Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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MELODY MASTERS Gershwin ' s Rhapsody in Blue was a feature of the colorful modern concert climaxing the Symphony Orchestra season. College solo artists who assisted with the unusual program were Russell Danburg, pianist, Ida Mae Kirland and Law- rence Carlson, violinists. Under the able direction of Alfred Boyington, the orchestra presented several other vesper programs. An outstanding concert consisting entirely of Bach ' s classical compositions was played by the string orchestra in the fall. Broadcasting over KWSC also added to a busy year for the organization. Members of the Washington State Symphony Orchestra are: First violins . . . Lawrence Carlson, Ida Mae Kirkland, Betty Whiteman, Gale Coen, Bob Chis- holm. Douglas Workman, Errett Deck, Marjorie Fulton. Jean Fisher. Violas . . . Robert Townsend, Robert Clay, Amarante Just, Ruth Zier, Mary Louise Geissler. Celli . . . Edwina Wheeler. Pat Proctor, Barbara Horton, Mary Bemus. Second violins . . . Charles Gant. Carl Wheeson. Betty Chapin, Richard Smith, Lourene Webster, Shirley English, Pauline Niles, Flora Botsford, Frank Purtill, George Bowers. Flutes . . . Lyman Bailey, Dorothy Bradford, Norman Street. Clarinets . . . Rudy Talso, Rita Leonard, Kenny Clark, Huber Eaton. Bassoons . . . Loren Love. Grant Gaines. Bass Clarinet . . . Don McCaw. Horns . . . Dwaine Rockie, Leonard Lawson, Roger Crosby, Vernon Olney. Trumpets . . . Zane Van Auken, Bill Sarchet, Lynn Van Auken. Tympani . . . Earl Overholser. Harp . . . Bettina Berkey. [25 ]

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HERE COMES THE BAND Four highstepping, baton-twirling drum majorettes marched at the front of the Cougar band at football games this year. Harriet Banks. Ethel Miller, Bertie Lou Parton, and Rita Leonard comprised the strutting quartet. As the organization which lends much of the big game spirit to Washington State games, the band has become one of the most famous college musical groups in the Northwest. Under the capable leadership of Harold P. Wheeler, this year ' s college concert band, consisting of more than one hundred students, gave memorable performances at several vesper programs, as well as rendering its tra- ditional assistance at football games. Staff: Harold P. Wheeler, conductor; Don McCaw, librarian; Robert Wegner, drum major. Flutes and Piccolos . . . Lyman Bailey, Evan Hamley, Norman Street, Frances Snow, Dorothy Bradford. Clarinets . . . William Siceloff, Richard Ellis, Rudy Talso, Kenneth Clark, Rita Leonard, Harriet Banks, Paul Dalman, George McKee, Charles Martin, Oswald Berg, John Bacon, William Stevens, Sherwood Held, Lynn Miller, Harold Radmaker, Richard Gay, Frank McDonald. Charles Coffey, Frances Scotford, Herbert Haley, Fred Olberg, Carl Wheeson, Ernest Elder, Gordon Sanders, Harold Sisson, William Weber, Robert Rasanen, Huber Eaton, Don McCaw, Jack Meyer. Bassoon . . . Loren Love. Saxophones . . . Jack Francis, Fred Meyer, Earl Jackson, Walter Schalow, Leslie Miller, Lawrence Carlson, Ralph Talso, Francis Purtill, Leo Jarvella, Charles Armson, Norman Marshall. Horns . . . Dwaine Rockie, Leonard Lawson, Roger Crosby, Vernon Olney, Beverley Cope. Trumpets . . . Charles Theno, John Harris. Fred Niemann, Anne Kerbaugh, Art Hartwig, Edward Hagenau, John Clark, Mark Van Auken, Richard Byquist, James Green, Harley Daven- port, Rome Endsley, Jack Field, Lester Fox, Richard Grenfell, Frank Herron, Lester Lyle, George Miller, John McKee, Alex Ryncarz, Paul Sax, Gilbert Whipps, James Wurtz. [ 24 ]

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SONGSTERS Culminating a year of activity at campus concerts, basketball games, commencement and ves- per programs, the Symphonic Choir can look back with pride on its successful season. Under the direction of Herbert T. Norris, the mixed club, popularly rated as one of the finest in the West, contributed much to entertainment at the State college. Chosen at competitive tryouts, those admitted to membership include students possessing the best voices on the campus. Officers for this year were: Jack Francis, president; George McKee, vice-president; Esther Flagg, secretary : George Bower, student director; Imogene Bair, accompanist. Members of the club were: Jeanne Ackerman, Norma Jo Anderson, Virginia Burkholder, Geneva Gotten, Helen Davis, Dorothy Elliott, Esther Flagg, Nancy Freese, Virginia Fox, Lillie Gwinn, Jean Hicks, Muriel Lund, Ruth Marler, John Bachman, George Bower, Robert Chis- holm, Herschel Coleman, Gordon Eichmann, Richard Ellis, Vittorio Ferruci, Jack Francis, Robert Hoffman, Ed Hagenau, Radford Kuykendall. Leonard Lawson, George McKee, John McAuliffe, Virginia Merideth, Sarah Monroe, Marion Nims, Genevieve O ' Connor, Gertrude Palmer, Patricia Proctor, Esther Pickett, Eileen Raaberg, Corinne Shattuck, Elizabeth Sampson, Miriam Smith, Susan Simpson, Helen Wood- hurst, Helen Winiecke, Audra Woodard, Lorna Mae Williams, John McKee, Leslie Miller, Louis Perkins, Robert Phillips. Harold Radmaker, Charles St. Mary, Clarence Schrag, Wil- liam Sarchet, George Skater, Mark Van Auken, Zane Van Auken, Robert Zimmerman. HERbERT T. NORRIS. director [ 26 ]