Nokomis High School - Old Nokomis Yearbook (Nokomis, IL)

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........OLD NOKCMlS........ Musuc When musmc sounds gone IS the earth I know And all her lovely thlngs even loveller grow Her flowers 1n v1s1on Hame her forest trees L1ft burdened branches stllled wlth ecstasles When muslc sounds out of the water r1se Nalads whose beauty dlms my wakmg eyes Rapt ln strange dreams burns each enchanted face Wlth solemn echolng stxrs the1r dwellmg place When muslc sounds all that I was I am Ere to thls haunt of broodmg dust I came Whxle from Tlme s woods break xnto dlstant ong The swlft Wlnged hours as I hasten along Walter De La Mare Three mam types of muslc have been developed and used by man IH the hlstory of human c1v1l1zat1on Each type produces a delimte reactlon ln the 1nd1v1dual or the group Martlal mus1c arouses the rugged passions of tne patr1ot and thls forrn of muslc has been used ln the wars of the ages When all efforts apparent the courage of the sold1er Natlonal muslc reveals and expresses the Splflt of the patrlotlsm of peace Each natlon has muslc pecullar to its tradltlons 1ts hlstory and the genlus of 1ts government Men are brought to attent1on and often prompted to act as a slngle 1nd1v1dual when they hear the stra1ns of the1r natlonal musrc RE11gl0US muslc IS as old as man and as unlversal as the human race It 1S a long way from the Welfd dlrge of pr1m1t1ve man to the oratorlo of modern c1v1l1zat1on When sorrow comes one may FCCCIVC renewed comfort and sprrxtual peace through xnstrumental or vocal muslc provxdmg the selectlons are carefully made and the muslc message properly presented Much also de pends upon the character personallty and attltude of the 1nd1v1dual pre sentmg muslc mstrumental or vocal ln a memor1a1 serv1ce E E R Twenty tl'ree C 1 1 Z 5 Y , . Y 9 ! . . 3 . . , . . S , , . . . . , . . ly fail, martial music may be depended upon to quicken the pace and renew - s l Q a s -

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00000000 OLD NOKOMIS Chorus Chorus Orchestr Orchesha Top Row M Varda E Gray C Prerson E Turchx M Schaefer L Pleper V Schnelder F Engelman Y Tarter R Pocock Duckett H Smms P Rzgonx L johnson A Krxsman M Vanover L Stlvers Chrlstnan B Battles K Caulk G Smgler K McMann L Schnexder M Fuller E Pocock fP1an1stj Mr Rademacher CDIYCCCOFQ 2nd Row L H Hinton A ton K Rapp Strvers V Wrxght E Roberts M Muller a Standmg L Kettelkamp F Hoffman M Shaw N Lehman P Bowers P Gxlbert B Woltmann M Hxeronymous W Herzog A Easterday P Woltmann L Smlth E Kopec K Rapp E Pocock Mr Radcmacher CD1rectorD Seated S Yates R Thompson W Abrolat Lv Paesann J Hxll K Isbell M Johnson E Davrs F Stapleton M Dalhaus A Tosetu Twenty two 3rd Row: A. Pintar. R. Brockman, G. Boulard, G. Boulard, P. Bowers, M. Shaw, M. Pieper

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OLD NOKOMIS . FFA .hi Top Row W Grlfliths M Verncker Jjachmo C Auman G Hlnton J Bednar 2nd Row M Rlgom H Pxeper C Hamlm B Marley M Kroenlexn V Mexer J Goz ruker W Schnexder L Keller R Dlgman E Moore H Croon G Gxeseklng B Woltmann D Tonellx I Russ K Isbell A Ruppert R Gruen W Pxeper 4th Row Mr Stumm CSponsorJ D Rlgonx R Goodwm M Berns V Brakenhoff J Lap shansky M Staples H Barrmger I Staples L Aylward 5th Row C jostes fReporterJ R Battles fTreasl E Bauman CSecJ J Stewart tPresJ H Johnson fVlC6 Presj W Herzog CHon Vnce Presb 'VI Montx L Bauman The Future Farmers of America IS a natlonal organlzatlon The pur poses for whlch th1s organlzatlon IS formed, are to promote thrlft to de velop rural leadershlp to strengthen the confidence of the farm boy to promote scholarshlp, to promote vocatlonal educatlon ln agrlculture, and to encourage recreatlonal and educatlonal act1v1t1es for students 1n voca uonal agr1cu1ture The local chapter has two state farmers, Wllbur Herzog, and James Stewart Mr Stumm, M Berns, J Stewart, W Herzog H Johnson, and C Dahler went to the Natlonal Conventlon of the F F A and also the Amerl can Royal Llvestock Exposxtlon at Kansas Clty Mo , last October At the wmter Judglng contest for gram and poultry held at Lltchlield I11, Nokomls won first ln poultry Judglng O Ruppert and R Dlgman were first and second 1nd1v1duals Nokomls was third 1n total pomts Twenty four 00000000 000000 0 l I O ' 1 ,., ' 'rm' , 'fn' w?','f 4 w . I . A L , . . .A Que, , Jef - , s I f ' V 3, Q . 15. 3rd Row: A. Strazer, W. Mitchell, M. Rosche, C. Dahler, K. Wright, L. Sperry, S. Hardy, . . . . . . , - A 3 3 . . . . , . . , . . Y