Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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 Music hath charm to sooth the savage beast . Music has, too, the ability to make all things complete. Life would be very drab without it, for it brings to us the real meaning of all, winter, spring, and summer. It is a thrill to present, to the best of our ability, your favorite musical selection at such affairs as the Junior and Senior Class plays, Commencement, several Rotary Club luncheons, and many assembly programs. Playing the works of master musicians gives us the exuberance and enthusiasm that makes living worth while. All of these incentives bring music lovers together under the competent leadership of Mr. Schroer and constitute our orchestra. The opportunity for such musical participation has been broadened through the use of school-owned instruments and bi-weekly rehearsals. FIRST ROW: Lois Koch. Frances Schminke. Grant Xaus. Martin Jungkunt'. Eloise Killian. Mary Joe Stultz. Bernice Helmlinger. Jean Marie Blank. SECOND ROW:Lois Wisener. Eleanor Butcher. Joan Veit. Mary Speidel. Homer Carter. Betty Packer. Jean Ankerman. Cleolu Carter. Doris Brackney. THIRD ROW’: LaMoine Knatz, Dorothy Seitz. Mary Anne Fisher. Kate Kridler. Frances Frazier. Charles Siferd. Holland Killian. Gene Schnell. Mary Holmes. Joyce Frische. Elizabeth Springer. FOl’RTH ROW: Jack Miller. Lura Mae Werner. Mr. Schroer. Betty Miller. Frederick Ramge. Betty Glee Schnell. Sarah Miller. ORCHESTRA T H E

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T H E BAND FIRST ROW: Joyce Frische. Gene Schnell. Ned Kauffman. Junior Beckwith. Charles Siferd. SECOND ROW: Harold Brautigam. Bernice Stolzenberg. Howard Presar. Ivan Loom!? Jimmy Kent. John Weber. Glenna Orphal. THIRD ROW: Lois Koch. Mary Jo Stultz. Richard Menschel. Eileen Erb. Nell Rose Loomis. FOURTH ROW: Johanna Miller. Robert Menschel. Betty Miller. Doris Brackney. Betty Glee Schnell. Frederick Ramge. Dick Jones. Jane McCullough. FIFTH ROW: Sarah Miller. Wayne Rickert Doris Kantner. Maxine DeC;our.sey Mr Dupere. FIRST ROW: Jane Shaw. Jack Miller. Frances Frazier. Lura Mae Werner. Kate Kridler. Mary Holmes SECOND ROW: Mary Anne Fisher. Elizabeth Springer. Charles Miller. Jean Malston. Mark Wisener. Jean Marie Blank. Augusta Johns. THIRD ROW: Eloise Killian. Mary Burden. Carolyn Woolf. Florence Ruck. Edith Frey. Doris Shuler, Joan Veit. FOURTH ROW: Eleanor Butcher. Mack Moreland. Mary Jo Werner. Dorothy Seitz. Grant Naus. La Moine Knatz. FIFTH ROW: Mary Speidel Albert Neiae-mire. Eileen Spurlock. Charles Rhoades. Eldon Stolzenberg. Roy Swink. Emorv Zwiebel. Peggy Jones. To become a member of the Blume High School Band is a goal which all music-lovers strive to reach. Many members of our school have achieved their ambition, for the size of the band is valid testimony to this fact. Our sixty-five-piece group is one of the largest in this section of the state. A great deal of the success and popularity is credited to Jos. N. Dupere, the director, who through his competence and kindness, has won the admiration of everyone. The striking appearance of this band is due to the colorful uniforms which were made possible through the generous donation of Miss Grace Shawber. By their picturesque formations, the Redcoats stimulated much interest in football games. A novelty was introduced at basketball games when the members sang several pep songs. On March 31, the band presented a concert through which its members were privileged to demonstrate their musical abilities. The climax of this year's schedule was reached when this unit as well as those from other cities in this vicinity presented a spring festival.

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A CAPELLA CHOIR From the first lullabies (sung to a child) to the quiet repose and beauty of old age, song plays an important part in our lives. Similarly, song, the appreciation of good music and the chance to develop real talent, take a primary place in our school career. Because music is universal, it affords us, as freshmen and sophomores, our first real teamwork with the upper classmen. Then, as juniors and seniors, we gain self-confidence and sing out, lead the way for those who lack the seasoning that follows with experience. In the fall we raise our voices to cheer our football and basketball heroes. In the winter we bring Christmas cheer into the hearts of men and greet the New Year with the vitality of youth. Spring unfailingly inspires all expression of beauty and renewed faith in nature. Under the direction of Mr. Schroer we presented a spring concert and furnished melody for the Baccalaureate services. Thus have we fulfilled our gift for song ....