Sam Houston High School - Cherokee Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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1 9 , , s X g A Band and choir members do a mass performance during halftime at the Diamond Hill Same- Foremost among the objectives of the school band is to give students the opportunity to become intimate- ly acquainted with band literature. The course places emphasis on the correct care of the instrument, correct playing posture and position, correct breathing and breath control, tone production and good tone quality. Physical coordination and precision come through marching and drilling. In addition, the participants in band develop in leadership, responsibility, cooperation, and self-discipline. Some activities for which the band performs are pep rallies, football games, marching fes- tivals and contests, concerts, and assemblies. Mr. Rob- ert Rober, band director, also teaches Theory I, a course which provides experiences in chord construction lead- ing to part writing. Members of the band, Sandra Dickerson, Tommy Weir, Bruce Kaylor, and Joy Johnson are shown as they practice. 177 Varfbzfs Johan! 6'amfmm1'fy 140 fvffies l. x 'Um ' Mr. Robert W. Rober Band, Music Theory Master of Music, North Texas State 29

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Main if the nnznemzl language of mankind - Three major groups under the direction of Mrs. Longfellow Doreen Young make up the Choral department. Each of the groups meets for one hour each day, not only I to sing, but to study music theory, background, and history as well. These groups are the Harmonettes, a girls' gleeg the Highlighters, a semi-tryout mixed group, and the Houston Harmonies, the concert choir. The Harmonaires is a beginners' glee club which does not meet during school hours. Throughout the year these groups make many public appearances in the school and the community. They give programs and represent Sam Houston in festivals, clinics, and musicals. l Mrs. Doreen Young tests Pam Larkin's voice. Sherry Furgeson, Nancy Cox, and Kay Norman prepare to put on choir robes before a performance. fam Hozfsfofz Meir. Harm' Hfoups Par fbfpafe Mrs. Doreen Young Music IA-IB, II, III BS, Wisconsin State Mrs. Doreen Young assists Greg Gansert, Bobby Ward, Don Mahan, Paul Horn, Tommy Jeffery, 28 A1 Critz, joe Critz, and Al Caprio as they take their positions on the risers.

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.Map Jevefops fafefzfs' Five main areas of study are covered by instruc- tion in shop. Wood shop includes study ranging from elementary woodworking and the use of hand tools to use and maintenance of all woodworking machines and equipment. First year metal shop is a general course in elementary mental work. Second year metal shop deals with advanced methods of shaping, forming, and fast- ening of metals. The power mechanics course gives in- struction in the history, theory, and mechanical process- es of internal and external combustion engines. A course in building construction stresses such phases as plumbing, heating, and masonry. The electricity course places emphasis on the fundamental theories and laws of electricity. GS.. Mr. jerry Newell Metal Shop I-II Wood Shop I Power Mechanics BS: M. Fd., East Texas State lic. -De Rouvroy In order to do greal lbizzgr, one muft be efztlazuiaf- Mr. Zollie Capps Drafting I-II Wood Shop II BS, East Texas State ..-ll Roy Kurban and Danny Ray Clark work in wood shop. Joys 6211161710 !M1'1'fie.s' Many boys in a shop course find great advantage in taking a mechanical drawing, or drafting course along with their shop. During the past year several boys who took drafting with shop not only became skilled in constructing various objects in shop but al- so were able to lay out plans for the objects they made by means of drafting skills. This beginning-to-end type of achievement gives students a feeling of real accom- plishment. Drafting I teaches the basics of lettering and gives training in the use of T-squares, triangles, di- viders, compasses, and architect's scales, some of the draftman's tools. In Drafting II, students continue us- ing skills learned in Drafting I and go into machine Sad architectural drafting. f -N-' ff- ' Carl Crofford begins a drawing in Drafting II class.