Luther Burbank Middle School - Genius Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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GIRLS' SENIOR GLEE CLUB President: Rae Parker I Vice-President: Dorothy Everett Secretary: Beth Bailey Burbank's Girls' Glee Club has enjoyeda very successful semester, sing- ing on a number of different-programs, for the Garvanza School program, for the local P.T.A., for the Armistice Day Program, and at the reception for the incoming A6's. Christmas carols were sung for invalids and old people who wished to hear them on Christmas Eve. A The highlight of the semester for the club was the operetta, Miss Car- ruthers Returns , which was presented on the evening of December 4 and greeted with much enthusiasm by a crowded house. The club has been in existence for four years, starting with twenty- seven members and numbering today fifty girls in its membership. The first year the club was under the direction of Mrs. Kyes, but since then the work of directing this group has been done by Mrs. Lundgren. Many valued members will be lost to the club when the A9's'leave, and they will be greatly missed. The cooperation of the girls this year, as in former years, has been excellent, and they have given most willingly any service that has been re- quested, joying in the giving. : BOYS' GLEE CLUB President: Jack Marshall Vice-President: Danny Waldschmidt Secretary: Billy Howell When one compares the Burbank Boys' Glee Club of 1931 with the club as Hrst organized in '29, only then will he understand now greatly the mem- bership and spirit have increased in that length of time. While the club was yet in its infancy. it had only twenty-five members, whereas it now boasts a membership of fifty. With the increase in numbers there has come a corres- ponding growth in spirit. The programs in which the club has participated during the semester have been numerous. The most outstanding of the club's achievements was the operetta, Plantation Echoes, presented on Fathers' Night. This was an original production written by Boden Minier, one of the members of the club. A second event of the semester was the presentation of safety songs and Christmas carols at a session of the Teachers' Institute at Belmont High. The boys also furnished music for many other entertainments, one of which was the girls' operetta, December 4. The boys also sang at Frankun High School the night of December 10.

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THE ORCHESTRAS The orchestras of Luther Burbank, junior and senior, have thirty-five members each, making a total of seventy pieces, exactly twice the number found in the original groups in 1927. The outstanding work of the combined orchestras during this semester was Thanksgiving in Orchestralian, a musical extravaganza written and staged by Rodna Hildebrand, presented November 25. On this presentation the orchestras received some very high compliments from Mr. Louis Curtis, supervisor of music in the city schools, and from Mrs. Helen W. Pierce, assistant superintendent of schools. This program traced the history of music through the last two hundred years and attempted to show that music has changed with the life of the people. It began with the formal music of Bach and ended with the lively music of the present day. 11-'Z3G'CU HOME! BED! CASTOR-OIL! Sam-u-ell Samu--el! Sammy! So cried Miss Green. Each time she called, she reached a higher pitch and her face became a deeper hue ot' red. Mumbling to herself, Miss Green set off at a fast pace up the street. It was known throughout the town that Samuel Fitzroy Green was the greatest trial of his spinster aunt's life. Jiggers! whispered Red, here comes the old maid! At this the light in the clubhouse went out, and the place was left in utter darkness. Sam-u-ell shouted the exasperated woman. Where is that young rapscalion? If Iget my hands on him, I'll-How d'do, Reverend Cromwell-. Isn't ner voice a kick? giggled Sammy. Gee, I got a fever in my head. It's awful hot, stated Sam Lurkins. Fm gettin' the funniest feelin' in my stomach, groaned Pete Williams. I wonder what she'll say when she sees I'm sick, questioned Sammy, dubiouslyf' Iwonder if old tight-wad Wilkins found out about his apples yet. Ow-wwl. -my stummickl Here I am Aunt Kate. Oh-Oh-Obi! Reaching the clubhouse, Miss Green threw open the door and grabbed her nephew by the ear. Home, bed, and castor-oil for you, young man, she scolded as she sped along. In spite of his agony, Sammy was able to enjoy a good laugh as his aunt pronounced those venomous words-Home! Bed! Castor oil! Myrtle Brennan, A9 ignit- MY WORST FAULT My worst fault is getting nervous when reciting in front of a crowd. I lose control of my voice and shake till I think my teeth are going to fall out. I know I may not please every one in what I'm saying or doing. I try as hard as I can to keep my mind on what I am doing. I think that is my worst fault, and it also is just a habit that I have to overcome and leave behind. Robert Dunbar, B7