North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Or liostra All students at North have heard and enjoyed the spirited school orchestra under the direction of Mr. J. Clive Cleary. Music for graduation. Baccalaureate services, “A”“B Senior day, and many auditorium programs is furnished by our orchestra. Tlie gang” not only plays it sweet, but when called upon they can give out with some swing. The orchestra assisted in the spring music presentation. i reative Musir A group of students from the Creative Music class having a discussion as to the merits of a music composition composed by David Kahn. Mr. Harry Hanks is special instructor in this department. From left to right arc: Mr. Ranks, Marilyn Anderson, Barbara Woodruff, Theresa Gagne. Ruth Elftman, Elsie Groulick, Renac Dechter, and Don Million. At the piano arc: Pat Downing, Harriet Heiligman, and Dave Kahn. 20

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Flag Twirlers A colorful part of the inarching unit of our hand is the flag twirlers: Shirley Little, Beverly West, Jean Cruikshank, Doreen Kursu, and Gloria Johnson. Gun Girls Another vital division of the hand is the gun girls. Carol Trout, Jean Mol-siad, Gwen Manning, and Georgiann Nicholson arc the girls who twirl the guns. North is proud of the fact that they were the first of all the city high schools to have gun girls.

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i olor (iuard The color guard, which hears the flags of our school and of our country in front of the hand, is composed of Sally Wolfe. Donna Sec, Patricia Ames, Donna Dummer, and Virginia Thot-land. Choir North's 93-member a capella choir, directed hy Hoy Tenney, is a revered institution of North High School. Choir concerts once a year and the annual Christmas caroling through the halls have helped to give the choir the position it holds in the hearts of North students and alumni. The picture hclow was taken at the fall presentation of “Elijah, November 30, 1945. Soloists for the oratorio were Catherine Hen nig, Ann O’Malley Calogly, Henry E. Griebe-now, and Bryant Sanford, while accompaniment was played by Francis Schacflcr. The North choir was also a part of the large city group who sang for the Red Cross rally held April 3 in the Minneapolis Auditorium.