Philadelphia Conservatory of Music - Variations Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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elf? 'LTTE-1 X irish ? 'bail ol lhe counlry lo help lhe underprivileged learn in lhe correcl way aboul lhe arl ol music. There are a lew young sludenls ol my acquainlance who live a lull abundanl lile. Though lhey are very busy wilh lheir accepled dulies ol lile from early morning lo lale al nighl, lhey always seem lo have lhe abilily lo squeeze a lillle lime doing lhings lor olhers, learning aboul lhe olher arls, and making lhemselves generally uselul lo sociely. In lacl, lhe busiesl, almosl over-burdened and mosl accomplished person l know is Madame Samaroll, who always has lime lo do lhal somelhing exlra, ollen wilhoul any direcl benelil lo hersell. l lhink lhe secrel ol raising and ennobling one's aim in lile is lo be able lo enrich his or her vocalion wilh a helplul or conlrasling lorm ol relaxalion. ls il mere amusemenl, or is il ol lasling benelil such as lhal ol reading greal poelry, lileralure, visiling arl museums, walking in lhe open air, or pursuing a hobby? ln manilold purpose lies lhe core lo lhe whole realm ol aims. Madame Samaroll has always slriven lo do whalever she did one hundred per cenl, and she invariably gels one hundred per cenl oul ol every waking day. Thal is why she is lhe greal leader among leaders, be il pianisl, aulhor, leclurer, or leacher. This leadership is whal we need loday and lomorrow. Our lulure leaders musl have lhe highesl ideals and lhe lolliesl aims in whalever lhey pursue, conlinually slriving lor lhe besl in lile as well as lhe linesl in music. V - g ALLISON R. DRAKE

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arzizffzizn - 1 J 1 Bold y,i-ls, , ,i Q ,Al P '-5 . fs V :wi-::.:r:.z:::.i..r:a:.!!:::'.!..... -' 4.2 an :sw , Q r e ' -zzz? - -fa.. , ' ' 1 'l ' ' ..,,- . - GY? 3 ?- 1 . ' i : 'F' A- Ig- . ' P gr-gsq. molto CFCSC. These are siirring limes. If mankind is io win +he race over savagery, greed, and mere personal ambi1'ion, +he need +o aim high and work hard will be a necessily. In facr, one musi' work for whaiever one desires +ha1' is of any real value: and ihe higher his aspiralions, 'rhe more con- linuous mus'r be his effort Among music school s'ruden+s ihere are many aims offen unknown or unrecognized by i'he sludenis ihemselves. Some s1'uden'rs have no direcl' aims while sludying. Al' leasl' lhey have noi' been crysrallized as ye1'. Some aim +o gel' fhe highesr possible marks in each class while orhers are perfecrly sa1'isl'ied if +hey merely pass, forgerring 1'ha+ 'lhe more fhey know abou'r each subiecl' 1'he be'r'rer background 1'hey have wherher rhey aspire io be a performer, composer, conduclor, or ieacher. Then i'here are always 'rhose siudenfs in any school whose aim in life is 'ro have a good 1'ime. Of course 1'hey praciice or sludy enough fo gel by , bui' They would never lei' 'lheir sfudies inieriere wilh rheir enioymenis or casual way of living. Lei' me meniion some of lhese aims: 'ro become a greai' performing arrish +o become a grea'r composer, conducior, arranger, or ieacher, wheiher in priva1'e school or public school. Some aims are very broad or general, such as preparing oneself in many channels so 'rhai' when 'lhe momeni' comes for specializalion, or lhe opporluniry for doing exacfly ihai' for which one is mos'r suiied, 'rhai' person is complerely ready. I know of no higher aim 'rhan +ha+ of one young sfucleni' who wishes io beHer herself lo ihe uimosr so rhar she can rerurn +o her secfion

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.fdrf ana! lgracficagfg There are weddings and rumors of weddings in fhe Conservafory. Arf and love being fhe fleefing fhings fhey are, if is in fhe inferesf of solidarify fhaf I propose fhaf af leasf one parfy fo such an agreemenf know how fo cook-and hereby quofe a recipe. This dish, a soup, if begun in fhe Freshman year and if replenished occasionally, can carry you fhrough a couple of degrees and make any ofher cooking complefely unnecessary. WEST INDIAN PEPPER POT The soup is composed of a large piece of salf pork, diced and fried unfil brown: a parfially roasfed fowl, cuf up in fhe usual fricassee man- ner: a large onion, a dozen shallofs, and a few dried chili peppers. These fhings are simmered slowly in a large buckpof or pipkin, and as fhey cook a sauce is added. The sauce consisfs of fwo fablespoons of brown sugar, half a fablespoon of salf, a feaspoon of cayenne pepper mixed wifh 'ren fablespoons of buffer. Finally 'ren fablespoons of cassareep, fhe concenfrafed iuice of fhe biffer cassava, is sfirred in unfil fhe soup is brown in color. Now fhe pof musf simmer for an hour or so, preferably over an open fire, and fhen sef aside fo cool for fhe fime if fakes fo memorize fhe slow movemenf of a Beefhoven Sonafa. On fhe second day fhe soup is boiled up again and allowed fo simmer for half an hour: fhen if musf resf a full fwenfy-four hours, and no doubf you will need fo, foo. On fhe fhird day if boils up again and simmers, and only now is if approaching edibilify. Sfill if is a young soup and by no means af ifs besf. You will keep fhe pepper pof going by consfanfly replenishing ifs ingredienfs fo compensafe for fhe porfion removed. H' is heafed up day affer day, monfh affer monfh, and year affer year unfil fhe pipkin is well caked like an old brier pipe. The finesf pepper pof is af leasf a hundred years old: if passes down from one generafion of Conservafory sfudenfs fo fhe nexf and fhe nexf, growing richer and spicier as fhey grow poorer buf ever so much more infelligenf. And when you are finally gafhered fo your fafhers, you will leave, if nof nine enduring symphonies, af leasf one well grown pepper pof. Furfhermore, fhrough eafing fhis soup day affer day, you will accusfom yourself fo infense heaf. H' is always well fo be prepared for fhe hereaffer. DOROTH EA PERSICHETTI