Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Choir Takes P rt in the Messiah HERE were few outside activities when the Arkansas City Junior College was first or- ganized. As the college began to grow in size and attendance, a need was felt for some organization in which the students could express their vocal abilities. A chorus of only a few voices was formed. In fact, it was really an octet. Every year has seen the addition of more members, un- til the enrollment now totals 55. Every kind of music is sung by the choir-- operatic, classical, oratorio, popular, and sacred. Each year a few more popular tunes are added to the repertoire, which breaks the momotony of singing only classical music. For the past four years the choir has taken part in the annual presentation of George Fred- erick Handel's oratorio, the Messiah , It is the largest project ever attempted by the music de- partments. The idea was conceived by C. L. Hinchee, who directs the personnel of the choir, and A. E. San Romani, the director of the school orchestra. At the first performance the audience was inclined to be skeptical, for it is very seldom that amateurs can sing such a difficult work and sing it well. Much to their surprise, the presentatio-n was an instant succ3s:. In fact the Mcs1iah made such a hit that the department decided to give the ora- torio as an annual Christmas present to the people of Arkansas City. The demand of the public for the presentation of the Messiah is growing year after year. Because the college choir has had more experience in singing the work, it appears to be the real backbone of the chorus. The two-act musical comedy. Ohl Doctor, was presented by the musical departments of the high school and junior college, February 14. This modern opera, with its catchy tunes, clever lines, and rhythmic dances, was written by Palmer Clark. The junior college students who had leading parts in this production were Haskell Gill, who played the part of Doctor Drinkwater, and Lillian Clough, as Hono1'. Other leads were taken by John Tufts and Alice Newman, high school students. The plot of this operetta concerned a lost letter containing valuable information, and all that hap- pened to it before it reached its owner. Charles L. Hinchee directed the chorus and the cast: A. E. San Romani directed the orchestra, and Miss Edith Joyce Davis directed the dance numbers. Y. VV. C. A. UPPER PANEL- - - TOP ROVV, Left to right: Fern Warren, Miss 'Thelma Hall, Miss Lucille Plette, Evelyn Gray, Ruth Walker. SECOND ROW: Lillian Clough, Helen Belt, Gladys Cowen, Dora Gillig, Ruth Knedler. Geraldine Kantzer. THIRD ROW: Ellen Kittrell, Anna Ruth Mans, Freda Wilson, Kath- leen Adams, Rai-hel Foltz. Pep Club CENTER PANEL - TOP ROW, Left to right: Berniece Brown, Mary Lucille Miller, Dick Howard, Samuel Maier, Maxine Dobson, Merrill Pierson, Helen Betty Martin, Fern Warren. Robertha Clack, Melvin Haines, Mary Caine, Geraldine Kantzer. SECOND ROW: Warren Putnam, Marian Getter, Estella Mooney, Gladys Cowen, Rachel Foltz. Dora Gillig, Kathleen Adams, Kathryn Messner, Robert Koetting, Milford Rawlings. THlRD ROW: Haskell Gill, Freda Wilson, Maxine Palmer, Edith Mel- ick, Anna Mae Swaim, Ellen Kittrell, Lura Fitzgerald, Lillian Clough, Anna Ruth Maus, Hugh Roberson, Luther Parman. PAGE 20 FOURTH ROW: Edward Dauphin, Gladys Sprowls, Mary Emma Mc- Guairk, Elsie Lee, Julia Shea, Betty Townsley, Helen VVard, Miss Lucille Plette, Helen Belt, Caroline Somerfield. CHEER LEADERS- Jane Irvine and Donald Naden Ch OI'l1S LOVVER PANEL-- - TOP ROW, Left to right.: Melvin Haines, James Gould, Prince Eckley, Roy Gran- tharn, John Morris, Erle Volkland, Haskell Gill, Garrett Van- dever, Selby Funk, Harry Colopy, Dale Davis. SECOND ROW: Kenneth Curfman, Samuel Maier, wvlHfl'Ell Barker, James Finney, Madison Reynolds, Robert Holman, Ross Kinnamon, George Reynolds. THIRD ROW: Warren Putnam, Kenneth Magnusson, Uell Brown, Hoover Gibson, Margaret Seal, Dora Gillis, Ella Stevenson. Marie Adams, Edith Melirk, Marguerite Thomas. FOURTH ROW: Julia Shea, Lillian Clough, Analee Hill, Maxine Dobson, Berniece Brown, Anna Mae Swaim, Mary Caine, Marguerite Clark, Bill Hamilton, Helen Ward, Daisy D. Mills, Naomi Morris, Marian Getter. FIFTH ROW: Gertrude Elliott, Estella Mooney, Nina Mau1'ine Davis, Amelia Snyder, Eleanor Stanton, Charles L. Hinchee, Roberta Bowen, Martha Beekman, Geraldine Kantzer, June Circle, Maxine Palmer.

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Public Speaking Department Active UBLIC speaking department of the Arkan- sas City Junior College has made a name for itself locally and in the state. Ever since the organization of the department, it has served as a bureau of entertainment for the whole community, and its members have had the opportunity to put on whole programs for clubs in the city and for rural schools throughout the southern part of the county. Its players and readers have been in constant demand, and have appeared on as many as sixty-five outside pro- grams in one year. Last year, members of the class provided a guest program for the English Club of Southwestern College in Winfield, and have an invitation to give a choral reading program for the same club in the near future. This is one of of the few schools in this part of the state which has developed a reading choir. Whether of the nature of comedy or tragedy, the plays produced have always been of a high type and have received the Commendation of the public. Among the long plays produced in the past are: He and She and Everyday by Rach- el Crothersg Second Childhood, Covington and Simpsong You and I, and The Youngest, Phil- lip Barry, The Enemy, Channing Pollockg 'tMary Rose, by James Barrie, and The Garden of the Moon, by Arthur Jearue. For the last two yars the annual speech play has also been given in Cedar Vale as a number of the Lyceum in that town. In the state and district contests Arkansas City Junior College has ranked high, having received a number of firsts and seconds in both reading and oration. Last year Edward Bowlby won second place in oration, and Joy Maurine Parman, second in reading in the district contest. The preceeding year Ray Sandefur won first in reading. Those who have done well in this department have in some cases won immediate recognition in other colleges to which they have gone, and in some cases have been granted advanced standing. Members of the class who have gone into teach- ing positions have found much use for the training received in this department. Another feature of the department is the College Dinner Club, which provides opportunity for de- lightful social contact as well as for practice pro- grams. It meets once a month. All former mem- bers of the class are welcome to attend at any time. Members of the class are: Dorothy Ewing, Louise Clark, Dora Gillig, Sarah Elizabeth Gots- chall, Helen Hart, Geraldine Kantzer, Ellen Kit- trell, Anna Ruth Maus, Elsie Patton, Gaye Stites, Marguerite Thomas, Fern Warren, Ruth Walker, Edith Wilcox, Dale Davis, Kenneth Franklin, Selby Funk, Robert Somers, and Maxine Le Faivere. Miss Pauline B. Sleeth is the istructor. Reward Time-you open-handed thief, Stealing all the golden brief, Sweet hours of life--what bold defense, What calculated recompense Can you oH'er'? Who's to pay For the loss of each glad day A? Time is silent, but the thought Of memories that can't be bought Comes to solace me, as though Time had always willed it to. And I smile to see, each day, Time to snatch the hours but leave the pay. -Miss Inez Johnson. PAGE Z2 To A Live Coal A weird pulsating glow, a crimson heart, An everchanging oft-times fading light. Thought nought but just a piece of anthracite, T'is now transformed-a mystic work of art. Dids't ever dream a thousand years ago That this would be thy end '? Thy final goal? For waving plant to ever turn to coal, And glow there, as the dying fire burn low! Be thou content, Oh Rock, could I but have A life as long and odd as thine has been, Though knowing I'd be ashes by and by, T'would be a soothing balm, a healing salvc To find that in one thousand years or ten, Like thee, I'd glimmer there-till time to die. -Marguerite Thomas.