McGuffey Foundation High School - Reflector Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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rue 1uaFgLgEgc'i'oR to 1 o 2 s Choral Club Top to bottom, left to right. lst row: listher Klemme, llazel Sandrige, Louise Sheard, Miss johnson tdirectorl, Beatrice Buchanan, Virginia Skinner, Rose Gehring. Znd row: . Irene French, llelen Soltysik, Opal Flint, Lucille Tharp, Frances Morrical, Donna Sylvester, Ruth Strohmier, jessie Bourne, Mary Anderson. 3rd row: Frances Early faccompanistl Ruby Meyers, Mary lnloes, Mary Louise Roberts, Leah Smith, Marjorie Damm, Geneva Rogers, Dorothy Sayers, Viola Tharpe, Dorothy Ledwell. 4th row: Pauline Corso, Anna Iflawkins, Mary Lou Rogers, Miriam Guiler, Ina May Shepherd, Vada Bourne, Marcia Cramer. Pk Pk :ls wk sk Pk GIRLS' CHORAL CLUB I-IE girls' Choral Club has been particularly active this year. Under the direction of Miss Ruth johnson, and with Miss Francis Early as accompanist, the club has appeared many times. I'The Feast of the Little Lanterns, chosen for the annual operetta, was a big success. The scene was laid in a Chinese garden, and the stage and costumes were very picturesque. McCufTey girls who had solo parts were: Mary Anderson, Mary Lou Rogers, and Dorothy Ledwell. Thirty- two girls took part in the operetta. Representatives of the Choral Club were sent to Hamilton to sing in the County Chorus. Those chosen from the Senior High School were: Leah Smith, Marcia Cramer, Esther Klemme, Mary l.ou Rogers, Virginia Ekinner, Mary Anderson, Dorothy Ledwell, jessie Bourne, Ina May Shep- erd. The Club sang at Parent-Teachers' meetings several times, and fur- nished delightful music for the graduation exercises and for the Bac- calaureate Service. lZ9l

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THE REFLECTOR 1928 Left to right, back: Pentecost, Funkhouser, Collins, Taylor, Shugert, Denton, Roberts. Middle: Mee, Anderson, Hadsel, Bourne, Roudebush. Front: Sandridge, Morris, Rogers, Schocke. Pkvifbkflflkvk A Good-will Programs IN order to maintain a feeling of good-will between schools, several Good-will programs have been given. On March 23, several picked speakers of the Oakwood High School of Dayton came to Oxford. Music was furnished by the McGufTey High School Orchestra, and the Boys' Glee Club. Hazel Sandridge made the welcoming address. Robert Cow- den, Eleanor Butler, and Grace Warner were the Oakwood speakers. The topic for the debate was, Resolved: That the Volstead Act should be main- tained as it now stands. McGuffey speakers were jessie Bourne and Alan Funkhouser. Those from Oakwood were L. j. Wood and Howard Davis. Refreshments were served after the program and the students of McGuffey were given a chance to meet the friends of the Oakwood High School of Dayton. On March 29, some of the speakers from the Miamisburg High School came to McGufTey to speak. Lewis Pentecost welcomed Miamisburg. Short talks were given by justin Smith and Eula Riddel, both of Miamisburg. The program ended with a debate, Resolved: That the decision of three judges should replace that of jury. The Miamisburg speakers were Mar- jorie Shade and Margaret Bear. Mcfjuffey speakers were Clarence Roberts and Mary Lou Rogers. An hour of entertainment was then enjoyed by the guests. Genevieve Morris, Alice Schocke, Mary Anderson, Charles Shugert, and Kirk Mee went to Miamisburg at a later date. Lucinda Hadsel, Car- vel Collins, Elwood Denton, Thomas Taylor, and Pat Roudebush went to Oakwood, Dayton, on April 13, and appeared in a joint program there. TZSRI

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THE REFLECTOR 1928 Boys' Glee C'lub 2l41lsPlsHl42k2lf TlrlE Boy's Glee Club made a very creditable showing this year under the able leadership of Professor William E. Ross. The Glee Club made six public appearances this year: the Oakwood Good-Will program, the Miamisburg Good-Will program, the Minstrel, Common Clay , Baccalaureate, and Commencement. On November l8. l927, at the same time as the junior Plays, the Glee Club presented a farce written in rhythm, 'lCo1nmon Clay. The cast in- cluded: Leon Coulter, Howard Goldsmith, jack Hill, Kendle Molyneaux, Elwood Denton, Wallace Roudebush, jr., Carvel Collins, and Hugh Schocke. The plays concluded with a Minstrel by the Glee Club. I M lnterlocutor - Charles Shugert End Men: Thomas Taylor, Hugh Schocke, Kirk Mee, jack Rosenfelder. Quartette: jack Eachus, jack Burke, Allen Funkhouser, Frank Marquis. lThe chorus was composed of all the members of the Glee Club. On the Good-Will programs, the Club sang numbers of a light and humorous nature. Both the audience and the boys in the Club enjoyed these programs to the utmost. Again at Baccalaureate and at Commencement the Boy's Glee Club appeared. At Baccalaureate the Glee Club and Choral Club combined, forming a mixed chorus of sixty-four voices. Commencement marked the last appearance of the Glee Club. At this time, the Club sang a group of three numbers which were well received by the audience. ' 'A .' iff--P kk 74 dll? bgggff l30l