Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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Set Designers Without art, the stage of life would truly be bare. For art enriches the scenery down to the smallest props. The costumes, sets, and properties are all designed by a master hand with a knowledge of color, form, and design. Of course, not everyone who passes through our art department becomes an artist and creates for the stage, but every¬ one does acquire a finer appreciation of all phases of art in life. It may be a painting on a museum wall, or a well-designed chair, or a streamlined stone, but it is still art in practical application. Those of us with talent receive a valuable well-rounded foundation and plenty of prac¬ tical experience in our fine arts department. Whenever there is a need for bond, prom, or play posters, the art department, under the able direction of Miss Pauline M. Kohl- rausch, always comes through magnificently. The Junior Red Cross, too, can always count on us for a splendid piece of work. Everyone in the art department has had a wonderful time, working with the imagina¬ tion, drawing, and painting. And this makes us realize that art intensifies the least pre¬ tentious Scenes of Life. Our Art Staff and Miss Kohlrauscli Rembrandts at work! Silence! Production now going on!

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Our Theatre In Economics we deal with wealth, its production, and distribution, the courses of prosperity and poverty, and thus with land, labor, capital, competition, supply and demand. The latter pair is one of the most important laws upon which the science of Economics is based. Commercial Geography makes us better acquainted with our fellow nations of the world, their exports and needed imports. It makes us conscious of their interdependence in respect to produce, trade, and industry; for most products can¬ not he manufactured under all conditions of temperature, climate, and soil. Just as the United States must rely upon other nations for certain articles of food, clothing, and commodities, other countries are forced to rely upon us for articles which they cannot produce themselves. Business Law aids us in appreciating and interpreting our laws, in under¬ standing our rights under the laws, and in conducting ourselves in a way that will best comply with the general welfare of all. If we, the actors, have learned our parts to the best of our ability, have re¬ membered the excellent advice and counselling of our directors, and have rehearsed faithfully and carefully at home as well as in school, this play should certainly be a worth-while performance. Eenie, meenie, miney, moe We have problems too- Miss Gearan Mr. Leader expounds U. S. History

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Our Musicmakers We who have had music appreciation have not only added something of great value to our educations, but we have enriched our own drama. Music is truly the accompaniment to the play; for it makes the mood and meaning of the play and ornaments it. It is the triumphal march when we are happy, the elegy when we are sad, and the symphony when we are thoughtful. Anyone of us who has ever studied in the library is certainly fortunate because of its proximity to Room 209; for there is no more pleasant way of being dis¬ tracted from algebra or Latin than by the booming measures of Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. However, those of us who have actually had classes within Room 209 are even the more to he envied. In Music Appreciation, under the capable guidance of Mrs. Florence L. Simpson, we have received a good foundation for understanding and enjoying music. It is altogether the most stimulating, interesting, and relaxing period of the day. Long after graduation, the music we have learned to love will continue to be a constant companion in our daily living. Tommy Dorsey, no doubt Kay Kyser or Beethoven? Is it do or re, Mrs. Simpson? What shall it be?