Pershing High School - Parade Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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CHORUS '7faeq Sing aaa Wicloaq game, is the best marching band that Pershing ever had. Mr. Iewell said that the choir is the finest one he has had. As proof of this statement the choir sang as a final selec- tion to the Christmas Program, Pred Earing's stirring arrangement of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The girls' ensemble, under the direc- tion of Miss Engstrom, sang at the Parent- Teacher's Association meeting of the Michigan Education Association and also at the Christmas program. A trio, Elsie Rychlewsky, Rosemary Popp, and loan McCfilliVrary, accom- panied by Mrs. Helen Haglund, Went to the River Rouge U. S. C. Center on No- vember l4, l944, to entertain the soldiers. Marion Shimlcy accompanied the trio and danced. 13233252515 .Q-1 4 tra QW? rr - gg BOYS CHORUS NUXED

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Band lwudic Mahal mefuuf Jleafdii The music department, under the direction of Mr. Kenneth lewell and Miss Lyle Engstrom, once again participated in most ot the activities of the school. The orchestra under the direction of Mr. lewell, played at the tenth anniver- sary ot the Lutheran Charities, at the senior play, and for the Christmas pro- gram. ln order that the students who had a late program might have a chance to join the music department, the band met the fourth hour and the orchestra the sixth hour. As a result of this, the instrumental department had the largest enrollment of all times. The band, which played at all of the home football games and the Hamtramck

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Chronicle Staff calling. and Selling af 7fae efwani Starting the term with relatively few experienced members, the staff of The Pershing Chronicle suc- ceeded in issuing four interesting editions of the paper consisting of 9,800 copies. loan McGillivray was the editor-in-chief: Virginia Sucher, news editor, Marilyn Macey, feature editor: and the sports page was handled by Leonard Sevek. Mr. H. H. Rigg is the new faculty adviser, succeeding Mr. Vene Smeltzer, and has done a splendid job. Mr. Earl Potter as business adviser, has skillfully man- aged the financial affairs of the paper. Copies of the paper have been sent to former Perf shing students and graduates whose addresses are known. Experience on the staff has been valuable tc the members in many ways. Each group, early and late, selects one of their students to handle the sale of Chronicles to the group membership They work under the leadership of Mr. Potter, business adviser, and Betty Shepherd, circulae tion manager of the paper. Although the work of the salesmen has been greatly increased with the larger enrollment of Per- shing, the efficiency of the group has not slackened and the increase of sales has been ten per cent. The sale of The Pershing Parade, school year- book, is also handled by the Chronicle sales staff. Chronicle Salesmen