Lewisburg High School - Union Hi Spots Yearbook (Lewisburg, OH)

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First row, from left to right: Henry Seemann, Marston Myers, Raymond Unger, Charles Waltman, Russel Steiner, Bovie Bunger, Gerald VanAusdal, Wilbur Moore, John Duke, Keith Miller. Second row: Eugene Paul, James Antrim, Alva Dafler, Cleo Steck, Mr. Deschene, Russel Weisenbarger, Dale Saul, Robert Singer, Woodraw Brown, Glenn Hoffman, Lowell MtCastle. Pianist: Corrine Snyder. Boys' Glee Club The biggest feature in the vocal section of Union's musical program this year was the Boys' Glee Club. The first week in Decembertwenty boys were selected from the high school chorus and this group of boys was organized into the glee club. The club made a specialty of singing Negro Spirituals 5 and they proved quite a suc- cess under the direction of our able music teacher, Mr. Deschene. On the evening of March thirty-first the boys entertained the members of the Community Club with a group of these spirituals. Our glee club sang at two sessions of the Farmers, Institute which was held in the High School Building on February seventeenth and eighteenth. They were also on the program at the meeting of the school boards of Preble County held at the Court House in Eaton on March the twenty-first. The climax came when our club was made the nucleus of the All County Boys' Glee Club which sang at the Eaton School Building on the third of May. All of the boys in our club also took part in the All County Chorus. The personnel of the Boys' Glee Club according to sections is: First Tenor:-Eugene Paul, Alva Dafler, Henry Seemann, Marston Myers, james Antrim. Second Tenor:-Raymond Unger, Charles Waltman, Gerald VanAusdal, Cleo Steck, Bovie Bunger. First Bass:-Russel Steiner, Wilbur Moore, Glenn Hoffman, Woodrow Brown, Dale Saul, Robert Singer. Second Bass:-Lowell MtCastle, John Duke, Keith Miller, Russel Weisenbarger. Page Tbirlgf-eight

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Front row, from left to right: Corrine Snyder, Wanda Waltman, Georgiannn Bierly, Marie Bierly, Eugene Paul, Mary E. Trittschuh, Joan Hoerner, Sarah Alice Floyd, Anna Marie Parks. Second row: Mr. Deschene, Carolyn Hammon, Mildred Kenworthy, Charles Waltman, Russel Weisenbarger, Raymond Unger, Leland Deschene, Henry Seemann, Paul Imel. Third row: James Antrim, Hubert Johnson, Gerald VanAusdal, Kathryn, Sceman, justin Paul, Don Bittle, Hubert Hapner, Keith Miller. Urrheyira Ungodly noises! Yes, that's what it was when we began practicing. Everyone acquired the habit of closing his ears every Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:15. And you couldn't blame them either. However, we tackled much harder pieces this year than ever before, We graduated from the marches and simple waltzes and began playing classical pieces such as the famous William Tell!! and Poet and Peasant. But I'm not saying that they sounded so classical. We furnished music this year for several of the lyceum numbers and also for the Program given at the Tuesday evening session of the Farmers, Institute. At the Silver Medal contest at Verona our orchestra, together with the orchestra from Verona, played at intermissions. On May the third the All County Orchestra, together with an All County Chorus and Glee Clubs, gave a musical in the auditorium of the Eaton school house. Almost all of the members in our school orchestra played in this All County Orchestra, and Mr. Deschene, our music director, proved a very efficient leader for this All County organization. Page Thirty-,raven

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--o--- Unzbn zh Canter!! Spring is the time for contests. Then, we are at the best in body and in mind, then, we feel very ambitious. We aren't satisfied unless we're doing something more than our usual routine, so we expend our extra energy by competing with one another. The first contest was the Elimination, a literary and music contest, held in our own high school auditorium on March 14, for the purpose of choosing the persons to represent Union at the Silver Medal contest at Verona on March 21. Of the nineteen students who took part, the following five were chosen as winners: Bible Reading, Lois Stockslager, Piano Solo, Corrine Snyder, Recitation, Kathryn jordan, Vocal Solo, Lowell MtCastle, Discussion, Gerald VanAusdal. Corrine played Valse Brilliante, by Mana Zucca, for her contest number, Kathryn recited At the Theater, by Sarah Shriner, Asleep in the Deep, by Petrie, was Lowell's selection, and Gerald chose Aviation as the subject for his discussion. These six participated in the contest at Verona and there Lois and Lowell were awarded silver medals. By winning silver medals these two automatically became contestants in the Gold Medal contest at jackson on the eleventh of April. They were both placed second by the judges. The annual Arithmetic and Spelling contests were held on Saturday, April the twelfth, at West Alexandria. These contests consisted of the following events: Arithmetic, ciphering, written spelling, oral spelling for grade pupils, ciphering, written spelling and oral spelling for high school students, and ciphering and oral spelling for adults. Ruth Swartzel, a pupil in our eighth grade, won the gold medal in arithmetic, and Leland Deschene, a sophomore in Union, won the medal in oral spelling in the high school group. The next in line was the All State Scholarship Contest for Seniors. In this county it was held at the Camden school building, on Saturday, April the nineteenth. Each school could enter ten seniors or any number less than ten. Most schools were represented by only two or three but Union entered a complete team, which was as follows: Corrine Snyder, Lois Stockslager, Lillian Howell, Kathryn Seemann, Glenn Hoffman, Woodrow Brown, Eugene Paul, Raymond Unger, Howard Imes, and Paul Deisher. These ten seniors were chosen because of the grades they had made on the state intelligent test given to seniors last fall. In this contest Corrine Snyder tied for third place in Preble County and Lois Stockslager was one of the eight from the county who was awarded honorable mention. At Union, on Saturday, April the twenty-sixth, students from Union competed with students from the rest of the schools in Preble county in a scholarship contest. Contests were held in the following subjects: English 1, English 2, English 3, English 4, American History, Physics, Chemistry, Latin 1, Latin 2, Algebra, Geometry, French 1 and French 2. Union students placed as follows: English 1, Evelyn Kline, first, Miriam Wilhelm, tied for second, English 2, Leland Deschene, first, English 3, Merna Brown and Gerald VanAusdal, first, Chemistry, Corinne Snyder, second, Latin 1, Marston Myers, second, Geometry, justin Paul, first. The students who won first in these thirteen subjects, went to Miami University on May the third, to compete for honors in the southwestern district of Ohio. These thirteen were also eligible to enter one other contest besides that in which they won first. These were the results: English 2, Leland Deschene, sixth, English 3, Merna Brown, third, English 4, Corrine Snyder, fourth, Physics, Gerald VanAusdal, first, Chemistry, Corrine Snyder, second. In this district meet the counties also contested for honors. Each county had a team composed of ten members. Preble County's team was made up of the winners of first place in: English 1, English 2, English 3, English 4, Physics, Chemistry, Plane Geometry, Algebra, American History, and French 2. Points were counted as follows: First place, six points, second, five, third, four, fourth, three, fifth, two, sixth, one. When the points won by each county's team were totaled, it was found that Preble County had tied for second place in the southwestern district of Ohio. The contestants from Union scored a total of nineteen points. Page Thirty-nine