Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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-lm. THANKSG For the month preceding Thanksgiving a spirit of excitement reigned in the Schurz halls. The fever of the school could be measured by the big thermometer in the middle of the center entrance. The doctor, Mr. lohnson, had decided that a fever of S1000 degrees was necessary for the recovery of the patient, and apple taffies, ribbons, carnations, football programs printed in our own shops, and motion pictures spon- sored by the Movie Appreciation Club all inched the mercury higher and higher. The efforts made to help the patient were not all the students, however. The faculty contributed generously, led by Mrs. Butler who held an Open House for her students. Bridge fiends were given an opportunity to help, too, for Mrs. Hogers's division made and sold many tally- cards. Fun and frolics at many dances coaxed pennies from merrymaking Schurzites. The valiant 3A's ignored superstition and held a very successful dance on November, Friday the 13th. Soon a degree of S500 was reached. A Week before the crisis special treatment was given the patient in the form of an Amateur Show which made the red fly to the top, burst-

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CARL SCI-IURZ ORCHESTRA 1n the fa11 of 1936 the Car1 Schurz Concert Orchestra ceiebrated its twenty-sixth anniver- sary. Since its formation in 1910 under the direction of Mr. Mason, the orchestra has grown to over sixty members and figures prominentiy in schooi activities. The Qrchestrds first program this year was given during the Evening Schoo1's Open House night and consisted of se1ections from the Works of Victor Herbert. On the night of December 17, the orchestra accompanied the fu11 chorus in an overwhe1ming1y successfu1 presentation of 1-1ande1's Messiah. The Messiah is presented annually by the chorus and orchestra and is considered one of the musica1 events of the year. , Another important concert is that given every spring by the orchestra. This year Beethoven's Second Symphony wi11 be presented. Unfor- tunate1y, a va1uab1e member of the orchestra, Gerhardt Haase, the concert master, graduates this semester. i281