Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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THE RETROSPECT Top row, left to right Junior Musser, John Wisener, Leonard Line, John Louis Smallwood, Billy Wenning, Robert Ewing, La Rue Metzger. Second Row- Ruby Miller, Mary Ruth Smith, Edith Smith, Herbert Fessler, Margaret Bush, Mona Linder, Mary Neidemire, Richard Wisener. Third Row'—Clarice Underwood, Ruth Hermann, Ruth Koch, Lee Haman, Jacob Boesel, Bus Clark, William Martin. The Orchestra The first orchestra was organized at Blume Hi in 1903. Since then it has been a part of the extra-curricular activities of the school. This year, although some of the veteran members were lost in the class of ’31, many new members were added and the orchestra is fairly large. The orchestra offers a splendid opportunity for those writh talent who wish to join. This organization meets regularly once a week for practice in the music hall at the eighth period. It has helped put on the musical programs given during the year. Mr. Steiner is the leader of the orchestra this year. Through his able guidance the orchestra has assumed its present proportion.

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THE RETROSPECT i i i i i i i j i i I I I I i i I i Top row, left to right—Junior Musser, Roland Morris, Maurice Thrush, John Wisener, La Rue Metzger, John Louis Smallwood. Second Row—Leonard Line, Robert Ewing, Margaret Bush, Ruth Hermann, Ruth Koch, Mary Neidemire, Richard Wisener, Junior Taylor. Third Row—Billy Martin, John Diegel. Mark Bowsher, Lee Haman, Jacob Boesel, Bus Clark, Henry Distelrath. The band is probably the outstanding music organization in a school. It would be almost impossible to think of Blume Hi without its triumphant band. Mr. Steiner has organized and led the band throughout this year. The band has played at most of the home football and basketball games, at musical festivals held in the Blume Hi auditorium, at the county fair, at the annual Hallowe’en Masquerade held in Wapakoneta, and many other times throughout the year when it was asked to play by the school or community. It has always responded willingly whenever it was asked to help. Every student is proud of this organization because of the excellent spirit it showed. It seemed to put pep into our football and basketball games. As the arrayed band would come marching down the football field in perfect rhythm, the air seemed to fill with a deafening roar of applause from the onlookers. Lee Haman is our tall and gallant drum major. We can’t tell whether he practices much or not, but we can see that he “knows his stuff.” ••• ♦ ••• ♦ ••• •

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THE RETROSPECT Top Row, left to right—Zelin Baber, William McCreight, Adrian Balhveg, Fenton Hamilton, Lee Haman, La Rue Metzger. Second Row—Norine Bailey, Donna Metzger, Janelle Weber, Karolyn Neidemire, Iris Bailey, Eldon Jackson, John Louis Smallwood, Richard Wisener, Richard Hiner, John Wisener. Third Row—Bernice Davis, Edith Smith, Vivian Luntz, Emily Swink, Ruth Clapp. Mary Ruth Smith, Margaret Bush, Shirley Kolter, Mona Linder, Rose Buffenbarger, Ernest Cornell. Fourth Row—Orva Cannon, Dolores Case, Ruth Price, Celia Brautigam, Ruth Koch, Dorothy Goetz, Ruth Underwood, Ruby Miller, Eva Buffenbarger, Dorothy Lanning, Cornelius Loew. Fifth Row—Marcelle Bimstein, Marie Bishop, Dorothy Smith, Donna Kauffman, Margaret Seitz, Carmen Shaw, Eleanor Jane Abe, Wilma Jane Shaw, Ruth Hermann, Clarice Underwood, Roland Morris, Ned Dingier. Mixed Chorus The students of Blume High were given a wonderful opportunity at the beginning of this school year. They were offered a chance to join the mixed chorus and a number survived the strenuous, embarrassing tryout. To these we should extend our gratitude because they have shown an enthusiastic spirit throughout. The chorus met twice each week to drill their voices to keener value. No popular songs were sung during the entire year because they contain too much slang. All thought that singing classical songs entirely would become very dull, but, on the contrary, they learned that good classical music really can be appreciated. Thev exhibited their unrivaled performance twice in our auditorium at musical festivals. After the first festival the chorus was divided and nearly all went Christmas carol ing in the different parts of the city. As many from the chorus as could journeyed to Bluffton on December twentieth to hear Handel's Messiah. Although the singing they heard was much better than theirs, there are some in the chorus who have acquired skill that is rare and remarkable. It has been a custom in previous years to have a bovs’ and a girls’ glee club instead of a Mixed Chorus. Although glee club work wasn’t offered this year both boys’ and girls’ glee clubs were organized out of the chorus. Several boys’ quartets, mixed quartets, and girls’ trios were organizedd to try out as representative of the school. Also several soloists were practicing for the Eisteddfod. The tryout was held on March 22 in the Blume Hi auditorium. Two capable musicians rendered the decisions and thev were follows: soprano solo—Dolores Case: alto solo—Margaret Bush: girls trio—Margaret Bush Orva Cannon, Carmen Shaw: male auartet—Ned Dingier, John Wisener. Picard Wisener, Lee Haman: baritone solo—Lee Haman: tenor c0lo—Ned Dingier: violin solo—Cornelius Loew: piano solo--Dean Kohler, and mixed quartet—Lee Haman, Eleanor Jane Abe, Dolores Case and John Wisener. Mr. Steiner was our music instructor this term. Although he is a very good singer, he is still a better leader and we wish to thank him in behalf of the whole student body for his work in our school.