Hathaway Brown School - Specularia Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Q Cb Svecularia Hnnual Q CLEVELAND, JUNE, 1899.9 literary JEOitots.' ,MINERVA C. KLINE, ,99. ' lEbitor:in:CLbicf.- WINIFRED HALE BRITTON, 'QQ. ' E RUTH HENDERSON, Igoo. I GERTRUDE J ONES, ,99. JEAN BACKUS, I9oo ffBLl5ifl655 Ebitora. LUCIA MCCURDY, ,99. ' Ebitorzinedbief. VIRGINIA BONNELL, I9oo. I JANEY CURTISS, IQOI. 9 EMMA HUNTER POWELL, I902. -

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lEbiIOtial. f HE first issue, on April 12, 1709, J of Richard Steele's Tailer opens ,Q-51' with a kind of prospectus, in which I the editor shows the variety of en-' tertainment which he has in store for all his patrons. He tells the public : All accounts of gallantry, pleasure, and entertainment shall be under the article of White's chocolate-house, poetry, under that of Wi1l's coffee house, learning, under the title of Greciang foreign and domestic news you will have from St. J'an1es's coffee-house, and what else I have to offer on any other subject shall be dated from my own apart- ment. It is obvious why the Seniors, after two heated class meetings, decided that White's Chocolate House should be the name of their own particular room in H. B. S. One of the artists of our class, after some weeks, nay months-pardon her! she studies 'very hard-at last arrived with a very pretty placard upon which was gilded: Whiteis Chocolate House. In one corner was represented a table surrounded with digni- fied Seniors in green caps and gowns drink- ing chocolate,-we suppose. The class flattered itself that the room was very pretty when everything was new and fresh. I say, it was no wonder that the mind of a Senior occasionally wandered from her Virgil or her Burke to gaze at the result of her own toil, patience, and good temper. Now, perhaps, one hears a girl say: Just see how those curtains have shrunk. We certainly shan't be able to wash them again. Then comes the mourn- ful thought that there won't be any need of washing them again,-the time is so short before they will be taken down for good and always. all! 2 We know that we shall soon have to leave the school and that room, but I believe, and so does every other Senior, that the memory of the little green room, sacred to our class, and of the good, jolly times we have had packed in there together, will .always be stamped on our minds. 5-is- ., WHAT lovers of music are not impressed at every' musicale, they attend by the lack of good breeding displayed by those who will talk and whisper, while a performer tries to hold the attention of an audience? Howhoften in a roomful of people, does some one say to a musician, 'Ohg Miss Watkins, please play for us 5 we should all' so enjoy a little music. This proposition meets with unanimous approval, and as Miss Watkins is obligintg, she sits down' and begins to play. ,At that moment conversa- ation should cease, and to the music should be given undivided attentiong but no, the buzz goes on, disturbing those who really wish to listen, andiabove all, Worrying if not embarrassing, the pianist. At the close oi the piece every one says, in applauding, Oh, how beautiful! your touch is exquisite. Pray do not stop Doubtless the speaker believes that two performances can be carried on at the same time. I In a still harder position is the singer placed who tries to make herself heard above the noise of the conversation. It spoils the etfect of her voice, and makes her dislike her position. I ' Cleveland is said to be behind other cities of its size in regard to its appreciation of music., But why should the many that go to a concert, musicale, or recital be disturbed