Green Mountain College - Peaks Yearbook (Poultney, VT)

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ff Richardson Deyette Scoville Crounse Horning Stevens Emerson Lien Phillips Murdock Conductor . . . . . .Miss IPIGYR BIARIE LIEN Purpose To provide an opportunity for the enjoyment of ensemble playing and to acquire and intimate acquaintance with the finest music through performance. Activities The college orchestra presented several enjoyable chapel concerts during the course of the year. Each subsequent program showed marked improvement both in musical technic and artistic rendition on the part of the group. The conductor, Miss Lien also gave a series of worthwhile talks to the student body on the subject of the origin and history of orchestral instruments. M em bers Abel, Crounse, Deyette, Emerson, Fox, Horning, Keppel, Morris, Murdock, J. Phillips, L. Phillips, Pulver, Richardson, B. Roberts, L. Roberts, Scoville, Simpson, Stevens. M7439

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Broome Smithers Dow Qcoville Hafner Gifford Waldron Ahokas Kingsley Saxton I-Iill Van Hook Beama Blundell Tritch Managun Frost Prentiss Schloop Morse Hum ph rcy Tuttle Shew Bogue Murdock Peterson Moerchen Tufts Beach CHOIR AND GLEE CLUB CHOIR Purpose To study the list of sacred and secular music and to foster an appreciation of good musical literature well rendered at the college and in the community. Peak of rlctivitics Special music has been supplied for several college services. The Lenten Cantata At the Cross by Protheroe was presented in chapel. A program is to be rendered by the choir at the May Festival of Music. I GLEE CLUB The repertoire of thc Club this year has included sacred as well as secular num- bers, and the Spring Concert of the Festival of Music and the chapel programs have been thc chief projects of the organization.

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Marland Norvell Prentiss Griflith Bogue Shcrburne Cromwell GREEN NIQUNTAIN PLAYERS Ojficers President ....... ........... ...... It I Any E. BOGUE Vzcc-President . . . ........ .... R ALPH T. NORVELL Secretary .... .... R OBERT T. NIARLAND Treasurer .... ...... R ICHARD B. PRENTISS Advisor .... ............ L Iiss MAmoN L. Gmrrrru Purpose To not only give social times to members but also to give an appreciation of theatre, both on and back stage, by studying playwrights and plays, and most of all by producing cuts and skits from recognized productions. Activities One of the peaks of the club's activities was presentation of Shakespeare Night in the chapel by several members of the Thespian group. Taming of the Shrew, the mad scene from Hamlet, the drinking scene from Henry IV, the courtroom scene from Merchant of Venice, and the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet were among the cuts given. A unique feature of the meetings was the study of drama through the play- wrights. Cut were used from four of Henry IbSCll,S plays, Hedda Gabler, Doll's House. WVild Duck and Ghosts, In addition, reports have been made on current plays as Two Hamlets, Idiots' Delight, Taming of the Shrew, and You Can't Take It With You. The Club also made a study of make-up. The Players climaked their activities on May 14- with the presentation of Three Live Ghosts by Isham. A three-act comedy with an English setting, the play was given on the Poultney High School stage and was directed by Miss Griffith, dramatic coach. Members Anderson, Bainton, Barr, Bartlett, Beckett, Blondell, Bogue, Broome, Campbell, Clements, Cook, Cromwell, Crounse, Curtis, DeBaum, Dibble, Durkee, Fox, Gardyne, Greene, Hafner, Hill, Lee, Lincoln, hlarland, McCammon, Moerchen, ltlungall, Murdock, Murray, Nelson, Norvell Ottman, Peterson, Prentiss, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Rising, Salmonsen, Scarborough, Schuneman, Scoville, Sherburne, Shew, Smithers, Stoddard, Sullivan, Videto, VVhite.