Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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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.

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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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Termed by i'rs direcior Mr. Curiis York as able and ambilious lalfhough perspiring af fimesl, ihe Academy Glee Club climaxed The pasl season by being inviied +o sing af Wanamaker's in a special Lenien program. This was quiie an honor as fhe Epis- copal Glee Club was fhe only school group inviied from 'rhe Philadelphia area. The Club pariicipaied in seven conceris over The year, one more 'fhan las? year, including a frip 'ro Aflanfic City for a concerl wifh fhe Aflanfic Cify Friends' School and The annual home concerr wifh ihe Middle School Chorus. The mos? popular songs of ihe Glee Club's excelleni reperfoire proved io be The Chorus of Peers by Arrhur Sullivan, Cole Por+er's In fhe Sfill of fhe Nighf, and Lifi Thine Eyes by Frederic Logan. These, along wiih several ofhers including fhe rousing John Peel and The powerful Omnipoience, sung wiih 'rhe Middle School Chorus, con- cluded fhe program. A dance was held aiier each conceri and many enjoyable evenings were speni. The excellenf qualify of 'rhe singing 'rhis year was exhibiied in all oi 'rhe conceris as ihe club was consfanily encoring iis seleclions. A word of praise mus+ be given here 'ro Chuck Bazemore, presideni of 'rhe club for iwo years and a member of 'rhe Ociei for ihree years. Chuck performed ably as a soloisi and his sieadying influence on 'rhe club members kepf ihem aleri and on fheir foes ai all iimes. As usual, ihe compeiiiion for fhe Ociel' was keen and The choices were made wiih diiiiculry. When finally chosen, ii consisled of Harold Siarr, Dick Mears, Ed Medford, Bob Lowry, Willis Arndi, Chuck Bazemore, Dick Hiers, and Jack Kisller who combined 'ro give excelleni rendilions of many Negro spirilual numbers. The besi received oi lhese were Climbing Up fhe Mounfain and My Lord, Whai a Morning! in which Bob Lowry sang an excellenf solo. The Ocfei was by far ihe mosi' popular secfion of ihe Glee Club and iis members always mei overwhelming applause ai every conceri. Nexi yearsclub will again be under The direciion oi Mr. York whose uniiring eiioris and painsfaking rehearsing of The group produced from an inexperienced'group an excelleni and well-rounded Glee Club. The Glee Club of I949-I95O wishes io ihank Mr. Hugh McClelland for puifing in many hours ai The piano as accompanisi and Mr. York for making such a successful season possible. Presidenf ,.,.... ..,.. C harles W. Bazemore Vice-Presideni ,.,.. Edward J. Palmer, Jr. Secrefary ...,. ..,,, R ichard C. Mears, Jr. Librarian ...,. Thomas A. Franklin GLEE CLUB