Muscatine High School - Auroran Yearbook (Muscatine, IA)

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MUSICIANS, SPEAKERS Community Cooperates To Raise Funds for New Band Uniforms 0 A band equal to the musical organizations of other schools has long been the dream of the people of our town-high- school students, the faculty and the school board, civic- minded individuals and business and professional men, as well as various county and city organizations. The city taxpayers provided a beautiful, modern new building with adequate facilities for a band, the school board hired an efficient, talented director, and bought a number of the larger, more expensive instruments, Musky students, anxious for places in the band, began long hours of practice. Soon, however, it became clear to all that the acquiring of uniforms for the band was an urgent need. Community leaders were sympathetic with the project put before them, and immediately began carrying plans into effect for the raising of funds. Under the direction of Har- old l reese the band has been making splendid progress and the realized funds stimulated the desire to advance even more. There is a definite feeling of satisfaction that the commu- nity groups are behind the school in its various undertakings. No school is complete without school spirit, and certainly no town is complete without its civic pride. This project should convince the minority of individuals who criticize that the entire community can cooperate in anything it undertakes. i g i' '?i, QE! XX ll c IIE I ' . rt l l 4 it llii i i ii i l l I I L in lllllliim! i !Mh!Ll-

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OUR SCHOOL Az-vhlh -. new ig 16626 wigs: ll Q . .TJ--'ll .qu 44 ' H -iii-I . R A .45 ll ' . -1 4 These Are the Artists . . is .:Q1,- V wig, , , . OOO t 1 ' e our 'w w 4- 'iz , 'K-Mfr.-J , -g,qL.m.',f- ' M- .f it Ti r if ,-.-: . ' ,Ak -:wan ,Ji - No.1 '5!'5:?rzfi33ihf?4 'tc 1 ' ' -. - ld! . 4,'O- .J 'fs ,Z 1 41- 4 ii . ixaim. mat. ., fys t. K' Qp!lf:x:. in 81158 ' 1 , l lvoil: -WM. 'gf '-t, Y ' .- lrl't,oY.'f'kl ...251 0 By rights these speakers, musicians, and dramatists of our school should be temperamental. They seemed to be able to practise for long hours, endure criticism, and to assist in filling out a program at the last minute without having any serious nervous fits of ar- tistic temperament. Maybe they have learned something within the walls of M. H. S. that a lot of people in the professional world either never knew or have forgotten. Through the care- ful guidance of the directors, Muskies in these activities have learned much of sportsmanship, cooperation, and self-confidence. Another important lesson this type of person learned was the importance of dependability. ,'Wu.ri1'al, drafmzfir, and foren- Jir arlifuities do more Io fle- -velop inflivsirlual pefzronalily and ease before an aurfianw lfzan any ollzer uclivily in our school. '

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SPEECH ARTS Artists Win Points for Membership 0 The roll call of this club consisted of the participators in declam, debate, and dramatics who had earned enough points to enter. The second Thurs- day of every month found this group assembled for their meeting. At those gatherings which were generally held in our social room, they had the or- dinary business meeting and some type of a program. The programs some- times were reports on the trips that some members had made out-ofetown either to a debate or declam tournament, or with a play Cast. One of the old and famous customs of this group is to sponsor exchange plays with Iowa City. Iiaeh year Iowa City brings a one-act play to our school for presentation at an assembly program and then Nluseatine returns the favor. The evening of the play the Clramaties department gives the visiting cast a banquet and an evening of entertainment. Late last fall Miss .lune I,ingo's group of Thespians presented The Lady VVho Ate an Oystern before an Iowa City audience. I.ast March Iowa City repaid their obliga- tion by giving M. H. S. a presentation of Thornton VViIder's The Family Travels. Speech Arts otiicers for the two semesters were .lack Toussaint and I,u- eille Steinmetz, presidentsg jackie Goetz and Dale Goss, vice-presidentsg Betty Ifppel and Bob Stelter, secretariesg Wlalter Berg and Leo Baker, treasurersg and Richard Iiarott and Anita Schmidt, recording secretaries. l4O'l I'OM RUXV: VVheeler, Rile, Glatstein, l,evin VVillxens, Mohnsen, Roberts. SICCUND RU Gabriel, Rosenthal, Feldman, Nash, Wettengel, ' -l, Sehinidt, Goetz, Knight. THIRD ROW Iloult, IJ. Goss, Miller, Irwin, Steinniell, Ita ', Young, Collins, lVlosher. I ULlR'l'lI ROW Henning, lNIel,ean, liuseh, Coon, King, Iam r, Iflicltiiiger, .-X. Goss. I lI 'I'II ROVV: Grahi vlaeobs, Stelter, Tonssaint, IIarolI', .Xnderso r.