Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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Big Hearted Herbert Frank Wehrfritz portrayed to perfection the stormy Herbert, ruling over the Kalness brood with an awesome might. Herbert insists that the Kalnesses are plain people, who despite his successful plumbing business, are lucky to be out of the poorhouse. Being a plain man he frowns on the prospective marriage of his daughter, Alice, to a young college graduate. Likewise he turns thumbs down on the ambition of hisielder son, Junior, to pursue a course in engif neering. Herbert thinks that the plumbing business is good enough for anyone. A Because of Herbert's constant hammering on the theme that his family are just plain people, his wife gives him a dose of his own medicine, when he brings home for dinner Mr. and Mrs. Havens, on whom he wishes to make a good impression. The outcome of this scene proves very embarf rassing to him. Every person was excellently cast. Special mention is due to Viola Erickson, Alexander Ege, and Ruth Thompson for their exceptional per' formances. Herbert Kalness ...... THE CAST ..........Frank Wehrfritz Elizabeth Kalness ................ Viola Erickson Herbert Kalriess, Ir ..........,..Austin Rising Robert Kalness .................... Alexander Ege Alice Kalriess .......... ..........Ruth Thompson Martha fthe maidj ................ Grace Najaf Mrs. Havens ........... Andrew Goodrich ............ Edmund Tucker Mr. Goodrich ........................ jack Richards Mrs. Goodrich ........ jim Lawrence ...... Amy Lawrence ............... Mr. Haveris ............ .........Evelyn Sappah Ruth Markowitz .........Walter Steever .Victoria Harper ..George Rantze

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EDHTURHALS An Appeal for Music During the past ten years, interest in the finer types of musical expresf sion has been quickening with rather gratifying rapidity throughout our na- tion, due largely to thefmiraculous developments in the field of radio broad' casting. There was a time when only those privileged few who were able to afford concert and opera subscription tickets could hear at all frequently the glorious creations of the masters of music. Fortunately, that time has passed. The Hnest music of the ages, interpreted by the world's most gifted artists, is now available to all, via the Hertzian waves. There remains to be done one thinggto teach American youth how to make the most of its musical opporf tunity. Herein doth sit the duty of our secondary schools-of Lincoln High School, as well. Among the many subjects available to the students of our school, there is to be noted a most deplorable lack-a dearth of courses dealing with the appreciation of music. We must offer in our schools those subjects which will, in later life, prove of most value to the students. Next in importance to the study of our language should be classed the study of music, for Music is a higher revelation than wisdom and philosophy, and a study of it can not but increase the student's mental faculties-his powers of memory, of logic, of imagination, his feeling for beauty ..... Through a people's music, as through their literature, one may learn much of their character, of the land in which they live, and of the customs prevalent among them. Music is so closely related to the other fine arts, to history, and nature, that a course in music appreciation constitutes a liberal education in miniature. The ideal manner in which to present work in the field of music appref ciation would be to cofordinate, as far as possible, that work with the other subjects pursued, especially with English, history, and foreign languages. For example, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet could well be studied in conf junction with Tschaikowsky's immortal overture fantasie of the same name, the literary works that inspired Richard Strauss to the creation of his Till Eulenspiegelf' Don juan, and Don Quixote, could be read in their ref spective languages while the tone poems were being considered. Doubtless such a plan would heighten the student's interest in all such interfrelated subjects. Excellent work has been, and is being done in the field of music appref ciation by such men as Walter Damrosch and Ernest Schelling, but much more remains yet to be accomplished, It is hoped that in the not too distant future, there may come a day when the study of music will be a required constituent of all high school curricula. Let our own proud Lincoln be among the foremost ranks of this cultural movement!