Clarksburg High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Clarksburg, OH)

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12 CLARKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL DRAMATICS gpg-n-n1un-n-ns--in-nu--10-ll1n-la1un1n1n..-n1un-ll-nv-nn-:ln-am1u1u1ul1ll1ln1ll-lu1n fd LARKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL has always emphasized the value of literary programs. Back in the earlier days of the school the literary l fl society, divided generally into three sections, presented bi-weekly pro- grams to the student body and visitors. No training in dramatics for general public programs was attempted, however, and inter-school debates and programs were almost unknown. But after the formal commencement orations had given way to class plays, introduced by Superintendent Fortney in 1910, more interest in dramatics and public performances was shown by both the students and the public. In recent years there have been produced plays of the best quality at commencement. Royalty plays are selected, the first having been And Home Came Tedn in 1922. This was followed by Clarence in 1923, then by Mrs, Bumpstead Leigh in 1924, Happiness in 1925, and Seventeen in 1926. The average annual attendance at these plays is about six hundred, a tribute to the performers and to the discriminating appreciation of the community. So closely has music become associated with public programs that each year, beginning with Charles H. Gabriel's Merry Milkmaidsu, the school has given an operetta, achieving a very favorable reputation. Miss Cherry- blossom was presented in 1924, The Gypsy Rover in 1925, and The Lass of Limerick Town in 1926. Our friends of the Atlanta and New Holland High Schools have also staged similar productions, which they have ex- changed with us in public performances. This year, under the able direction of our music instructor, Miss Ollie Ater, fone-half of whose time the Atlanta schools claimj the high school of that village presented Once in a Blue Moon , while New Holland High gave The Belle of Barcelona . All were enthusiastically received by the audiences at each point. The literary society has met each year with creditable programs. A very entertaining program was presented in October by the public speaking class under the direction of Miss Juanita Bullock. It consisted chiefly of two short, plays, Atmosphere and Finishing Touches. Music was an added feature at this program as well as at another in April, when the same class presented two more plays, Sauce for the Goslings and A Girl to Order . All these activities have helped to give Clarksburg High School a merited recognition among the schools of Ross County. 4.

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CLARKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 1.-'li 1 1 1-qi-.ini 'f----'1-'------ - -----------' 1- I ANNUAL STAFF - .- 1 1uninn1-111111 .- 1-uint Don Anderson Irene Morris Hazel XViIlis - Beatrice Emrich Joe Morgan - cl THE ANNUAL Athletic Editor Literary Editor Editor-in-Chief Business Manager - Art Editor I students of Clarksburg High School this year take pleasure in pre A l senting to their friends this volume of pictures and records of the year s l organizations, as well as of hrief mention of former activities. Ve trust that this, the flrst attempt of the kind, will meet with the approval of everyone to such an extent that next year another book may he publlshed on a still more extensive scale.

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CLARKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL '- - - - - - -' -' - - '- - '-I'-H -' - - -- '-'---I--I - - - -I - --------1' I MUSIC I Frank Ilarrington Don Anderson Ilzirn ett Leach Hmrarcl Ater llowznrcl Smith Ozitlicr Skinner Lilurk XYICIQCIISIIIICI' Vnrter Muinlurc MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS YL x incl lixumlmlx ltnmrn innsiczil uI'g'ElI1lZ1llIU1l:i in the sclnml. it lu llll,lC the uctette here given nieriterl pimiiiiiieiice is prulmzilvly the must j wiclelr: iz ' -' ' no intnns iiinmmpulizts tht in - nsiczil stage. lfm' swine years I1 small tn'eliesti':1 has heen inziintzlinecl. wllivli. rlnring the past three Years. hzls hcen emnhinecl with the urcliestrzt ul Atlzintzi lligh Sclnml. lim stunt s ' , - years years, two, attention has heen given tu special inns' 'z i it il tezitnres. 'l'ht-se :irc- sn intimately zissociaterl with clrznnzitics that they :ire nientimicrl c-lsewlic-i'c'. Two years ago the zitlviszlhility nl cnipluying' :1 clirectnr nl' ninsic lmeczniie su well estzihlishenl that Miss I Jllie M, Ater was einpltwerl to lc-:ul the rlewcln i- . I inc-nt ul' :1 splenclicl musiczil prugrzxiii tln'ung'liunt the entire selnml s lXliss .-Xter is :L gizlclnnte of Ohio Northern LvI1lX'Cl'SIlY'5 1 s' ystein. nn, it' tlCllZlI'lIIICIll. Zllltl is llll zlluninzt ut' ti. ll. S.. clevuting her energies tu instilling' innsieztl ippi tion :incl flevelu minn' ' , K . z 'evin- 1 A musical talent zlniniig the lmys :tml girls nl' her limne Ctllllllllllllly. The lmvs who furin the high h stliuul clunlule male quzxrtette have i't'ceix'efl generous and SI1Sl.2lllICtl applause 1 A notnhle success was at the urzlt :incl mrzuse wlierever they hzivc zlppezirc-cl. urical contest this year at I I'zmkl'oi't, where they responded to several encores.