Mount Vernon High School - Forum Yearbook (Mount Vernon, OH)

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18 THE FORUM LOCALS Mae Bartlett, Editor On May 19, and 20, the people of Mt. Vernon were given the privilege of hear- ing the St. Paul orchestra. Three con- certs were given, an artist' recital, mat- inee concert, and evening concert. The artists recital gave the following program: Friday Evening I. The Wanderer ............... Schubert The Swan ...................... Greig Love Song ................... Brahms Wilmot Goodwin. II. Concert D Minor ..... . .. Wieniawski Allegro Moderato. Andante. Allegro Alla Zingara. Emil Sturmer. III. My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, Saint Saens Mme. Stillwell Hagar. IV. Schon Rosmarion ............. Kreisler Ave Maria .......... Schubert Scherzo .................... .. Dedla Emil Sturmer. V. Serenade ............ . . . Bantok Down the Vale ............. Moir Invictus ....................... Huhn Wilmot Goodwin VI. Spanish Dance ................ Saraste Rondo Capriccioso .......... Saint Saens Emil Sturmer VII. The Sunshine ............ .... G reig With a. Violet ................... Greig Slave Song ................ Chaminade Mme. Stillwell Hagar. Mme. Stillwell Hagar, contralto Emil Sturmer, violinist. Wilmot Goodwin, baritone. The following programmes were given Saturday afternon and evening: Saturday Afternoon Walter H. Rothwell, Conductor. Chas. L. Wagner, Manager. Soloists: Irene Armstrong, Soprano. George Harris, Tenor. Mme. Stillwell Hagar, Contralto. 1. Mendelssohn Overture ........ Fingal's Cave. 2. Greig-Peer Gynt Suite. Cab Morning. Cbj Aca's Death. feb Anitra's Dance. Cdl In the Hall of the Mountain King.

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THE FORUM 17 ner of execution of our will shall be as follows: First-That the back fence be given a coat of paint at least twice a year to pro- tect it from wind and weather by what- ever classes that have the nerve and dar- ing to do so. Second-That E. Seavolt be given the sole right to care for the new electric lights. Third-That the class of 1912 be given the option to have orations or class play. Fourth-That J. Gotshall's walk be left to Pugh H. Fifth-That E. Lyman's quiet way be left to G. Fleming. Sixth-That Mr. Winan's be given the privilege of closing school ALL DAY when a circus comes to town. Seventh-That G. Culbertson 's glasses be given to Glenn Ward. Eighth-That B. Patterson 's ability to debate be given to A. Beamen. Ninth-That Mr. Winan's chapel lec- tures be confined to five minutes. Tenth-That the Freshmen be given the right to hold class-metings in room 23. Eleventh-That the Senior Girls' Shirt W'aist Suits be put in their cofiins at the time of burial. Twelfth-That L. West's arguments be left to S. Sigler. Thirteenth-That all the Senior ora- tions be recorded on bronze tablets in the hall. Fourteenth-That F. Chew's dominat- ing spirit be left to E. McKee. Fifteenth-That M. Ewing's game of bluif be taught to all underclassmen. Sixteenth-That M. Bairtlettls ego- tism be left to H. Atwood. Seventeenth-To A. Zimmerer we pre- sent Grace F. 's Latin knowledge. Eighteen-We leave space on the Wall in the hallway for the underclassmen to place two trophies of successful debat- ing, next year. Nineteenth-We give to the Juniors the exclusive privilege of evading June exam- inations providing they have taken monthly tests and mid-year examinations and are still 9075 out of the deep. Twentieth--To the Juniors we leave the president's chair vacant for another mem- ber of the Culbertson family. Twenty-first-That a statue of W. En- glehart be given to the Athletic associa- tion to be placed in the hall to commem- orate his foot ball fame. Twenty-second-That V. Salisbury 's bottle of anti-fat be left to Mary Clay- pool. Twenty-third-That money lfrom last year 's play be devoted to the purchase of computing machines for the use of Seniors in averaging grades. With this, our Last Will and Testa- ment, we, the Seniors, revoke all wills made heretofore by us and to this we now set our hands and seal. CLASS OF 1911. Witnessed : J. S. ALAN, JEAN L. McINTOSH.

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THE FORUM 19 3. Wagner-Prieslied from die Meister- singer. Mr. Harris. 4. Massenet ........ Ballet, Le Cid Two movements. 5. Group of Songs Miss Armstrong. 6. OEenbach Prelude and Barcarolle- From Tales of Hoffman. 7. Thomas- My Heart is Weary Mme. Stillwell Hagar. 8. Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz. Saturday Evening, May 20. 1. Dyorak Symphony From the New World. -Adagio, Allegro, Molto, Largo. 2. Wagner- O Hall of Song from Tannhauser. Mme. Rothwell Wolif. 3. Goldmark-Overture from Rigoletto 4. Verdi-Overture from Rigoletto Miss Armstrong Mrs. Hagar Mr. Harris, Mr. Goodwin 5. Bezit-Suite from Carmen. CFive movementsj 6. Puccini- One Fine Day From Mme. Butterfly Mme. Rothwell Wolff. G C9 In Miss McIntosh's division of English the work in argument was completed by a trial. Almon Poland was tried and found guilty of stealing a book from Edna Young's desk in Room 5. Melvin Black was the judge and Walter Mason the prosecuting attorney while the lawyer for the defense was Troy Harris. G C On Friday evening, May 12, the junior class presented their play, Mr, Bob, in honor of the Senior class. Cast of Characters: Marion Bryant CMr. Bobb ..Olive Clark Robert Brown, clerk of Benson and Ben- son ............... Robert Baxter Philip Royson, a medical student.. Albert Culbertson Rebecca Luke, a maiden lady ...... Speck Katherine Rogers, her niece ........ -Vernie Gleason Jenkins, Miss Rebecca 's butler ...... Floyd Bartlett Patty, Miss Rebecca's Maid ........ Mer1MeGugin Place-Breakfast room at Miss Lukc's. Time-Morning and afternoon of one day. Music by Scribner 's Orchestra. CJ CJ The commencement exercises of this class will be begun by the Baccalaureate sermon on June 11 by the Rev. Ira J. Houston of the Congregational church. On Thursday morning, June 15, the class address will be given to the following graduates by Dr. F. B. Pearson of the Ohio State university. The following is the list of the gradu- ates: Latin course-Loma Arndt, Beulah Doelfs, Grace Faddis, Evelyn Lyman, Berta Hall, Francis Chew, George Culbert- son, Lawrence Fletcher, Vivian Dowds, Hazel Kirkpatrick, Alma Lepley, Ruth Mitchell, Raymond Spechk, Louise Sperry and Louis West. English course--Mae Bartlett, Anna Black, Mary Blair, Hubert Cary, Helen Chew, Mabel Coleman, Walter Englehardt, Mary Ewing, George Hookway, Dean Mc- Kee, Mary Mochwart, Besse Patterson, Helen Porter, Verna Salisbury, Ethel Sim: mons, Olive Snow, Faye Thomas, Bessie 'Van-Voorhis, Anita Wrentzel, Irene Zeis- loft, Leon Zeisloft and John Gotshall. Business course-Hazel Graff, Portia Wagner, Jennie Hildebrand, Vernice Phillips, Ralph Jenkins, Grace Strang and Monroe Kaufman. On Friday evening, June 16, the Alum- ni banquet will be held which will close the exercises of 1911.