Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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ART DAYCRQFT T -I -is Ihe Art Appreuitlon Llfass ha thus xeflr been designed to IIILTQVINC the students understindlng of t e principles of lrt 'lpplud to the experxemes of dulx llfe 'ts wt 1 tht phxse of 1rt endeuour known 'ls l'me -Xrts ln studvmg des1gn,color form, 'ts qpplled to such txpes of 'lrt expression as fashion home detormng textlles pottery, 'md commumtx plannmg the students h'1ve gamed flner apprecmtlon of belutx ln their d'lllX Ines 'lo reilwe the grefxtest h'1pp1ness In lnfe be1utx must be percened 1nd constwntls held m thou 'ht The poet stys Oh better than the mmtmg Of '1 gold crow ned kung ls the safe kept memorx Of '1 loselx thing And llkewlse the tudx of the Old blisters ln p'untlng, Renaissance lI'llN Prance 1s well 'ls the Flemish Dutch Pngllsh 1nd Amerlwns proxlded a wealth of be'1utx th If hu bullt tow'1rds the well rounded llfe of 1 h1ppx mdmduul The second part of the se1r his been dexoted to those Ph1ses of p'11nt1ng 'md driwlng utllllrng the mediums of charcoal cln, wwtercolor 'md oxl, which enriched the expernences nn the prftctlcll 'lppllc mon of 'lrt MUSIC APPRECIATION 'Ihe Nluslc Apprecmtxon Cliss, under the superuslon of 'Urs Sturtexant 'llthough sm'tll hfts gamed 'tn mcreasmg knowledge of hne musnc rl hex have delx ed into the studx of the ss mphom, art song folk song and opera One period a week 1 dexoted to questlons and dlscusslons of the techmcalmes certo th rough records In addxtxon to the Nlu IL Apprecmnon LI1 s the school a a whole, has shown 'ln 'lctne Interest ln music 'md a deslre to 'attend musxcal performances In our lmmedmte uclnltx Among these mtlu pated events are the LIXIC 'Uuslc Loncerts ln Stftmford blturdfu m1t1nees 'it the llletropolltm Opem House and lasrlx our own Nlothers Llub Loncerts Dncroft hu been fortumte In receumg the unselflsh generosltx of such great irtlsts as Xlemon Anderson xllfgiffl' Uxlllng md Rose Bunpton, w ho hue contributed o freelx to the support of the Dwcroft Schollrshnp 'md Building l'und ur school his uw 'us pointed with prlde to lts own musical tt ent ls xe'1r our own trtlsta hue brought honors to the school IH sexeml Lmdlellght Rentals presented bx students of 'Xlrs Stur tex int 'md 'Nlr Lrlsler l'1ch of the ptmo students pl tx exceptlowtllx well for the length of tlme thex hue been studxmg 'I he xoc'1l students of Ur Lrnsler have xl o shown thelr zbnlmes md hue thrilled mam 1 llstener with the qullltx of their WUILCN Ducroft could lll afford to gne up her mu In 'IKIIXIIICN for we 'ts '1 st oo tue elrnet t 'lt uslc wetrs tw u from the :ou the dust o eserxdn lufe 24 AT I AX I N , - . ,' I1 ' I 2 . ' :',' ' ...' 'llzs ' :Ss 1 1' ' 1 I in 4 f I I ' , 1 f 1 I .K ' D' .X 1 . ff. f 5: 5: , I Y h V y, sl :K - 'I 1 ' ' ' 7.H , , f . 5 'z . D' 2 .s ' '. Q . 1 ' . . of music, the other, to study of such great works as Beethoven's Fifth and Rachmaninofs Second Con- - V :Q ' . ' ' ' s -' 3 1 J ' 1 ' ' ' . O zl ' ' ' :I . 'l'h'q ' 2 - :'h l,I:' I: I h. BI iz 5: ' l g f . .