Hopkins High School - Warrior Yearbook (Minnetonka, MN)

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the necessary qualification to enter the State Music contest held in the first part of May. The Echoes went to press too early to announce the outcome of the State contest. Officers of the 1939-40 band are president. Walter I.undahl; vice-president, Marie Hamilton; secretary, Robert I.isct, and treasurer, Janet Makousky. The band will lose the following members through the coming graduation: clarinetists, Marie Hamilton, Robert I.isct. Janet Makousky, James Soulcn, Gladys Taylor, Duane Henke, and Richard Frank; cornct-ists, Walter Lundahl, Violet Pedersen and Raymond Westmark; trombonist, Joseph Havlik; saxophonist, Betty Nelson; bariton-isr, Thomas Lapic; oboist, Lorraine I.apic, and drum majorette, Bernice Mever. 23

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Not always is the band rigged out in full marching regalia as shown on the next page, but oftentimes forgets about official satorial elegance with the above picture as the result. Interesting data: Jimmie Manchester’s open mouth. Earnest conversation between Marie Hamilton and Janet Makousky. Obvious interest displayed in the cameraman. Dark blob front and center is the hat of Mr. Christiansen. Concentration of Hornblowcr Russ Soulen. Carrel Kucera with his hands in his pocket. Picture was taken at football homecoming festivities. .Mr. Christiansen, to whom this annual is dedicated, organized the first Hopkins high school band. He started with 18 people and this year the band has 52 members. The band played for all pep fests, home football and basketball games, various student functions and community events, such as Raspberry Day and Memorial Day, and it gave two student concerts. It also played at the following places: a band mothers club meeting, the Twin City Milk Producers association convention, an exchange program at Wavzata, a music festival in St. Louis Park, a noon recreational program at the Minneapolis Moline, the Czech Harvest Festival, the National Regional clinic at the University of Minnesota, and the district music contest at Anoka. In the American Legion parade in Minneapolis, it won second prize among high school marching bands and was awarded $ 5- The band played at a benefit band concert in Shakopce, given to raise funds for uniforms for the Shakopce band. The band mothers club purchased new purple coats and caps for the band last year and this year the school board purchased new trousers for the group. The trousers are sand gray wool whipcord with a purple and gold stripe down the side of each pant leg. The band wore their complete uniforms for the first time in their annual concert February 29. At the district music contest at Anoka, April 18 the band was awarded an “A” rating for its rendition of the “Niobe” overture bv Dc Rubertis. W inning of this rating was 22

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Standing: Harold Fnucher. Clarence Dunn, Koland Peteler. John Kraemer. Scatkd: Waller I.uiidalil, Betty Jane Nelson, Mr. Holcher. Delores Ess. Dorothy Johnson, Hiclmrd Hagen. The Student Council, under the present senior high school constitution, consists of nine members: one boy and one girl from each class of which one shall l e president of that class, and three members elected at large from and by the student body. The principal and one faculty member, act as advisers. This year’s Student Council has the following members: Seniors: Walter Lundahl, president; Richard Hagen, treasurer, and Betty Jane Nelson, secretary. Juniors: Roland Peteler, Clarence Dunn, Dorothy Johnson, and John Kraemer. Sophomores: Delores Ess and Harold Fauchcr. Faculty adviser: .Mr. Holcher. The powers of the council, given in the constitution, arc as follows: 1. Grant charters to clubs and organizations of the school. 2. Investigate and report on all matters SUute it Gounod referred to it by the principal, the faculty, or the student body. 3. Make recommendations to the student body on any point thought desirable for the school welfare. 4. Authorize the president to appoint any committees thought desirable for any responsibilities which the council is authorized to exercise. 5. Make and enforce any rules necessary for the betterment of the school and the purposes of the organization, subject to the revocation by a vote of the majority of the members of the student association. 6. Regulate the extra-curricular activities of the various school organizations. This year, the council has voted on manv good assembly programs. Some of the best were Tommy Tucker, Hollywood sound impersonator; a talk by Gustav Grahn, who showed a movie of his trip to Lion Land in Africa; a movie entitled “Abraham Lincoln ; a talk by .Mr. Sorenson on Propaganda in the news; a movie on Admiral Byrd’s trip to Little America; and “Tundra,” a movie about the experiences of a man lost in the great Tundra region. They have also shown some good “March of Time” movies. 24