Elyria Public High School - Elyrian Yearbook (Elyria, OH)

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German Folk Song, and Vesper A Capella Choir Wins Praise at Yule Time Grad Losses to Be Retrieved from Junior Choir l , ' . A Capella Choir ' Left to Right: Top Row- Ray Renz, Jason Dettman, Weldon Hopewell, Barrett Reed, Orval Strohl, Robert Folk, Junior Hay- lor, Robert Crandall, William Lauck, Earl Demos, Kenneth Worcester, Don Crozier, Fred Weily, Roger Williams, Don Hensman, Robert Penfound, William Yunker, Mr. Beck. Left to Right: Second Row- Ethel Ryan, Mary Ellen Buswell, Martha Horan, Marian Nielsen, Lucille Mohrman, Jane Storm, Muriel Summerlee, Almeda Martin, Ruth Storm, Wilma Struck, Frances Bennett, Eileen Birkline, Leora Chobanoff, Doris Helmling, Charlotte Chase, Marian Barnes, Virginia Brunger, Betty Corkill, Ellen Howenstine, Jeanette Sheppard. Left to Right: Bottom Row- Marian Malik, Beverly Peterman, Donna McAllister, Barbara Brodbeck, Elaine Garland, Louise Ramser, Lois Leppere, Isabelle Brydon, Mary Batdorf, Mary Ruth Cochrane, Virginia Showalter, Ruth Eitam, Irene Hollis, Alice Link, Nita Poole, Doris Storer, Maxine Garford, Marie Yesberger, Eleanor Meyers. The A Cappella Choir has been especially busy, as the members have given many con- certs. One which was very suc- cessful was the Christmas Con- cert given at the high school on December 23. The stage was decorated with two candlelebra, one on either side, and a church window beau- tifully lighted at the rear. Some of the songs given were Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly, Sing Noel, Lo! How A Rose Eler Blooming, Silent Night and O' Come All Ye Faithful. The Girls' Glee Club played an important part at this con- cert in serving as an antiphonal chorus, and answering the A Cappella Choir in the last two songs, giving the effect of an echo. The choir has also given three other concerts: one at Ely School and two at Elyria High School. Participating in the Lake Erie League Festival was considered, at least by the choir members themselves, as being the most important event of their season. They sang three songs separate- ly: Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee, by Bach, Good Good Night, Good Night, a Twenty-Fozu' Hymn. Songs which they sang togeth- er with the other Lake Erie League choirs were: O Morn of Beauty, Swansea Town, a Rus- sian Folk Song, and Soldier, Sol- dier. The oflicers are Fred Weily, president, Martha Horan, secre- tary, Alice Link and Martha Horan, librarians. Losing a score of members through graduation will be made good next fall by entrants from the junior choir so that the membership status of 55 will be maintained.

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Monitors, Slip Collectors Give Real Service Courtesy, Devotion, Dependability Widely Commended l'XVait a minute, buddy. You can't go out. That,s right, I forgot that this was a lunch period. I'll go to Lincoln Building through the passageway, not the street. Such situations confront the 33 noon monitors who are sta- tioned daily from 11:35 to 1:35 at the various doors of the three buildings to prevent the exit of all students except those who have permission to eat lunch at home. The monitors, under the di- rection of Mr. E. G. Baxter, not only have to watch the en- trance and exit of these certain students, but are expected to co- operate in preventing loitering about the doorways. Each monitor serves during two half-hour lunch periods. When he is not checking depar- tures and arrivals, he may work on his lessons in the chair placed near the door for him. Every three weeks the office issues a list giving the names of the students who are permitted to go home for lunch, the time they may leave, and the door by which they depart. Each moni- tor regularly receives his door list. It is quite generally agreed that the monitors face perhaps the greatest test of honor offered to any group of students in the school. With nearly 300 students leaving the building to eat lunch, it is recognized that it may be a great temptation to a moni- tor to let one or two intimate friends leave without permission. These boys are to be com- mended for their courage in re- sisting temptation, their cour- tesy to their fellow students, and their loyalty to their school. Besides the monitors another group of boys facilitates office routine by collecting the absence lists each morning from 43 home rooms. More than a dozen boys make this collection trip. Each boy calls at certain home rooms and gets the slips which the home room teachers have left outside the door in the name plate. From these lists, a stu- dent typist assembles the Daily Absence List, types, and mime- ographs it. By ten a. m. 11 copy is in each teacher's nameplatc. During the last period each day boys collect the classroom absence lists andtake them to the office for checking. Monitors and Slip Collectors 1st Row-Robert Smith, Chuck Niegowski, Richard Davies, George Pogan, Lyle Scott, Russell Gleason, Gerald Morris, Earl Pallas, Robert Rieth, Frederick Stilgenbauerg 2nd Row-Mayo Roe, Leroy Gotro, Joseph Horvath, Jack Meyer, John Steinbinder, Robert Wissinger, Edgar Burr, Robert Lay- port, David Dehm, John Price, Bill Davidson, Dick Fey, 3rd Row-Judson Wfonderly, Kenneth Johns, Leonard Koehn, Robert Wilcox, Bill Minch, Francis Mockler, Warren Platner, John Garney, Earl Bosley, Robert Rheineck, Gordon Holton. Twenty-Three

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MacDowell Girls Aim For 150 Members By Fall ip :Q za ::- :P Learn Music Rudiments Twice Per Week fvlacDowell Chorus girls, largely freshmen and sopho- mores, totalling 90, are making a drive to interest present eighth .ind ninth grade girls in the work of the organization so that the membership next fall will reach lDU. After the first few months solo tests are begun. Some pupils have dilhculty in over- coming nervousness but the de- sire to prove themselves embryo Jenny Linds soon asserts itself and nervousness is put aside. A great many songs are sung .it sight. This presents a prob- lem inasmuch as sight', ma- terial cannot be studied, conse- quently, by the end of the year all available music for this work is exhausted. The business of improving vocal intonation is interesting and one that requires much pa- tience. The MacDowell Chorus spends part of each period hold- ing tones. This not only im- proves the pupil's sense of pitch but demands correct singing posture and develops breath control. Repertory Morning ,,,, ,, . ,. , l-Tawley Xvhere Shall l Fly , .. . Mozart Chalice of Youth . ,. . Lecocq Cavalry Song .. Spindler The fact that there are no en- trance requirements banish wor- ry in regard to admission. There are three sections of the chorus, A, B, and C, with 30 girls in each. Each section meets twice per week. Each student earns two-tenths of a credit for one semester's work. The rudiments of music are studied, not only singing but music appreciation receives at- tention. Many of the class sessions are full of interest as a result of class discussions growing out of the individual members' report- ing on events in the musical world, and reviewing magazine articles and noteworthy books regarding music and musicians. The membership of the Mac- Dowell groups formerly totalled 125, but interest in the Girls' Glee Club reduced the roll. Mac Dowell Chorus-fSection BJ Top Row Qleft to rightj-Margaret Klyop, Anne Bugyi, W'annetta Brown, Lillie Duvall, Wilnia Bloem, Lois Nevin, Virginia Baker, Anabel Kinney, Elaine Palmer, Lois McQuistion, Helen Kern, Eleanor Robson, Bette Oldfield, 2nd Row-Mildred Rhoads, Maude Haswell, Muriel Fiedler, Jeanette Buc- holtz, Julia Olah, Winifred Merideth, Janet Faulhaber, Betty Sannar, Elaine Johnson, Lois Barlow, Rosalie Seabold, Helen Smith, Delores Haney, Margaret Taylor, FrontiRow-Doris Washington, Patricia White, Jeanette Zachman, Darlene Lilley, XVilma Olward, Jane Berkley, Helen Root, Jean Diederick, Helen Barton, Elinor Fisler, June Donnelly, Agnes Graham, Florence Hollingsworth. Twenty-Five