Martin Boots Junior High School - Sketch Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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54 THE SKETCH Calendar I4-We learn that the total amount of defense stamps sold to date is S103l.45. fKeep up the good worklj 17-204 gave a home room program today fnicc work, kids.j MAY 1-Easter clothes will be sported again tonight at the Easter Parade. 2-Say! are we ever going to have an auditorium? 13-Pentathlon today. 13-No broken bones we hope. Also Decathlon today. 14-Gee! Why all the bandages boys? 20-Everyone is looking forward to graduation. 25-Tests and more tests. Boy we 9A's sure have to work for those diplomas 28-Schools almost out. Yipee-e-e-e-e. 30-Yes, we know today is Sat., but it's also Memorial Day too. Re- member? JUNE 1-Time to carry cards again. To Our Gold and Blue To the tune of Oh, Susanna For Martin Boots we'll give a cheer, And hail your grand old name, We will carry you to victory, And lead you on to fame. We will fight and work together, With unity our aim, So keep your spirits flying Mar Boo and we'll do the same. Chorus: Oh, Junior High School we're mighty proud of you. And we'll be ever loyal to your gold and to your blue. Jo ANN JONES, 7A

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THE SKETCH 53 Calendar 17-Program by 220. Two M.Bi. boys went for a ride on the Chattanooga Choo, Choo! 20--Second auditorium this week, but miracles do happen. Program by 214. 24-Basketball Tournament tonight and downfall of McCulloch. We hope. 25- We WON. I told you so. 27-What! No auditorium? Guess we had too many last week. MARCH 2-We had a musical program today. Good, too. 3-School work as usual ftiresome isn't it?j 4-We had a movie this noon at 12:15. QI sat with my girl., Oh boy! 6- Sketch movie today, The Ghost Goes West. Well worth llc. 9-We were going to have a show today, but the pony got stuck in a snow drift at Ft. Wayne. 10-Must have been a big party fast night as half the ninth graders are sleepy today. 11-Found out why everybody is sleepy-Spring Fever. 12-Girls had an auditorium this morning. Why didn't the boys rate it? 13-Friday the 13th. Watch out for black cats and step ladders. 15-Dads sent in their Federal Income Tax this morning. School gave over 400 hearing tests today. 17--Regular school is on. Oh me! 18-Who did Miss Sturgis walk down the hall with today? 19-Had a fire drill! We also had a movie in the Auditorium for the 7's and 8B,s. 20-Miss Frenchls room had an excellent Auditorium today. Lee Skinner wrote the play. 23-Spring is here. Swell weather. No rain. April will soon bring rain though. 24-Betty Whistler visited school today. O boy! 25-Mr. Jones and his orchestra gave us a program this morning. Remember the Three Trees? My, Oh my! 26--Room 212, assisted by a trio from Marion College gave a program this morning. It was real good. 30-They had a movie in the auditorium today-the best they have had this year. It was A Man Witliout a Country, and in technicolor. APRIL 1 April fool! 2-Glee Club gave a swell program. 3-Easter vacation, 2 days CO' b0y.j S-Easter Sunday Ca little warmer than usualj. ' 9-Sketch gave a play QA play like that ought to boost sales IOOWJ. 10-9A and 9B basketball game Qdo the 9B's always win?j 13-I wonder what Miss Scudder meant when she said Watch the board closely while I run through it again?

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THE SKETCH SS Martin Boots Glee Club Any pupil in the 9A or 9B is eligible to try out for Glee Club. Some- times pupils of the eighth grade have been taken in if there was a short- age in some part and if the eighth grader had an exceptionally good voice. The members are given class voice instructions. Correct breathing, good posture, vowel formation, and enunciation are stressed. Some appreciation work is given by listening to such song artists as Lawrence Tibbet, Nelson Eddy, Miliza Korjus, Deana Durban, and others. During time when the club is not working on a special program the students are allowed one day a week, generally Friday, when they them- selves take charge. They have programs, play victrola records of their own choosing, or if there is any business to come before the organization they use this time. The programs are arranged by committees which are ap- pointed by the president. Officers are elected each term. In the fall Billy Coffman was elected president and Baillie Bundy won the spring election. At Christmas the Glee Club had a Pot Luck supper and party They used money for this from a hot-dog and home-made candy sale. During the year the Glee Club has given several performances to our student body and to the public. First of these was the Amerizanization pro- gram given to our students. Second, the same program given at the Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, to the Indiana Jr. High School Teachers and Officials. Third they sang Christmas Carols in our halls at Christmas time. Fourth they sang Christmas Carols on the Christmas Street Car. Fifth, a program of sacred music was given to the parent-teacher association. Sixth, an Easter program was given to our Martin Boots students . The Glee Club robes are royal blue with gold stoles, which are our school colors. Something New Started in the Music Department This semester there have been two selected groups of music students started. One is a boys choir composed of about twenty boys from the seventh and eighth grades. The other is a girls' class composed of girls from the 8B and 8A. The boys' group meets the Hrst period on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The girls' group meets the seventh period every other day. Each group is given class voice training. The boys' group assisted the Glee Club on one song for the Easter Program. The girls' group have been singing solos in class one day a week with constructive criticism from the class and teacher. The accompanists of all the music classes gave a program of piano solos in the auditorium on April 24th. The following people accompany for music classes: Barbara Pence, Lorene Brandon, Billy Foster, Dale Winder, Susan Swanger, Mara Jean Mart, Charlotte Curran, Coleen Ziegler, jo Ann Wilson, Marjorie Hills, Donna Getsinger, Suzy Stiefler, Rachel Duncan, Gladys Gray, Claudia Phillips, Wilma Pierce, Miriam McGuire, and Jo Ann McColl.