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Page Nineteen THE SPY GLASS GLEE CLUB First row seated, left to right: Mable Keener. Ruth Smith. Marjorie Smith. Charles Hendel, Earl Estep. Virginia Wintz. George Harmon. Ernest Gott. Dorothy Allison. Helen Ashworth. Second row standing, left to right: Dorothy Crist. Marjorie Hill. Muriel Wa’ters. Mac Marshall. Isobel Blodgett. Mildred Bucklew, Joe Priddy. Stella Foley. Curtis Sturgeon. James Cook. Third row standing. left to right: Dorothea Brew- er, Sue Pickens. Warren Peck, Ruth Hayes. Carmo e,» Withrow, Pauline Vassal-. Aioise Skaggs. Fourth row standing left to right: Berneda Frazier. Russell Carrier. Ronald Smith, Monte Talbert. Earl Oldham, and Junita Patton. History of Nitro High School Continued From Page Five and social science; Fred Huff, physical train- ing and athletic director; Helen Houdyschell, mathematics; Virginia Miller, home econom- ics; Sue Shelton, commercial subjects and mathematics; Clara Edwards, English, and Margaret Gillespie, English, history and com- mercial geography. Nitro high’s athletic program for the year included nine football games, four at home. Basketball, softball, tennis, speedball, ping- pong, and horseshoes completed the program. In addition to the regular classroom equip- ment, the school has biology and chemistry laboratories, a kitchen and sewing room for the domestic science classes, a shop room for manual training, a library, a Red Cross room, principal's office, and dressing rooms with showers for the boys. Twenty six new type- writers were purchased this year. Extra-curricular activities and organiza- tions have an important place on the school program. Seven clubs: dramatics, Hi-Y, Girl Reserves home economics, camera, glee club, and booster are supervised by members of the faculty. Besides these clubs Nitro boasts a newspaper, The Spy Glass, which is published by the members of the journalism class, and an annual which is sponsored by the members of the senior class. The administration of the school has been under the supervision of six individuals in its twenty-one years of service. The first was Mr. Mead who served in the years of 1918-21. Second and third were Mr. Stucci and Mrs. Grace Gelder who served between the years 1921 and 24, the exact number of years each served not being known. Fourth was Mr. arner who was here the five years between 1924-1929. Mr. Grose succeeded him from 1929 to 1937 and Mr. W. F. Snyder from 1937 to the present time.
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Page Twenty THE SPY GLASS A CAPELLA CHOIR Front row, left to right: Eleanor Reynolds. Peggy Lawless. Frances Gaylor. Jean Shomo. Lillian Love. Margaret Jefferis, Virginia Quinn, Mary Margaret Hartranfi. Hack row, left to right: Mrs. Shipley, direc- tor, Opal Mattox, Margaret Saflfle, Mary Bernice Tormey, Elizabeth Fowler, Doris Ingram. Margaret Cook. A CAPELLA HISTORY This musical organization was first start- ed by a group of junior, high school girls under the direction of Mrs. Leona Shipley who is the sponsor of the choir. Its purpose was to prepare the members for the Glee Club. It has been active during the present school term. The choir robes are red and black, in keep- ing with the school colors. The A Capella choir has made several pub- lic performances; one of them a cantata, “The Frost King’s Daughter,” which was given March 14, 1939.
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