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

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- 'J H --'rin-, NATIONAL WINNERS ORCHESTRA WINS AT INDIANAPOLIS The McGuffey High School orchestra, composed of thirty- eight pieces, holds claim to the national class C championship by virtue of a superior rating at the regional contest held at India- napolis, May 18. The national orchestra contest was held in various regions this year with no one contest for the entire nation. The McGuffey orchestra, under the baton of Professor A. D. Lekvold, can readily claim national laurels by having won first place in the central region. The orchestra entered the national contest after receiving superior ratings at both the district and state contests. Mr. Wil- son LeVan directed the orchestra in both the district and state events which were held at Oxford and Columbus respectively. MIXED CHORUS The girl's and boy's glee clubs were combined this year into a mixed glee club under the direction of Miss Catherine Adams. Miss Adams, aided by student teachers in Miami's School of Education, led the new group in five public performances throughout the year. At the Southwestern Ohio music con- test the glee club received a rating of excellent after competing with schools from all over southwestern Ohio. 25

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GLEE CLUB RCI-I. -GLEE ORCHESTRA FIRST ROW: Esther Morris, Bob Martin, Arthur Lathrum, Aileen Huston, Janet Smyser, Martha Guinn, Edward Thieman, Harold King. SECOND ROW: Margaret Beal, Dorthea Beal, Esther Williams, Catherine Manrod, Mary Lou Beal, Marjorie Moore, Anastasia Minas, Carol Kersting, Maurene Fields, Dick Hunsinger. THIRD ROW: Janet Thompson, Peggy Caldwell, Gyreba Jones, Ruth Ann Charles, Wilma Jones, Caroline Soltysik, Hal Fichter, Quentin Hyde, Joe Kirkpatrick, Tom McDill. FOURTH ROW: Herbert Wickenden. Paul Alberts, Dick Guiler, Bill Glasgow, Edward Roe, Dick Fichter, Jack Beneke, Bill Alderman, Arthur Brown, James Williams. FIRST ROW: Allene Tyree, Ruth Ann McConnell, Maryilan Kratt, Janet Hutchisson, Mary Smalley, Polly Rogers, Patty Remanoczy, Barbara Wright, Geraldine Quillan, Joan Brad- ley, Jane Martin, Jane Young. SECOND ROW: Elsie Baer, Betty Wolfe, Carol Wolfe, Roberta Kersting, Barbara Kennedy, Mary Ann Thome, Marjorie Moore, Anastasia Minas, Doris Thompson, Virginia Thompson, Anna Jane Thompson. THIRD ROW: Marjorie Dil- lard, Dorothy Smith, 'Guyreba Jones, John Young, Erwin Russell, Kenneth Foster, Charles Collier, Malcolm Teetzel. FOURTH ROW: Janeann Reynolds, Bob Fichter, George Hun- singer, Louis Biemford, Edward Roe, Dick Fichter, Addison Wilson, Harry Magill, Her- bert Wickenden, Richard Heckert. Not in picture: Dorothy Evans, Carolyn Soltysik, Irene Kardaras, Clara Vance. 24

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NSEMBLE McGuffey has never been so active in music as this year. Besides the regular orchestra and glee club and the unusually large group of soloists, three vocal ensembles and one instru- mental ensemble were organized. The mixed quartet composed of Anastasia Minas, sopranog Marjorie Moore, altog Addison Wilson, tenorg and Bob Fichter, bass made several public per- formances including the Southwestern Ohio music contest. The quartet won an excellent rating at this contest and was advanced to the state contest at Oberlin. Here the quartet received a rating of good in competition with class A schools. The girl's triple trio, consisting of Barbara Wright, Geraldine Quillen, Elsa Baer, sopranosg Jane Young, Dorothy Evans, Bar- bara Kennedy, second sopranosg Marjorie Moore, Mary Ann Thome, and Joan Bradley altos, also received an excellent rat- ing at the Southwestern music contest and were entitled to enter the state event. At Oberlin they were granted an excellent rating after a sterling performance. The male quartet made an impressive showing at the district music contest but since their division was crowded with contest- ants from larger schools they did not qualify for the Oberlin event. John Young, first tenorg Edward Roe, second tenor, George Hunsinger, baritone and Dick Fichter, bass comprised the male quartet. The brass quartet made up of Quentin Hyde and Hal Fich- ter, first and second trumpets, Edward Roe and William Glasgow, first and second trombones, appeared before several school func- tions, one of which was the annual spring festival. 26