Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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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 ]

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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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RALLIERS For encouraging game spirit before athletic contests and for swelling student enthusiasm to high pitch when the occasion demanded, orchids to the Pep Band! Composed of eighteen student musicians and under the direction of Don McCaw, the band not only led rallies to Roger ' s field and gave the football team a royal noisy send-off at the train but also entertained between-halves at basketball games. The band was called upon to entertain for A. S. S. C. W. convcKations and at alumni banquets. Besides promoting Cougar spirit the band took time out to swing for dads and alumni when it supplied the rhythm for the Homecoming Dance. With an extensive and completely revised repertoire, the band featured choral work, trumpet quartets, and a saxaphone sextet. Members of the band were: Trumpets . . . Glen Hopkins, John Harris, Fred Niemann, Mark Van Auken. Trombones . . . Lynn Van Auken, Zane Van Auken, Harold Cady. Drums . . . Robert Wegner, Richard Sanders. Saxaphones . . . Eric Backholm, Mack Hamley, Lawrence Carlson, Ralph Talo. String Basses . . . Edward Hagenau, Charles Theno. i3ass Horn . . . Dale Buckley. Piano . . . Loren Love. Don McCAW. Pep Band leader [ 27 ]