Patrick Henry High School - Orator Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Liliorfy lo Losirn Arls ami Skills Art: romimkn ial Arl: C'rnflK: Fashion l ‘si“ii: S iil|ilur The many art classes at Henry are a proving ground for students with a flair for creative expression. The young artists discover in which fields they would like to work, improve their techniques in those fields, and explore new media of expression for their talents. Miss Minnie Erickson: Sketch, Commcrcul Art, Bulletin Hoards. Miss Kathleen Hynes: Fashion Art, Crafts. Interior Decoration. Paper Sculpture gives a third dimension to posters like this one, typical of those crcatrri hi Shirley McGowan, Beverly Schrnedrr, Marilyn Snyder, Janice Hagen, and lone Turgeon to advertise the Henry Choir’s production of the choral play Gloria. Fashion Design: In learning to draw posed figures and portraits, students experiment with the iniinite values of colors and learn their most effective use. Pictured are Jean Graber. Carolyn Lcland, Mavis Lindroth, Margie Stuth, and Dolores Olson.

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Highlight of this year’s choral work was the choir's presentation of the choral play, Gloria, on December 13, 1949, depict-inn the coming of the Christ child and the glory that shone all around. Never has a Henry student presentation been more effectively costumed nor more dramatically staged. The Costume Club, under the direction of Mrs. Frances Sodcr(|uist, and the stage crew, supervised by Mr. Frank Kngdahl, created a remarkably effective setting for the heavenly singing of Henry's Choir directed by Mr. Adolph Nervig. The Boys' (X'tctlc includes Lawrence Carver, ferry Langerman. Ronald Larson, Karl Homuth. Bill Berger, Bill Kunze. Neal Nelson, and Douglas Vick. The Choral Club is a tenth grade proving ground for students who aspire to membership in the Senior Choir. They refresh their music reading skill, learn correct voice production, and cultivate sufficient awareness to blend their voices with others in the group. The Choral Club appears on special ami holiday programs. Members of the 1949-50 Choral Club arc: Row I—Patricia Miller, Nina Gabriel-on. Klainc Normandin. Row 2—Marlene Vollum. Mary Beth Kraft. Patricia Bncrc, Mary Shurts. Row 3— llclgu Jensen, Diane Durellc. Bevcrlv Harms, Beverly Sorenson. Arlene Sacrc. Row 4—Mary Ann Kinlev, Delores Nesbitt. Loretta Stinson, Darlene Nvback, Anne Westling. Corine I—ir-Mtn. Not in phoograph: (lirol Armstrong and Adelc F.gnell. II

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Ficc Art: Non-« nformivt and colorful arc the painting made by student who express the mood created by the recorded music played for them, in the medium of color rather than tone. Making no attempt to follow the principles of re-productive art, these students paint in a way to evoke the interest anti admiration of all observers. Studying the composition tjf one junior masterpiece arc Janice Shaw, Nancy Christopher, Bud Flaknc, anti Myla Rothman. Commercial Art: Creating dynamic display art i the province of students interested in learning how to express an idea in a manner to lure anti fix the potential customer’s eye. These students, excelling in the art of lettering, create many poster advertising school events. Admiring the poster designed graphically to display the progress of the 1950 Orator sale an Ray Johnson, Sandra Macy, Larry Goga, James Roop, anti Barbara Schacr. Crafts: Pat Albers. Ronald Allanson. Douglas Vick, Jerry Temp, and Eloise Fourre find expression for their artistic urge in creating useful anil decorative objects through wood carving, ceramics, ami many-patterned weaving. Eloise Fourre won first prize in weaving and James Hammer won first in tarsing in the contest conducted by Scholastic magazine.