typing class has cut the stencils for this enterprise. There are included in this department classes in bookkeeping, shorthand, and typewriting. It was only last year that enough students desired to take a second year ' s study in shorthand, and the subject was added to the commer- cial program. Typewriting Contest Each spring a state typewriting contest is held. For the past two years this contest has been held at Topeka High School. The Highland Park Com- mercial Department has always sent representatives to participate in this event. Last year Dolores Courtner took second place in the state, and Marine Hill won a medal for efficiency. In preparation for this contest speed tests are given to both the first year and advanced classes in typewriting. For about three weeks before the date of the contest periods for practice are held before class in the morning, at noon, and after classes in the afternoon. In the Every Member State Typewriting Contest the typewriting classes from Highland Park placed seventh in this district. The median of the amateur class was the second highest in the state, and the novice class was third highest in the state. On April 23, the three best students from the amateur class and the three best students from the novice class were entered in the State Sectional Contest. Those entered in the amateur class were Allene Barbee, Pauline Hathaway, and Norma Stitt. The three persons entered in the novice class were Cornelius Butner, Leona Mae Hall, and Estelle Shapiro. This year in the scholastic rating for high school typewriting classes in the state, the beginning class placed in the upper 20%, while the advanced class went a little higher, placing in the upper 10%. Outside Work Each student in the advanced class of typewriting acts as secretary for some faculty member. In this way much practice is obtained in secretarial work by the student. PaEe Twenty-two