Elgin Academy - Hilltop Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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The Palnt and Palette Club the school art organlzatlon held 1lS fzrst meetmg thls fall The purpose of the club was to further the mterest of the members m art and ludgmg by the spontaneous enthuslasm of our local con nolsseurs the group w1ll be a part of the school extra curr1culum for many years The Paul Cezanne exh1b1t1on at the Art Instltute of Chlcago and the Good Des1gn Show at the Merchandrse Mart were among the v1s1tat1on hlghlmghts of the year They were taken 1n wlth the purpose of furthermg the development ot the mdxvlduals under stardmg of the begmmngs and the growth of modern art and xts mfluence on our everyday needs Comcldlng Wllh th1s type of study they v1s1ted the Haeger Pottenes 111. Dundee and a modern home deslgned by Frark Lloyd Wr1ght whlch was bu1lt near Elgm The club s contrlbutlon to the chapel pen ods cons1sted of sl1des and mot1on p1ctures of lxves of famous artlsts The offxcers were Caral Conte pres1dent Barbara Bloxam v1ce pres: dent Nancy Freeman secretary and Penney Iohnson treasurer The club met once a month durlng the seventh perxod on Fnday and were advrsed by C Dean Chrpman and Carl Paak members of the faculty An orgaruzahon rn 1lS second year at the academy was the Hobby Club D1rected by Mr Morr1s 1t cons1sted of vanous students mterested 1n handlcraft In the1r spec1ally equlpped room 11' Sears Hall these members gathered every seventh penod to demonstrate then' ab1l1t1es Th1s club has proved to be a rouslng success Early thrs year the Hxstory Club organlzed by Mr Matamoros elected lane Pankey pro gram chalrman The assembled group an vlted for the occaslon on each Sunday nrght held many xrterestmg programs treatlng such subjects as Guatemalan h1story the precon 20 quest of Mexrco Amer1can lndlans and the concept of hmstory All 1n all th1s tumed out to be a very mformatlve and mterestmg club One of the most hrghly representatlve groups zn the Elgm Academy was the m1xed chorus for over three fourths of the student body belong to thls orgamzatxon The chorus was composed of about irfty three volces both male and female wlth the latter 111 the malonty Mrs Avant was the dlrector of the group She also selected members of the m1xed chorus for placement m the tr1ple tr1o for g1rls and the double quartet for boys The tnple tr1o was composed of Beth Hetzler Kathy Davls Ioanne McConnell Caral Conte Pen ney Iohnson Carolyn Hall Mary Lou Owen Ann Rovelstad and Sue Llppman The boys 111 the double quartet were Gordon Barber Iohn Yelton Ion Schurme1er Ph1l Fox Gene Lamp Don Hedrlck Dave Wnght and Frank Collmgbourne Durmg the year both the m1xed chorus and the two other groups put on several fme pro grams On December 6 ard 7 they sang for a Christmas program m the art gallery and accompanled the Chrlstmas tableaux put on by the elementary grades A few mghts later they sang the selectlons from the tableaux for the veterans at the Elgm State Hosprtal A fmal muslcal program for the year was presented on May 10 The occaslon was the sprmg concert whrch trad1t1onally mcludes the m1xed chorus small choral ensembles w1th several of the pxano and vo1ce students part1c1patmg ln the program Mus1c from the well known productlor' South Pac1l1c was 1ncluded m the concert Th1s concert was followed by the annual muslc faculty recltal Presented on the program were Goldre Rodg ers p1an1st 1n muslc by Scarlattl Schumann and Claude Debussy a group of songs by Mary Sllhman soprano and lane Chlpman and Constance Kroeger playmg musrc for two planos by Bach Strauss and Copland Both programs were presented for the students parents and fnends of the school 111 the art gallery theatre 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 t , - 1 ' 1 1 11 1 1 I ' 1 1 ' ' ' ' . 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . . 11 . ' 1 1 11 - ' 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.1 1 ' - 1 1. ' ' ' ' 1 1. , .. - - 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 . 1 .. . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 - 11 ..11 , 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 . . . ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . I 1 1' 1 1. 1 ' ' lllflllflllf

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UBANGE AND BLACK STUDENT CUUNCII. among the 2000 alumni, parents and friends of the school. So hats off to the 1952 Orange and Black staff. The purpose of the Elgin Academy student council is to bring to attention the students' viewpoints on school issues. It is composed of officers of various school organizations and supervised by the headmaster and the assist- ant headmaster. The members are Chan Hatcher, Orange Club president: Don Hedrick, Senior class president: Francis DeSalvo, Iunior class presi- dent: Ann Stuhler, Sophomore class president: Ion Schurmeier, Freshman class president: Ion Hamill, eighth grade president: Hugh McVey. seventh grade president: Barbara May, Black Club president: Eugene Lamp, senior secre- tary, and Penney Johnson, Aeichlorian presi- dent. 19

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