Punahou High School - Oahuan Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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MR. HERMAN BUELLER AND THE ORCHESTRA Punahou Music School IT ' S been a big year over in the Punahou Music School — a successful year. Much of this success is due to the executive and artistic ability of Mr. Verne Waldo Thompson. One feature of this year ' s work of the Music School has been the develop- ing of an exceedingly good orchestra by Mr. Herman Bueller. The orchestra practiced faithfully twice a week from the first month of school and made its final appearance at the spring play. The personnel of the orchestra are as fol- lows: Piano, Margaret Bairos; violins, Sophie Judd, Edward Wong, and How- ard Clarke; cellos, Betty Judd and David Livingston; cornets, Harry Stillwell, Torlogh O ' Brien, and Vincent Van Brocklin; trombone, Billy McWayne ; traps, Harold Sexton. Public student recitals were given weekly in Dillingham hall. Monthh- pipe-organ recitals were also given at Central Union Church by Charles Paul Tanner, who is a faculty member of the Punahou Music School. Two entirely new ideas were started this year by the Punahou Music School. The first was an educational series of weekly concerts called Thirty minutes with the great composers. These were put on by the faculty of the music school each Sunday evening and were broadcast over KGU. The other new idea was that of sponsoring concerts by local visiting artists and at times bringing them t before the student body at special and morning assemblies. 18

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACULTY ' 6 SPECIAL TEACHERS AND EXECUTIVES

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A SHOP PROJFXT Manual Arts THE Manual Arts department ends one of its most active seasons with the close of this school ear. Mr. Hargreave, with his woodwork students, has made many nota- ble things for the campus — stage platforms, cabinet work for the new amplifiers, n.ame plates for the campus buildings, and other countless constructions. In addition to the regular shop instruction program, Mr. Mahony and his helpers have completed several projects, especially for Dillingham hall, with noteworth ' results. Chief among these were the rehanging of the asbestos curtain in the new auditorium, the raising of the stage pin-rail, the installation of an amplifying unit, and the construction of the new switchboard. The largest piece of work completed was the building of the switchboard. When Dillingham hall was first used, lighting facilities of a greater capacity were found needed. To install a commercial board would be too expensive, so Mr. Mahony designed one which could be built in the shop. The result was a new switchboard that cost less than $275. The framework of the board is all steel, made with scrap pieces which were on hand at the shop. The dimmers were taken from the old board, and, to- gether with six newly purchased ones, met the requirements of the hall. Cir- cuit switches, one of the few things bought, ha e been located in three rows according to the color of the circuit they control — red, amber, or blue. 19