Kennard School - Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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The Kindergarten Orchestra The Kindergarten orchestra provides a medium through which the child may express himself and through which he may ultimately be made conscious of music as something which plays an important part in life. At first, just as a phase of rhythmic response and training, then a sensing of different rhythms, and later the different tempos sug- gested by the different types of music, the Kindergarten orchestra provides a real and delightful approach to music appreciation, as well as a means of arousing an interest in instrumental music. Such instruments as the triangle, toy drum, sand-paper blocks, bells, and other primitive tone producing instruments are used as an accompaniment to simple rhythmic compositions played upon the piano. All of the Kindergarten children receive this training, taking turns at playing various instruments. RHYTHM BAND Kathryn Abele Robert Novak Barbara Emge James Cassidy Martha Polizzi Shirley Fox Gerald Cuquet Betty Mae Rhodes David Heck Clifford Dye William Roedel Rosemarie Hollenbeck William Emerson Dorothy Thompson Richard Mahan Leonard Erutti Herbert Topp James Mensie John Foyt Patricia Trapp Harold Mester Barbara Groteke Rose Marie Visconti Jack Miller Ben Hartley, Jr. Evelyn Wehmeyer Joan Monken Joy Haug Margaret Worth Dorothy Ann Moss Mabel Claire Hopewell Albert Beinke Evelyn Prodolliet Carl Laemmli Marjorie Bensinger Robert Rhodes Robert Myers Jennie Capobianco Nelda Spencer Ralph Conner 14

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The Drum and Bugle Corps At present the Kennard School has a Drum and Bugle Corps com- posed of forty boys. It is a distinct honor to be accepted as a member of this organization as it is a self-governed body, and no pupil may belong who is not reliable and trustworthy. The older boys teach, drill, and discipline the younger boys. The Corps plays every morning during the flag raising exercises, at which time the entire student body salutes the flag. The Mothers' Circle provided the new uniforms this year, which are to be worn upon public appearance. LEADER, Angelo Rolfi ASSISTANT LEADER, Bernard Steinger Donald Archibald Edward Brennan Carl Barnbeck James Butler George Chatron Jack Delporte Robert Dameron Jerry Erickson Robert Eyermann Robert Gavwiner Frank Gray Irving Golbinher Frank Gilk Robert Helfrich Wallace Humes Carter Hampton Robert Hein William Kretschmar Robert Kossmehl Jack LeGuerrier Donald Marsh Donald Murray Earle Moergen Tom Novak Tom Niehaus Gene O'Brien 18 Jerry O'Brien John Preswheat Herbert Pyne Clarence Stausbach Lloyd Steinmeyer Warren Schubert Tom Seeler James Smith Jules Scott Donald Spackler Daniel Wheatcroft Warren Zimmerly Robert Zesch

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The School Orchestra School orchestras in public schools were started about 1910. The Kennard School has had a school orchestra since 1922 and Miss Marguerite Grace has had charge of it during all of that time. Practically all of the pupils who make up the orchestra have had no other instruction in music, except the piano, than that received in the beginning classes before they were permitted to play in the orchestra. Our orchestra has always been limited to such instruments as the violin, drums, clarinet, bells, saxophone and piano. We are looking forward to the time when we may have a cello, viola, oboe or flute. Ear tests and physical adaptability have to be considered. Our objective is not to make finished musicians but to give the child the character and citizenship education that comes through musical appreciation. Music is the one subject taught in the schools that develops taste and appreciation for the beautiful. l V l Marguerite Grace, Director V1oL1N PIANO TRUMPET Arthur Brownlie Doris Cown Clarence Stausebach Marilyn Horn Marjorie Lugenbeel Howard Heald Jane Clare Zigrang SAXOPHONE William Kretschmar Kenneth Buchert Gene O'Brien DRUMS Harry Shannon Walwin Dosche BELLS Ruth L. Walser Billy Daily Jane Mackle Lloyd Steinmeyer 15