Hagerstown High School - Epitome Yearbook (Hagerstown, IN)

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HOW BEETHOVEN WOULD MARVEL Not jazz But Music ET tuned up 11ow ..... Szixoplimies, wc-'re playing! elassieal lllllSlC not jazz ..,.. get those tone volumes balzineed ,.... VVl1:1t .' you say you broke il violi11 string? XVell. now's at line time to have soniething wrong' with it. . . . . . All 1'pHlly 11ow. . . . . Une. two. one. two ..... A piereiiig ereseendo of violins joined by the lower 11ote of other Hl1'lllg't'tl and NYllld i11st1'11111ents. then the roll of il ll1'lllll and tl1at's an hour of orehestrzi. The eoni- bined 01't'll6S'f1'2l shown below consisted of thirty-six nieinbers, twenty-tive senior l1ig'l1 school members and eleven junior high school inemliers. The orchestra studied various i11- HHQI954 Hil'lllIl llf2ll selections iu an effort, to cultivate their llllltilifill outlook. The spirit ot' the elub was that of eoopera- tion and joy in working together and was perlmps the nuelens of their splendid prog'- 1-1-ss, The work has heen exceedingly interest- ing' for the 1111-111be1's. and their productions liavv been ll1llCll 2i1l15l'Pl'l?ltC'il and have no doubt 61lI'lL'llltCl the lives of the meinbers. This o1'1:l1est1'z1. an iniportaint activity of the 1-11lt111'11l L'll1'l'lClll1llH of the school and. under the baton of its able leader, Miss Flossy Nett, played on a number of Occasions for Farm .l'illl'l'2l1l ineetings, class plays, and chapel pro- grmiis, and tool: part ill the 11111111211 spring festival. 'tliiglitliei' move the niinutes edged with 11111sie. Eighteen

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MR. EINSTEIINVS PALS Choose a Feature Here For Your Hobby Everything from radinnl to radishes is studied in the science department of the high school. In room 222 every day except laboratory day you could see students of the Physics Class feverishly trying to understand the theory of light or other physical phenomenon. Some were poring over the penciled agonies of former students, or others were studiously reading the explanation of the author. On days in the laboratory, the scene was quite different. Test tubes here, electric motors there, calorimeters, magnets and other scien- tilic paraphernalia were being experimented upon to see why they behave as they do, Students in groups of four worked at separate tables and under tl1e capable supervision of Mr. Heniser, looked forward to days in the Physics laboratory. The argument, that we have to liveg there- fore why not learn how to' live an enjoyable lite was carried out in the Health Education Class. This course deals with the structure. function. and hygiene ofthe human body. and special stress was placed on the prevention rather than tl1e cure of disease. From the laughs that issued from Room 21. this course which was also taught by Mr. Hcniser must have been entertaining as well as instructive. A reorganization of the Physical Geography Class took place this year. lt became a study of the physical, economic, and regional con- ditions of the earth and also included a sur- vey of the l'. S. Science in the study of na- ture. Since we are invariably associated with nature, it proves beneficial to have a knowl- edge of any phase of science. The students enrolled in the science courses in the high school will not, of course, all be future Edisons. Einsteins, or Burbanks, yet they will, in a measure, enjoy life more fully because of the fact that they understand what was for- merly unsolvable mysteries of nature. l Scwolzteeiz

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TI-IE METROPOLITAN OPERA HAS CONTRACTS WAITING A Treat for Public Performance IPS-tongueetip o' the teeth um pa pa, mi-mi-mi-do-mi-sol-do-This is probably unintelligible to you, but to the members of the chorus those tuning up exercises were a highly valuable means of getting their voices in tune and harmony for singing. It was also one of the ways to avoid that short sentence. Oh, you are tlatting in that song, which issued from the lips of Miss Nett. when a song was being sung the a'cappella method, a very difficult type of vocalization without accom- panimcnt. The three songs, America, the Beautiful, VVho's That A'ealling,', and t'Shortnin' Bread, a humorous negro selection, which were presented in the Thanksgiving program, were the results of several hard practices by members of the chorus. But there was fun in each practice, particularly in the one when the train whistle entered into competition with the sopranos as they were attempting to reach high uc. ln contrast to the joyfulness of the Thanks- giving program, the Christmas cantata, which was presented on the evening of December twenty-tirst, was one of impressive dignity and was beautiful both in rendition and set- ting. One of the features of the program was the candle light. procession. The personnel of the chorus included four tenors, ten basses, eleven altos. twenty so- pranos, and Eleanor Romine, the faithful and patient accompanist. making a total of 46 members in the chorus. Perhaps each member of the organization was more interested in conversing with his neighbor than in his love for music at the beginning of the year, but this was gradually remedied and resulted in a harmonious, eo- opcrative group of young singers. N iueteen