Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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CHOIR Again under The leadership oT Mr. McClelland, The choir has had one oT iTs besT seasons in many years. In spiTe oT The TacT ThaT The choir had only one rehearsal a week, iT had an anThem prepared Tor The chapel service every Friday. Some of The beTTer-known anThems sung by The choir This year were Franck's Psalm l50, MozarT's Gloria in Excelsis, and Farmer's Greai' and Marvelous. Besides being one oT The mainsTays of The daily chapel services, The choir Took parT in Two oT The mosT memorable occurrences oT The year: The ChrisTmas PageanT and The Annual Academy Service. The PageanT was proclaimed To be one of The besT ever, Thanks To The unTiring eTforTs of Mr. Sumner and Mr. Harris who direcTed The cosTuming and The performance, and Mr. NeaThery who direcTed The unusual lighTing eTfecTs. The choir was duly praised Tor iTs singing oT Three anThems plus iTs greaT assisTance in The singing of The carols. The Annual Academy Service was an ouTsTanding evenT oT The year, being held once again aT The Church of The Redeemer on April 23rd. The choir gave iTs besT performance oT The year here in The singing oT Franck's O Lord MosT Holy and Zin- garelli's Go NoT Far From Me, Oh Lord. A new ampliTying sysTem, The giTT of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tobias, was insTalled in The chapel in early December. Through iT may be broadcasTed music Trom records or The organ, or The chapel service iTselT. Much Thanks is To be given To Richard Mears Tor his assisTance To The choir in his playing oT The organ. Mr. McClelland deserves The mosT crediT, however, Tor his producTion oT The very Tine organizaTion ThaT was This year's choir.

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FRONT: Hiers, Bazemore, K. SmiTh, March, Shouvlin. BACK: Hewson, Nixon, Mr. ST. Clair, Salisbury Beahm. STUDENT VESTRY Warden ..., ,.,,. K enneTh C. SmiTh, Jr. Sgcrgiqry ,,4, ,..... C harles W. Bazemore Treasurer ....... RoberT M. March ThroughouT The I949-T950 school year, The STudenT VesTry conTinued iTs quieT and unobTrusive work aT The Academy. The reading oT The lessons, The running OT The chapel services, and The supervision of The chariTy campaigns in The Upper School were iusT a Tew oT The acTiviTies ThaT were carried on by This group. ATTer a sTudenT opinion poll, Talcen in The dining room aT The beginning oT The year, The VesTry decided To carry Through The pledge sysTem again as a means OT collecTing Tunds Tor The various chariTy drives, mainly because iT had been so successful in This connecTion during The preceding year. This year, The VesTry broughT abouT a more sysTemaTic meThod Tor The mainTenance OT The chapel. A lisT was posTed and Two vesTrymen were assigned To spend Trom Tive To Ten minuTes each day in keeping The chapel in order and in mending The hymnals and prayer books.

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FORESTRY CLUB Under The leadership and guidance oT iTs Tounder and TaculTy advisor, Dr. Fred J. DooliTTle, The ForesTry Club did iTs usual Tine iob Tor The Academy. The Friday-aTTer- noon meeTings seem To become more and more popular every year, and This year The aTTendance reached a peak. AT These meeTings movies were shown and inTer- esTing speakers were heard on some days, while on oTher days The members of The club Took walks around The school grounds To see The Trees and oTher planTs and also The birds. These meeTings, however, were only a small parT OT The ToTal program of The club. As is usually The case, Fall Arbor Day was a big day on The school's calendar. The proceedings were direcTed by Dr. DooliTTle and PresidenT KisTler and were enhanced by several inTeresTing speeches and The reading oT Governor DuTT's Arbor Day Procla- maTion by George Swan. The day will be especially remembered by The seniors, as The class planTed a pin oak. As usual, Dr. DooliTTle spenT much oT his Time working on The grounds, and in The spring he was helped by a group oT boys every aTTernoon. CerTain members oT The club also-aided him in The exTerminaTion oT some squirrels. Many members Tound inTeresTing reading in The varied assorTmenT of club maga- zines headed by American ForesTs. As The year came To a close, many again Took parT in The annual compeTiTion Tor prizes in Trees, Tlowers. and birds. The club once again was a member oT The Save The Redwoods League. WiTh The addiTion OT six more liTe members The club's scholarship Tund was swelled To well over I8OO dollars. This Tund is To go Tor The educaTion oT an Academy graduaTe To become a ToresTer. Thus once again The ForesTry Club was one oT The mosT valuable and respecTed organizaTions oT The school in iTs TwenTy-eighTh season. The grounds were improved and all who availed Themselves OT The club learned more abouT wildlife and ToresTry.