University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The Junior High Chorus, under the direction of Mr. Gerald Lizotte, grew in size this year. The forty member chorus met every day except Friday during the activity period. They concentrated on semi-sacred choral works and music from Broadway musicals. A performance with the U High Band was given Spring Quarter. Junior high chorus members singing? Junior High Chorus 25

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Junior High Band The Senior High Band, under the leadership of Mr. Surplus, played selected music that represented all periods. The thirty members of Band held a concert spring quarter in combination with the Junior High Chorus. Solos were played by the students in the Band. Senior High Band 24

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Room 315 was filled with Kings and Queens and pawns every noon-hour this year. It was the meeting place of Chess Club, advised by Mr. Cramond and under the Co-Chairmanship of Bill Fekete and Roger Firestone. This year's highlight was a Chess Tournament lasting the duration of winter quarter and culminating in an over-all victory for ninth grader Steve Hammel. Chess Club Chairmen Bill and Roger Chess Club The student page, who spends most of his time delivering cryptic messages to both faculty and students, is an indispensable commodity at U High. For doing this much-needed work one hour each day, the page receives a substantial decrease in his tuition. Besides receiving an excellent education for a low cost, the page learns responsibility and the lack of shyness, for they alone at U High are made to ''stand tall under the stare of 20 to 30 of their peers. 26