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

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Glee Club Girls Train For A Capella Choir J. Martin Beck Seeks to Improve Tone, Posture, Rhythm Girls' Glee Club Left to right: lst Row-Isabel Bathory, Reva Taylor, Eleanor Halliday, Jeannette Schrubsole, Vivian Guthman, Virginia Easly, Betty Harrison, Margaret Sepperg 2nd Row-Betty Bishop, Dorothy Alt- felt, Betty Burnet, Leora Alexander, Rea Clare Harris, Anna Mary MacDonald, Alberta Eddy, Alberta Mclntire, Betty MaeDowell, Arlene Rounds, Jean Fridenstine, Roberta Freeland, June Yunglessg 3rd Row-Jane Andrus, Jane Uthe, Barbara Rogers, Betty Jensen, Bernice O'Donnell, Clarice Hensman, Mary Jane Sullivan, Evelyn Kieffer, Christine Ruhl, Mary Ann Bachtel, NVanda Bieske, Dorothy Peabody, Wilma Huber, Ruth Schroeder, 4th Row--Mr. Beck, Ruth Ann Sheldon, Mary Robson, Evelyn Lyndon, Margaret Halpin, Mary Catherine Brand, Mary Kiehm, Elaine Schultz, Florence Welton, lva Pollack, Doris VanValkenburg, Jane Robertson, Jean Brillhart, Carolyn Guth- rie, Aileen Fiedler. Library Scene The Girls' Glee Club, a per- forming organization of 55 girls, regards the assistance it gave at the Christmas Concert as its most notable service of the year. In December the club sang for the P. T. A. Gladys Welton 'mid 35 was president during the first semes- terg Mary Robson, during this semester, Mary Ann Bachtel has served as librarian all year. The repertoire of the club in- cludes Ffllfllif from 'QThe Gondo- liersv-Gilbert and Sullivan, Nigbffnll in Grmzada-Buenog 01,1 Ccu 1iMa-Cooke, Twiligbf for D1'l'n1777f71lQlW31'f01'dQ Piraif' Drrvzms - Huerterg G1'a1111i11n Mia-Frimlg and Su'r'efbr'arf from Maytime',-Romberg. Twenty-Six

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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

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9 Band To Participate In Odd Fellows Parade Committee Looks After New Uniforms Since November Band boys are looking forward to participation in a big parade to be staged by Odd Fellows during their three-day state con- vention in Elyria June 18, 19, 20. A band camp at Cedar Point will attract several boys for stays of various lengths. Russell Dean plans to attend three months. Don Hensman will be there for one month, while Bill Lersch, David Dehm, and Bill Given also intend to go for short periods. These boys are studying music under Alois Hruby of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. They will study other instru- ments in addition to their own. As manager of the band this year Bill Lersch has been very able. Bob Wilcox is assistant managerg James Pahl is drum major, and Don Hensman and Bob Grobe are librarians. The Stage and Property Crew, which arranges the stage and has complete charge of the uni- forms, consists of Paul Stentz, Junior Haylor, Earl Demos, Doug Brydon, Bill McDermott, and Bob Mallory. The uniforms, new in Novem- ber, 1934, are kept in the P. T. A. room, 138, and are passed out over a table by Paul Stentz and two other boys of the Stage and Property Crew. The room is also used for a dressing room, as the band suits are never taken home. The crew sees to it that the players' busi- ness clothes are on hangers while they are wearing the uniforms. The new uniforms were hrst worn at the Lorain game in late November. The money to pay for them was obtained from the The Band proceeds of a Donkey Baseball game in the spring of 1934 be- tween the American Legion and the Faculty, from the proceeds of a regular game, from pro- ceeds from concerts, and from a donation from the Athletic Department showing their ap- preciation for the Band's services at games. After the football season the band always becomes a concert band, playing at assemblies, at benefit performances, and at lodges. The aim of the band in these participations is to obtain publicity and earn money. Bob Wilcox, xylophonist, and Eugene Sabo, ten-year-old violin- ist, played solos at the band con- cert at Ely School on March 22. At press time plans were being formulated for the last concert, to be given in May or early June. Left to right: 1st Row-J. Martin Beck, directorg William Davis, Jack Spencer, Allen Katz, Leonard McDaniels, Robert W'issinger, James Pahl, drum major, Erwin Shultz, Donald Hensman, Robert Lee, Oliver Townsend, Russel Dean, 2nd Row-James Brown, James Reynolds, Robert Mallory, Ray- mond Bowen, Douglas Brydon, Robert Wurst, 'William Schroeder, William Given, Robert Strand, Tony Klimzackg 3rd Row-Jack Crowell, Clyde Miller, Ernest Haylor, Richard Miller, Paul Stentz, Nick Marsico, William Kaylor, Ralph Latimer, David Dehm, William Lersch, Orval Strohlg 4th Row-John Mowry, Carl Haag, Robert Grebe, Robert Wilcox, William M c De r mo t t , Louis Hecock, Alfred McManama, Paul Hayes, Earl Demos, James Bellamy, William Williams, Junior Eady. Twenty-Se-uen