Troy Township High School - Trojan Yearbook (Coolville, OH)

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19 THE THALIA 30 VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT The Vocational Agriculture Department started its third year with an enrollment of twenty-five students. The courses taught th:s year by Mr. Samuel Pailet. are Farm Crops and Horticulture to Freshmen and Sophomores. Soil Management and Farm Economics to Juniors and Seniors, and Farm Shop to Sophomores. Probably the most outstanding project work this past year was done by Billie Dixon. Guy White and Ward Hornsby. Fourteen boys this year will have potatoes as their project. Other projects taken by the boys are: corn, c'.over, strawberries, sheep, swine, poultry, and bees. An organization known as the Troy Vocational Cooperative” has been organized by the Future Farmer Members , to purchase materials for project work cooperatively. The Troy Chapter of Future Farmers was organized this past year. The aims of the organization briefly are: To create more interest in the intelligent choice of farming occupations: to promote thrift: to nurture a love for country life: to encourage recreational and educational activities; to encourage cooperative effort: to study farm problems: and to improve farm practices through the application of scientific methods. A wool judging team consisting of Lester Murrey. Leo Baker. Ward Hornsby, and Paul Chase won second place in th? State at the Vocational Field Day held at Ohio State University. In individual scoring Lester Murrey won third. Billie Dixon won third premium at the Ohio State Fair on his Barred Rocks, which were shown from his project. Ward Hornsby and Earl Stout won second and ninth p-:z-s respectively in the Essay Contest on the Vocational Field Day held at the Washington County Experiment Farm. An Apple Judging Team consisting of Marquard Trav;s. Frank Chapman and Paul Chase won twenty-fifth place at Ohio State University during Farmers' Week. Seventy-five Vocational Agriculture Schools were entered in this contest. Page thirty-one

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19 THE THALIA 30 VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE F irst Row—(Left to Right,) Paul Richardson, Marquard Travis, Ola Murphy. Ward Hornsby. Earl Stour, Charles Bentz, Alva Harper, Roy Brandcberry. Vcrlyn Travis. Virgil Berdine. Second Row—Mr. Pailet, Ralph Calaway. Ralph Cole. Clifford Dixon. Frank Chapman. Paul Chase. Cecil Hornsby, Guy White. Robert Baker. Jedd Smith. Robert Ramsburg, Leo Baker. Third Row—Gordon O'Neil, Roger Clark. Page thirty

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19 THE THALIA 30 MUSIC First Row—(Left to Right)-Blanche Lake. Clinton Burdette. Lorena Ward. Page Gordon. Jack Burdette. Oscar Pierce. Denver Day, Kenneth Dunfec. L.ennie Sharpe. Second Row—Virgil Berdine, Ethel Blackburn. Elsie Goodwin. Elizabeth Ballard. Faye Barrows. Omah Gaston. Ruth Green. Mary Gillilan. Pauline Russell. Edith Cole. Helen Barnhart. Thelma Bailey, Clifton Ward. MUSIC DEPARTMENT The Music in Troy High School this year has consisted of a Senior Orchestra, a Junior Orchestra, a Band, and a Chorus, all under the direction of Mr. F. A. Kennedy. The Senior orchestra is composed of about ten students, who have formerly had instruction in music. The Junior orchestra, larger by eight pupils than the Senior. has grade as well as high school students in it. The Band has shown promise of developing into a very good organization. In April, the girls in the Chorus took part in an operetta. The Feast of the Red Corn. the music for which was supervised by Mr. Thomas Gardner. Forty voices were used in this Indian musical comedy, and as this was the first operetta to be staged in Troy High for several years, it was judged quite a success. Music for the commencement activities will be furnished by the orchestras of the school. Page thirty-two