London South Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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L. s. C. '1. ORACLE 65 ki Editor, OWEN COUs1Ns, Ill C. MUSICAL APPRECIATION By DOROTHY KIDD, V B. ' Musical appreciation as a definite programme in our school has been under the direction of Mr. S. R. Byles, who also conducts the orchestra. Besides leading the singing in the auditorium last year he arranged for extra musical numbers on Friday mornings about Once every two weeks. On the first of these Friday morning programmes, Miss Frances Glazier play- ed Automne by Chaminade, in her usually delightful manner. As an introduction to her piano solo Mr. Byles gave us a brief account of the life of the composer, who is, by the way one of the few Outstanding women composers. Two weeks later a Chopin number Ballade in A flat was played by Dorothy Kidd. For our next programme Mr. Byles secured an outside artist, Mrs. George Bere, who sang Afton Water, that beautiful old Scotch song, in a most charming manner. A violinist, Miss Norma Kenny, was our next guest artist. She played part ofa Sonata by Handel and was accompanied at the piano by her mother, Mrs. Kenny. Mr. Byles also spoke briefly of this composer's life and works. Mr. Chattoe, the organist at the Metropolitan United church, in a succeeding programme explained the different motifs in Mendelssohn's Eli- jah. As an illustration of this work, Miss Betty Holmes sang O rest in the Lord, a contralto solo from this oratorio. On another occasion Mr. Lethbridge brought to us his boys' choir from St. Paul's Cathedral. Their fresh sweet voices were very pleasing in the few numbers they' sang for us. Mr. Lethi- bridge is to be commended for his work with these boys. Although our Glee Club disbanded last year, Mr. Byles undertook to train six of the girls who sang for us one Friday morning. We enjoyed their two numbers, As I went a-Roaming and The Little Garden, very much. We hope that the interest in Glee Club work will be sufficiently revived to warrant its beginning again soon. However, I'm sure that the crowning success of Mr. Byles' efforts was the concert which the R.C.R. band under the direction of Lieut. L. K. Harrison, gave us on March 19th. We had again, the great pleasure of a second visit from the R.C.R. band in November. The few remarks which Mr. Byles made as an introduction to each suc- ceeding number added greatly to the interest and understanding of they audi- ence. Weyare already looking forward to another visit from this splendid band.

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64 ltenfliege namens Puck setzte sich auf ihr Blatt nieder. Als Puckunhijllichwurde, . A stach Maja sie. Puck -' schrie und endlich - ' liesz Maja sie los. Puck erzahlte ihr von einem alteren Mensch auf dessen Stirn sie gern sitzt. Spater Hog die kleine Maja in den Sonnenschein fort, Weil sie hungrig War. Sie konnte nicht glau- ben, Was Puck von den Menschen gesagt hatte. iflucf. ,FW it BL Eines Nachmittags War Maja im Thekla, gefangen. Sie schrie vor En- tsetzen, Weil sie Netz einer Spinne, ,Lbeila glaubte, dasz sie X , diesmal sterben mtiszte. Dann W, wiurde sie sehr zer- K nig und entschied sich zu kampfen. . Spater hiirte sie Kurts Stimme Sie rief zu ihm, Er setzte sie in Freiheit. Sie versicherte ihn, nie seine Freund- lichkeit zu Vergessen. Dann machte sie die Bekanntschaft von einem Bork- kafer namens Hannibal, der einmal von einem Menschen gegriffen Wurde. Der arme Hannibal Verlor ein Bein in dem Kampfe. :sl x X, xx N I Qu.-.V ll'n flgluix ,,, All l ' ,n-Ji L Eines Nachmittags sah sie ein frem- des Tier, das Wenigstens hundert Beine an jeder Seite hatte. Er War ein Tausendftiszler, der ihr sagte, dasz sie in der Nahe von der Hornissen- stadt sei. Die Hornissen 5 Waren immer die Feinde der Bienen und assen sie lebendig gern. Auf ein- mal packte eine Rauber- hornisse die kleine Maja am Kragen und trug sie zu ihrem Kerker. Da h6rte sie die Kiinigin, der sagte, dasz die Hornissen die Stadt der Bienen uberfallen sollten. Maja Will sein Volk vor den Hornissen zu warnen. Sie sah in der Wand einen Spalt, den sie zu erweitern versuchte. Sie er- reichte fast die Ttir der Burg, als der bicrunpmaus 45:9 L. S. C. I. ORACLE Wachter sie zurtick- ygf hielt. Abef der . Wachter. liebte Schnuck, die ihn Ver- ' lassen hatte. Maja sagte ihm, Wo Schn- uck sei und der Wach- ter liesz sie fortflie- gen. Maja Hog zu ihrem Stock so schnell Wie sie konnte 3 als sie nach Hause ankam, konnte sie kaum sprechen. Aber man ftihrte sie bei der Ktjnigin. Auf einmal befahl diese den Offizieren, sich fur eine grosze Schlacht mit den Hornissen zu bereiten. Man erlaubte Maja zu ruhen, Weil die Biene so mtide War. Als Maja von ihrem Schlaf erWachte, fand sie dasz der Krieg zwischen den Bienen und den Hornissen zu Ende War, und sie ging zu dem Empfangs- salon der Kijnigin, damit sie ihr ihre Abenteuer erzahlen konnte. Die K6nigin gab ihr damals eine Heimat und ein Volk, und sie machte Maja eine Ratgeberin der Staatsgeschafte. Maja lebte Von jener Zeit bis ihren Tod ein angenehmes Leben. X xv X 9er'2Z1aup1er PICTURES Beneath the glistening, sparkling snow W The forest trees were sleepingg While high above the silver moon Was slowly, upward creeping. Came suddenly a message clear, Across the blue skies ringingg Snow disappeared, the world awoke, 'T was springg a blue bird singing. Nature now is at its fairest, Summer gaily reigns as queen, Scattering flowers in her pathway, Draping earth in gown of green. One knight, Sir Autumn, gallant rogue Crept forth with brush in handy In radiant hues he dipped the leaves, Enriching all the land. -J. Watt, 414.

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66 L. S. C. I. ORACLE ORCHESTRA Back Row Cleft to rightl--R. Ash, L. Easdown, L. Hayes, R. Calvert, J. Garside. Middle Row Cleft to rightj-Mr. Calvert, D. Morrison, W. Rice, G. Ross, J. Doyle, D. Townshend, B. Cave, H. Phillips, B. Hartrey, Mr. Byles. 4 Front Row Cleft to rightj-R. Stevenson, F. Stuart, B. Freeborn, C. Aitken, M. Ash, O. Cousins, J. Crone. MUSIC Orchestra News Most of us, I believe, are wondering whatever happened to that good old orchestra of two years ago. Don't you remember? There was Walter Blakeley at the piano and Billie Bend- ing at first violin. I simply can't leave out that outstanding cornet player, Don Stuart. Last year, alas, the poor remains had to be completely renovated and it was only heard six times compared with twenty-six of the previous year! This year, however, it will be greatly improved. Fully twenty participants turned out at the first practice and more have joined the ranks since that time. Another important item which can not be omitted from Orchestra News is that this year, the Orchestra was officerized in the following manner: President-Walter Riceg Vice-Presi- dent-Owen Cousins, Secretary-Treas- urer-Jack' Croneg Librarians-Frieda Stuart and Howard Philips. Under their leadership, coupled with I . . that of Mr. Byles, our capable conduc- tor, the orchestra is making a desperate attempt to surpass the high standard setin nineteen twenty-nine- We are certainly going to have a good try at it anyway. THE ORCHESTRA PICNIC The 23rd of May, 1931, was the date of a very momentous occasion for some twenty-one students of the school and their guests, namely, the orchestra. It was a wonderful day, especially for a picnic, and everyone was in thehighest of spirits. We had as our guests that day, Mrs. Byles and jackie, Mrs.'Chambers and Mr. Ireland.. 'Our destination was a beautiful spot along a creek which runs into the Thames at Kilworth. With Well-filled lunch baskets and equally well-lilled cars we raced for Kilworth and soon everybody was busy with the pleasant task of gathering wood for the camp iire, over which We boiled coffee and cooked our hot dogs. It was quite necessary to wash up after gathering the wood and it was