Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BAND Roy M. Martin, Conductor Wat Smylih Gay Jonhs Mary Elizabeth McBbb George Worley Min ter Aldridge Jimmie McKenzie Jimmy Flanagan Charles Whittington Jean Corn Billy Bivins Paul Reed Barbara McCoy Billy Ij.oyd Duncan Gray Louise Pepper R. C. Williamson Billy Price Merrbl Parker Billy White Travis Lacy Geneva Loyd J. S. Hester Eugbne Freed Ruby McKenzie Robert Toe Barry Seng Sara Anne Baugh Jim Archer Dick Clarke Gloria Gilpin Billy Sharp William Stinson Warner McDonald Gordon Kerr Carl Kelly Frances Rickels Charles Cruli. Marguerite Pettby Edna E. Bkrryhill Howard Davis Josephine Mitchell Mary Anne Pearce C. W. Kerr Jean Faris John Quinn, III Bill Colson Alberta Goff Ralph Neeley Judson DeFoorf Elizabeth Hatch Jack McDougal John Hinman Margaret Bunch Guy Billups Hugh Pollard Grace Revell George Borsch Ij:ssley White Pat Clarke Joe Busam Charles Moore Betty Fant Guy Green Bobby Young Mary E. Roberts Harold Farmer Claude Smith Ella M. Stratton James Gory Larl Lewis Inez Pittman Inda Hobbs Billy LaFarra Elizabeth Bush Julia Henley Paul Antoon Dot Davis Billy R. Hartsell Marshall Levitt Margaret Hoffman Irvin Goldberg Harry Patton Virginia Small Don Brown Rufus Gardner Bernice Stinson Dave Foresman Charles Wells Eloise Duggins Daisy Dear Billy Richter Virginia Stinson Louise McIntyre Granville Jordan Agnes Smith Sara Stigler Lear Jimmy Locke Wanda Buzzarde Betty Jane Lore EdWARD Pekblbs Ann Futral Jeanne Waits Bingham Witty Anne Craig Lela Mae Howell Jack Martin I.yllian Marion Mary Frances Otkbn Charles Pierce Irwin Waterman Martha Jean Mc.Bee Mary Anne Critz Organized 1930 by J. E. Cuper. Came under the direction of Roy M. Martin, 1932. State Contest Record—Second place Class 13, 1933; First place Class A, 1934; Superior Class A, 1935; Superior Class A, 1936; Snperior Class A, 1937; Superior Class A, 1938; Superior Class A, 1939; Superior Class A, 1940. National Contest Record—Good, Class 13, 1936; Excellent Class A, 1937; Superior Class B, 1939; Excellent Elizabeth Bosh. William Stinson, Marguerite Petty. William is head drum major ior the I 16 piece Greenwood band, ably assisted by two expert twirlera. Class B, 1940; Superior Marching, 1940; First place Class B, Dixie Contest, 1935. The Band owns $15,000 worth of equipment; $3,000 music library; $6,000 worth of uniforms; stroboscope and other modern equipment. Fine band building in process of construction. Personnel—116 members in First Band; 50 members in Junior Band; 40 members in Grade School Band; 25 members in Beginner classes.

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PLANS OF PUBLICATION We are very much pleased with the response and cooperation we have received in assembling the material for this first edition of First Chair of America.” It is our plan to present an annual publication of this book and we already have assurance of more than twice the number of organizations for representation in the 1941 edition. Material for the 1941 edition will be completely assembled by February 1 and the book will be ready for delivery March 15, 1941. We wish to express our appreciation to all who have contributed to the success of this publication. PURPOSE OF PUBLICATION Honor has never come to a person without hard work and great effort. Honor demands much sacrifice. It comes because responsibilities have been accepted and pleasantly discharged. First chair members of our bands, orchestras, and choruses have accepted the challenge of hard work, long hours of practice, of leadership, of interest in others, of loyalty to a purpose and service to their school and community in a measure far above the average. As a reward for this service they have been honored by their director, who knows them best, with the position of First Chair.” First chair students are willing to remain after the pleasant things are over and help prepare the way for greater achievement. The First Chair” player makes the hearts of his parents glad and takes the worries away from his director because he is always brave and cheery. The First Chair” member thinks and in thinking produces; he lives close to his parents and to his teachers and is a loyal comrade to his friends and classmates; he is a good scout, doing his daily good deeds to make this a better world in which to live—First Chair members are good sports; they do not whine when things go wrong, nor sulk when another wins the prize. They are not afraid to do right, nor ashamed to be decent. The First Chair” member looks you straight in the eye and tells the truth whether the consequences to him are pleasant or not. The First Chair” player is not a prig nor a sissy, but is upright and honest. Ninety-four people out of a hundred like the First Chair” player because he’s that kind of a lad or lassie. He is not sorry for himself; he works as hard as he plays; everybody is glad to see him. This is the kind of students that First Chair of America is designed to give nation-wide recognition to which they are entitled. MAJORETTES, GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, HIGH SCHOOL BAND These right beautiful girls make up the gorgeous front for this fine band. From right to left: Lela Mae Howell, Mary Frances Otken. Eleanor Jones. Jean Waits. Louise McIntyre. Mary Ann Critz, Betty Jane Lore. Sara Stigler Lear.

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L. Bruce Jones Director of High School Hand and Orchestra, Little Rock, Arkansas Graduate of University of Illinois; in lattle Rock twelve years; co-organizer and first president, Arkansas School Band Association, 1930; co-organizer and first president, Dixie School Band and Orchestra Association, 1934; on National Band Clinic conducting staff, 1936; has conducted numerous hand clinics throughout the South; serves as judge in many state and regional contests. Conducts Region 7 Band Clinic at l.ittle Rock, Arkamas. Is outstanding leader in promoting band and orchestra development in South. Produces outstanding organization- see his band record herewith. Harold Bachman Director of Hand, I'diversity of Chicago Harold Bachman is director of the band at the University of Chicago and enjoys a national reputation as a teacher and as an authority on school band problems. For twelve years he has been an associate editor and a frequent contributor to the Educational Music Magazine, a journal which ha a wide circulation among school music teachers. He conducts special summer school classes and clinics for high school band directors at Northwestern University, University of Michigan. University of Kansas. Technological University at Lubbock, Texas; and the University of Idaho. He is in demand as a conductor of massed band festivals and clinics, and has appeared as guest conductor and speaker at such affairs in many states. He is considered an authority on band literature and band technique. He is greatly in demand as a judge of school band contests. He has judged in state and national band contests in almost every state where such affairs are given any great importance, and his activities in this field have earned him an enviable reputation. Harold Bachman is also the director of the professional concert organization known as Bachman's Million Dollar Band. This band received its nickname during the World War from General Hunter I iggett, who said. “That band is worth a million dollars to the American Army.” This band has played on many of the large chautauqua circuits, at state and county fairs, and given concerts in auditoriums and theaters throughout a large portion of the United States. It has played in almost evety important city between Miles Gty. Montana, and West Palm Beach. Florida, and as far ea-t as New York Gty and Asbury Park. New Jersey. During six years of the “boom” days in Florida, this band played before thousands of tourists from all over the United States. Mr. Bachman is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, an organization of professional bandmasters, of which the late John Philip Sousa was the first president, and which numbers among its members and olficers Edwin Franko Goldman, Arthur Pryor, Taylor Branson, Frank Simon. Lieut. Charles Benter, A. A. Harding, and other men famous in the band world. Clifford P. Lillya Conductor, Marshall High School Hand, Chicago Played in Joliet High School Band under A. R. McAllister; studied cornet with Mrs. Jessie Fields, Joliet, Illinois. Graduate of V under Cook School of Music. Chicago. Since 1931 has been in Chicago Public Schools as instructor of instrumental music. Since September. 1936, has been director of bands, Marshall High School, Chicago. Guest instructor University of Kansas, summer, 1936. Guest instructor University of Michigan, summers. 1937 ‘38-'39. Componliom A Childhood Fantasy, Witmark; A Christmas Fantasy, ABC. Arrangementt (in collaboration with Harold Bachman)—Overture Ariane, Boyer, Witmark; Overture Anacreon, Cherubini, Witmark. Author—Lillya Cornet Method, Books One and Two, M. M Cole; Basic Band Book, Carl Fischer, Inc. AJjudutitor and guest conductor at many contests and festivals. There is an old saying that “an army unit is no better than its non-commissioned officers.” This statement may be paraphrased by saying that a band or orchestra, no matter how fine the director may be, is no better than its section leaders. The first chair player affects the total efficiency and spirit of a band in a variety of ways. Being an upper classman, he has the respect and admiration of the younger pupils. Hence, his conduct, whether good or bad, becomes to these pupils a standard by which they build their own behavior patterns. In this the first chair player has a responsibility which outweighs even the musical aspects of his position. In addition, he must strive to be of sterling musicianship. His performing ability must be of a superior standard, and he should be constantly seeking to improve it. From the standpoint of routine, and the savoir-faire of rehearsal and performance he should be as flawless as possible. An active and clear thinking mind is also an asset, since in every organization emergencies arise where the principal of the section must make decisions without recourse to asking the director's advice. Our section leader must be. as the name implies, a leader, not a driver. He must seek to inspire those who work under his direction to higher ideals, and to invite, rather than command, suggest rather than dictate. He must be a good citizen. As a leader he must be willing to accept responsibility and hence at times will find himself in the spot-light. But he must be of strong enough character to sacrifice his own interests when they do not serve the best interests of the group. The musical unit, as a social group, places high value on such qualities of citizenship as promptness, dependability, and cheerful cooperation. While working to attain a high standard in the qualifications listed above, the section leader has one responsibility to himself, which is peihaps more difficult of accomplishment than all others. He must not lose perspective when evaluating his importance to the group problem, nor his relationships with his fellow students. He must learn to have poise without egotism, to command without being overbearing, to see his point of view without losing the other fellow's, and to retain a lively interest in things other than music. In this way he will dcvelope an integrated personality as an adult, ready to carry on in a larger sphere the work he began as one of our legion. First Chair of America. f 6 ]