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

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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

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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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Each year as fhe new sfudenfs and I face each ofher for fhe firsf fime, I wonder how many of fhem have come fo us wifh a hearf full of dreams and a head full of ambifions and plans for fheir fufure. Many of fhem, no doubf, are hoping fo be able fo sfep info fheir favorife arfisf's place fhe momenf he abandons if. And each year as fheir comprehension of fundamenfals and arf- isfic values is awakened, I see fhem grow, develop, and alfer fhose plans. Perhaps fhey discard quife a few of fhose dreams, foo. They find fheir place as fhe familiar saying goes. Buf whaf none of us shall ever see is fhe hearfbreak caused by fhe necessify of abandoning fhose dreams, of fhe disillusionmenf undergone because of a faulfy evaluafion of falenfs and abilifies fosfered by well- meaning feachers, families, and friends, and a subsequenf unwillingness fo invesfigafe fhe real possibilifies open fo musicians of foday. Wifhin us are 'rwo selves: fhe worldly, ambifious self which is goaded on forever by fhe glamour of fhe achievemenfs, press build-up, and public acclaim accorded fhe arfisf as well as by successes of confempor- aries. If fells us fhaf if sufficienf zeal and devofion are exercised, we, foo, can sfand in high places. Then, fhere is our frue self which may wanf somefhing quife dif- ferenf-nof so worldly or ambifious, perhaps, buf somefhing infinifely finer: namely, fhe developmenf side-by-side wifh musical growfh of characfer fraifs which make for frue happiness and produce REAL PEOPLE. If I dared, I'd like fo ask each sfudenf, as a sorf of iEnfrance Exam,' Do you know yourself? Whaf do you wanf from fhis musical experience you are underfaking? Are you evaluafing your ambifions and abilifies fruly? We of fhe Faculfy of fhe Philadelphia Conservafory wanf fo grad- uafe REAL people as well as REAL musicians. KATHRYN R. GRUBE