West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Tlic Lure of Music Melody, caprice, contrapuntal, composition, rondeau, pastoral psalmody, hyntnolo y, descant, madrigal, antiphon. The vocal and instrumental entertainers of the future will look hack upon their early attempts at combining melodic, rhythmic, and harmonious tones and at fathoming the meanings of a musician's vocabulary. They will recall the bewilderment that accompanied their initial introduction to the mysteries of counterpoint and harmony. In their minds' eyes they will visualize the opening, faltering efforts while attempting a new score—and then the pride and satisfaction when the piece of music had been fully mastered. They will realize that it was this keen sense of accomplishment (first experienced in school) that spurred them on in further quest for dexterity and perfection. Nor will musicians of tomorrow fail to remember the unstinting labors of their instructors who strived to inculcate into them a lasting appreciation and love for music. GEORG I C. KRIEGER . . . Bund . . . Orchestra . . . Chorus; PET! R 1). I K ('ll (standing) . . . Choir . . . Chorus . . . Glee Club . . . Madti-g-d: HARRY RANKS . . . Harmony Instructor

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Artists and Cartoonists Play Their Part in National Defense... An Influence Upon the Public Artistic Expressions “If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being. —Ralph W. Emerson. Creation of beauty and expression of one's innermost feelings and emotions are two of the purposes of the art classes. We can remember times when lines, the product of hours of labor, were not beauty, nor the expression of that which lay hidden within our minds; but merely dead, lifeless, hieroglyphics scrawled in stiff, unyielding trails. We recall days of real agony when mere clay, or paint, or pen, or pencil point was insufficient to record the indescribable joys and sorrows we felt. But we also fondly recollect a day of sunshine— when a new light of art and beauty flooded through our awakening consciousness. Then the clay became vibrant, the pen leaped across the paper almost of its own accord, or the paint became light and shadow, and someone could say, 1 did that. HAZEL MOORE . . . Art . . . Hesperian . . . Daubers

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Office Workers of the Future Will Recall This Scene... Hesitant Fingers Tripping Over the Keys AI.BKRT B. OPFF.R . . . Shorthand . . . Chess Club . . . Bird and Conservation Club: ANNE M. JOHNSON . . . Typing; CIIARI.OTTF. M. Mi Fat lane . . . Shorthand . . . Typing: MRS. ARI.ENE WINSLOW . . . Bookkeeping Wheels of llusiness The C nimercial Wheels of the most business-minded nation in the world depend upon the figuring and correspondence of bookkeepers and stenographers. To many, the positions in the clerical office arc merely the stepping stones to higher appointments, just as the high school jobs in office practice were only the beginning of bigger jobs to come. Happy memories of improvement mark our high school commercial studies: the increased number of words we could typewrite or take in shorthand every minute, the growing ease and familiarity which we experienced around cn office, the final balancing of a difficult budget. All these remembrances point the way to future improvements. We may happily look forward to such improvements. Despite changes in what is being produced, despite alterations in the manner of their production. the office force is always a necessity.