Madison Central High School - Tychoberahn Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Tile e 'IOVO ls Qlll Lola Graff' I lilflfl-Hg QQ NIE-Two-H . . . Screedledeeowmphl MU-o-oh-oh a long disgusted howl from the orchestra director. Listen, people, couldn't you at leasti-- And so, as the chorus sits by looking smug, the orchestra begins the first ioint operetta rehearsal with a bang Qno doubt about thatj. But when the introduction is hnally stumbled through and the singers complacently open their mouths, only to utter rather pitiful sounds, the orchestra beams dimly, though unconsciously, in a sort ol' dismal triumph, while looks ol' consterna- tion and chagrin appear on most of the choristers' laces. Funny . . . it hadn't sounded that way in the chorus room . . . . A second rehearsal and a third, and yet a fourth: and all the while it be- comes less and less difficult for the onlooker to perceive that an operetta is in the making. There is a great deal less scrabbling and pecking at notes, and the sounds have taken on a gay and at least a partly sure character. Miss Huxtable gives distinct but mild directions. and Mr. Klose's humor captivates everyone at the odd mo- ments when he is not occupied with creating the right musical etliect. The diiliiculties the chorus and orchestra lirst experienced in get- ting together are wearing orl' . . . More rehearsals, on the stage now, and the production seems to be shaping into some- thing more and more presentable. Oh, ol' course, things go wrong. VVas there ever a show put on in which they didnt? K'We'll take that chorus through again, and please try to make that sixteenth note shorter, calls Miss Huxtable from the pit. Anal don't hold that last note outgit will make a discord with the orchestra. Mantheyl shouts Mr. Klose. K'VVhat? Qa muilled reply from the wingsj. What's the matter with those bells? Are you leaning on them? Now hit 'em hard, so they can be heard over the orchestra . . . and come in on the beatlw Again rehearsal is resumed, and all goes well for a time. Then . . . a muffled groan from all, some ill- fated soul has just put an elbow through the castle Wall. But even injured masonry c a n n ot stop rehearsal, and on they go, quite smoothly, until- aren't you ever going to learn your lines? It's . . . But there is noth- ing more substantial for a Mar- ehioness than ghosts? More lines, song s, dialogues again. A'Chorus, come on and hurry up. You're supposed to be on stage here, and the miscreants shullle on sheepishly, only to go back and repeat the entrance. And so they go, these hall'-merry, hali-mad, although serious, hodge- podges. B u t, Serpolett,

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Musieale Tnferlude ...by fum' Bl1f'UC'.fbLIf'fZ t'PPosE today is Tuesday and you have the sixth period free. Your thoughts have heen meditating all day on what you will do with your precious free period. Finally you decide to visit a hand rehearsal. The sixth period tardy hell has just rung and as you enter room 302, the first thing that comes to your eyes is the c fi a i r s and the music racks which are all ar- ranged in a semi- circle. In the cen- ter of this is a wooden platform, a stool, a haton, and scores of mu- SIC. The musicians start the task of tu n i n g their instruments. Mr. lsllose, the director, as- cends his p l a t f 0 rm with a tuning scale in his hands. VVoodwinds, your t u n i n g note, de- mands Mr. Klose nod- ding to the wood- winds. lust as soon as he produces the tuning note from the scale a trumpet, hass, or a trom- hone hegins playing some memorized phrase. Sh! XVoodwinds only! exclaims the director. s I i i 1 After the Woodwinds are tuned the hrasses are tuned. Ten minutes later this procedure is over. Then a few scales and rhythms are played from the 'Lteehnical fun hook. 'Deep Purple, is up, exclaims Mr. Klose as he goes through his pile of score hooks on his rack trying to find the se- lected piece. Meanwhile, the pupils take the music from their folders and start practicing a solo passage or a favorite strain. Quietl Please! screams the director, finally picking up the music he has heen looking for. Standing up, he seizes his haton with his right hand, taps it on the top of his rack and plunges the hand into Deep Purple. After commenting, praising, and patching up different pas- sages, he turns the hand to a march called Old Panama. How many heard the University Band Concert Sunday? asked Mr. Klose, dropping hack on his stool. Quite a few hands are raised and then the clarinetist, Nick Margetis, asks the teacher how he liked a certain overture the university hand had played. K'Put it away, says Mr. Klose, after spending fifteen minutes on Old Panama, 'sand take out 'Dunedin'! A clarinet player is the first to find a saxophone to join him. Sh! Sh! pleads the director, running from his rack to the piano and seizing Dune- din from its hiding place. We haven't got a part, yells a third corner. I passed those parts out last week, explains Mr. Klose, looking for his haton. I left it at . . . at home. stammers the musician. 'LDunedin is finally rehearsed. ln the middle of the trio Mr. Klose taps the top of his rack, stopping the hands and Roh Rowe straightens himself up and rehearsal starts again turns to another cornetist and says, Rowe, will you please sit up and put hoth feet on the floor? Taking his time,

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Clubs Al: Your Service ini Usrualts' ol.t'1a hopes to transform itself into a coni- plete business with a time basis and a payroll. Each year it has kept a record of each event, names of the pupils who worked, and the number of hours each pupil worked. During the past school year the amount of work put in averaged from three to eighty hours at one event. At the P.T.A. Carnival, which was a two night event, the ushers worked one hundred thirty-rive hours. They under- took the presentation of Ben Berger, a widely known magi- cian, and ushered the Community Frolic at the Capitol the- ater, and the Southern VVisconsin Teachers' Convention. The proceeds were used to buy white shirts and black ties, a part of the uniform adopted this year, this also pays the expenses for cleaning the uniforms. All football and bas- ketball games, concerts, and P.T.A. meetings employ the services of the ushers. lndividual rating records on appearance, service, and other remarks were started also this year. The DdH1SCiS The world today has found other places for women, be- sides the home, and that has proved to be a profitable adjust- ment, according to the worthwhile activities of the Girls, club, which is comprised of all the girls at Central. The purpose of the Girls' club is to render service to its school, and it does so by sponsoring Courtesy campaigns, presenting auditorium programs, and awarding scholarships to deserving and needy graduates. These plans are carried out by the ollicers, committees, and faculty advisors of the entire club. The officers are Mary Breitenbach, president, Fay Hauke- dahl, vice-president, Louise DuBois, secretary, and Viletta Spencer, treasurer. Committee chairmen are Lucille Link, ways and means, Stella liazan, social, Audrey Thompson, program, Virginia Iohnson, G. C. Clinic, Frances Kanev- sky, candy, Vera Lee, hospitality, Laverne Carey, sunshine, and Bessie Levin, publicity. Miss Theresa Kleinheinz, Latin and English teacher, is the faculty sponsor. She has replaced Miss Elizabeth Ritzmann, English teacher, who is on leave of absence. As a special feature program, Mr. L. A. Waehler, princi- pal, spoke on A Girl ls Dillierentf' Vocational talks given by prominent women of Madison were sponsored through- out the semester by the program committee. Amid green shamrocks and streamers, seasoned with the tunes of VVest High Orchestra, over l5O girls, dressed in colorful, clever, and funny costumes, danced gaily at the tru- ditional Spring Frolicw that was held on March 12. National Honor Society Guided by the flaming torch, 51 pupils from Central and East High schools were formally inducted into the National Honor Society at the installation ceremony held on May 28, in the Central High school auditorium. As master of ceremonies, Nick Margetis welcomed East High's chapter. As part of the joint ceremony, brief speeches were pre- sented by four old members of Central's chapter-Frances lianevsky on leadership, Kathryn Mathis on scholarship, Doris Yalfe on character, and Lucille Link on service. These four subjects represent the four outstanding characteristics of members of the society and serve as the basis of judg- ment in electing the members. Mr. Foster Randall, East High tc'0nt1'nm'd an page SSD page lm