Herkimer High School - Ye Green Quill Yearbook (Herkimer, NY)

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Prize Speaiisiiini ILXVK Itlitt' I,I4Il4 I' 'I'H Itlt3'tt'I'--.Xlt'n'wt Stvrn, Philip .Vit-n, ,Xie-xaimtt-r liiislniiui, ttww- :irml Ss-141, XX'iili:mi lNlllUlllIl'I l IZHN'l' IlflNVAl,l'It1 l' 'FH itiHil'l'Ai'vli:1 iilwvssiiiziii. Luis Kl'1llI Hoi--ii .lair-Hhs, I-lil'---in XV:iliau-4-, lille-mum' I l2l!'tl I'. ilihe annual Prize Speaking contest tool: place this year as usual in the High School Audi- torium. The competition was extremely close. Vlfilliam Donohue took first prize for boys with the oration, The Death-Bed of Benedict Arnold. Helen Jacobs won tirst for girls with her reading, lime Littlest Rebel. Alexander Husband and Eileen Wallace were awarded second honors. The remaining contestants were Eleanor Harter, Celia Grossman, Lois Kraus, Philip Allen, Alfred Stern, and Howard Seld.

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Band ilihis year, under the direction of Mr. DesChamps, the Herkimer High Band increased in number, and in the scope of activities. It played at many of the football games and at the pep meetings. Especially fine work was done at the Ilion game. 'lihe band participated in the Four City Concerts, held this winter at Herkimer, llion, Little Falls, and Mohawk. ilihese selections were presented: ' Our Director ............,.........,...... F. E. Bigelow Campus Memories .......... .........,...... J . S. Seredy We all hope this excellent work will increase in coming years. 'lihere is no reason why it should not. Uirclhiesitnra ilihe high school orchestra of twenty-two musicians, under the direction of Professor Des- Champs. has been very active, having played for various dramas, contests and exercises both at High School and at North School. ilihe orchestra also participated in the Fo ur City Concerts, which were given on the iliues- day nights in February at Ilion, Mohawk, Herkimer, and Little Falls. Each of the four schools presented a half-hour orchestra program. The He rlcimer High School orchestra played three selec- tions: Poet and Peasant Overture . .. .. F. Van Suppe ln a Monastery Carden ...... ......,....... A . W. Ketelby March from Athalia ......... ............ F elix Mendelssohn Another activity of the orchestra was to play the accompaniment for the operetta Hansel and Gretelf' presented by the Girls' Glee Club in May. Gllee: Clltllllb lhe most important work of this organization this year has been the presentation of the operetta, Hansel and Creteln by Bertha Ellsmith. The story is that of the old fairy tale of the children lost in a wood and enticed by the witch. The characters were as follows: Hansel ...........,.... Hester Price Father .............. Christina Casale Ctretel . . . .... Marion Knapp Witch ....... . . Celia Grossman Mother . . . . Virginia Spedding Sand-Man ..... . . Anna Senyclc Dew Man ...... . . . Elisabeth Hildreth