Puyallup High School - Viking Yearbook (Puyallup, WA)

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twenty-eight ,l N ll Voice, volume and versatility, controlled by the slightest waver of band master jenning's baton, send PHS skyrocketing to musical fame. After furnishing assorted sweet, spirited and expressive notes for auditorium produc- tions, the orchestra climaxes a gala year when it provides accompaniment for the spring operetta, Hollywood Extra, on March 24. Consisting of regular glee club members, the Capella choir, a chorus without accom- paniment, is formed during second semester. Three meetings weekly keep the 68 members busy practicing low, high and medium notes. When the operetta is in the offing, the chorus QQ: takes a united bow for all singing parts are selected from its ranks. On December l2 the girls catch the holiday spirit and serenade with carols at a local Womens' club, During the year they demon- strate vocal prowess at Girls' club assemblies, Forming a boys' quartet, Don Phillips, George Cole, Ray Botsford and Martin Went- worth give the Masons a trill thrill December 5. Forty-nine band members start the year with a campaign for dark blue suits complete with gold stripes, Sam Brown belts and Pershing hats. After their initial, full-uni- formed appearance at the Thanksgiving game, , A, , ' , , , ' l,,,lf . . 111 if Irrr i t 1 '-ff' ,gy KV i ,-- , ta- W- X r. 1 if lflf as 'P :fl Q25 I-A 'V A 'K 1 N , 'Q i ' lf' , l i 4, i ttrrr it X , W Kg , 4 .. L F K L Q - W . ,Q Q W gg it T ' ? f if a of if P is ii if jg T 2 v .. X S , Q , K izr 1 :,, K 1 Q. , . 5 Q l V r I - r 4 1 f l ,QP , f-'tiki X i-

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the Girls' club stages an . V, Getting into the swing of things with ties and hair ribbons, annupl mixer for the sophomore and new girls on September 29 using a boy dates gir rT1Otl . The next month the cabinet dons a more business-like mood and purposes to further development by inter-school activity reports. Following a league officer conference October 22 at PHS, the girls entertain their guests with a luncheon and tour through the new wings. Kathryn Wallen, president, and Miss Mary Beck, adviser, attend the High School Leaders' Gonference at the University of Washington November 3, 4, 5, where the discuss cliques and money making plans. Sporting black and red name tags, the entire student body ioins in Hi Week which is concluded in a new manner when classes select their friendliest boy and girl. Doris Anderson and Marianne lacobs as dance and food chairmen shuffle tin cans, cranberries, celery and otherassorted foodstuffs contributed by the students, in l2 Thanksgiving baskets for needy Puyallup families. As personality is the subiect of the year, assembly speakers demonstrate as well as discuss that indefinable requisite. hm.-5 Adding a touch of feminine mid-winter fancy, 'iMinnie, the life-size model, comes into actuality in the manual training department and models typical made-over dresses for school girls in the sewing room display case. To swell the treasury, red, gray and blue pencils announcing the basketball schedule arrive from the East and are sold for a nickel. Entertained by the Girls' club, the senior girls attended a tea given in their honor in the cafeteria March 6. Purposing to acquaint the girls with tea etiquette, Miss Hilda Skreen and Mrs. Kay Logan pour while Lola Emerson acts as general chairman. A a grand finale, the girls sponsor a Tolo week in March, treating their masculine , after school skates, paper chases and candy pulls s moments to hamburger lunches h Parrneter, Spencer, Hanawalt Amey S-TANDlNG: Pic a, ' ' cl Atkins, Takeuchi, SEATED. Perfiel , concloves

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'i mQe P' l strc! Please rl J Q l jf' ' ' I' l! ,X . -' '4 X 1. 'ffvs-a.,,.,WA, , V. L they present a benefit band concert December 2 and raise l8O dollars to supplement the 300 dollars alloted by the school. Coming as an unsolicited and very much welcomed dona- tion, the American Legion presents 25 dollars toward the fund. Several hundred students descend upon PHS March 4 to attend the first Northwestern Washington Music Meet ever to be held here. Soloists stage the all-day contests in four divisions--voice, piano, strings and brass and woodwind. The judges award excellent ratings to al- most all of the PHS entrants. Representing- the old alma mater are Ruth Munsen, 0 Dave judd, tenor, Marjorie Wentworth, piano, Martin Reiter, trombone, and Ray Botsford, violin. Ed johnson, recognized as a superior clarinetist, achieves the highest honor. By winning this place, he is entitled to go to the national contest, which is held in Portland in May. After making their debut at the concert, the nonette warbles sweetly for the Masons December 5 and lends a rhythmic touch to Mrs. l-loyt's Christmas pageant December 14. Nonetters are Ruth Munsen, Mignonette Stean, Betty Cerstmann, jessie McQueed, Vera Keller, Mildred Peterman, Myrtle Kludt, Betty Kendall and Marjorie Kendall. ,. L F ' v