Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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DIRECTORS First Row Avarv M. Oijon'....................................Yakima, Washington Director of band since 1927 at Yakima. Ha developed the hand to forty-eight selected players. Has excellent contest rating and a progressive, growing organization. Eugene F. Heeter.................................Holland, Michigan Born West Carrollton, Ohio. Attended Ohio University, American Conseiva-toty of Music, and graduated from Northwestern University. B S, in 1928 with major in music. Will receive master's degree in Music Education. University of Wisconsin. 1940. Member of Phi Mu Alpha. Kappa Kappa Psi. and Phi Delta Kappa. Directs instrumental music. Holland, Michigan, since 1928. Marcbll W. Bird.............................................Iona, Idaho Director high school band. Has a fine organization; takes part in all school and community activities. A growing and progressive band. Francis Cox..............................................Cameron, Texas Yoe High School Band. Early musical training under father in Belton, Texas. Played in Belton High School Band beginning 1921. Took director position for Belton High School Band. 1924; went to Fort Stockton. 1929; and to Cameron, 1911. Studied with Joseph DeLuca. famous baritone soloist with Sousa's band; Baylor College and Baylor University; methods of band training under Edward Meltzer; formerly specialized on baritone and trombone; now interested in flute. Chief hobby, amateur photography. WALTER B. Graham....................................Washington, Georgia President of Georgia Music Education Association Secretaiy-trcasurer of Region 8, National Band Association. Master's degree in Music, Southern Conservatory of Music; has taught in North Carolina; came to Washington three years ago; has superior contest ratings and a progressive, growing organ ization. Srconit Row Lawrence Johnston..............................Columbia City, Indiana Lawrence Johnston, probably better known as Larry, has completed his ninth consecutive year as instructor of instrumental music in the Columbia Gty. Indiana, school system. Graduated with a B.M. from DePauw University (Grcencastle. Indiana! in 1931 and after a two year interim, study at the Vandercook School of Music (Chicago, Illinois! rewarded him with the conferring of a M.M. in the summer of 1937. Lyle Skinner................................................Waco, Texas Has developed one of the South's finest high school bands. Has served as judge in many contests. Floyd Wecf.r.....................................Shidler, Oklahoma Director of Shidler High School Band for five years. He started at Shidler immediately after graduation from Southwestern Teachers College at Durant. Oklahoma. He built the band from twelve pieces in 1916 to sixty in 1940. Won highest rating given in Class C at National Contest at Little Rock. Arkansas. in 1939. Frank G. Waluck..................................Cleveland, Mississippi Director of band. Cleveland. Mississippi. Began the study of cornet at age of ten; comes from a musical family; member of I-ebanon, Missoun. High School Band; has played in fine municipal and circus bands; has studied under Paris Chambers. New York, A. F. Wildon and H. A. Vandercook. Chicago. Was in the show business for twenty years; taught nine years at Eldorado. Arkansas; developed a first division contest band at Smackover, Arkansas. Came to Cleveland, Mississippi. 1938. Would like to hear from any old trouping friends. John J. Hknby.............................................DeLand, Florida A member of Sousa’s great band for eight years; organized band at St. Augustine. Florida. Started from scratch at DeLand. now has a superior band with equipment for any man to be proud of. Has served as contest judge and guest conductor on many occasions. Third Row Arthur H. Brandenburg............................Elizabeth, New Jersey Born on an Iowa farm. 1899; began study of piano at age of seven and of cornet at age of eleven. Graduated from Grinnell College. 1920. with major in music and political science; served as high school principal, Donnybrook. North Dakora. Received master’s degree in music. Columbia University, 1923. Began teaching in Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1924. with a .imall music department in one high school. Now there are two high schools and five junior high schools, each with its own band and orchestra. The total enrollment of the instrumental music department is approximately 1,000 students. During the summer. Mr. Brandenburg has held teaching positions at Rutgers University. The Earnest Williams Band and Orchestra Camp. New York Univerrity. and the Union County Band and Orchestra School; organized the first All-State Band. He is secretary and treasurer of the National School Music Competition-Festival of Region 4. E. Lawrence Barr..................................Great Falls, Montana Director of orchrstra and head of the high school's extensive vocal and instrumental music program; graduate of Northwestern University School of Music and former supervisor of music and director of the first-place winning high school band at Columbus, Wisconsin. Loren I.. Maynard........................................Globe, Arizona Director of championship high school band. Graduate from Wentworth Military Academy; Bachelor of Science degree in Music, Kan.-as State Teacher’s College; served as head of music department. St. Cloud Teachers College in Minnesota; did a year of graduate work at University of Michigan. Received Master of Arts degree in Music Education, Wayne University; traveled for a year. Took charge of music at Globe. 1937. Has band, orchestra, and A Capri la Choir with superior contest rating. James II. Elkins................................Central City, Kentucky Director of high school band. Has developed band to fifty members with an excellent second band. Has superior rated organization. Charles A. Richards...............................Great Falls, Montana Director of band. Has one of Montana's outstanding units. Does not enter competition, but has an enviable record throughout the state for a fine musical organization. One of the state's best band men and organizer of first boys band in Great Falls. Fourth Row Jack II. Mahan........................................Gladewater, Texas Union Grove High School. Formerly taught in Dallas public schools; graduate of North Texas Agricultural College where he studied under Col. Earl D. Irons. Organized Union Grove Band in 1936; has won twenty-two awards, seventeen for first place; originator of the Marchiesta; secretary to Region 4 of Texas Music Educators Association for past two years. Member of Phi Beta Mu. national band fraternity. Ralph E. Ri sh..................................Cleveland Heights, Ohio Heights High School. Director of instrumental music. Early music education in the public schools of Delaware, Ohio, consisted of participation in glee club, orchestra, and band. Ohio Wesleyan University (1921-1925); majored in music and received B.A. degree in June. 1925. Student leader of college band while an undergraduate; manager of Singers Club (mixed chorus), and played in the college orchestra. Elected to rhi Mu Alpha. Sinfonia. when a junior. Cornell University, summer session. 1926. Began teaching in the fall of 1927 in the Cleveland Public Schools . instrumental music at both Patrick Henry-Junior High School and Glenville Senior High School. Both schools developed fine orchestras and bands during the seven years Mr. Rush taught there. 1929—Glenville Orchestra won first place in the first Ohio Orchestra Contest at Oberlin. Ohio. 1930 Glenville Band was one of six bands in the finals of the National Band Contest held at Flint. Michigan. 1931 Glenville Orche tra won first place in the National Orchestra Contest. In the Greater Cleveland City Contest of 1932 all four unitt—Patrick Henry Orchestra and Band, and Glenville Orchestra and Band—received a first rating. In the fall of 1934, Mr. Rush moved to Cleveland Heights High School as director of instrumental music. His record in national contests during these five years at Heights High is as follows: 1935 Orchestra: First rating at Madison. Wisconsin. (The first year Cleveland Heights ever had an orchestra in the National Contest.) 1936 Band: First rating at Cleveland, Ohio. 1937 Orchestra: First rating at Columbus. Ohio. 1938— Band: First rating at Elkhart. Indiana. 1939 Orchestra: First rating at Indianapolis. Indiana. In addition to outstanding orchestra and band performances, many fine soloists and ensemble groups have been developed. For four years Mr. Kush acted as principal of the East Side Saturday Morning Instrumental Music School sponsored by the Cleveland Board of Education and when he moved to Cleveland Heights one of his first projects was to start similar Saturday classes for the elementary school pupils of Cleveland Heights. Now starting the sixth year of these classes, more than 100 students are enrolled and a staff of seven teachers is busy each Saturday-morning with this work. Mr. Rush is a member of the American Bandmasters’ Association. He served for two years as chairman of Region III of the National School Band and Orchestra Associations and is at present a member of the board of directors in each association. This year he is acting as president of the Ohio Music Education Association. He has had wide experience in judging state and regional band and orchestra contests and recently has been holding many state clinics for orchestra and band directors. During the present season, he will appear with the following clinics: Fort Wayne. Indiana, N. E. I. T. A. Clinic; Terre Haute. Indiana. State Teachers College Qinic; Rochester. New York. New York State Oinic; Chicago, Illinois, De Paul University Clime; Superior. Wisconsin, Superior State Teachers College Clinic; Dallas. Texas, (neater Dallas Music Festival; Columbus. Ohio, Ohio State Clinic; Elizabeth. New Jersey, New Jersey All-State Instrumental Forum; Erie. Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania Orchestra Qinic; Holland, Michigan. Tulip Festival Band. Mr. Rush has also spent most of his summers teaching. The following is a record of his summer activities: 1931-1932 — Ohio State University: Instrumental Music Classes. 1933 1934-1935 National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan Sharing the conducting of the high school orchestra and band. 1936 State College of Washington, Pullman. Washington (four weeks). National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan (four weeks). 1937 University of Kansas, Lawrence. Kansas. State Normal School. Natchitoches. Louisiana. Northwestern University, Evanston. Illinois. Uni- versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (One or two weeks each in connection with clinics.) 1938 Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. University of Kansas. Law re nee, Kansas. Northwestern University, Evanston. Illinois. State College of Education. Greeley. Colorado. 1939- State College of Education. Greeley. Colorado. University of Kansas. Lawtrnce. Kansas. Winona I-ake Camp, Winona I-ake, Indiana. Uni- versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. His schedule for next summer is as follows (two weeks ach): 1‘ 40 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Ohio State University, Columbus. Ohio. University of Southern California. Los Angeles, California. David E. Dahl..........................................Hudson, Wisconsin Went to Hudson ten years ago and was responsible for the reorganization of the music department. Previously a professional musician playing in the theaters and public parks of the Twin Cities. In 1920, he had the largest saxophone school west of Detroit. Also directs 206th Infantry Band of St. Paul and conducts a private music school. R. Ray Coates............................................Brownsville, Tennesee Bachelor of Arts in Education, University of Mississippi. Has studied with G. Linniscolchi. Chicago; Nels Nelson. New York; Arthur Davis, formerly with Sousa; Joe Burns, Victor recording artist; has traveled with Red Path’s Chautauqua; has played with various bands; served as secretary of Mississippi Band and Orchestra Director Association three yearr; first president west Tennessee School Band Association; directed first contest of West Tennessee Association. Peter D. Tkach..................................Minneapolis, Minnesota A nationally recognized director of choral training and a leader in the public school music field. Those who have been thrilled by the superb singing of the West High A Cappella Choir, Minneapolis. Minnesota, which won first place at the National Music Educators Conference in St. Louis. Missouri, will have the opportunity to hear the methods used in developing this outstanding choir. Besides being a member of the West High Music Department, he also directs Central Lutheran Choir, and is head of the Public School Music and Choral Training Department at the Minneapolis College of Music. He is an officer of the National Music Qinic I Region 2). Mr. Tkach was guest onductor of the High School Vocal Qinic at the North Central Music Educators Conference in Detroit. Michigan, March 21. He was recently guest conductor of the High School Qinic. Mason Gty, Iowa, judge and festival conductor of the High School Qinic in Estherville. Iowa; Jackson. Minnesota; Glenwood. Minnesota; Aberdeen. South Dakota; and guest con ductor of the Big Eight Festival, Winona. Minnesota. To be a member of one of Mr. Tkach's clauses and observe his thoroughness, the exacting itand-ards. the interpretations, the diction, the emotional quality of the music, which is never neglected, is for those who are seeking the correct procedure of training young folks to sing, an enviable privilege. [Ill

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MAJORS AND MAJORETTES First Row Virginia Veach................................Sheridan, Wyoming Piano and Celle Age 16; senior; studied piano three years; cello one year; drum major of band. Annabelle Dodenner..........................Sturgis, South Dakota Baritone and Trumpet Ag« 14; freshman; has played trumpet two years; baritone one year; plays piano; brass sextet; G. A. A.; twirling group; dramatics; letter in athletics and a certificate in twirling; drum major of band; assistant twirling instructor at the Black Hills Qinic; instructs seventy girls in twirling from the fourth to the eighth grade. Belonged to first high school Tap and Twirl Club” in United States; drum major at Spearfish Summer Band Camp; plans to teach music, Roberta Caiderwood.....................................Parma, Ohio Bantane Age 17; junior; first chair two years; plays piano, trombone, string bass; brass sextet; National Honor Society; Girls' Boaid; State Solo Contest, superior.” 39; National Contest excellent.” ’39; rating II in 1939 in Greater Cleveland Solo Contest in drum major's competition; rating I in 1940; drum major of school band three years; has won other outstanding honors in drum majoring; plans to be a public school music teacher. Mary Elizabeth Mosier.......................Union City, Tennessee Drum Major Union Gty High School Senior; drum major for the band one year; sings alto in the mixed chorus. NANCY Greene..................................Fredericksburg, Virginia Cornel James Monroe High School Age 16; junior; has studied two years; drum major of band; expert in acrobatic twirling; assistant instructor in twirling; is a candidate for membership in a national high school honor club; plans to attend a school of business administration at some Southern university. Inset Row One Nell Gore.......................................Water Valley, Mississippi T wirier Marguerite White................................Water Valley, Mississippi T wirier Laura May Phillips..............................Water Valley, Mississippi T wirier Seeoml Row F. L. Baria....................................Itta Bena, Mississippi Drum Major Juanita Bragg..................................Hinton, West Virginia Tympani Age 21; senior; has studied two and one-half years; plays snare drum and bass drum. Is a drum major; plans to be a musician. Norma Durst.........................................Yakima, Washington Majorette Age 14; sophomore; has been majorette for her band two and one-half years; plays violin. Audrey Lawler....................................Yakima, Washington Majorette Age 15; sophomore; ha been a majorette for band two and one-half years. Dorothy Claire Robbins . . . Willow Grove, Pennsylvania Majorette Upper Moreland High School Age 16; sophomore; plays piano; athletics; plans to do secretarial work. Clyde A. Stauffer, Jr. . . . Willow Grove, Pennsylvania Drum Major Upper Moreland High School Age 15; sophomore. Third Row Darwin Ruff..................................Yakima, Washington Drum Major Age 18; senior. Sue Carroi.i................... North Fork, West Virginia Maieot of Band Sue is eight years old, in the third grade. She play saxophone, and has been mascot of the band for three years. Dick Rule.......................•.....................Grenada, Mississippi Freneh Horn Age 18; senior; head drum major for band; horn quartet; debating team; declamation; Glee Club; senior play cast; three times declamation champion in North Central Mississippi; second place declamation in State Contest, ’39; member of state championship debating team. ’39; plan to be a lawyer. Jean Mei.lifs...................................................Eugene, Oregon Majorette Age 16; junior; majorette two years; play piano; is accompanist for the soloists; girls’ athletics. Lorraine Mason.......................................Eugene, Oregon Majorette Claudia Mae Pounds.....................................Corinth, Mississippi Majorette Age 18; senior; plays bass clarinet; first chair two and one-half years; plans to be a secretary. r in