Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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The orchesfra selecied as 'rheir officers Virginia Nye as presidenl and concerl misfress, Rosemary Weeks as vice-presidenl, Maren Henry as secrelary and Gerry Daxon as librarian. Ending lhe year was The music confesf held ai Hasfings. They worked hard lo win fheir high raling. The personnel of lhe orchesfra includes: violins: Lynne Allison, Carolyn Adcock, Joan Bright Janice Hardin, Maren Henry, Janel Jusf, Donald Mason. Virginia Nye, June McCready, Jane Oelschlager, Rosemary Weeks, Befh Keenan and Joline Kunkel: viola: Mary Alexander and Della Murrish: cello: Delores Anson, Belhene Paul and Clarice Taber. Bass viol: Marilyn Goldensfein and Gerry Daxon. Flufes: Jane Munro, Lorna STu+hei+ and Joyce Bishop. Bassoon: Marlene Alcorn and Karen Mc- Cord. Clarinersc Marcia Munson and Beverly Hen- drix. French Horns: Gloria Darling and Ronald Peisler. Trumpeisz Harold Allen, Gaylon Mason and Merlon Weed. Trombones: Charmaine Dauqherfy and Elden Reifer. Tuba: Joe Poynfer and Kennefh Wesl. Percussion: Delores McConnel. Allo saxo- phone: Eclyrhe Cornford. Barifone saxophone: Allen Gallup. l Paq

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WM One of ihe orchesfra's siring ensembles is shown above while pracficing in class. If is composed of Virginia Nye, Befh Keenan, Rosemary Weeks, Maren Henry, Mary Alex- ancler, Della Murrish, Dolores Anson and Clarice Taber. Filling many of our hours wifh enjoyable music was 'rhe orches+ra under ihe direciion of Mr. Jack Snider. The orches+ra's iirsl performance of +he year was 'faking par+ in +he Musicalia. In fhis produciion +hey enferfained us wi+h such seleciions as: Heroic March and Prelude. Journeying To Music Clinic, held in Norfolk, gave Della Murrish, Ronald Peisier, Jane? Just June McCready and Marilyn Goldenslein a chance fo siudy under Professor Noval Church of fhe Co- lumbia Universify. From 'rhis clinic fhey gained much in how To appreciaie and play good music. The highlighf of fhe year was lhe mid-winfer concerf held during February. During ihis concerf lhey broughf us such music as l-landel's Largo and Enhance March of ihe Peers by Sullivan. Pace 26

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Finding The unknown was one of The goals ThaT we seT up for ourselves in chemisTry. We worked long hard hours Trying To find ouT whaf we could produce ouT of The chemicals. We found ouT abouT The hisTory of our neigh- boring counTries and whaT gifTs The old world gave us, when we sTudied our world hisTory. We learned abouT The exciTing lives of The feudal lords who lived in The early Times. One day of The week we spenf sTudying The currenT affairs of our foreign counfries. We received our informaTion Through weekly newspapers. We boys Trained all year in our physical educaTion class for The Decafhalon which is held 06 Fave and Ten mmuTe Timed wrihngs oTTen find Bonnie Moylan George Sadd Jean Taole and David BarTh Typing rapidly To bring up Their scores -3 N -QQ-Ions mc NEB? ,ss Mr. ChesTer Marshall Teaches us The TacTs abouT Typing, bookkeeping and com- mercial law plus sponsoring Boys Club. l annually in The spring. We waiT for This conTesT in anxieTy, hoping To break The records seT up in for- mer years. We use our physical educaTion classes for a means of Training for such sporTs as Track, boxing, wresTling, Toofball and baskeTball. The four members of The Quill and Scroll So- cieTy for journalism sTudenTs, from lasT year, iniTi- afed The new members info Their club. The annual iniTiaTion banqueT was aT The ForT Kearney T-loTel. Remembering The Torfure They wenT Through lasT year, The Tour members really cooked up a rough iniTiaTion. Two of The sTudenTs being iniTiaTed had To perform for The benefrT of The people siTTing in The lobby of The hoTel Some of The kids decided They would be beggars afTer learning how much money one can geT by begging pennies on CenTral Avenue Kissing The firsT man or boy To geT off The bus was The iniTiaTion for one poor girl One of The courses greaTly sTressed in our school was lnTeresTed an whaT oTher schools prmT In Thelr papers The Drivers Educahon Course Lillian RoberTson and KaTherlne are These gournalism sTudenTs Sue Holmes John Bancroff Kappas believe nn Taking advanTage of :T Darlene Glass JaneT ATwaTer and Sharon PeTerson Page 28