Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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-. OF THIRTY-THREE The orchestra was small this year, but what it lacked in quantity, it mad-e up for in quality, as the following list of mem-bers shows: Hrst violins: lsadore Shapiro, Marietta VanDusen, Elmer Weinkauf, Maurice Hahn, Mary Kohler, Geraldine Lenning, Harland Laycock, Merle Smith, Glen Walters, and Gay Dornsifeg second violins: Marian Arthur, Mary Frances Grimes, lrene Granger, Margaret Katterheinrich, Iames Miller, Robert Nagel, and Pauline Rhodes, cellos: Mary Frances McDonough and Doris Pullmang trombones: Bernard O'Reilly, Nor- man Smith, and Robert Carter, French horn: Darwin Heeterg Hute: Robert Zimmerman, and clarinet: Marietta Albert. l1That smaller group of talented musicians, the string ensemble, has entertained at many social and civic functions throughout the year and proved to be very popular with the citizens of Mishawaka and South Bend. Isadore Sha- piro, Harland Laycock, Geraldine Lenning, Marietta VanDusen, Mary Frances McDonough, and Doris Pullman compose the ensemlble which played for P. T. A. meetings, 'a Fellowship club luncheon, the luncheon given by heads of the committee on the School Relief Fund, lboth given in our cafeteria, the Washington luncheon given by members of the Woman's club in the club house, and the entertainment given by pupils of the LaSalle school in South Bend. They also presented a group of pieces at the music assembly in February and played between acts of the senior play, The Nut Farmf, The boys' quartette, composed of George Klein, baritone: Robert Anderson, tenor, George Parant, second tenor, and Robert Carter, bass, sang before several audiences during the year, 5' receiving much praise for their work. As they did not organize until late in the hrst semester, they presented their combined talent to the students for the first time when they sang a group of songs at the music program assembly. Occasions for their other appearances included a meeting of the Fellowship club, a Hi-Y meet- ing, a young people's meeting held in the Bap- tist church, and the spring concert. The boys presented their songs well. and our regret is that we had so few opportunities of hearing them. ll Ruth Ann Iernegan, Alta Lehr, Phyllis Dun- don, Juanita Kelley, Dorothy Mae Foerster, Margaret Hambright, and Mary Grimes, the seven girls who were members of the girls' sep- tette, entertained many public and social groups during the year. Among the affairs for which they sang were a general meeting of the Wom- an's club, a meeting of the Optimists' club held in the Y. W. C. A. in South Bend, the Mathe- matics department of the North Central Indiana Teachers' association at Riley High school, a Fellowship club dinner, a P. T. A. meeting, a general and a freshman assembly, the School Children's Relief Fund party held here at school in Ifanuary, the Depression luncheon given by heads of the School Relief Fund, a Woman's club luncheon, and Commencement. Needless to say, they found enough work to do to keep them out of mischief. And, last but not least, Miss Iones, the di- rector of all of them groups, should come in for her share of recognition. Under her expert su- pervision and direction, the music department has been able to entertain at these many func- tions, and by helping them to please others, she has helpcd all those whom she has coached.

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go THE MISKODEED MUSIC Tl-IAT I-IATI-I CHARMS By MARY GRIM ES ff USIC hath charms to soothe the savage breast as Shakespeare once said, and our music department has suited his words to their actions during the year. Some art stu- dents have complained that the sounds issuing from the room afbove theirs fwhich is the music room, of coursej have not resembled music in the least, but these students had to listen to re- hearsals while the general public heard only the Finished productions. WThe outstanding success of the combined glee clubs, excluding their spring concert, was the Christmas pageant, which they presented as their annual Christmas assembly program. The Art department made the scenery and designed the costumes worn in the pageant, the glee clubs told Christmas stories in songs, and mem- bers of the Speech club enacted the stories while the glee clubs sang them. Mary Frances Mc- Donough and Doris Pullman, cellists, and Ger- aldine Lenning, and Isadore Shapiro, violinists, accompanied, while Margaret Hanrbright, Ruth Ann Iernegan, Calvin Horein, Robert Anderson, and George Klein carried the solo parts. During the same week the two clubs pre- sented a program of Russian Christmas carols before the Woman's club, the girls wearing for collar and cuff sets. achievement, for the crepe paper ruffling the first time their new These sets are reall an . Y girls made them from Qyou're not supposed to know thislj isewed on cotton or linen foundations as a group project. It is too bad the boys haven't something as equally fetching to wear, for they were put quite in the shade. If The clubs' activities during May were rather varied, for they presented their concert on May 4. As a climax ,to a busy and successful year they sent the graduating seniors off by singing for Baccalaureate. llThe orchestra has been just as busy as any of the other musical groups, for it has played for nearly all the school affairs held in our auditorium as well as played for many civic affairs. They played for the Princess Misha- waka Centennial pageant held in Lincoln Park during the third week of May, 1932, thus start- ing this school year's activities before last year's had closed. Durinir this school year they pro- vided music for all the class plays, Open House, Commencement, Baccalaureate, and the Spring Concert, of course, as well as playing 'between- act music when the Masque presented 'KThe ln- timate Strangers in our auditorium the last week in December. Their one venture from the auditorium was when they played for one Ladies' Night at the Fellowship club, but that appearance was as successful as their others, so evidently location has nothing to do with their performance-

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