Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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®hp Sigh ri}0nl nf (Cummmr ©rrhrstra TO those engaged in it the Monday afternoon rehearsal is one of the most pleasant hours of the entire week, and the constant improvement shown is abundant warrant for the time spent. Like anything else worth having, this excellence costs some effort, but the appreciation manifested by the school upon the occasions when the orchestra has appeared at rhetoricals and other public entertainments lightens the task very much. It has been the aim of the director to maintain a high standard in the character of the music used, because of the educational value of that kind of music to both the players and the audience. Nevertheless he has admitted enough of the lighter compositions to spice the pudding. The orchestra has uot only stimulated the application of those who played some instrument when they entered the school but has also incited a number of our pupils to begin the study of instruments they had never tried until after entering the High School of Commerce. Of course the great event of the year in the musical line is the Annual Concert, which was given this year on the 18th of April. We are indebted to several outside persons for assistance in the rendition of a program of unusual excellence. In addition to the good work done by the orchestra, variety and interest were added by the solo of Miss Lamb, the whistling of Miss Morton, the club swinging of Miss Hoover, the singing of the glee club and school chorus, and the quartet composed of Messrs. Kast, Manville, Jackson and Hoover, as indicated in the following program: 73