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

Page 24 text:

Musical I-leurs The organizaTions which are aT The disposal oT Those who are musically inclined are band, orchesTra, boys' and girls' chorus, and mixed chorus. Nearly Two-hundred sTudenTs parTici- paTe in some Torm OT music acTiviTy. The sopho- mores ouTnumber every oTher class. The Band has become a pad oT The regular curriculum and is conducTed during The second and lasT periods OT The day. A halT crediT is given To all who parTicipaTe. Because oT The large number oT experi- enced musicians, The A band which prac- Tices during The sevenTh hour, is divided inTo Two groups. On cerTain days boTh worlc To- geTher. The band led by The drum-maioreTTes sTruTTed on such occasions as homecoming and The music TesTivals. Mr. ChrisTensen is building up maTerial Tor The TuTure high school band. l-le has a TiTTh and sixTh grade band which perTormed Tor The counTy school board convenTion. Some oT The members had Their picTures Taken wiTh John Callahan, The sTaTe superinTendenT OT schools. As a reward Tor good worlc in music, ThirTy- Tour oT our musicians were Taken To PlymouTh on May IO To wiTness The disTricT music Tourna- menT. In I942 The WesT Bend musical organi- zaTions will parTicipaTe. Each year a Musical VarieTy Show is held aT which The diTTerenT organizaTions demon- sTraTe Their abiliTy. This year's show revealed a loT oT hidden TalenT among The sTudenTs who were asked To presenT novelTy numbers. Cal- vin l-luber's swing band made iTs debuT aT This VarieTy Show and played Tor The dance aTTer The perTormance. Mr. ChrisTensen's special chorus oT TwenTy- Tour voices made a hiT wiTh all who heard Them. This group presenTed an assembly pro- gram aT ChrisTmas Time. They sang old carols Top -- R. SchachT, J. Flaher- Ty, lvl. Nielsen, M. Gon- nerinq, M. Gumm, F. Niel- sen. BoTTom l.eTT--WesT Bend's band, sowin' wild noTes. BoTTom RighT--Mr. Chris- Tensen serves a plaTTer.

Page 23 text:

nd Writ r STudenTs who enTer The journalism acTiviTies oTTered by our school, do so To pracTice Their knowledge oT English. They wriTe TeaTures, news arTicles, adverTisemenTs, ediTorials, and special columns Tor publicaTion. In This way They apply The grammar and composiTion Teachings which They receive in Their English classes. The Campus Clipper, as The news organ Tor The school, responsibly reporTs every new happening, and in addiTion prinTs several spe- cial TeaTures To capTure sTudenT inTeresT. Miss Ross, Miss l-lerrernan, and Jean Horlamus, ediTor in chieT, supervise while 30 sTudenTs Trom all classes publish The paper. The Clipper was an eTTicienT paper, capably serving sTu- denTs and TaculTy and aT The same Time earn- ing a second-class raTing Trom The NaTional ScholasTic Press AssociaTion. hought The I94I Bend, published by The seniors, was responsible Tor The compleTe summary and preservaTion oT The I940-4l Term. Under The guidance oT Mr. BaxTer, a sTaTT was whipped inTo shape early in OcTober wiTh Mary KuehlThau and RoberT RaTTray as ediTors. Work was begun immediaTely To organize The book. ConTracTs were signed, a layouT planned and a budgeT devised. The sTaTT was posed Tor The picTure below as They casT Their bal- loTs Tor The dedicaTion. The business and Tinan- cial dealings oT The Bend were delegaTed To WalTer Tuchscherer and WalTer Weyres, man- agers oT adverTising and business, respecTively. The Two WalTers were snapped as They sold a subscripTion To one oT The 400 supporTers. Copies oT The yearbook are also disTribuTed To The sponsors lTound on The lasT pagel who have a keen inTeresT in The school's acTiviTies. Top l.eTT, Rear-- E. Schmidt J. Geib, J. Monday, G. PeTe, R. l-liller, J, Horla- musg Fore -- R. BenneTT, V. Geib, R. Jaekel, L. Geib. Top RiqhT-- Miss l-lerreman Miss Ross, Lucille Proeber lseaTedl. BoTTom LeTT--The Bend sTaTT vofes Tor The dedica- Tion. BoTTom RighT-- Business Managers, WalTer Tuch- scherer, WalTer Weyres, Page NineTeen

Page 25 text:

Add I School Ioasuros and special arrangemenTs oT ChrisTmas hymns. AT abouT The same Time They provided some music Tor The Kiwanis Club. ln spring The special chorus appeared beTore The RoTary Club. Songs Trom The Mikado were TeaT- ured. AnoTher ouTsTanding group was The boys' quarTeT consisTing oT Calvin Claus, Lewis Rose, Bob VornholT, and Brownie Grogan. This group specialized in negro spiriTuals. They sang aT several oT The local service clubs, churches, special gaTherings, and were even booked Tor several engagemenTs in Milwaukee. ln May, The eighTh annual music TesTival wiTh PorT WashingTon was held here and aT PorT. The selecTions were The besT ever ren- dered. The occasion, eagerly anTicipaTed by The sTudenTs, proved To be Tun Tor all. TI.- -,,-. J--. '.-J.--,-J. :E .--..-1- -,.J.f.,:J.f-- L-, IHC QIKJVYIIIH IIIICIUQI III IIIUDIL OLIIVIYIGU IIUJ resulTed in The deparTmenT underTaking new and beTTer Things To presenT Tor The enjoy- menT oT The public. One oT The mosT colorTul addiTions To The music deparTmenT has been The drum-maior- eTTes. ATTired in snappy cosTumes and wiTh baTons Twirling, These girls add a decoraTive eTTecT To The band when They are on The march. They are led Through Their inTricaTe maneuvers by Calvin Claus who is a Trick arTisT wiTh The heavy sTeel baTon. IT is signiTicanT To noTe ThaT This modern innovaTion has been copied by oTher surrounding schools. Besides acquiring The mechanics oT playing an insTrumenT and The TundamenTals oT orches- TraTion, The music sTudenTs learn To appreciaTe greaT music. A radio-phonograph and a supf ply oT records were presenTed To The music deparTmenT. The proceeds oT The varieTy show were used To purchase new addiTions To The sTore oT records. Mr. ChrisTensen, who came To WesT Bend Trom Mayville, has builT our music deparTmenT To iTs presenT level. He sTudied music aT Mil- waukee STaTeTeachers College, and in addiTion has carried on graduaTe work aT The NorTh- wesTern UniversiTy. STudy under The direcTor oT The Tamed ST. OlaT's choir has given him invaluable Training in choral and voice work. Top-- The special chorus sang Tor The ChrisTmas play. CenTer-- G, Grogan, C. Claus, C. Hansen, E. Schmidt M. Hansen. BoTTom, lTopl -- E. Barber, J. Kolar, lBoTToml -- W. Grady, R. SchachT, R. BenneTT, J. BaumgarTner. THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FGRTY-ONE BEND Page TwenTy-one