Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School - Collegiate Yearbook (Sarnia, Ontario Canada)

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I00 THE CoL1.EciATE of their horses helped to turn Napoleon back from Moscow. Down'through the centuriesf the drum, fiand related percussion instrumentsj has been im- proved until today it is common practise, in symphonies amd jazz combinations alike, for complex parts to be written for mem-bers of thel drum family, just as they are. A drummer must be versatile. His sense of rythm must be In the held of jazz music, especially, has percussion suddenly become a highly important, indispensable adjunct of a musical organization. Every great dance band in the world- uses drumsg and in virtually eveny instanjce, the most ofteni publicized is the drummer, and, therefore, the most often fea- tured memlber of each group. Drummers like Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, and Dave Tough are not only excellent soloists but equally talented as section menf' or ensemble drum- mers. lf they iveren't they'd be unkown rather than internationally noted as they are. A drummer must be versatile. His seense of rhythm must be perfect. lle must be proficient on the bass drum, struck by foot peclalg wood blocks: various cymbals: the snare drum, upon which he uses both sticks and wire brushes: cow bellsg whistlesg sock cymbals, also manipulated by foot pedal as well as by stick:1 and brushesg and any one of a dozen other implements including temple blocks, chimes, and in some cases, vibraharps. In all the world there is but one nation without drums, that nation is japan. All other nations have them and in most native areas it is the stan- dard musical instrument. And so the world of music rolls on with the per- cussion instruments providing the beat and rhythm. lil. V fN on Friend: XYhat will you do when you grow up to be a big woman like your mother? Small Daughter: Diet! wk Pk lk as llope: The doctor told a friend of mine that she mustn't neck. 'l'erais: Gosh, was she sick? Hope: No, she was the ClOClIO1'lS wife. af as as af Mitchell: lYhat shall we do this afternoon? Price: 1'll spin a coin. If it's heads we go to the show. If it's tails we go to Port Huron. lf it lands on edge we go to school. Robert Thompson on the way to school and nearly late, prayed, Dear God, don't let me be late. Please don't let me be late. Then he happened to stumble and said: you don'tl have to shove. Dk Pk is all I ean't marry you,', said the justice of the peace. A girl of seventeen must have her father's consent. Consent I yelled the would-be groom: say, who do you think this old guy with the shotgun is-Daniel Boone?l'

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THE COLLEGIATE 99 scnooi, oRcut2sTm ' Standing tlcft to right?-Miss Ramsden. Hill liruncr, H. Barnes, ll Yan .-Xlsyne, D. Guthrie, P. XYray, D. Eyre, T. Kenny, R, Gcere, Mr. Brush tionductorl. ' liront Row tlcft to right!-R. Allen, XY. Marshall. li. MacDonald: j. lftiwlev, lf. Young. Gray. a i W PERCUSSION IN THE Music 'WORLD HE MUSIC we hear today has a colourful past. XYhethcr you pat- ronize classical music, modern jazz, or both, makes no difference. Both forms go back to ooo A-XD. when an ambitious ltalian, intrigued by musical sounds, laboriously devised the music static and modern system of notation. Up until Guido d'.-Xrezzo came along there was no accurate method of transferring musical sounds to the written page. But long before d'Arezzo's time, even before the time of civilized man, savages in primeval forests had learned to utilize a crude form of music. That, of course, was percussion. By stretching the skins of animals across the open ends of hollow logs, it was possible to achieve a single tone musical effect. XYhen more than a single drum of this sort was used, there resulted a series of different tonesg and thus was the first music devised. Primitive people used the drum as a sort of communication. Probably one day when Mr. Cavemanf was far from home he must have accidentally knocked his club against a hollow log and was surprised when his spouse told him she had heard it from far off in their cave. From then on he hit the hol- log logs on purpose to notify Mom that he had been successful in a Dinosaur hunt and that Pop was bringing home the bacon ,for should I say Dinosaurb. At any rate, the drum was one of man's first inventions, and he used it to expect his moods, as a means of communication, and to entertain himself. Now, hundreds of years later, it is still being used in much the same way. Great composers have recognized the value of the drum in a sustaining mood. Berlioz, for example, scored parts for sixteen kettle drums and ten drummers in his Requiem. . ' Man has used the drum in peace and war, in happiness and sorrow. The roll of drums has been used to pay tribute to a nation's heroes, and to dmm Russian Cossacks, riding at the French, beating on drums slung on either side

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THE COLLECIATE lOl ULUHHLE Elllllmllilf il- 5 '15 Q A vi, - NE'-. 1-dll EDITOR-joan Cowan GIRLS' SPORTS V LTHOUGH the athletic activities of the girls for 1945-46 have not been completed, those that have been, have been most success- ful and most enjoyable for all who have taken part. ' - To Miss-Ramsden especially, and also to Mrs. Wfinter, who so ef- ficiently took over Mrs. Claxton's position when she left to be with her returned husband, and to Miss VVilson, our new gym instructress, we, of the Girls' Athletic Association want to extend our deepest thanks and appre- ciation for their understanding and assistance. b This year's athletic Executive is headed by the Honorary Presidents: Mr. Sinclair Miss Ramsden Miss XYilson President: Ioan Cowan Secretary: Mary Jean Armstrong Vice-President: Ruth Hawley Treasurer: janet Helliwell Curators Track and Field, Fran Vtfhitnellg Basketlball, Lois Soperg Volleyball, Betty Byrns, Dancing, Marilyn Fox, Speedball, Jewell Dupeeg Swimming, Catherine Overholt, Qnow Barbara Geddesjg Badminton, Bernice Friedman: Softball, Hope Millholland. I should like to take a little time to explain briefly, the work of the members of the executive. These twelve girls, representing the Girls' Ath- letic Association, meet on the first Monday of each month to discuss any busi- ness that may concern their activities and to record gym work in the form of marks. They also arrange the supervision of after-school activities. Each girl on the G.A.E. has a particular night on which she super- vises the games in the gym. It is her duty to engage referees, umpires, and score keepers, and to see that games are started on time. After the games are over she gives each girl who has played, credit for playing, and each girl who has refereed, umpired, and score kept, credit for officiating. These credits are given in the form of check marks. At this time she posts the games for the following day and prepares the score-sheets. At the end of the month the check marks, which the girls receive, are totalled. Each month marks are given for attendance and costume. Also, posture tests are given several times and marks awarded according to the grade received. Marks are also given for swimming tests passed. For each game played, two marks are given, similarly for each game refereed. One mark each is awarded for an umpire or score keeping check. The captains of the different sports are voted on by their teams as to their efficiency