Cissna High School - Review Yearbook (Cissna Park, IL)

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1 ' ff x l il A fi X gv, 11,52 vi Q! f 1 V1.1 fijfl W,-T--W .yi ,.,,. yy, Standing, left to right: Miss Chappell-Xylophoneg Edith Newell, Hulda Knake- Saxophonesg Lucile Farnsworth-Trombone, John Hurliman, VVilliam Farnsworth- Cornetsg Lawrence Baylor, Paul Geiger, Wells Ryan, Frances Whitaker--Clairinets. Sitting, left to right: George King-Drumsg John Fry, Harold Kogler, Leona Hassel- bring, Beulah Richoz, Oma Aeschliman- Violins, Mary Dryden-Pianist. ORCHESTRA The Cissna Park High School Orchestra was organized in September 1923. Under the careful tutoring of Mr. Pierce and Mr. Sullivan the work progressed rapidly. When spring arrived, they appeared several times in public. . Although last year the rank of the school musicians was much dimin- ished by the graduating class of '24, the the instructors again set to work to produce some good music. Quite a few students took up new instru- ments and enthusiasm ran high. They furnished numbers for the Inter- Society Contest and The Ladies' Home Missionary Convention. This year our school is proud of its eighteen piece Orchestra. Practice is held every Thursday afternoon and a good grade of music is studied. The Orchestra rendered six selections at the American Legion Box Social and played at the Inter-Society Contest, The Baccalaureate Services and the Commencement Exercises. Our directors were informed by the music critics of the town that the Orchestra were very glad to hear this because they felt that the hours spent practicing had not been wasted. H1926'f - IPAGE 451

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.ii PT 1 J 1 -,Ju at ' J f ' . 35 , W ,L My in X544 r A lfiL.L--.1g- .J CHORUS This year's chorus was made up of Oma Aeschliman, Beulah Richoz, Helen Kuegler, Blanche Ward, Rosella McCray, Bernice Aeschliman, and Mary Dryden-Sopranos g Leona Hasselbring, Roma Dryden, Esther Brut- lag, Lucile Farnsworth, Minnie Kugler, and Florence Baylor-Altos Q Wells Ryan, Ralph Scott, Ralph Schmidt, Wilbur Cluver, Jack Hurliman, and Paul Brenner-Tenorsg Paul Geiger, Lawrence Baylor, Dale Zbinden, William Beer, Paul Reutter, Lateer Crum, and Harold Kogler-Basses. Mr. Sullivan chose the best voices from both Glee Clubs and combined them to form the Chorus. Many selections were learned from the David Bispham Song Book. One of the chief aims in promoting the chorus was to cultivate an appreciation for good music among the student body. Many numbers from famous Oratorios and Operas were studied and presented to the public on diierent occasions. The chorus sang the Venetian Boat Song and The Soldiers' Chorus for the American Legion Box Social held in the gymnasium in the early part of the first semester. The chorus presented Unfold Ye Portals from the Oratorio The Redemption 3 Tennyson's noted Crossing the Bar set to music by Joseph Barnabyg Come From the Prairies, the Anvil Chorus from the Opera, Il Trovadorej' The Troubadourf' and Lovely Night from the Opera, Tales of Hoffman at a church ser- vice given over to the young people at the Union Church. At an Easter Concert given at the Methodist Church they sang The Palms composed by Jean B. Faure, Praise Ye the Fathers, one of the works of Charles Gounodg Christ the Lord is Ris'n Today, arranged by John Worgang and Our Lord is Risen. They also sang The Venetian Boat Song and Lady Bird for the Inter-Society Contest. A great deal of time and effort was expended on the preparation of the Soldiers' Chorus, and Gypsy Life by Shuman, for the District Musical Contest held at Watseka, May 7, 1926. Six counties were included in the district. The Chorus, the Boys' Glee Club, and Mr. Ryan as tenor were conceded first place as there were no other entries in those activities. This gives them the right to represent the District at the State final musical contest held at Normal, Illinois, May, 28 and 29, 1926. The Girls' Glee Club took third place in the District Meet. At the time of going to press the chorus still has two contests in which to compete, the State contest at Normal, and the Little Five contest at Milford, May 21, 1926. The chorus will also appear at the Baccalaureate Services and the Commencement Exercises. The members of the chorus appreciate greately the time and energy that Mr. Sullivan, the director, and Miss Chappell, the pianist, have devoted to the work. 1926 WAGE 441

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W i'x 1 '- ll , va Af ',xy,Q1':QC', 'W f idalrmff LJ TWILIGHT ALLEY Cast of Characters Dame Needy, Mother of a large family, living in a tenament, The Old Shoe ,....,.,..................,.......................,,.,.......,....r...,,.................,.......,.......,...,.,.,... Isabelle Siebenthal Meg, Her eldest daughter ....,.................... ............,.......,....... W illma Brown Jack, Only Son of Dame Needy ............,.......,,.,,....,,.,............. ...,.,.,,...,., D elbert Pendergast Angelina, An emigrant child ........,.......,,..,.,..,,..,..,,.,.,,,,..............i. ...,.......,,,,,..,.,. B eatrice Steele Lily, Daughter of the owner of The Old Shoe ....................,,,.,.,.r.... Vera Raymond Meg's Seven Sisters, Jack's Baseball nine, Chorus. Pianist .........,..,,,............,..,,,...........,..,...,.,........,,.,.........,......,...,..,.,,,.,...........................,..... Frances Whitaker Synopsis Dame Needy, with her large family, lives in The Old Shoe, a tene- ment in Twilight Alley. Meg is the oldest of eight daughters, and Jack, the only son, is captain of a baseball nine of boys of his own age. Angelina is an emigrant child who is left all day at The Old Shoe, while her mother works in a factory. Lily is the daughter of a well-to-do property owner, the landlord of The Old Shoe. One afternoon Lily loses her way in the city streets and wanders into a tenement court where the sunshine rarely penetrates because of the smoke. She pities these twilight dwellers and invites them to her own lovely garden. While Dame Needy is asleep, the girls steal away with her to her home on the hill-top. During their absence the boys rebel at being compelled to live in The Old Shoe and decide to burn it, but Lily and the others return in time to offer a happier solution, and all ends well. 1926 IPAGE 461