Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Radiating enthusiasm throughout the Bearcat Booster Club are otficers Rosemary Weeks, presi- dent: Joan Webster, treasurerg Nadia Williams, sec- retary. To climax the season and to pay tribute to the work of the gridiron team, the annual Football Ban- quet was held on December 18 in the Crystal Room of the Fort Kearney Hotel. Discovering the theme. 'Temperature Zero, hearing Marvin Preacher Franklin of Wesleyan University speak and witness- ing the crowning of the Football Queen, Beth Keenan, were the evening's highlights. With the passing of football season, the Boosters launched a spirit campaign to back the basketball team in their victories and defeats. Spring came and the sophomores and juniors became involved in planning the annual Bearcat Booster banquet honoring the departing senior members. The Boosters hope to continue to be an active organization and an example of enthusiastic school spirit. We Cheer Our Team to Victory is the theme of the Bearcat Booster Hoat, which won third place in the Color Day Parade. Lined up for action are cheerleaders Roberta Case Donna Martin Kathleen Freeman, Sue Welch Jane Munro and Gretchen Lecron Discussing the results of the football banquet are Assistant Coach Keith Cottrell, Booster President Rose mary Weeks, Coach Joe Cribari, Football Queen Beth Keenan and Speaker Marvin Preacher Franklin x , Yiiiif , ,yifjyng Z4 W1 iid' H. .

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and bass tulras. The last section. that of the per- cussion. is officially known as the battery. and has in it the kettle or tympany drums. snare drums and all other effects. The selections played this past year were of top flight caliber and contained the dignified air which belongs only to this type of music. A fem of the many selections played from their musical library were: 'LThe Russian Sailors Dance. SIeighride, Trumpeter's Lullaby and. to add a touch of spice. lazz Legatof' Une of tht' most prominent groups has been the string quartette. consisting of Don Wason. ltose- mary Weeks. lieth Keenan and Georgia Gifford, lts greatest achievement was accompanying the mixed chorus on its nation-wide Christmas broadcast. At various times throughout the vear. the con- cert orchestra appeared on the weekly school broad- casts over KGFW. The concert season had some important high- lights. beginning with music clinic at North Platte. The pupils representing Kearney from this branch of the music department were: Beth Keenan. Don Mason. Rosemary Weeks, Fred Kempf, .loan and Joyce Webster, Kathryn and Kathleen Freeman, Sharon Darling, jane Andersen and Gennifer Pear- son. December 5 witnessed the first concert of the present year, after which the artists began diligently preparing to present an exchange convocation with the college at Kearney, February 3. The pre-contest concert followed by the contest were the biggest events in the musical year and required many strenuous hours of practice. Each orchestra member strived to, make the music sound superior in the judges estimation. xy' ... The final appearances of the i952-53 concert orchestra were its contributions to the Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises. At this time, Senior lieth Keenan. the concert mistress. experienced her last appearance with the orchestra, if ,gif 'X if It ffl Q 1 1. ......,., - . . r ...nw ......-f......,H fa,- ' 'V'f1Uwwn'. as-,qw -wr