Parsons High School - Norseman Yearbook (Parsons, KS)

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Music Orchestras The Parsons High School orchestra is composed of sixty pieces. It has contributed to many school programs :md will partake in the Spring Festival. The L'ttle Symphony has about thirty members. These are the older and more advanced players and must l,:e elected in order to fill a position in the organization. The aim of this group is to work on better and more ditlicult music which cannot he played by a larger group. This orchestra made trips to Miami, Oklahoma, and to Independence. When exchange programs were given with the other high schools the Little Symphony was sometimes included in the program. ln order to make this group a success practices were held after school, and lnuch credit is due to the members for their faithful attendance. Chorus The mixed chorus has a membership of about fifty. At Easter time they presented The Seven Last VVords, by DuBois. The girls of this group went. to Pittsburg to enter the annual con- test this year. A special feature of this contest was the girls' quartet, which consisted of Mary Markhaln, Mary Louise Evert, Marjorie. Davis, and Margaret Belle King. The soloists were Mary Louise Evert, soprano, and Margaret Belle King, contralto. The girls' glee club placed third in the contest. Those attending werei Anita VVarden, Mary Markham, Irene McCormick, Louise Stanridge, Alice Scaletty, Mary Evelyn Flowerree, Margaret Helen Tyler, Enid Pal- mer, Zella Dunford, Eleanor Rouch. Inez Allen, Velda Minton, Marie Caldwell, Suelee Galvin, Thelma McKinley, Bernice Willson, VVilma Thompson. Mary .lane Conroy, Elaine Davis, Dorothy June Calmhack, Marjorie Davis. .lean Gilbert. Charlotte Dunford, Daza Reed Barnes, Virginia King, Margaret Belle King, Getella De Jarnette, Otalee Bradley, Marian Meador, Marv Martha Russell. Martha Hardin, Lavon Massie. Louise Blackburn, Ellen Morton, Dorothy Jean Knauer, Helen McAlwee, Florence Marie Columbia, Louise Allen, Louise, Smith, Ina Mae Smith, Ida Mae Frame, Keitlia Trammel, and Mary Louise Evert. Francis Camp- bell was the accompanist' NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR Page Forty-five

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cg. A, A. tll FItIlil'lS President . . . Blareelline Turner Vice-president. . Ellen Morrissey Secretary . . . . Marguerite Startz Treasurer . Virginia Lovelace The Girls' Athletic Association is an organization sponsored by Miss Ann Theilen, instructor ot' the girls' gymnasium classes in the high school. This year the club adopted a new system of points whereby a member might gain a letter for her efforts in the gymnastic field. The purpose of this club is to lurtlver interest in girls' athletics as the means of promoting good fellowship, physical etliciency, and high scholarship and to boost all school activitfes. Pep Club A newly organized Pep Club was introduced in the High School this term. .lo Ann Maylen and Loy Hlght were cheer leaders. and Miss VVilma VVellsg sponsor. The Pep Club furnished much of the cheering for the football and basket hall games, and when interest in the games was lagging this club was always ready with a cheer, urging our boys on to victory. New uniforms were chosen with the consent of the members. They are dark skirts or trousers, white shirts or sweaters. orange ties, blue letters, and orange and blue caps. This club was very successful in its purpose, To create a better school spirit. It IS hoped that it will continue in the future and have a large membership of both boys and girls. PARSONS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Page Forty-six

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Music The High School Orchestra, Little Symphony, Chorus, Band, and Drum Corps are directed hy Mr. Charles S. McCray. To Mr. McCray the credit is given for 'ntroducing the orchestra and band as regular classes into tlzc schools, and for being the first to bring the band and drum CUIIJS arrangement now in uf-ie in the Parsons Schools. He is an able director and has a wide knowlege in the field of music, as has been moved by his success with the scluool organizations. Besides directing thc High School Orchestra lie also also directs the Junior High Orchestras. Miss Nora Smith, Dean of Girls, helps the mus'c Department by act- ing as sponsor and chaperon for the girls on all trips taken by any of the mus..c groups. Band and Drum Corps The High School Band and Drum Corps has upheld its reputation as the best band and drum corps in this part of the country. In July, as the official hand for the Lions club, they went to St. Louis where they placed third in the national contest, thus winning S250 for the hand and S100 for the Drum Corps. For the seventh consecutive time they have attended the American Royal at Kansas City, Missouri, where their performance was an honor to the school and to the city. They have been present at all the ,QSIIICS of football and basketball, and have been an important factor in creating the proper school spirit. Those girls in the drum corps are: Naomi -Allen, Marie Caldwell, Frances Campbell, Betty Cole, Mary .lane Conroy, Mary Eleanor DeLongy, Elizabeth DeVine, Therese Holland, Maurine Hyatt, Suelee Galvin, Margaret Belle King, Marian Hughes, Mary Markham, Mercedes Murry, Enid Palmer, Audrey Peterson, Neva Ralston, Betty Risser, Alice Scaletty, XVinifred Schmoll, Marguerite Startz, XVilma Thompson, Anita VVarden, Florence Marie Columbia, Mary Catherine Coons, Anna Marie Haubold, Getella DeJarnette, Jean Gilbert, Dorothy Henry, Virginia King, Dorothy Jean Knauer, Thelma McKinley, Marian Meador, nd Mary Martha Russell. PARSONS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Page Forty-four