Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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VOCAL MUSIC THE purpose of the Vocal Music department is twofold, first, to provide a plan of serious study which progresses through the six semesters of senior high school and grants academic credit on a basis with other subjects, second, to fumish the glee clubs as a recreational subject to those students who are not able to study music in a systematic way. I Vocal music I and II are made up entirely of the story of American music including Indian, early colonial, negro, and concluding with the vocal music of the present time. Vocal music III and IV are studies of European music. The most advanced group, the A Cappella Chorus, is a selective group of forty out- standing voices and is the show group of the organization. I The boys, and girls' glee clubs, and the Boys' Quartette and Girls, Triple Trio are also sponsored by the department. These groups are extra curricular activi- ties. Part of their work includes several public appearances outside of the school during the year. I The entire vocal organization has sponsored three concerts this year: an opera '6Dorothy,':, the annual Christmas concert in conjunction with the Women,s and MacDowell Male Chorusesg and the Annual Spring Concert. FACULTY John A. Otten.

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most 'alue and Ning. ' gar- make I how rook- iment v and IlIl9l'i. nl for ritious f.. .15 SPEECH THE prevailing belief for many years, that speech should be purely an extra- curricular activity, has been largely dispelled in modern high schools through the introduction of well-equipped speech courses. I While plays and speech contests still remain a vital part of the speech pro- l in the fundamentals of speech, public speaking, story telling, argu- gram, c asses mentation debate, and dramatics have become an integral part of our school 9 curriculum. The classroom, therefore, has become the scene of the greatest ' ' ' rk is bein done. activity and the place where the most important wo g I There is little doubt that a Well-rounded speech curriculum is very essential to a high school. Training in speech in all of its aspects IS necessary if the aims . . . . I 1- f d ation as set forth by the National Education Association are to be rea o e uc ized. In order to develop the willingness and ability to cooperate effectively in d tic societ one certainly should be trained to communicate effectively, a emocra y, for it is by communication that we influence the beliefs and actions of others. I Pontiac high school is fortunate in having one of the most complete speech curriculums in the state. FACULTY W. N. Viola, William A. Behl

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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC THE Instrumental Music department of Pontiac senior high school consists of three classes-an Orchestra, an Elementary Band, and an Advanced Band. Practi- cally all members of these organizations have received previous training in junior high school bands and orchestras. Daily rehearsals., for which students receive academic credit, serve to maintain these musical units on the same basis with other academic classes in the senior high school. In addition to the daily rehearsals, a minimum of six hours' individual practice weekly is required of all students of the department. I The main purpose of the department is to develop within students an apprecia- tion of the beauty that is in music through actual performance. The department further aims to provide students with a means for worthy use of their leisure time, to re are them to take an active part in the musical life of their school and P P community, to develop within them a permanent interest 1n music, to direct their ' l attention from personal interests to the welfare of a group, to encourage scboo playing and playing in small groups, and to further vocational possibilities 1n students. F A C U L T Y - E ' I Dale Harris