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Waggener High School Administrators & Faculty, 1958 to 1962:Julian DorseyArticle from May 4, 1960 Chit Chat:Mr. Dorsey Leads Jr. High MusicThose voices surely do sound good! At Waggener there is a man who has becomean institution in a short period. Everyone knows this teacher. He is Mr. Julian Dorsey, who is incharge of the junior high chorus.Mr. Dorsey has a very great interest in his chorus. To show how extensively he works with his students,three years ago he brought his own organ to school to use with the chorus, However, due tofear of vandals he moved his organ. This past year he has no organ, but due to his interest he hasbrought his own hi-fi to school to aid in his choral work.Mr. Dorsey likes to talk about his junior high chorus for he is proud of their work. In discussing it, hebrought out the fact that there are some one hundred and thirty-five voices. There are actually twojunior high choruses, one of which meets in the morning and one which meets in the afternoon. Whentalking of their activities, he said that there is a spring program which is planed for May 20.A man of much education, Mr. Dorsey has attended Berea College, Morehead State College where hereceived his A.B., and Peabody College where he received his M.A. This does not even take into accountthe time which he has spent at thy Fred Warring Work Shop where he studied choral literature.Taught in Japan: Being a teacher at Waggener since it first opened is not a new experience for Mr.Dorsey due to the fact that he has taught the first year at three high schools, adding to the list EasternHigh and a high school is England. This does out oven take into account the period when he taught inTokyo, Japan.As can be surmised from the last statement, this man has traveled abroad. In fact it can easily be saidthat he has traveled around the world. When asked what was his moot memorable trip, his reply wasthat he remembers his trip to the Orient and Europe the most.Creative Arts Important: Mr. Dorsey is not a man who just thinks in terms of music He has a philosophyabout the education program. In his words, ―I am concerned about the emphasis placed onmath end science rather than on creative arts.‖ Music and the arts have been with man since the beginning.―Man has to have arts to live and express himself in general.‖ Mr. Dorsey urges anyone whocan to get into the creative arts. It was made quite clear that this opinion intends not to denounce mathand the sciences, but to bring about an equal emphasis for the creative arts so that there will not be asituation where the two fields are in imbalance.