Commerce High School - Commerce Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONCERT. “HP HE largest audience and the best concert in the history of the A school,” was the verdict of those who attended the Fourth Annual Concert on the sixteenth of April, at the East Technical High School. Approval and appreciation greeted every number on the program which was arranged as follows: PROGRAM. Part I. Einzugs Marsch from “Boabdil” .................Moszkowski HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE ORCHESTRA. Indian Club Swinging.................................... MISS HAIDEE H. HOOVER. Darkies’ Cradle Song.............................. Holder Funiculi, Funicula..................................Denza HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE OCTETTE. Tres Moutarde................................... Macklin THE ORCHESTRA. Morn Rise........................................Czibulka HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE GLEE CLUB. Annie Laurie..............................Lady John Scott YE MENNE SYNGERS' QUARTETTE. Hungarian Dance ...................................Brahms THE ORCHESTRA. Part II. Andante from the “Surprise Symphony”................Haydn THE ORCHESTRA. Whistling Solo, Amoreuse Waltz.....................Berger MISS ESTHER MORTON. Spring! Spring! ....................................Borch THE GLEE CLUB. Overture to “Semiramide”..........................Rossini THE ORCHESTRA. Good Bye........................................... Parks YE QUARTETTE. Egyptian March.............................Johann Strauss THE ORCHESTRA. In the confidence with which the attacks were made and in the balancing of the parts the Glee Club showed marked improvement over any previous appearance. The girls have produced a result in their work of which the school is justly proud. A new organization appeared for the first time on this program under the title of the Octette. It was kindly received by the audience who gave the encouragement of an encore. Such an organization among the boys ti

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MR. J. OLNEY MANVILLE. SUMMER in the midst of its glory promised a happy vacation to the widely scattered members of our school, and everything seemed at its brightest, when a dark cloud suddenly appeared, shutting out all joy. Mr. J. Olney Manville died at his home in Willoughby, after a short illness. His teaching was an inspiration to his classes, and music lessons were looked forward to with great pleasure. His happy disposition and winning ways seemed to create a desire on the part of every one to do his best. The teachers and pupils at the High School of Commerce have sustained an irreparable loss by the death of our friend. co

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is so desirable that this beginning should be the foundation of a permanent boys' musical organization for high class vocal training. Many compliments were expressed for the grace and skill with which Miss Hoover swung the Indian Clubs. This is a species of physical training which is in no way detrimental to girls, but quite beneficial in adding to grace and health. Ye Menne Syngers’ Quartette has been on our concert program three times and received a hearty welcome, responding to several encores. Nothing on the program was given more interested attention nor more hearty applause than the whistling solo of Miss Morton. Her pleasing personality and her excellence of skill entitle her to a place among the first whistlers on the public platform. The rendition of the orchestral numbers surpassed all previous efforts of that organization and set a new record for future emulation. From the ragtime of “Too Much Mustard,” voted by the school, to the climax of the evening in the “SemiVamide Overture,” there was a swing and snap seldom equalled by amateur players. The “Hungarian Dance” showed careful training in the response to the baton, as did also the Andante from the “Surprise Symphony.” It is not much of an exaggeration to say that during the playing of the overture no member of the orchestra and very few in the audience retained any consciousness of things mundane. We “rode on the clouds of harmony and drank deep draughts of the nectar of melody.” THE HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE ORCHESTRA. Director—S. R. Hoover. First Violin. Erwin Sauernheimer John Weizer Lulu Heuer Isadore Samuels Betty Chlad Hazel Stevens Vladimir Tuma Marguerite Clarke Second Violins. Helen Mulac Abraham Schochtovitz Herbert Warnsman Benjamin Kasner Frank Pavilonis Violoncello. G. R. Montgomery Blanche Caldwell Dorothy Kindler Mandolin. Olive Howie Bass. Edith Caldwell First Clarinet. R. L. White Second Clarinet. Kenneth Whiteley Charles Schulman First Flute. F. R. Witte Second Flute. Roy Pelton First Comet. H. T. McMyler Fred Bergold 02 Second Comet Lawrence Brennan Ferdinand Meier Trombone. H. C. Ditmer 0. F. Baughman Bells. Helen Stuhlberger Drums and Traps. Arthur Haas Harry Edelstein Piano. Florence McCorkindale Ruth Chesses