Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music - Opus Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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many officers in the WAACS, WAVES, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Yes, we are still getting around, even though the distances aren ' t quite as far as they used to be and as we wish they could be. The soldiers at Fort Harrison and Camp Atter- bury have been so grateful for our programs, and they invariably still clap before that final chord in Oh Suzanna . Yep, that ' s still in the repertoire and it gets more zip each time we do it. That ' s just the way with those old-timers, though — we still fall back on them and how the people love it! I see that it ' s 3:3 5 already. Papa will really glare at me as I walk in late, but before I dash, I ' ll just have to tell you that Joe Lewis (our heavy-weight champ!) has donned the familiar uniform to do his bit, too. My, how we miss him, but we ' re just doing our best to fill in until the happy days when he walks into the rehearsal again with the rest of you swell guys. Gee, won ' t that be a happv dav? X ait until Oh Suzanna rings then — the people will surely stand on their chairs afterwards! Oh my word! There ' s the bang on the piano — rehearsal has started and here I stand, still. I ' ll just Ijciic to breeze up to the third floor now. When you see the rest of our ex-members, be sure to tell them that we ' re doing our darndest to keep up the choir, and their chairs will all be waiting for them on that glorious day when Hitler and Hirohito, and all their little pals are nothing but history-book characters with the others of their lot. So long! Drop in again as soon as possible. A Welcome always will await each one of you.

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most a week and then one bright, sunshiny day at about 3:45 p. m. Papa started his speech — I ' ve heard a lot of talk about my leaving for the Navy scon. Well, just forget all about it — I ' ll be here for a long time yet. As long as I can find any boys at all, we ' ll keep the Philharmonic going and hll all concerts and programs that come in. If you know any boys who like to sing, bring them around and even if they can ' t read — like some of you! — we ' ll teach them the notes. So, maybe that ' ll explain how we are still holding the fort. I ' m warning you, boys, it ' s really dangerous ever to even hum a tune when close to a Philharmonicer — you ' ll be mobbed — it ' s a cinch. Just keep that in mind. Although twelve of our boys have left us lately, it was really swell to welcome back some of the old-timers again this year. Alice Jean Fisher is back in town with us as she works in a defense plant; our ever-faithful tenor, Pat , is once again holding the boy-sopranos together; Annie Snedegar was keeping up the altos umphf until she became a school-marm in January; when the stand-by, T. Davis, hears his alarm (and he very seldom goes to bed to use it anymore!) he lends boost to the other men and lustily sings the part of the tired (how realistic) niggah in the favorite, Old Man River . Oh, and we mustn ' t forget dear Terry — the Phil ' s one school-mistress in Indianapolis. She just keeps up the morale of all of us — as is easily understood if you spend a few minutes with her. Wouldn ' t you love to visit her class-room? — and then she tells how she hates the profession! Oh me, it ' s really some life! Well, we ' ve made a lot of the familiar rounds again this year. Remember the broadcasts from WIRE? There have been several of them so far again and, of course, the different church-sponsored programs are always being scheduled. A lot of the state ' s big-shots have clapped their hands red for us. Who? Well, let ' s see, there was Mayor Sullivan, Governor Schricker (who, by the way, fully agrees with us when we say we are the very best choir in existence!). Mayor Tyndall, and so

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Dr. Fabien Sevitzky Director of Orchestra Department A HEART TO HEART TALK WITH MR. PACINI (Assistant Conductor, Conservatory Orchestra) (Mr. Pacini is the tireless, conscientious conductor ivho does all the ' ' ivoodshedding so to speak, of the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra — ivho prepares us for our rehearsals with Dr. Sevitzky. Here he sets forth for the first time, some of the problems and difficulties that must he met and solved by the orchestra and its mem- bers. These problems are augmented by the unsettled conditions that prevail every- where today. Some salient points are brought out in the following article.) The war has taken a great many orchestra members. So instead of relaxing their vigilance, care, and enthusiasm, it is now more than ever, necessary to attend rehearsals regularly, and with serious intent. Many students go about complaining that they are not getting anything out of the rehearsals, that they lack inspiration, that they are stopped too often for com- ment. If these students would be perfectly honest with themselves, and admit the truth as it confronts them, they would realize several things: That in music, as in anything else, you have to put something in, before you can get anything out! Music is an art where you must push yourself. You must