West High School - Senior Occident Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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3 THE ANNUAL! WEST HIGH HAND I‘resident I 'ice-President Secretary- Trcasit rer AIpctcr. Lawrence Arrian, Leo Henson. Kenneth Kuchin, Howard Benson. Elizabeth Brooks. Laurence Coekran. Louis Crockett. Edwin CoojKrr. Kenneth Crissley. Howard Drost. Harry I )ecker. I larold Erwood, I). Ksterlv. George English. Gerald Fahy, Merton Francis. George Gasman. Don Hess, Arthur I laller. Norman I lauss. Ralph I Intel» in son. Mivtr I laslcy. Thurlow Jameson. Don K el log, Charles Kress, Erwin - I John Wakeman Reginald Westbrook Carratt Crehhin Kaili, Earl Little. William Levinson. Bernard Lewis. Eric Matteson, ( )rion Meagher, Ecclyc Moore, Robert )lnistcad. Lelancl Page. Willard Piclgeon, Douglas Paris. Walter Palmer. Robert Rathjen. Donald Repers. Howard Robinson. Charles Sullivan. Harold Swift. Francis Spencer. Harlan Taylor. Walter Thrasher. Clark VanSici. George W heeler. Dorothy Wakeman, John Westbrook, Reginald W eeks, D. WEST HIGH i RCHESTKA President I ice-President Secretary-Treasurer Concert Master Arrian. Leo Benson, Elizabeth Benson. Kenneth Cornwall, Marjorie Crissley. 1 loward Cooper. Kenneth Crock u. Edwin Crehhin, Carratt Drost. Harry Kslielman. Mary East, Harold Fox. Dorothy Fell renhack. (George Francis. George Garclisky, Mice Goodman. Alma Gurncll, Eleanor C.ass, Francino Haslev. Thurlow Hutchinson, Oliver I lauss, Ralph I lartseil. Roy Jameson, Don Knapp, Beatrice WEST John Wakeman Reginald W estbrook Walter Taylor George Silbcrstein Kitzing, Sylvia Landau. Charles Lewis. Eric Matteson. A. McKim. Phillis McFarland. Ethel Meagher. Strive Moore. Roliert , 1 cC racken. El i zal et 11 Miller, David Rekcrs. Howard Swift, l;raucis Scott. Jessie Spnlll, Helen Smith. I. iis 'laylor. Waller Vragel. Edwin Wakeman, Van Krram. W heeler. Dorothy Whaley. Man Westbrook. Reginald White. Mil« rent Wohlgemuth. twin joimL i. Many HIGH SCHOOL

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 'VKST HIGH old HKSTRA

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 MR. CLUTE MR. SPOUSE West High Music Tllli first rehearsal of the Band and Orchestra was held under Mr. Maddv, in 1918. At that time the musicians were mostly beginners with pracitoally no musical exjieritiKe. So after a year of futile attempts at playing good music, they disbanded. In 1920, Mr. Fay took charge. Bu this time, the players had acquired some experience, and. under his most excellent directing, progressed rapidly. 'I he musical work in the schools increased so rapidly, that Mr. Fay gave over the West High Orchestra to Mr. (Mute in 1922. • Since that time, he has worked untiringly in the lichalt of both the Band and Orchestra and we have seen the results. Mr. Clutc cannot be praised too highly for his zeal. (raticncc ami skill. )ur music has grown steadily better and better. Anyone who has heard the performances of the organizations in tluir infancy would not recognize them now. For they have passed from that state where noise is music, to another where they successfully render a good version of the masterpieces. An assembly now, without music, is a dull and cheerless affair, and what would the games lie without the merry blare of the liandi ' But. successful as they are, the West High Band and Orchestra are just I leginning to do real things. In the past two years, they have given two concerts which easily excelled anything of their kind ever before produced in Rochester. They have performed a real service for West lligh-ers in teaching them to appreciate the real thing. Formerly, if anything but “jazz were played, the studes fidgeted lioredly. But now they listen eagerly to the delightfully appropriate selections offered and invariably clap and stamp for more. I.et us give full credit to Mr. Clutc and the members of the Band and (frehestra and offer our appreciation and support to their untiring efforts. I fuller Taylor. '23. The Glee Club The West High C.lee (Mulis have been doing things ever since the school started in I9Q5. here’s a little reminder of some of them. bMich year they have given a concert at the School, called the Annual Home Concert. They have sung at Thanksgiving time at tlu Eastman Theater, the Temple Theater and the Baptist Temple. They have apjieared at Convention Hall before the Teachers Conventions held there and have participated in the ceremonies at the opening of Schools. We have not room to quote all the occasions when flu Glee Clubs held forth so successfully, but must add the important facts that: Ihnafore was given last year and was a huge success—also that the 1'LM Concert was held May 25 at the School when the memliers of the Clubs and Mr. Spouse provided a treat that it was well worth while coming a long way to hear.