Phillips High School - Mirror Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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T h E Mirror and admiration bv architects and designer . Vestavia” is typical. The pattern is a fifth century Roman Temple, the style is absolutely modern. 'This home situated on Shades Mountain has spacious grounds, famous for walls of roses, sunken gardens, and pea cocks no less magnificent than the house. Many homes in Birmingham are distinctive because they are made of native stone. These houses have early American exteriors with rustic interiors. The huge stone fireplaces, an outdoor grill, and a basement cave add charm. Not only single houses but entire sections merit praise. The Mountain Brook section is noted for its development of fine homes in expansive, natural settings— homes retaining the southern motif but with every modern innovation. Great variety of architecture abound—Norman, Spanish, Mediterranean, and others. It is evident that Birmingham is becoming known as a city of lovely homes. —Opal Freeman MUSIC IN BIRMINGHAM Birmingham is otic of the musical centers of the south. It has made great advancement for i s age. The well-known critic, Chalmers Lowell Pancoast, cited Birmingham as being the city which made the greatest progress in musical education in the year 1936. Many efforts are being made by its citizens to make this city more music-conscious. In the schools students are given every opportunity to learn to appreciate music. Children begin the study of music in the first grade with their little hands and continue the study of i: throughout their school life. In every school the students have an opportunity to learn to play some instrument. As the child goes from grammar school into high school, he is given more opportunities. There are the orchestras; hands, which belong to the National Band Association; A Capella Choir and Glee Clubs. This city was the first in America to teach high school pupils to take an active part in the actual production of the finest operas written in the Fnglish language. 'The Gilbert and Sullivan operettas arc favorites of both those who attend the performances. and those students who participate in them. Also the Glee Clubs and Bands of the two colleges arc considered very good. No: only in schools hut also in churches arc efforts being made to offer music to the residents of this city. There are a large number of excellent church choirs here toe. Nearly a!I the churches in this city present a pageant or program at Christmas. Still other organizations are striving to satisfy the Birmians love for music. One of these is the Apollo Boys Choir. These boys sang for President and Mrs. Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Georgia and for the Vienna Choir Boys visiting here. The hoys were highly commended, the director of the Vienna Choir saying the intonation was as nearly perfect as he had ever heard in any American choir. Also, there arc two choral societies: the Handel Choral Society, only recently organized, has already presented the oratorio '‘Elijah’’ and “The Messiah’’ and the Birmingham Choral Society which presented Hayden’s “The Seasons and will sing with the Symphony Orchestra in April. This Birmingham Civic Symphony Orchestra is presenting five concerts for our people this season, with a special number on each program. Also the Music Study Club has done much to make Birmingham more musical minded. Through this club many outstanding musicians are brought here as reasonable prices. 'Through their efforts there has been a Civic Opera Association organized which promises the residents of this industrial center grand opera. So we see that although Birmingham is a great industrial city, it is also one of the most music-minded cities in the United States. —Caroline Winston [26J

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Class or January, 1938 MOTTO: Auspicium melioris aevi Prophecy of a better age. FLOWER: Chrysanthemum COLORS: Gold and Blue President .. ..... Homer Howard Haistcn, Jr. Vice-President ............................................ James Wade Battles Secretary ........................................... Eleanor Elizabeth Longcrier Treasurer Carlcne Dot Bozeman Orator ..... Irving R. Obenchain Pianist Mary Ellen Jackson oculist Sara Johnson Reedy Poet .............. ........................................ Vida Mac Hancock dr list Janie Roberta Strickland Violinist ... Mary Joann Levey Miss Vcrplanck. Sponsor Lucy Murl Estes Miss Rowe, Sponsor Jimmie Cruse COMMITTEES RING Mildred Stansell, ('.hairman Hugh Hawk Virginia Evins INVITATION • John Shat field. Chairman Julia Cooper Walter Anderson Miss Senn. Sponsor Virgil Sandcfcr Miss Comer, Sponsor Ruthc Griffith MOTTO Joe Morrison, Chairman Ernestine Bazemorc COLOR AND FLOWER Dorothy Broadhead YEAR1K X k Miss Ellis, Miss Beard, Sponsors Caroline Winston Homer Haistcn Bart Traywick, Chairman Harrv Baker John Shaffield, Chairman Barbara Ella Reeves [28]