Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES The people behind the scenes, those people the audience never sees, have as much to do with the success of the play as have the actors themselves. Although these people have concentrated their efforts on one big play, ‘“Daddy-Long-Legs,” every entertainment has been a result of their united efforts. Joseph McGill, Frances Schwarz, and ‘Audra Richardson, members of the stage craft class under the direction of Mrs. Bernice James, were assisted by the new stage crew. This crew, under the supervision of Mr, Haynes, consists of Joseph Dalmasso at the lights, Roger Shelden at the spot light, James McMullen for the curtain, and Donald McLennan and Weldon Lee on the stage. The new additions made for stage equipment were the two new monkscloth wings to make a larger cyclorama, made by the sewing classes, and the big curtain placed upon a counter balance. Those boys who have helped the most throughout the term with taking tickets at the gates and ushering were Roy Hagenlocker, Grover Tiller, Walter Hopkins, Julius Schnaitman, Elvin Cometta, and Edmund Cross. OUR MUSIC MASTER With the closing of the spring term, June 1932, Mr. George Morris, instru- mental music instructor, will be celebrating his eleventh anniversary as the maestro of the department. Before coming to Richmond, Mr. Morris had charge of pro- fessional bands and orchestras in Colorado. Mr. Morris began studying music at the age of ten. When he was fourteen, he attended a music school and remained there for two years. After leaving this school, Mr. Morris directed a group of church choir musicians. From the time he was sixteen years old until he was twenty-one, Mr. Morris studied under teachers of note, including some of the greatest music professors in Europe and America. These music maestros were: Doctor Bruno Klein of Leipsig, Germany, tutor in harmony; and Doctor J. B. Herbert of Chicago, teacher of harmony composition and voice. Under the excellent instruction of Professor F. M. Steinhouser of 3erlin, Mr. Morris mastered the method of conducting and arranging of the band and orchestra. He was also taught the art of composing. Although he studied all the musical instruments, Mr. Morris specialized in the clarinet, oboe and the French horn. He later studied under Professor Bosworth, clarinet soloist, of the Reeves American Band of Providence, Rhode Island. During his eleven years at the High School, Mr. Morris has developed many professional players, some of whom are members of Local number 6 of San Fran- cisco, and of the Musicians’ Union of Richmond. Some of his former pupils have popular dance orchestras and many are holding important musical positions throughout the West. Among the well-known local musicians who have been music students and mem- bers of the band and orchestra under the direction of Mr. Morris are: Doris Lin- coln, Gay Vargas, Howard Roe, Dan White, Stanley Colman, Kenneth Hall, Andel Mansfield, Clifford Metz, Nicholas Nugent, Frank Ehlart, Edward Gregg, Louis Thompson, Walter Siegel, Francis Zeim, Ralph O’Connor, Norman Gregg, Paul Basham, Margarite Carey Muth, James Thornton, John Rose, Charles Cecil, Clair Thomas, Emma Meyers Gibbons, Walter Axelson, Leslie Regalia, Fred Aichinger, Meredith Morgan. Those who have graduated more recently are: Martin Crabb, Forrest Jenkins, Melvin Higgins, Louis Cunan, Grace Olney, Russell Ralston, Edward Bergen, Edward Hill, Hughes Fowell, Ira Cole, Madeline Whittlesey, Clyde Barnhard, Marjorie Whittlesey, and Leon Edlefsen.