Parkersburg High School - Top Talk Yearbook (Parkersburg, IA)

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BAND L STANDING, Left to Right: Mary Trey, Gene Bode. BACK ROW, Left to Right-Charles De Vries, Doris Reints, Hilda I-Iaack, Harley Schwerdtfeger, Gordon Tebben, Stuart Green, Bruce Van.Eman, Bobby Rogers, Verland Brown, George McDowell, Henry Maihanke, Marilyn Tidman, James Green, Beth McLean and Alta Mae Christensen. MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right-Evelyn Van Eman, 4 Joan Schoeneman, Patsy Ryan, Dorothy Claassen, Mar- gie Van Tassel, George Humphrey, Mildred Heerts, Irene Nieman. Edwin Mulder, Kenneth Palmer, Robert Watson and William Tofft. FRONT ROW, Left to Right-Jo Ann Cramer, Anna Mae Engelkes, Sally Watson, Virginia Van Tassel, Kathleen Behnke, Jeannetta Tebben, Adele Schoene- man and LeAnn Meyers. pleasant to listen to, but pleasant to look at also. 'I'hey perior.. ed Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be , Gardens , Bless Us 0 Lord . and Two Little Shoes for some of their appearances. Thelma Jean Fleshner, Jeanette Tebbeu, Mildred Heerts, Shixuey Palmer, Anna Mae Engelkes, and Kathleen Brown were the mem- bers of the girls sextette. These girls were also called upon to sing for various occasions. INSTRUMENTIAL The Parkersburg High School music department has presented four concerts during the year. These concerts have been compos- ed of solos, small groups, chorus, glee club, and band. Pop-ular, classical, novelty, and sacred music have been performed Included in the repertoire of the band this year are the following selections: Morning, Noon, and Night, an overture by Karl King? American Fantasief' by Victor Herbert: Bi-asses to the Front, a difficult march featuring cornets and trombones: King's Barnum and Bailey's Favorite : Triumph- al March , from Peter and the Wo1f , by Prokofieffg All Hands , a medley of sea songs: and Mill- tary Maestro . Two novelty band numbers, The Bedtime Story of Dangerous Dau McGrew and Jack and the Beanstalk were features of the concerts. We have been working for a well-balanced group, and we be- lieve -we have the best balanced band we have had in many years Special emphasis was placed on sight-reading and interpretation. BAN D Twelve new members have been added to the organization during the year. These are Hilda Haack and Patsy Ryan, clarinetasg LeAnn Meyers, bassoong Edwin Mulder, baritone saxaphoneg George lHum- phrey, cornetg Marilyn Tidman and Henry Mahanke, troinbones: Gene Bode, bass drum: George McDowell, and Verland Brown. bassesg George Thorne, French horn: and Shirley Palmer, bells and tympani. The band was fortunate to be able to start out the year with all the school-owned instruments, as well as some Of the privately owned instruments, reconditioned It has made a great improvement in tone quality and intonation. Two brass quartettes made ap- pearances during the year. The high school group was composed of Harley Schwerdtfeger and Gor- don Tebben, cornets, and Alta Mae Christensen and Beth Mc- Lean, trombones. Bruce VanEmaI1 and Bobby Rogers, cornets-, and Jimmie Green and Henry Mahanke, trombones, are members of the junior group. A clarinet trio, JoAnn Cramer, Anna Mae Engelkes, and Sally Watson played Lubin's Scherzo on one of the programs. This- is a vely difficult number and calls for much technical skill. Instrumental soloists of the past year were Harley Sclrwerdtteger, Gordon Tebben, Jeanette Tebben. Adele- Schoeneman, Kenneth Palm- er, Bob Watson, and Anna Mae Engelkes. The present beginners group is composed of Mildred Huisman, Marjorie Berends, and Donna Jean Mlnnick, clarinetslg Ronald Evans, Paul Claassen, and Jack Pierce. snare drums: Jackie McLaren Donald Truax, and Jimmy Siems, cornetsg Loyal McLean, trombone, and Lois Knock, baritone. Sev- eral who began this year are al- ready in the band.

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cl-:om T BACK ROW, Left to Right-Kathleen Behnke, Alta Mae Christensen, Ruth Lcerhoff, Hilda Haack, Judith Ackerson, Juliet Ackerson, Minnie Siebenga, Jeannetta Tebben, Betty Garrett, Sally Watson, Kathleen Brown. Mildred Heerts, Evelyn Cordes, Ruth Jane Adolfs and Anna Mae Engelkes. MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right-Thelma Jean Flesh- ner, Beth McLean, Irene Pruisner, Jo Ann Cramer, Audrey Freeseman, Henry Mahanke, Edwin Mulder, Harley Schwerdtfeger, George Humphrey, George Mc- Dowell, June Harrison, Dorothy Claassen, Cornelia Freeseman, Marjorie Galpin, Marilyn Tidman. FRONT ROW, Left to Right-Frances Trey, Adele Sc hoeneman, Shirley Palmer, Gene Bode, Gerard Nick+ laus, Kenneth Palmer, Verland Brown, Stuart Green, Gordon Tebben, Evelyn Van Eman, Junas Eilers, Mary Trey and Irene Nieman. VOCAL The mixed chorus which was open for membership lo allyone who wished to 'belong at the be- ginning of the year, had a mem- bership ot' 45. This group per- formed very creditahly in their presentation of the Christmas Cantata, Childe Jesus, by Clokey- Kirk. Solo parts were taken by June Harrison, Thelma Jean Flesh- ner, Judith Ackerson, Kenneth Palmer, George McDowell, Gordon Tebben, and Stuart Green. During the second semester the chorus was a, selected group of 28 voices Two Fred Waring arrangements were sung at the last concert These were The Erie Canal and the Negro spirtual, Let My Peo- ple Go. A group of 20 girls were select- ed to form a glee club during the second semester. Their repertoire included In the Time of Roses . Come Unto These Yellow Sands , Starlight , Londonderry Air , and Calm as the Night. The boys quartette, George Mc- liowell, Kenneth lPalmer, Stuart Green, and Gordon Tebben, devel- oped into a fine group. Their sev- eral public appearances during the year vouch for their popularity. Some of their selections were I've Got Sixpence , Down by De Riv' ver Side , Kentucky Babe , The A1-my Corps , and Sky Anclioi-ls. The girls trio was June Harri- SOIl.Ad6l6-SCl106l1el'I1al1, and Marilyn Tldlllilll. This group not only was UPPER LEFT PHOTO: Girs' Sextett UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: Girls' Trio LOWER LEFT PHOTO: Brass Quartet LOWER RIGHT PHOTO: Boys' Quartet

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coMMsRc1A1. s UPPER LEFT PHOTO: Shorthand Class. UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: Bookkeeping Class. SHORTHAND NEWS tSe.niorsj The shorthand class work dur- ing the first semester con-sisteJ mostly of learning the shorthand vocabulary and reading letters and articles in shorthand, characters from our text, and drill on dicta- tion on previously studied mate- rial. We also began taking dicta- tion on simple new matter material. The second semester work con- sisted of dictation and transcrib- ing, both new and old material. Dictation on new material for fire minutes was given at 40 to 90 words a minute: two to three min- utes dictation was given at 60 to 100 words a minute, and for a period of one minute dictation was given at 100 to 120 words a minute. The class finshed three books The third book had very little new material in it, consisting of drill work, on previously stlidied vocab- LOWER PHOTOS-Typing Classes ulary with ju-st a small amount of new material. It is especially de- signed for drill and for develop- ing our speed in writing of short- hand forms. Also much new mat- ter was dictated, the latter part of the second -semester being devoted largely to new matttr. TYPING NEWS Uunioi'-sl The typing class, because of its size, was divided into divisions. Each division spent about one period on drill and speed-accuracy work and one period on exercises on projects each day. Speed and accuracy received about equal em- phasis during the drill period, while neatness of appearance as to placement of the exercises on the pages and typographical errors were the special thought of the other period. Even here the time element entered because great ef- fort was put forth to make the first attempt in producing an ex- ercise so good that -both additional time and paper might be- saved. BOOKKEEPING NEWS lSoph0moresJ The daily double period plan for Bookkeeping permitted the course to be taught by the teacher instruc- tion and teacher supervised study plan. This insured a better un- derstanding of the subject matter by the various individuals in the class. our War Bond Investment Is Your Investment In America - - - I ' I