Clarion High School - Lasso Yearbook (Clarion, IA)

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GIRLS' GLEE CLUB Carlyle tells us that All deep things are song, see deep enough and you see musically. Realizing this fact, seven of the talented high school girls, at the suggestion of their musical director, organized the well known glee club. Their popularity is a good indication that their selections have given excellent satisfaction and have been executed in an extremely artistic manner. The fact that they have sung at all important educational meetings is enough to show that their ability and influence have been recognized throughout the community. Another pleasing fact is that each member of this organization possesses the musical temperament of a soloist, which seldom occurs and without which the club could not have done such superior work. Gail Hickcox, first soprano. Byrd Porter, First soprano. Nellie Patterson, second soprano. June Young, first alto. Vera Peterson, first alto. Hattie Eldridge, second alto. Nina Sturgeon, second alto. . BOYS'QUARTETTE The quartette was organized irribctober, but did not make their first appearance until the middle of November, at the faculty reception. They were greeted with hearty applause and immediately charmed their listners, so that, at every school function afterwards, the programs were not complete unless the quartette consented to favor the audiences with at least.one selection. Itis hoped that the spirit and enthusi- asm and faithfulness to practice which these boys have exhibited will prove a precedent to similar organizations and will bring the same good results. Clifford Goslin, first tenor. Earl Pardun, second tenor. James Rowen, baritone. Howard Wetter, bass.

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GIRLS' GLEE CLUB CLARION HICH SCHOOL MISS MARGARET BOWES Instructor in Music

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R TORY Parody on Hamletls Soliloquy To speak, or not to speak, that is the question Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slurs and jeers of braver schoolmates, Or to enter the contest against a siege of stage fright, And by speaking conquer all? To speak, to speak, at last, and by that speech to say we know The heartbeats and the thousand natural shocks ' That flesh is heir to, , Is it a consummation devoutly to be wished? To try: to speak-to try: perchance 'tis but to fail: aye thereis the rub, For in that contest failure may to some one come E'en tho' we've almost shuffled off this mortal coil By work and drill: . There's the mere chance that makes decisions of this kind hard For who would bear the work and Hight of time- The fear of failure--the weight of hope deferred- The pangs of lost reward-the long delay-the Weariness of study- The distress that comes from practice long and tedious- Wlien he himself might his quietus make with a mere decline. Who would wish to bear and drill and toil the weary weeksg But for this thought-perchance in after years The good we now may reap will help us bear The burdens in the higher walks of life, And thus enable us to share the ills And joys that human hearts must ever meet. Thus conscience does make workers of us all- Aud thus the native hue of resolution And enterprises of great pith and moment Are brightened o'er with new and earnest thought. LOLA VVORTH, '10.