Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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The Kansas Wesleyan Collegians'l band, under the direction of Charles W. Shedden, furnished the pep background for the student body during the school year. The band played at the three home football games with Bethel, Ottawa, and McPherson, at several pep assem- blies during the football and basketball season, and a part of the band played at each of the home basketball games. The pep band duelled with the Bethany band at the Wesleyan-Bethany basketball game. The entire band accompanied the basketball team to Baldwin for the Friday the thirteenth game with the Baker Wildcats. The mass band concert at Memorial Hall was a highlight of the year. ln this program, all Salina bands combined to form one large instrumental group. Director Shedden is a member of the naval reserve and will probably not return for the l942-43 school year. Pg29 Dan Ryan, as drum major, and Jean john- son, Charlotte Hyman, Jo DuPree, jo Dodson, and Evonne Werries, as majorettes, added a colorful touch to the Collegian', activities. The personnel of the Collegians Band includes: Don Abbott Olive Batliner ' Don Brenner Alvin Carsten Dick Clark Verla Dieffenbach jo Dodson Bill Dodrill Carol Croodwin Bill Hall Francis jilka Earl Johnson jean johnson Bob Iongema Charles Kellogg Irene McElwain Eulalie Moorman Bill Neil Alice Perrill Lester Sheahon Imogene Stein Wray Strowig Lois Torrence Bob Vishneske Norma Watson R. L. Welch Doris Weller Evonne Werries Karl Will

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7 l First Row: Dorothy lirenner, Second Row: Betty Crawford, Ed Doherty, Noble Fritsche. Third Row: Bill Hall, Eva Marie Kellogg, Bill Neil, Wray Strowig. Fourth Row: Phil Taylor, Marion Woods, john Wyatt. As the middle mann between the students and the administration, the Student Council, under the capable leadership of Wray Strowig, conducted a varied program of student govern- ment during the past year. The council is composed of three seniors, three juniors, two OFFICERS President ..... . , .WRAY STROWIG Vice-President ..,. ......... E D Doi-IERTY Secretary ..... . . .EVA MARIE KELLOGG sophomores, two freshmen, and a president from the senior class. Chief concern of the Student Council was the management of the book store, center of student activity, and the purchase of ping pong halls by the gross. The council had charge of the distribution of activity ticket money, selected publication editors and business man- agers, and decided routine business, making suggestions to higher authorities and receiving new ideas. On the social side, the Student Council sponsored a school mixer in the fall, decorated the Christmas tree, dedicated a tree in memory of Charles Kinzie, and planned the May Day celebration. Page 2 8

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5 . Q ,L WESLEYAN CIVIC URCHESTRA The Salina Wesleyan Civic Orchestra, directed by Benjamin Vandervelde, professor of violin at Kansas Wesleyari, is composed of students from Kansas Wesleyari, high school students, business men and women from Salina, and residents of nearby towns. The orchestra is now in its seventh season and has a membership of fifty. The organi- zation gives two concerts during each school year, using numbers from the standard reper- toire on its program. Robert Smith has been concert-master with the orchestra during 1941-42. This year an added attraction to the spring concert ofthe Wesleyan Civic Crchestra will be the use of the Senior members of the Department of Music as soloists. The Senior soloists on this year's spring concert will be Miss Mary Esther Griffith, violing Miss Janice Bufiington, pianog and Miss Eva Marie Kellogg, vocalist. Page 30