Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Band Under the capable direction of the jolly bandmaster, Mr. Cannon, the band has become known as one of the leading high school organizations in the state. It boasts of a complete instrumentation of eighty pieces, identical to other Illinois high school bands from schools with enrollments up to seven thousand. This outstanding unit of the music department has won distinction in the state contest against bands that |we been national winners. Orchestra The orchestra is one of the growing organizations in P.C.H.S. It numbers some forty-five young musicians and promises to advance to a unit as large as the band. There is a revival of interest in string playing that is serving to bring about the proper proportions to brass and reed players. Mr. Vito Intravaia is director.

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Vespers A series of Vesper Musicals were given during the second semester. Their purpose was to introduce the various departments of the school to the general public. Selections by the a cappella choir under the direction of Mr. Zimmerman and by the orchestra under the direction of Mr. Intravaia provided an appropriate background for the Vespers.

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Basket Ball Pekin Robots finished a brilliant basketball season. Out of twenty-one scheduled ?ames played, the Reds won nineteen and lost two. They tied with Peoria Manual for third place in the Bis Twelve race. The Chinks won the district tournament held in Pekin and also the sectional held at Lincoln, and placed third in the state meet at Urbana.