Steubenville High School - Crimsonite Yearbook (Steubenville, OH)

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4 OVERTUQE - Steubenville High School Orchestre Howard Beclces, DirecTor lT is indeed rare To Tincl bofh quanTiTy and qualiTy in any organizaTion. buT such is The case in respecT To The high school orchesTra. From a membership in V929 oT sixTeen, iT has grown unTil now There are sevenTy-Tive, The largesT membership in iTs hisToryg and sTill iT has gone on To bigger and beTTer accomplishmenTs. T , Long 'before a band was even ThoughT oT, There was an orchesTra in The'school which. under The direcTorship oT John Phillips, played Tor assemblies and The com- mencemenT. Since Then. we have had as direcTors. Hugo Miksch, G. AusTin Kuhns and Howard Beckes. The developmenT oT an orchesTra is necessarily slower Than ThaT of a band as iT Takes much longer To Train The players oT sTring insTrumenTs Than iT does The wind insTrumenTs. ln The lasT Three years. Through The eTforTs oT Mr. Kuhns, addiTional insTrumenTs were added. so ThaT finally The necessary insTruimenTaTion Tor enTrance inTo conTesT was reached. ln The disTricT conTesT in '38 we Tied wiTh Bellaire Tor a second raTing which was The highesT given. ln '39 The orchesTra showed iTs abiliTy by winning a Superior plus raTing in The disTricT and a second or ExcellenT raTing in The STaTe con- TesT in Columbus. This year, on March 29. This organizaTion,gain received a Superior plus raTing in The disTricT conTesT aT Muskingum College. The presidenT oT The group is Ranier DelnTinis: The concerT masTer' is Mario Mancilella. -

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The Student Council STeubenville High School was one oT The early insTiTuTions oT learning To adopT The STuclenT Council plan Tor giving pupils a voice in The governmenT oT Their school. By each home room elecTing a represenTaTive, and Mr. Mick giving his Time, The pupils and The oTTicials oT The school have come To a beTTer undersTanding oT each oTher. For years This group oT sTudenTs. elecTed annually. have kepT peace, and acTecl as an inTermecliary beTween The pupils and The Teachers of .The school. This parTicular acTiviTy gives The sTudenTs pracTice and experience in selT- governmenT. They gain a liTTle knowledge of The workings oT parliamenTary law, and They learn To work TogeTher Tor a common cause. This year They had The ChrisTmas vacaTion exTencled Tor The beneTiT of The sTudenTs who had employmenT during The pre-holiday rush. Earlier This year, This group broughT abouT a liTTle more school spiriT Than has been shown laTely. They also worked To abolish The rule ThaT prevenTs a pupil's exempTion Trom his examina- Tions iT he has been absenT more Than Tive days. WiTh The increase of The number oT sTudenTs in school. The council's imporTance is growing, also. The work of This group is highly commendable and iT deserves real appreciaTion Trom The sTudenTs. The oTficers of This year's council are: President RoberT Dunkle: Vice-President Frances Reiner: SecreTary, Sara Mae Enclichg SergeanT-aT-Arms, ErncsT ST-nrr. , Compliments of S'rEUBENv1LE HERALD STAR

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INTEIQMISSION - Steubenville l-ligh School Chorus Howard Beclces. Direclor A Our mixed chorus has a membership of sixly This year. This choir is a source of inleresl' 'ro 'rhe enlire school and, also, aids in musical apprecialion. We are cerlain lhal 'rhe pupils of 'rhe school will always recall The Carols as sung by The chorus in our halls ar Chrislmas lime. V Our chorus, as an A Capella Choir. parlicipared in lhe Ohio Valley con+es'r in '38 al Wheeling, and received an Excellenl raling. ln l938 The chorus received The same raling in The dislricl conl'esl'. Three years ago robes were made 'lor This group under 'rhe direclion of Miss Dennis and assisled by 'rhe girls of Jrhe l-lome Economics deparlmenl. ' The choir makes many public appearances lhroughoul 'rhe year lalcing parl in concerls, assemblies, and special occasions. Soloisls and seleclecl groups are also given an opporlunily To enler conlesrs and also To sing before civic organizalions of lhe cily. The presidenr of lhe chorus is Arrhur Livergood.