Louisville Conservatory of Music - Crescendo Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Class History Mildred T HIS is indeed such a big year, and there are so many original activities that it is needless to stress the preceding years of this Class. The first class meeting of this year was held September 6, 1925. There were thirty-two members present, representing the different departments of the school. The first discussion was Class Officers. Diff¬ erent ones were nominated for these offices and later voted on. Catherine Mathis was elected Senior Class President. With Miss Mathis as our President, Mrs. Theo Taylor, Editor-in-Chief of the school paper, and the co-operation of the Senior Class, we set in with the full determination to make each issue of the “Quarter Notes.’’ (our school paper) the best ever published. With the hearty interest of our workers we made the subscriptions far exceed our expectations. With so much accomplished, we wondered why we could not indulge in further activities and see our way out, so someone suggested an “Annual,’’ a peren¬ nial subject, that had heretofore met with an early death. However, this suggestion received the endorse¬ ment and hearty approval of our Class. The Annual Staff was appointed; all members began working and, in a short while, the material was ready for publication. During this time a contest, open to members of the faculty as well as the student-body, was held for the naming of the Annual. The judges decided on the name “Crescendo,’’ which was submitted by Mr. Frank Harmon, who received the prize offered by the Senior Class. Mason Lambert There was also a contest, open to members of the Senior Class for a Class Motto. A prize of a two and one-half dollar gold piece was offered by Madam Sapin. The mottoes submitted were unusually good, but after careful elimination it was decided Myrtle Abnia should receive the prize; the motto being, “Listen, Concen¬ trate, Master,’’ the first letter of each word giving us L. C. M. Due to illness, two members were forced to leave, our class. One being Ollie Hagin and the other Martha Millikan. The entire class feels the loss of these two members but we sincerely trust they will be able to join the class that follows us. We have had our trials as all other Seniors have had. It is needless to recall to you the things we have written on the record of the past, but we feel sure our class has never been surpassed and only hope that each succeeding class will follow in our footsteps and en¬ deavor to make L. C. M. a better Conservatory than it has ever been before. We owe a debt of gratitude to those teachers who have helped us in our climb and who were always ready to hold out a helping hand when we slipped or stum¬ bled. Especially do we thank the Director of the Con¬ servatory, Frederic A. Cowles; the President of the Conservatory, John L. Gruber; our Class Sponsor, Helen McBride, and our Faculty Advisor, Frank Harmon, through whose aid we have now attained this dizzy height from wh : ch we can catch a glimpse of the promised land beyond “Graduation’’.

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Anita Yager La Grange, Kentucky Dramatic Art Secretary. Drama Club Quarter Notes Staff Crescendo Artist 1926 Class Motto: LISTEN, CONCENTRATE, MASTER Class Colors: WHITE AND GOLD Class Flowers DAISY

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The Class Grumbler Jane Jeffreys W HY do I have to waste my time writing this article for the Annual? Why did anyone have to stait such nonsense? Isn’t there enough to keep us busy without hunting for more work? Work! Work. That s all one hears at the Louisville Conserv¬ atory of Music. Such a year as we ve endured; beastly hot weather to begin with in a dormitory without electric fans: freezing winter months with lukewarm radiators, and now beautiful spring but no time to enjoy nature. Rising at daylight, it is rush, rush to Normal School, always delayed by late breakfast, late street cars and phone calls. We are perfectly normal beings, why do we have to go to “Normal School?” From there, rush to the Conservatory, rush to lunch, rush here and there and finally to bed. No wonder Mrs. Albany has to invite the girls to retire, for who wants to sleep on the stretchers we have? The faculty could not possibly be more hard hearted for they insist on our attendance at class even in rain or snow. Such classes as they are! Who can see any sense in Ear and Eye Training? Seems to me we see and hear too much as it is. If they would be progressive and use the radio or moving pic¬ ture machine we’d receive better grades. As to Harmony! Why can’t some smart musi¬ cians harmonize all of the melodies and children’s songs and save us that time and trouble. Just so it sounds fairly well, why should we worry if chords were up side down or inside out. On Saturday morning, when we would enjoy cleaning our rooms, a class in Methods is scheduled. Such nonsense—just watching children play. It is a wonder we do not have music indigestion for we must attend Sunday recitals, Faculty and Stu¬ dent recitals, and last of all the State Music Teachers’ Association. In the limited time left, on very select and stated occasions, we are allowed to have dates”. That is if one happens to be lucky enough to get the use of the one and only phone. (Every room should have a phone so that the conversation could be longer and more private.) On date nights, we hardly get to a show before it is time to be in or locked out”. Dancing all night never hurt anyone. What we need is an instructor to teach the Charleston . Phis course would be popu¬ lar. An hour or more of practice time could be pleas¬ antly spent in this class each day. All undergraduates look with envy upon the Sen¬ iors, but just wait until they have to attend class meet¬ ings and pay class dues. You can’t even choose your graduation dress, but have to wear white and look dignified. They say, Every cloud has a silver lining” so maybe things will brighten after school days are over. Who knows? Not I.