Girls High School - Halcyon Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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MUSIC Everyday the halls of Girls High echo with the melo- dious tunes which drift down to us from the music hall. This accompaniment to our classes soothes our spirits and lifts our minds to a higher plane. Every- one looks forward to that time during the week when she, too, can take part in this never-ending composi- tion. Many songs which we sing here become a defi- nite part of our lives and linger on in our minds and hearts throughout life. Music which is the basis of all rhythm is the noblest expression of happiness that man has yet devised. Music goes hand-in-hand with our emotions, joys and sorrows: it is a great comfort to us at all times. Our school orchestra offers the students an op- portunity for individual improvement. Here under the supervision of Miss Edna Whitmore and Miss Marcia Weissgerber our ability and eagerness to learn grow until we are allowed to play and sing at our own graduation which is the highest note in our orchestral scale. Q, sf! l. The tempo of the orchestra is set by Josephine Perryman. 2. Hands on the lceys of music. 3. Music by the Glee Club enthralls new freshmen. 4. The cello shows its worth when played by Evelyn Tribble. 5. Elsa O'Callaghan and Alice Crowe are taught the art of music by Miss Whitmore. 6. Billie Lassiter blows in here, and the music goes 'round and 'round. 6- . g .. 5 Edna Whitmore Marcia Weissgerber Head of Music Dept. Director of Orchestra

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Head of Department GN? 9: Lizzabel Saxon Lillian Dale Thomas I. Miriam Cooper as Father Anchises begs Aeneas lSara Jean Clarkj not to go to war, while Minnewil Storey and Martha Stevenson express their sorrow. 2. The wicked Sinon lMarinel Smithj bows before the king lEdna Chamblessj. 3. Miss Saxon, head of the Latin department, supervises a study. 4. The moon lHelen Knappj overlooks the scene in Pyramus and Thisbe. 5. The maids help to arm the king. LATIN3- To enrich the harmony of our song we add a pleasant interlude of Latin. With the varying chorus of Caesar, Ovid, Cicero, and Virgil we enlarge this important strain. Latin, our mother tongue, has influenced other languages in a large portion of the world. Over half of our own language of English is a variation on the theme of Latin. We shall always remember singing Gaudeamus lgitur and Christmas carols in our classes. When we become seniors the crescendo of our song is reading Virgil's Aenied, and the climaxing chord comes when we put on the Latin plays which were Aenied and Pyramus and Thisbe this year. Our knowledge increases from the time of our first year when we read Hercules in Mrs. Kincaid's freshman class. As juniors we enjoy Cicero and Ovid under the direction of Mrs. Jarvis Barnes and Miss Maude Bolton. lThese three teachers' pictures ap- pear in the book under another subject that they teach.j By studying Latin, we learn to like and ap- preciate all languages, their value to literature and their personal beauty, and we color our lives with this ancient culture which has lived through the years.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Gertrude Cadwell Maude Parry Head of Department Athletic Association I. These talented girls show the technique of modern dancing in an assembly. 2. A knee-holding exercise will improve the posture of these students of Miss CadweII's posture classes. 3. Physical education classes find a new use for weighty volumes. 4. 'A Woman's Work' is never done , but Sue Reese seems happy in spite of that fact. By developing our bodies in the physical education department we acquire grace and poise. These two inflections help to give a student a more pleasing refrain. We are judged by the way we look and act, and if we sound a discordant note, we do not leave a favorable impression. A well-developed body moving with ease and grace is beautiful and rhythmic. A girl with these characteristics brings joy and hap- piness wherever she goes. As long as we practice fair play in our games, we will at the same time be developing clean minds. The harmony and coordination that we display here is carried into our future lives and makes us easier to get along with and more cooperative with our fel- low workers. By the various tempos of basketball, volley ball, archery, ping-pong, and tennis we finally develop the melodious harmony of well-balanced exercise. When our interest in sports accelerates, we are able to take an active part in intra-mural contests and compete for the championship. There is no thrill so exciting as scoring a point for our teams. Every student takes part in these gym classes, and as we play, our hearts are filled with the music of our hap- piness.