William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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tandards of our school were once again upheld by TSE!-'5liZsE32!!zS?h'5Z .L.L.....EUi:5 fnfiufurvrrv ' l The traditions and s of William Chrisman. All essay contests were Well supported. the students The senior essay contest was held the morning of April 2. Any seniors having above average grades were eligible to participate. The thirty-nine . 'A I' -1 I I , h entries each discussed a popular l:.ngl1sh author. Miss Hill was t e sponsor. The class of 1940 was well represented in the other contests also. Eight of the students who took part in the annual W. C. T. U. essay contest were seniors. Of the remaining twenty-eight there were fifteen juniors and thirteen sophomores. The morning of March l9 was set aside for the Writing of these themes. This, as Well as the W. C. T. U. poster and scrapbook contests, was sponsored by Miss Nora Ames. An interesting subject is always provided for the U. D. C. essay, this year's being Father Ryan, Poet Laureate and Chaplain of the Confederacy. Miss McDonald, the sponsor, reported almost sixty entries. E With Miss Doutt's support the state Health essay contest was introduced into William Chrisman this year. Norma Sharp and Ioan Slusher, Wrote on the subject, How Medical Science I-las Lengthened the Life Span. Attracting a number of students was the Veterans of Foreign Wars essay contest. Their subject was The Benefits of Democracy. ' Frances Tomlinson and Billy Stewart entered the American Youth Forum, Writing on Today's Challenge to America's Youth. - 'The Boys' Chorus under the direction of Miss Dorothy Orr has an enrollment of thirty-five. Onelhalt unit of credit is offered for a full year's Work. The class is open to freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Daniel McCoy is accompan- ist forthe' group. ' ' ,Q ' Several members assisted in the school operetta, and the chorus sang at an assembly during -the early part of the year. . . Attention is directed to the possibilities of the boys' voices Cl'1Cl1'1qiI1q .dl-1Ti1'1Q the year. Some may find that although they sang tenor during the first part of the year, they may develop baritone or bass qualities soon afterwords. . -----...L.e.h.2ws-L-'.:1'QaI-1-za-3, 'ere .,, .- if L I 1?

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GLEE CLUB The Glee Club, under the capable direction of Miss lessie Smith, has been one of the outstanding organizations of the school this past school year. The officers for the first and second semesters were as follows: president, Marybelle Sutton, vice-president, Bob Conoley, secretary, Aileen Williams, treasurers, Martha Hall, Donald Zion, reporter, Elizabeth Baker, librarians, Maurice Ioice, Delores Lynch, accompanist, Bernard Butterworth, president, Bernard Butterworth, vice-president, Marybelle Sutton, secretary, Kathryn Ryan, treasurers, Betty Bholer, Bob Conoley, reporter, Dorothy Mills, librarians, Frances Tomlinson, Daniel McCoy, accompanist, Bernard Butterworth. At Christmas time a group of seniors from the Glee Club caroled in the halls before the Christmas assembly. The Operetta The Golden Trail was presented February 8, and the cast and chorus were chosen from the Glee Club. The leading roles were taken by Frances Tomlinson and Donald Zion. The members of the girls' quartet were Frances Tomlinson, Marybelle Sutton, Virginia Taylor, and Gladys Martin. The girls' trio was composed of Frances Tomlinson, Gladys Martin, and Marybelle Sutton, also from the Glee Club. ln April members from the Glee Club participated in the contest at URCHESTHA One of the most helpful organizations in this school, from year toqyear is the orchestra. lt provides a musical background for most of our school func- tions such as assembly programs, P. T. A. benefits, class plays, and operetta. This year there are more instruments represented in our orchestra, making it even better than in the years past. Some of these instruments are: three saxo- phones, one' baritone, one double bass horn, and one marimba. Columbia and had high ratings. ln order to present music of which the school may be proud an orchestra must practice many hours, sometimes practicing the same number over and over many times. A high school orchestra is not a symphony orchestra and probably will never reach that honor, but why not try to make it as nearly perfect as possible? That is what our orchestra this year has tried to do. Miss Smith, the orchestra teacher, who has devoted much of her outside time toward the success of the orchestra, deserves our sincere thanks. The officers are as follows: For the first semester, president, Lawrence Clark, vice- president, Virginia Lee Taylor, secretary, Edith Barmore, treasurer, Aileen Williams. For the second semester, president, Charles Neef, vice-president, Martha Lefman, secretary, Ruby Barmore, treasurer, Virginia Harris. 27