Springfield High School - Resume Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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E. are very fortunate in having as our band and orchestra director, Mr. Wayne Chris- teson, formerly of State Teachers College. Mr. Christeson received a year's leave of absence from S. T. C. in order to fill the vacancy left by Mr. James Robertson, who is now studying in New York. Aside from his duties at Senior High, Mr. Christeson directs music in the junior high schools. He also finds time for an occasional fishing trip or a trip to St. Louis to attend a symphony concert. These are his favorite diversions but he also enjoys a number of other activities. He has written a number of songs and is an accomplished pianist. His musical abilities are many, for added to his other talents is a good singing voice. He is often featured as a soloist in his church choir and is also a guest singer in other churches. Mr. Christeson attended Drury College, from which he received his Mus. B. degree. One can easily see that he is very capable of filling the position he now holds. The supervisor of the girls' glee club and the mixed chorus at Senior High School this year is Miss Dorothy Rathbone. This is her third year here. Before teaching at S. H. S. Miss Rathbone taught the seventh grade at Pipkin junior High for two years and the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades at Jarrett junior High for four years. Miss Rathbone is a graduate of Senior High School and Drury College and has attended the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University at Evanston, lllinois. She has a B. A. from Drury and is now working for a Mus. B. from that school. Miss Rathbones special interests are music, art, literature, and history. Her favorite sports are dancing and swimming. She also enjoys bridge and the movies. Her hobbies are playing piano accompaniments for vocal and violin solos, playing the organ. and reading. Miss Rathbone has proved herself to be an efficient music instructor. VV.-XYNE C1-IRISTESQN lfJl7R1lTHY fl.-XTHBONE ,l.-milfs RUIlIiR'l'SUN 111 alrxivzfza 111

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Www, NE of the bestfliked persons in the Springfield Public School system is Dr. R. Ritchie Robertson, supervisor of public school music. He is a tall Scotsman with a grand Scotch humor. He has been a musician all his life. He directed choirs, bands, and orchestras in his native Scotland. Among his musical talents is the ability to compose songs. Some of those he has written are: jolly Rogers, To the Circus, and Pickin' on a Harp. He has led many of our all-school singing assemblies, adding much to our enjoyment of them. The best known of his musical organizations is the very famous Boy Scout Band, which he organized a number of years ago. Dr. Robertson has been absent much of this year because of illness, and we all miss this grand Scotsman with his happy disposition and love for music. 110

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S. H. S. BAND N competitive contests, the Senior High School Band GF is outito win- honors and beat the band of any 0 school with an 'A rating. eq AM ' 0 judging from the First Rating the band has re- ,una p, . . . . Q. - 04. ceived at many National contests, Senior High School .2 I 4 . . . .. . M. g ' students are confident that their band is going places . 3 3 Resplendent in its dress uniforms, which the '357 members worked almost two years to obtain by Z QV having benefit bridge parties, teas, public concerts, GH and selling tickets for the movies, the band looks very handsome. l..ed by the drum major, Hobart l..ee Potter, the bancl has added spice to the football games and enlivened the basketball games by its entertaining music. lt is also adept in making marching formations, a plan introduced only this year by Mr. Christeson. director of the band. The band has played in concerts for Drury College, State Teachers College, and Reed junior High School, for which they received many compliments and were highly praised. lndividual members of the band were honored for their excellent ratings as soloists, on January 4, 5, and 6, at the Illinois University, Champaign, lllinois. John Kitzmiller, Ralph Rauch, and Don Shelton were selected to play in the student bands at the National Band Clinic. Contests that soloists have entered during the year are: The State Contest at Columbia, Missouri: National Contest at Colorado Springs, Colorado: Phillips University Tri-State Con- test: the music festival at Enid, Oklahoma: and the Federation of Music Clubs Contest in St. Louis, Missouri. l'il.l l HS-June llerinan, Juanita Latimer, Cliarles Proplwt, George t'URNl'I'l'S-liob liowman, l-llxrarrl Corbett, Paul Cox, Orion Genung, Rznnsey, Ralph Rauch, Rt-yniour Schneifler. lfrrcftt Sechler, Jack john llerweu. Mable llicknizm, Arthur Littman, Joe Hob Turk. Moffett, -lack Mooney. tfzllon Shelton, jerroll Theuer, Rubin ll.XSSUtlNSflhll Sprint-, Carrol lurk. Thcuer, Otis 'l'rlntt, Raymond XXX-st, Rex NYitl1ers1vo-311. l'l..'XRlNlf'l'S-.-Xilstiii Jxlbbllll, lfclwgirtl llaron, liimc-ue llrooks, Hill 'IKRUMIIOXI-IS-Jolin Atwell, jnnmie lluncan. John Krall, Joseph Iirowu, Leslie Call, llill liwnng. Ynrgnna 1-'ogt-rson, lietty june U't'onner, 5'Hohart Lee l'-utter, George Rook. llelbert Smalley, jones, ,lunior Kelsay, Chllorwl Kmcanl, llolr Lanihert, John Lyle, Joe YYilson. lllll Macllonnull. ,loe Martin, lienv Newinan, Norma Lee Payne. llrXRl'l'flNliS-'lionnny llaker, 'I'erl lleinze. Max Morris . Blur l'-vwell, -lohn Quinn, ,lack Rvave-, Arthur Rice, XY:alter Smith, ll.XSSl'1Sfjohn llrotlhacker, ll-uh Ilelfriese. Kenneth llennis, Bob Fay, Ray Tlizarp, RlCllHl'1l XYQ-arer, Vharles NYheat. Richarnl XYheat. Glenn Fetter, John Kltzmiller. llill Lloyd. S.XXliS-lilll Uartllng, X'lTLfl!'llH llavis, Renyer Fitzgt-rrell, lion Frey, BASS YIUI.- llctty Gilmore, Mary Margraret Knabh, Isabelle lDeYcrc Kualuh, ,lnllou Steele. Mcflung. IUYRNS-lloh t'huhh, .lunnne -lou fliuhh. George llullois, Inq-er l'l-IRFVSSIKBX-Hzaroltl Arbeitman. james llarclay, Maurice Bricker, liverett, llallvert Fzmuiug. Nlallace Sprimler, joe llill Turner, llill Ilelfriese, Ralph lnnner, Fred Luhbcrs, Glam- Sherrell, 'Bill llolvby Yuuglxn, Nlzilutte, filirulu Majors. 112