The Bush School - Tykoe Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Le'H 'ro righr, Firsr row: Bushnell, Hopper, Headley, Eclcas, Newell, Kubley, Locke, Helsell. Second row: Spalding, Ra++ray, Fraser, Osborne, Scherrer, Schroeder, Wafson, Sieler, Parker, Rychard, Pererson, Callison, Allen, Harrah, Larrabee, Schoen, Cur+is. Third row: Anderson, Lis+er, Philips, Roys, Squire, King, Connelly, Cronlchife, Glorius, Bean, Billings, Bowen. Music The force behind the music department at Bush is Mrs. Livengood, who somehow finds time to direct upper and lower school orchestras and glee clubs. conduct speech and liarmony classes, and give violin lessons in between. Under her tutoring the Glee Club has become the largest ever-over 40 mem- bers. lt has sung on many occasions both in school and out. At all the Mothers' Luncheons the chorus has performed and also at the Christmas Program. Out- side of school the Glee Club had engagements at both the lJ.A.R, House and the Rotary Club. Early in the spring, practice was begun for the Fine Arts Tea Program, One of the last events at which the whole chorus participated was the baccalaureate Service. Betty Osborne, Phyllis Rattray, and Geneva Spalding sang a trio also. For the traditional singing of Panis Angelicus' at graduation, they were again accompanied by Phyllis and Geneva who sang the solo parts, :ind Betty who played the violin. Another division of the graduation program under the direction of Mrs. Livengood was the part taken by nine seniors who sang one selection. The orchestra, as well as the Glee Club, has expanded. It now consists en- tirely of first and second violins, violas, and cellos, Playing with the lower school orchestra, it took part in the Christmas Program. There were several girls taking singing lessons this year who have appeared on various occasions. Among them were Dorothy Wall, Pat Bowen, Betty Osborne, Geneva Spalding, and Phyllis Rattray. These girls got very good practice out of school, for Mrs. Livengood often arranged to have them sing at luncheons or musical gatherings. Although not exactly a part of the music department as far as singing goes, the harmony classes are put under this category. These classes, held mainly for those girls who are very interested in music and plan to carry on with -76-

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their studies in college, include learning the many techniques in the structure and science on which music is based and formed. The girls in Harmony II have reached a point where they are now composing such complicated pieces as sonatas, arias, and preludes for violin, voice, and piano. What's more, they could execute their own masterpieces! A class which is open to juniors and seniors only is Music and Art Appre- ciation. Each Monday students troop over to the livingroom and learn the finer points of musicology. Besides hearing the music of the great composers, they also learn about the great artists by seeing copies of pictures drawn by them and by listening to interesting talks. Keeping track of the future Paderewskies and helping them overcome the difficulties of a pianist, were Mrs. Turner and Mrs. jackson. Bush can claim many fine pianists from the seventh grade through the senior class. As was said before, Mrs. Livengood is chief mentor of the speech classes. No one escaped her wary eye and before the year was out everyone had performed in assembly in one way or another. Although appearing in public was quite a terrifying experience for some, it was generally agreed that the course was very helpful. These speech programs were, for the most part, exceedingly interesting. Reports were given on everything from the Negro situation to the effects of College Boards on unsuspecting victims and how to avoid the former. Mrs. Livengood also tossed into these classes a good sprinkling of spelling and diacritics. Everyone can now spell sacri1egious or elucidate on the difference between an ua with one dot over it and an a with two dots! 0 O stef