Fryeburg Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Fryeburg, ME)

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H l l 30 THE ACADEMY BELL Friday morning, the sixteenth of hpril, the two teams set out together for Lewiston, accompanied by Mr. Deering and Miss Farris. Having spent the forenoon in Portland, they reached Bates College at about four olclock in the afternoon. Here they were all hospitably entertained by the College. That evening the teams debated in a triangular debate with the Deering High School negative and the Goodwill High School afhrmative, and as someone namely expressed it, uThe negative had the fun of winning from Goodwill High School and the affirmative, the pleasure of losing to Deering. In the hrst instance Miss Ruth Shaw was tied for best speaker, The college supplied punch and our vanquished debaters tried to dispel, or rather to drown out the bitterness of their defeat with it. Over their glasses they swore a solemn vow, which ran something as follows: Resolved, That, if next year we compete in Bates Debating League, we shall endeavor with every honorable resource at our command to give the other teams a run for the cup, not soon to be forgottenf' . BROOKS EASTMAN, '27, A -

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THE A CADEMY BELL 32 r MUSIC . . - r . . . . 1' i the simmzfit frE77Z0fZ071- is the szmzizzit of ea1..vfE11CC' C1145 771719 C 5 0f enzotion, the cuff Pflifhway 50 God' The department of music in Fryeburg Academy deserves special notice this year because of its excellence and growth. Mr. Herbert A. D. Hurd, the head .of this department, has demonstrated his capability for handling any branch in music. He studied music first under Mrs. Alberta Abbott, then at the Nevv England Conservatory of Music. Before coming back fe Fryeburg he taught at the Ricker Classical Institute, Houl- ton, Maine. Mr. Hurd is a member of the American Guild of Organists and has given over fifty recitals on the pipeorgan. He is an able composer for both piano and organ, as his orig- inal compositions testify. The piano class of Fryeburg Academy consists of thirty- one students, both boys and girls. VVe are glad to see some ofthe boys in this class this year, as the class has consisted of all girls for the past fevv years. The Academy 'Chorus is an important part of the musical department, more important, perhaps, than it has ever been I . . . . Jefore. At the prize speaking last year one critic proclaimed it the best chorus of young voices he had ever heard and vve are trying to make it even better this year. There are sixty- eight voices in the chorus and they are divided into soprano, alto, tenor, and bass divisions. Part singing has recently been taken up and We are progressing very finely in this branch of singing. The Glee Club is a branch of the chorus that deserves to be mentio d ' ' ne . It was an experiment this year and has proved a very successful one The cl l ' n . ua consists of eleven boys and 1 ' ' . is indeed surprising to note their Wonderful improvement since they started. The bCgiHHiHg of the year the students decided to start a school orchestra a 1 M it-' VVS H h nc r. Hurd promised to take charge of Q. ow ave a ine orchestra of hfteen pieces vvhich has SIVCH us much pleasure h ' had th . on t ie several occasions that we have S Oppmtunlfy Of 11S'E6111ng to it. In the orchestra there are a saxaphone bass viol ' . , - . , cornets, violins, mandolins and RI3O12103hd5Ll213l1SS,Vand1ihe piano. The bass-viol is played by Mr. , QTY llldly conse t d f h 1 playmg IS a great addition t U e o e p us out and whose when the Harve D o the orchestra November 17 1925 Y . Gibson Gymnasium was dedicated, . - , the chorus assi ' - Crewes bv Singing gl few nu I sted in the dedicatorv ex HC 3 ea- myers. This was their hrstdpub- pp rance of the year and they performed very creditably.