Allentown Preparatory School - Alprescho Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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l938 ALPRESCHO Glee Club and Chapel Cholr Followlng the usual custom the School C-lee Club was the one orgamzatlon among the nlne clubs that met once a week almost wnthout fall lthls def: nntely does not Include athletics Mr Stulleyl Such a remarkable record would have been Impossible had It not been for the loyal work of the club leader Mr Stermer Anyone who has worked wnth hum can readlly under stand the real pleasure that the boys who comprlsed thus year s club experl enced Every Thursday durlng thlrty mnnute perlod one could hear lfor no mean dlstancel the strams of some popular sem: classuc number beung sung wlth varynng degrees of fervor and tonal quallty Up to the tume thus publl was receuved wnth gratnfymg mterest A lnttle offsprlng of thus Club IS the Chapel Chour organnzed by Mr Arner for the purpose of maklng our dauly sings ln chapel unto more dlgnlfled musnc than our customary shoutlng pamborees Lack of necessary rehearsal tnme made the fulfnllment of thus purpose rather dlffucult but we cast our votes for a contnnued Chapel Chonr next year MEMBERS Lester Stoneback Flrst Tenor David Coyle Fnrst Bass Paul Dougher Second Tenor Danuel McCarthy Flrst Bass Louns Herlmg r Second Tenor John Tyson Second Bass Prof Henry R Stermer E501 cation went to press, the Club had made one appearance in chapel where it

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l938 ALPRESCHO Orchestra Could this possnbly be the local bartenders conventlon un dISgUIS6p We werent quite sure when we saw thus picture but all doubts fled when we heard the boys start to charm all and sundry wnth a but of Sophlstncated Swing Takmg thus harmonlc organlzatlon apart to see what makes all the nouse we fund Rehmeyer student head and trumpeter Williams and Beck trum pets Barba clarunet Fox who doubles with clarlnet and alto sax Baty tenor sax Davus accordion C Wulson and Dougher vloluns Alexander drums and last the movung spurut and faculty member Prof Russell piano Dark rumors that the organization was entirely secret somewhat akm to the dread legislative conference room sessnons lknllung thnngs behind closed doorsl were dlspelled entirely when the boys came out of thelr chamber and played at Dorothy Hackemann s engagement party Since then they have presented programs for the student body which have been characteruzed by stompung feet and crles of More' Do at again' No repeat performances were granted then but there us beung planned at the tume of thus wrntmg a tea dance This If It takes place as hoped wull be the most ambrtuous attempt the boys have made and we hope the most brlllnant 4 +7 M91 - - 1 . . . . 0 - . . - 1 - - 11 . . . I! 1 I O D - 1 1 1 1 1 , 7 I v ' I I V I 1 1 - 1 - 1 , . . . 11 . . 11 , 1 1 - 1 1 1 Y ' 1-11-unu Q ., , 5 , , ' , . X . ' JI -5 ' I 4 4

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l938 ALPRESCHO Dramatrc Club The curtarn rrses the pantomrme begins Tnls partrcular one happened to be the frrst public appearance of the year by our school Thesprans The un doubted success of thus attempt aroused ambrtron to do more plays whrch ambition IS absolutely the proper thrng for the consumers are breathlessly wautrng for the producers to produce But rn our humble oprnron the forth comrng presentatrons wrll have to be mrraculous to arouse a more enthusr astrc response than A Tragedy of Tragedres drd Probably the outstandrng hut of the show was Bobby Schealer who played Zrngerella draped rn a lrttle blue and whnte prrnted artncle of rndetermmate ancestry The officers of The Wag and Buskrn are Cordon Payrow Presrdent Randall Alexander Busrness Manager and Caroline Black Secretary and Treasurer The treasurer part of Carolrne s lob IS somewhat of a farce for the club has never rn :ts hrstory been known to charge admlssuon Can rt be that there rs an rnferrornty complex lurkrng backstage somewhere? MEMBERS Cordon Payrow Lester Stoneback Randall Alexand r Margaret Afflerbach Carollne Black Robert Schealer Mitchell Strohl Paul Dougher Davrd Bemrs Coyle Anton Baarslag Faculty Advrser Mr Raymond Waller I5 . . . . ,. . v n . .1 . -, . . v - . H . . ., . . . l v . - It v- . , . . . . E'