West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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PCDISE and PRODUCTIONS OF l938-39 lTFi61 ol Philip Nolan When lhe Frosl ls on lhe Punkinm lBlack Vamp 'There Will Always Be a Juliel 'Elmer 'Why lhe Chimes Ranoll 'Qnly a Roseil llchrisl ol lhe Andesil Til lo' Tal 'The Eles ol Tlalocll Befnard Ziegler and Bernice lnkmann in Tnere Will Always Be a Julielf' Making Up. The Old Selllers program, llcnly a Rosefi Speech aclivilies develop gualilies- in sludenls which are essenlial lo success in lile. All ol lhe lorms ol speech aclivilies, debaling, exlemporaneous speak- ing, original oralory, oralorical declamalion, humorous and dramalic declamalion, and exlennporaneous read- ing, do much lo help lhe sludenl develop a more pleasing personalily. Training in lhe proper habils ol speech, praclice in lhe arl ol public speaking, and lhe knowledge lhal one knows how lo presenl his ideas give sell-conlidence and poise. Appearing belore audiences makes il possible lor sludenls lo overcome slage-lrighl and sell-consciousness: makes il easier lo meel people in lile silualions. Speech lraining also helps lhe sludenl lo develop a pleasing voice. l-le is laughl lhe means ol improving pilch, lone, volume, and dislinclness, in order lo make his speaking more elleclive. Declarnalion work is valuable in leaching sludenls lo inlerprel lhoughls and emolions. This lraining helps sludenls lo develop sell-conlrol and apprecialion lor worlhwhile lhings. Debaling and exlernporaneous speaking are espe- cially valuable in leaching sludenls lo lhink clearly. These aclivilies leach sludenls lhe value ol lhorough slucly and research. Debaling slrenglhens lhe sludenls will power, lor he is conslanlly pilling il againsl lhe will ol olhers. ll makes him lhink lrom lhe olher person's viewpoinl. ll makes him express himsell in clear, lorce- lul language. In all speech aclivilies, sludenls are lrained in ways and means ol elleclively pulling lheir ideas across lo olher people-a gualily which lhey musl develop lo be successlul in any walk ol life. For lhe pasl lwo years, Mr. Barber has enlarged lhe debaling aclivilies lo reach a larger number ol sludenls belore lhe lirsl leams are chosen. ln lhe l938-39 season, lhere were 26 aclive debalers who parlicipaled in IOO debales. Al lhe end ol lhe sched- ule, lhe debale leam placed second in lhe Lillle Ten Conlerence, lirsl in lhe Milwaukee dislricl, lirsl in lhe subseclional, and second in lhe lirsl seclional, lhus lying lor lourlh place in lhe Wisconsin High School Forensic Associalion. Richard Wierrnan was lhe highesl ranking individ- ual debaler in lhe course ol lhe season. Tnal lhe lorensic record lor lhe l938-3'-7 season has been unusuall successlul, is due lo lhe lrainin Y Q

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The music deparTmenT oT The WesT Bend High School is composed oT several organiza- Tions and parTicipaTes in many acTiyiTies. There are nineTy-seven sTudenTs in The Two bands. The 'BN band is composed oT beginners and oThers who have had some experience. There are abouT I35 sTudenTs singing ir- The glee clubs. These groups include The Freshf 'nen-Sophomore girls' chorus, The Junior-Senior girls' chorus, and The boys' chorus. All oT Tnese grouos were presenTed or' The Musical varieTies program held on January 27. The 0rchesTra, whose membership includes sTudenTs Trom The sevenTh grade Through The senior class. meeTs once each weelc aTTer school. Many oT The sTudenTs in The music deoarT- menT have appeared on The programs oT vari- ous service organizaTions ThroughouT The year such as Kiwanis, Womanis Club, and church organizaTions. The work oT The music deparTmenT has carried over in many insTances To musical acTiviTies ouTside oT school. A large number oT sTudenTs are olaying in dance orchesTras, many belong To oTher bards, and sTiiI oThers 'wave Their small inTormaI groups, such as insTrumenT- ai ensembles, and singing groups. This is perhaps one oT The mosT imporTanT Tunchons oT The music deparTmenT. In This day oT much leisure Time, iT one can be sTimuIaTed To use The upliTTing and inspiring inTIuence oT music, The Taslr oT The music deoarTmenT has been well done. One oT The mosT enjoyable acTiviTies oT The year is The annual music TesTivaI held aT PorT WashingTon and WesT Bend. AbouT I2O oT The music sTudenTs Talce parT in This TesTivai. The eIernenT oT compeTiTion is compIeTeIy eIiminaTed. All is done enTirely in a spiriT oT co-operaTion and good Tellowship. The various organizaTions oT each school combine To pro- duce The same program aT each school. Many iasTing Triendships have been born oT This fesTl val oT Teilowship in music. The Senior class oT I938 graciously doe haTed a radio-phonograph combinaTion To The school, which will have an imporTanT place in The Teaching oT music appreciaTion. IT has already been made good use ol ir The bands and in The music appreciaTion classes in The sevenTh and eighTh grades. Mr. ChrisTenseh. The direcTor oT music is ooicing Torward To The Time when, wiTh iTs new ouarTers, The music deparTmenT can render a more comoIeTe insTrucTion, Thereby bringrg an enduring appreciaTion and a cerTormance saTisfacTion. noT experienced by Tne soecTaTor 'To The 'iyes oT The sTudenTs wno carTic'caTe if The greaTe3T oT The universa arTsem,.s'i I I VIOLIN SECTION Marira Miuzalfis Wi a'o Kuias Mirabel dere Jaton. ORCHESTRA Fd. Schorr'QcTfir, Tam Merriam Muriel RMT Haiolo iiezrei ar: Lewis Rear-. BOYS' GLEE CLUB Top Row: L. Roar: E, Krang VV, Sarber KiecIchaTer R. Prem C. BarTeIT, A. Su Row Four: D. Cosgrove R. Wierma' D. E. Sihoerbeclr, R, B:eTfcher J. T-Tuber E. Row Three: E. Baclvaus J. QiTs R. Er Zi-ed er R. Kicirbus' J. STahi 9. Ifurfz. I-ir,-? ind E . Qfbed Sqhmio V. Cenmar A ifwaIT9r, Goeden E. Ru Waiver. er W. Kopp P Row Two: H. Wiikens C. Huber V. DeTT'nar N. De-T'ma' S. Vince'T T-I. Krueger W. IvIoriTZ R. Rosevhal J. Schalle Row Che: T-I, LaaTs:h F. AIIieT J, Lan: P, Wardius B Sihmid' 3. Eff -or 9. I-lVilren. Vf. Be'Zf:'. aie N re .

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EXPTQESSICDN eTTorTs oT Coaches Miss Lois Buswell, Mr. RoberT Barber, and Miss Zona Zimmerman. The work oT The dramaTic deparTmenT can be divided inTo Tive parTs: acTing or The inTerpreTaf Tion oT characTerg makeup: sTage consTrucTion or The erecTion oT seTTings which suiT The period and Tempo oT The play: cosTuming Tor accuraTe char- acTerizaTion7 and lighTing-ThaT phase OT The drama which Through iTs symbolism, iTs lighTs and shadows assisTs in expressing The mood. NaTurally, The sTudenT who masTers The arT oT acTing has obTained Tor himselT The greaTesT beneTiT ThaT The drama has To oTTer. To be an acTor he musT learn conTrol oT his voice, noT merely The maTTer oT piTch, buT The abiliTy To express The TinesT shades oT emoTions, To make The simplesT words vibranT wiTh Teeling. The acTor musT learn To be masTer oT his own body. There is no place on The sTage Tor poor posTure, Tor awkward movemenT, Tor an ungainly walk. Every moTion oT The body musT suggesT grace and ease, a compleTe absorpTion oT The acTiviTy oT The chars acTer porTrayed, The acTor musT undersTand peof ple, he musT be a sTudenT oT phsychology, and he musT develop an imaginaTion else he cannoT hope To creaTe Tor an audience The characTer which The auThor oT The play meanT The audience To see. However Tine his inTerpreTaTion wiTh his body and his voice, iT The acTor cannoT be undersTood he has Tailed. T-Te musT masTer The ar'T oT speaking clearly and disTincTly, as well as wiTh Teeling. Perhaps The greaTesT beneTiT To The acTor as a social being is his abiliTy To work wiTh oThers. An acTor who consciously Tries To sTeal scenes, who seeks To i sTar , will mar The uniTy oT The play. T-le musT learn ThaT a small parT well done is Tar more commendable Than a mediocre perTorm- ance in a large parT. BacksTage work oTTers much Tor Those who desire To creaTe, buf have no acTing ambiTions. BuT The sTudenT who sTeps Through school wiTh no conTacT wiTh The drama eiTher inTerpreTively or Trom a mechanical viewpoinT, has TorTeiTed an excelIenT opporTuniTy. The dramaTic acTiviTies oT The school are direcTed by Miss Lois Buswell. Therese Pick, original oraTor. DebaTe Teamt Lloyd Klein, Richard Wierman, Tom Kenny, Bob SalTer, Bob Grogan, Mr. Barber. Camilla Schloemer, Therese Pick, and Marybelle Kenny. Extempore Speakers: Roberf SalTer and Richard Wierman. SPEAKING HONORS Therese Pick clazed second in The Nafiona Forensic League Tourney and TirsT in The LiTTle Ter' in original cratory. Mich. Gori-ing placed TirsT in The LiTTle Ten in oraTorical declamaricd Shire, Geib c-aced TirsT in The Liffle Ten ir dramaTic decTama'ic'. Rooerf Sakgf Laced Tvgf in the Li'Tle Ten ir' evemooraneous speakrg and received an A rank ir The Milwaukee Dis'ricT 'lrus qualifying Tcr The STQTQ Cmfesr aT Madisor ir' which he ranked Tire' Page Twenr-v-one