Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Carry on as Usual has been the motto of the band this year. There has been no lack of interest and enthusiasm of the band members . . . the enrollment has had a higher percentage of the student body participating than in any other year . . ., Needless to say, the male sections were con¬ spicuous by their absence . . . the instrumentation has been complete and well balanced, enabling the band to play the usual high quality music and to maintain its musical standards of the past . . . The reading of new material that will be useful to the high school band director has been one of the principle projects of the year . . . An assembly program was presented to the student body, at which time the first movement of Beethoven ' s Fifth Symphony with it V . . . —for victory theme was the featured number. In spite of adverse conditions, the chorus has had a bang up year.. The. singing of Christmas Carols at the faculty sponsored Christmas Tea was one of the highlights of the year. Another was the singing of the National Hymn of Costa Rica at the assembly arranged in honor of our good-will student from Costa Rica, Maria Elena Hidalgo. The chorus acted as the spark plug for one of Prof. R. E. Valentine ' s most successful group singing programs in assembly. The Boys ' Sextette sang at the night meeting sponsored by the College Inter-denominational Council With Bernice Schott as accompanist and Mr. Valentine wielding the baton, the meetings at four p. m. on Mondays and Wednesdays are regular pep rallies for those interested in singing, sight reading and all that goes with chorus work. 28

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Man shortage so we let a girl join for the first time . . . some girls called it hoarding so this spring three other girls became members—(Maxine Mitchell, Hortense Agee, and Mary Margaret O ' Conner) . . . Here ' s why we ' ve had fun ... a picnic at Ownbey ' s last fall . . . sponsoring an all¬ school dance, lots of work but the fraternity pledges helped ... a women ' s style show for the All School Carnival, some would rather forget that . . . we lost a lot of boys and Instructor Ralph Shain but we had good programs and marvelous times. Costa Rican stamps discussed by our expert, Maria, with a Costa Rican stamp for each member highlighted the programs of the club. During the year all members of the Stamp Club discussed and exhibited their most interesting stamp or issue of stamps . . .For the carnival program the Stamp Club cooperated with the Modern Literature Qlub in The Eleventh Hour, a take-off on the Current Affairs Class . . . Packets of stamps were sent to Halloran Hospital, Staten Island, in response to a request for aid in readjustment of wounded soldiers. MODERN LITERATURE CLUB This club was organized in 1939 by a group of students interested in modern prose and poetry. On the first and third Monday evenings at the home of Dr. John Hollenbach, meetings were held with interest at a high pitch despite the dip in the membership. Book reviews of all the late ones, brief sketches of their authors. Penny quizes that were harder than a Current Affairs test. A prize given to the winner and refreshments for all including the losers. The Historical Society is the oldest organization on the campus and its members include names of many leaders on the campus — faculty and students . . . The year ' s programs featured book reviews, educational movies and discussion groups with Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Jayne and Mr. Hawk as guests . . . Highlight of the year was the Annual Banquet held in February with Dr. Hartman as guest speaker. 27

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Holcomb, Morris, Kaufmann, Greenwell, Magruder, Reynolds, Ruhwedel, Webb, Prof. Karl Webb, direc¬ tor; Schott, Magruder, Drennan, Ward, Sutton, Jenkins, Young, Agee, Thurman, Grossmann, How¬ erton, Milhoan, Rufener, Carroll, Haley, Thoelke, Green, Layman, Long. Jenkins, Glaze, Jones, Burroughs, Steinbach, Carroll, Stoops; Prof. Valentine, director; Reynolds, Cos¬ grove, Rufner, Ward, Morris, Brenneche, Holcomb, Shott, Kaufman, Umbarger, Brenneche, M., Eggert, Shuey, Ferguson, Brookhart, Powell, Martin, Horn, Cleeton. 29