Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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BOYS' BAND ORCHESTRA

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Werth, Kathryn Wilcox, William Adams, Laura Dodge, Catherine Geimer, Jacqueline Gruner, Margaret Hansen, Elizabeth Hardy, Helen Head, Ardath Hill, Evelyn Kellen- berger, Katherine Kittleman, Jane Martin, Fred Parker, Lauretta Parsons, Priscilla Pul- len, jean Redmond, Rose Juliette Ross, Hazel Ward Smith, Marian Russell, Dorothy Terras, Bernice Thompson, Richard Trusdell, Rosemary Barnes, Audrey Benton, Rose Ellen Brady, Phyllis Braun, Margaret Cullison, Mary Jane Currie, Jean Fischer, Virginia Frank, Virginia Hofstetter, Jane Hoof, Bernice Johnson, Muriel Johnson, Elizabeth Lawrence, Jean McLelland, Frances Morey, Irene Nugent, Helen Preston, June Reid, Marie Schank, Altha Searle, and Elizabeth Tracy. In thse choruses the tired seniors relax somewhat Qonly somewhatj and spend forty-five minutes singing Qsupposedly on pitchj many very beautiful and difficult compositions. Some of these are from popular operas, others were written by modern composers particularly for the chorus book. Last December the choruses, in conjunction with the girls' gym classes, gave a Christmas pageant. It came quite up to the expectations of the Xb M- Q , J parents and friends who attended. 'W ' The choruses and the orchestra worked together to produce The J Mikado. It was presented two nights. Seniors prominent in the cast were Phyllis Braun, Albert McPherrin, William Hall, Robert .' France, Cornelia Pace, Hazel Ward Smith, George Bollenbacher, K ' Rose Ellen Brady, and Charlotte Werth. F - Under the teaching of Mr. Swihart and Miss Rafferty there are really unusual chances for a musical education such as few high schools can boast of. Ninety seniors of '31 are leaving our school the richer for having learned to appreciate music better and having been able to take part in musical programs during the past four years. Twentylfour

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Twenty-six TWILIGHT MOODS QA SONNET SEQUENCE, THE INTERIM How brief and still this span of twilight seems To come between the long hard day and night! How very calm and sweet this short delight That lends its charm and beauty to my dreams! Far in the west where day's last radiance gleams A bird wings back to earth in gradual flight, A solemn peace comes with the lovely sight, And in the darkening sky a white moon beams. This is the interim: in all the day There is no other hour so sweetly still. Just once a bird calls out his farewell notes- Just once before the rosy gloom grows gray. My heart drinks in the beauty to its fill, Then past the moorfs pale face a dark cloud floats. SPRING O world of youthful dreams, high hopes, and song, Be still a moment now-be hushed and still, And watch the sun descend that distant hill That stands above earth's glory. Hush! prolong The beauty of this hour or do a wrong To day and night, for both have had a will In forming twilight, their power and utmost skill Alone could make this perfect peace so strong. Now as the wings of loveliness unfold The slender moon and evening star appear, Low in the west the sky is rose and gold And highest heaven is luminous and clear. This is a time possessed of charms untold- It is the youth and bloom of all the year. SUMMER The end of day is like a peaceful prayer That swells in quiet moments from a heart Whose loveliness is somehow kept apart From thoughts that are not purified and fair. Serenity is in the very air Through which the friendly flitting fireflies dart While low sweet insect murmurs stop and start And pierce a calm that is too great to bear. The sun goes down in radiant golden light, Then like a memory it comes again I-n amber afterglow as still and bright As dawn, but day has struggled thus in vain Before the purple shadows of the night, And soon the gloom and peace alone remain.