Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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C 7 MUSICAL APPRECIATION VA Oh, Music! Thou who bringest the receding waves of eternity nearer to the weary heart of man as he stands upon the shore and longs to cross over! Art thou the evening breeze of this life, or the morning air of the future one? 0 0 c Q 1 d USIC, in order to be appreciated and understood to the fullest ex- tent by the casual listener, whether he be of a literary turn of mind, a business man in the heart of a great commercial center, or a man who, after a day of manual toil returns home to seek rest and comfort, must be brought to him in a way in which it will most readily meet his approval. It is interesting to note in what ways music can be brought to the man of letters, even in one of its most beautiful and charming forms. The master musician has taken the familiar and oft told fables of the Minnesingers and Meistersingers of central Europe, and skillfully woven them into gems of unquestionable musical merit. A predom- inating feature of this type of music is that it is highly dramatic. The opera is a broadly developed musical product perfected only through long years of conscious thought and deep study. In short, it is an intellectual product, and should be studied with the intellect. Therefore, the man whose literary knowledge is broad as well as deep, will undoubtedly keenly appreciate music of this particular type. We have a long list of the greatest musicians the world has ever produced, who were scholars of their time and pursued other branches of education as persistently as they did their chosen art. The business man, just because he is a business man, can offer no accept- able reason or excuse for not being appreciative of music in some form. Nat- urally a man of this type requires relaxation, mental even more than physical relaxation, and what gives him that more than to attend a light opera? One in which there is constant motion to relieve that tired feeling? Or even within the privacy of his own home can he not have the privilege of hearing Mme. Galli-Curci pour forth from the friendly Victrola, with simple elegance Home, Sweet Home”? Who can be mentally fatigued after hearing a per- fect rendition of Dvorak’s “Humoresque” in all its wild, care-free melodious ramblings? The listener finds himself partaking of the cheerful atmosphere of the music he hears, and out of this grows a fondness for the kinds that give him rest m a time when he needs it most. Q (? O O Now we come to discover in what ways this art creeps into the life of a man who does manual labor. His greatest desire is to forget how tired he is physically. Immediately there comes to his aid all that is sensational in music. The dance, in all its forms, and there are many ; the stirring Military marches that take him miles away from himself over a bounding sea of rhythm. Or if preferred, a dreamy Barcarolle carries him out under star-lit skies and he feels himself drifting leisurely over the glassy bosom of a shadowy lake. Twenty-five

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The contest was the next public affair. It consisted of three afternoons. The winners of both afternoons spoke the third day. Those taking part were : Margaret Tabbert As the Fleet Goes by Margaret Gerber The Courage of the Commonplace Lois Gross He Dies for the Flag Lillian Canavan The Littlest Rebel Anna Hideen The Man Who Planted the Hungary Grass Mildred Wild Mother Love Dora Owens Dona Dolores and King Phillip The winners were; First, Dora Owens; Second, Lillian Canavan and Anna Hideen. Of the boys: Hosea Bayor, first and Martin Frederick, second. The enthusiasm over Hobart’s victory at Gary in which Dora Owens was awarded second, has not died out yet. Hobart proved itself worthy of recognition. Hosea Bayor also did us credit in the evening. The Senior class play, A Corner of the Campus, is to be given May 20. The cast of characters are: Ruth Day, Just one of the girls Dora Owens Ann Short, Ruth’s roommate and an honor student.... Grace Murray Gale Marshall Flo Ferris Margaret Summers Min Davis Dora Mills Thelma Fetterer Evelyn Fredrick Students Vera Barnes Mary Gearhart Lolita Smith Miss Pnsman, The Vigilance Committee. .Margaret Tabbert Tilly, a maid Esther Nelson Hiram Hayman, a country boy John Martin Mrs. Hayman Rubye Skaggs Evelina, a colored maid Florence Pio Sordelet William Williamson, Her Sweetheart. Ralph Melin Billy Brown, a college youth Ralph Melin Eve, ! Ward 1 Ru,h S ,w0 loVelS j Glen Burris The Professor - Hosea Bayor Ruth Day, a college girl, is led to believe that her brother Tom has stolen a large sum of money through the influence of Charles Steele, the man she loves. Evert Ward also loves her and is the one who has told her about Tom and Charles Steele. She meets her brother on a certain corner of the campus, and is discovered by Miss Prisam who does not know it is her brother. She is expelled from college and Evert Ward follows her and continues to tell her stories about Tom and Charles. She has refused to see anything of him and is very miserable. The girls from the college come and surprise her on Christmas eve, and it is discovered that Evert Ward has been telling lies and that Tom is not guilty of the theft. Charles Steele is also cleared and it all ends happily with Ruth and Charles, Evelina and William and Hiram and Tilly under the mistletoe. — Florence Pio Sordelet. Twenty-four

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Q P 6 Q 0 =d a The rocking motion of the boat, suggested by the rhythm or movement of the piece has a tendency to lull him into sleep. Music, I yield to thee, ' As swimmer to the sea, I give my spirit to the flood of song ; Bear me upon thy breast In rapture and rest Bathe me in pure delight and make me strong. From strife and struggle bring release, And draw the waves of passion into tides of peace. — V an Dyl(e. The humble song, Folk Songs, etc., play an important part in giving to the physically spent man the thing he most desires, rest. After all, music, this deep, broad, beautiful, scientific art, must be fash- ioned according to the dictates of intellect. The narrow person can never hope to become a musician, neither can he ever experience a true appreciation of it. This is due to the limitation of his education along other branches. In Miss McLinn, our music supervisor, we have found a true musician. In the music course of this year she required her pupils to study the lives of our great composers, and in doing this we have been brought face to face with classical literature. For example, in studying the life and works of Beethoven we are told that for the emotional setting of his D minor Concerto, we must read Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. I don’t know whether Paderewski’s rural life ever gets into his music or not, but the master enjoys stocking a small estate he owns in Switzerland, and one day bought some little pigs from a ne ighboring farmer. A friend of the farmer arrived on the scene as the pur- chase was completed, and asked who the buyer was. “Oh, that,” said the farmer, “is Paderewski, a pig dealer.” Being a pig dealer wouldn’t be bad at all if behind it we were all true lovers of the best in music. — Thelma Fetterer. PHYSIOLOGY HYSIOLOGY ; what a lot of things the one word stands for. But since only one-half year is given to this study many are prone to underestimate its value. However, a good understanding of the structure, workings and care of the body is something that cannot fail to be of use, whatever work we may take up after our graduation. Miss Malone was our teacher and she led our small but studious class through a thorough and advanced version of the physiology we had in the grades. We thought it would be easy but, to our chagrin, memory failed us and so we studied! I’m sure none of us will ever count the time lost and we wish to thank Miss Malone for her careful guidance and patience. — Mary Gearhart, ' 18. Twenty-six Q