Menaul School - Sandstorm Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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THE SANDSTORM 1941 Al LISON JAMES SCHOOL LLISON JAMVQ QCHOOL the oldet Presbsterran mr sron station for Spanr lr speakrng Americans rn New Nlexrco r the preparatorr school for Menaul since most Menaul students haw spent at least one of their runror lrrglr school rear there Located on the edge of New Nlexrcos ancient capital Allrson ames has been serrrng SpanrshAmerrcrn routh since 1867 serenty four rears of continuous service During these sears tre sc rool ras passed through rarrou stages of eve opment adobe dn school rndutrral boardrng school for girl coeducational school for boys and girls of all rges x rtlr the Wars ames School l9U8 l9l2 boarding rumor senror hrgh school for girls and frnallx boarding coeducational junror hrgh school Durrng the past year sereral noteworthy exents hare taken place Allison ames has become the home of the National Mrssrons Summer School and of the Young Peoples Conference for SpanrshAmerrcans rn New Mexico It rs one of the objects of an annual tour of a group of Denxer Colorado roung people who come for a hrst hand vrsrt to mrssron statrons Although the school has no gospel team nor organ rzed athletic teams the students hare done extension work The English and Bible class plays hare made trrps to four plazas and the glee club has made two plaza trrps plus one to lVlenaul Intra mural athletics for both boys and girls has replaced to participate rn sports The school was host to a plaza school basketball tournament rn the Ruth K Barber Crymnasrum rn lVlarch and to a plaza grrls play day rn April The high light of the spring was an all school play day held early rn May consisting of boys track erents rn the afternoon and a demonstratron of grrls physical education class work rn the erenrng at which trme rrbbons were awarded the bows who had won warrous track erents rn the afternoon The school partrcrpatron rn Uorernment group has been actrre Besides the Campus Efficiency and Crrrl Courtesy committees a Hall Patrol for both Sage and Allrson Burldrngs a Safety Patrol and an English Squad to promote the speakrng of English have been organized Tlrrs Group has also cooperated rn rarrous National Defense projects Spiritual derelopnrent has not been orerlooked The C E Socretres organrzed rnto a C ll Councrl a wear ago and hare worked out a standards chart and a budget system of pledge and enrelope grxrng which has increased student grrrng orer fifty per cent At tre cose of tre meek of specra serrrce durrnf Lent serentr per cent 1 the tudent bocy zrtl er dedicated or re dedicated trem elxes to C rrt lwer n nned to unite th e hurch r a a o at home at the close trf school rear B 4 I 1' T - ' 1- -, , s ' L -' 'I - i ' 's - 5 , I. I ., K x '. ' ' . ' ., .S f r ' ' A A i . i -ul. , ' . . U' 1 l ..l l. 1 .,., ' g ' 3 ' d l- : zj J ,' s . . ' Y'-s. ' . Y . zyg ft r . , - inter-school playing, thus opening to everyone athletic instruction and the opportunitv 1 F . . .1 V Y V . , . . A. . . -. -D I I .' ' , ' . l l ' l 44 ' 5 4 l - s g .1 'i T' - if s l' 1 is . ' '- l ': h's. xl 'e pla A ' wi th c A , either' lrcally t TS ster' r' ' of ' -L. I-.. L' 'ra pt' Y'11't'rrty--.six

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'H W A T H E s A N D s T o R M g A f-WvW-m- 5 A V+ L+ 2,5 J as f w UNIVERSITY GROUP ENAUL has been a great and for many Spanish Amerrcan boys and girls and rs contmumg to be Today there are unlverslty graduates who are grateful for this mstrtutron for none other than Menaul made therr higher education possible Indeed the students most of whom come from villages where education facllltles are poor are very fortunate to have the opportumty to board and room at lVlenaul A hmrted number of Menaul graduates have already hnlshed therr college educa tron and are now malung use of the traxnmg whrch they completed The teaching profession seems to be preferred by most of the graduates but the Colleges f F ngmeermg and Arts and Scrences have therr representatives too Frfteen Menaul School graduates joyously rrde to and from the school to the University of New Mexico every day A total of ten are assistant supervisors rn the dormitories two are lutchen and dmlng room helpers and the other three do part time work Besrdes working at Menaul some are employed under NYA projects at the Umverslty The lVlenaul School group rs well represented rn umverslty actrvltres Some express their talent ln mtra mural sports basketball slx man football and traclt Four have already been mltlated ln honorary socletles and others may prove to be of the type before therr college tralmng rs over At lVlenaul the group has the opportumty of attendmg nts own Sunday school class conducted by lVl1ss Ruth K Barber Thus Sunday school class has accepted the responsrbrhty of conductmg the yumor church at the Spanrsh Presbyterran Church rn Nlartmeztown Throughout the year the unrversrty group rs offered many opportunltxes to take part rn the school program lqhe group for the year l94O 41 ns composed of the following Semors Sophomores lov N1..1rt1lneL lt u mm PM .1 lee' I Alt .1 lu n llIllLlltl luhn 8.1.1.1 re hm Jumors F S en M XMI N alla 1 llJ.Y!l H Iuannta Duran I-mum Run: leuduru lrutpllu Jkgigfm. 447-mf QZJQ-fe.. -,Zi A W.. x ff! Af fugc' T truly fmt? -l .' . U Vurlrzulo Gutierrez . . - ' V' .1 1-'f . tr yr,-1 , es' A-1- Varlutzr ltorm-ro rflius Valdez Polly l':n-In-1-lm I-' . ' ' - , 1 X fx Z, I . ff .. yr-f , rm J' ,I l'r1. 1llu H l I ' lf!,, If rm-gilit, Sli -rn..-1 ' w It ff uf ,,-f ,f . 4 , .n ' 1 , . ff k K . . Zfhfl fx ' 1 , , , J If 1 V vi . f ,X f X' 1 , L 3 as V bf 1 7-' 3 ut' A -4

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THE SANDSTORM DRAMATICS One of the many new clubs formed at Menaul this year was the dramatic Club This club s program called not only for plays and acting but also for instruction in malce up stage setting and any number of things it takes to malce up a good play In all there were eight plays given this year The juniors began the season with the presentation of Clearing Skies on Novmber 2 The sophomore talent was shown in two one act plays at Christmas time Children of the Inn and A Painting for the Duchess sented by the members of the Dramatic Club The audience was much amused by the comical play Of All Things and then suddenly quleted by the battling production Murder on the High Seas Both of these plays were given on February 24 The third of this series The Howl of the Wolf was given February 26 The next production was a Spanish play La Careta Verde was presented by Mr Eli Martinez Spanish III class on April 5 The senior play Hot Water Henry was the grand finale and wound up a great season on May Z3 We feel that we had a great year in dramatics and hope that the Menaul Dramatic Club will carry on for years to come MUSIC The music department has made much progress this year under the direction of Miss Gertrude Barnes Musical activities include a sophomore mixed chorus a junior mixed chorus Junior boys quartet senior girls quartet and senior boys quartet and a school quartet Instruction is given in piano and voice The total enrollment of the music department is sixty four with seventeen piano students and two voice students The music and Bible Departments presented an original Thanksgiving program The libretto was written by Miss Marlon Dutton At Christmas time the music department collaborated with the English depart- ment in presenting two one-act plays with a chorus singing carols of different lands. The music department of Allison- ames under the direction of Mr. Ciraham Hopper gave a joint program with the Menaul music department one evening i March. Songs were presented by the various vocal groups with the assistance of the Menaul orchestra. The piano students gave a musical tea on March 29. This is an annual recital. The hrst part of the program was given by the Junior Mozart Club composed of ten members. This is made up of children who are taking private lessons. The activities of the club include opera stories songs piano selections and poetry. Hail! King of Clory, an Easter cantata was given by the music and Bible De- partments. This Easter story depicts dramatic and sorrowful moments as well as the triumphant resurrection. Menaul School has joined the State Federation of Music Clubs. This will give us contact with other musical organizations and will allow us to participate in musical activities. P... as - A--W g wg- ,C g -VG+ 9 Zofioi both given on the night of Decerriber, l4. Next in line were three one-act plays pre: .l . , n Page Thirty fue