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

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Third, fake an inferesl in fhe various aris. Archilecfure-ihere never were so many beautiful buildings and slrucfures in 'rhe world as io-day: painiing, sculpfure, music lihaf goes wifhoui saying as il' is your professionl, poeiry, which fhrough fhe beaufy of ifs rhyfhm and sound musi' inevifably appeal +o a highly sensifized person. Lasl, gef info fhe habif of reading. Read anyihing lhal' appeals 'lo you so long as il' is fine and worlhwhile. Bul' above all, read 'rhe classics, and you will grea'I'ly increase your knowledge of life, of human beings, and of whal makes ihem l'ick. Follow +l1ese suggeslions consisfenlly, and one day you will find yourself possessed of a weal+h of knowledge and unders+anding. You will find lhal' you have insured your being inferesling +o yourself- inleresfing noi only in youih when you are surrounded by a hosl of relaiives and friends, buf also inferesling fo yourself in old age when you musl' increasingly depend upon your own resourcefulness for com- pany. For, remember, you are fhe one person in ihe world from whom you can never gel' away. MRS. GRETCHEN AMRHEIN I was born in the year of good old '29, And was said to have been quite a child. The nurse said my hands were just simply divineg Now-that statement is driving me wild .' For the years flew away just as fast as could be. And my hands were my pride all the time. Soon I learned how to count from small one up to three. And I learned how to sing and say rhyme. Then-one day my dear Ma heard a tale about Bach, And she thought him a wonderful mang So she put all her furs and her rings into hock, And then started to work on her plan. Well-the very next day my hands went into use, And they haven't stopped working since then, For I practice all day and I worry all nightg Something tells me I'm nearing the end .7 So to all of you people with hands rough and red, This poem I do dedicate. ,lust be thankful to goodness you're not nearly dead Like me-with piano my fate. Gilda Leshem

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OU, You are The one person in The world from whom you can never geT away. Day or nighT, awake or asleep, well or sick, in youTh or in old age, so long as you live, you can never escape for even a second from yourself. Now, if you had To pick ouT some one person wiTh whom you were To spend The resT of your life, woudn'T you be mosT careful in your choice? Wouldn'T you wanT ThaT person To wear well? To have The sferling qualifies of a fine characfer? To possess a keen inTellecT, a well- sTored mind, and a lively inTeresT in everyfhing under God's Heaven? Of course you would! For you know ThaT life wiTh such a person would be sTimulaTing. Since you musT bear your own company all your life, wouldn'T iT be an infelligenf move To make yourself as inferesfing a person as pos- sible? Now To be such a person requires deferminafion only. You musT be genuinely inTeresTed in persons and Things. Awaken in your youTh To The possibilifies of your surroundings. Firsf, Take an inTeresT in NaTure. Walk ouT in The counTry, Through fields and woods, during all seasons of The year. Observe and Think. In Spring waTch The miracle of budding Trees and of unfolding flowers: lisfen To The song of The reTurning birds: and savor The smell of The damp rich earTh. ln Summer follow The inTense acTiviTy of all growing Things of all The creeping, crawling, leaping, flying denizens of field and foresT. In AuTumn noTe The calm, mellow mood of NaTure who, having accom- plished her appoinTed work, resTs conTenTedly for a liTTle space before her long winfer sleep. How like The cycle of our human life wiTh ifs birTh, maTuriTy, old age, and Thaf long sleep we call DeaTh! Second, Take an inTeresT in humaniTy. The ouTward manifesfafions- appearance, speech, acfions-reveal The menTal, moral, educafional, and social background. Unconsciously Through These oufward marks every individual labels himself for all The world To read. lnTerpreT These signs correcfly, and you can iudge more accurafely. For much of your happiness and success in life hinges upon your abilify To size up indi- viduals and handle Them accordingly.

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Un Coming jkrougk fhe gacl' JDO? There is a fable abouf a philosophical and opfimisfic wag who once remarked fhaf, befween one fhing and anofher crowding info his way of life, he didn'f righfly fhink he'd spenf enough fime really frying hard fo gel' fo heaven: buf, he said he made sure fhaf he had a couple of friends wearing halos, and when his fime came fo apply for admission info heaven, he was counfing on fhese friends fo keep Sf. Pefer busy af fhe Pearly Gafes so fhaf he could sneak in fhe back door. Well, fhere are a few of us here who are very grafeful fo fhe friends who keep fhe back door open fo Ief in fhe embryo musician. You musf have heard fhis sfrain around school: l am a bookkeeper lor clerk, or secrefary, or iusf a high-school gradl, buf I love music and I wanf fo be a musician. The besf parf abouf if is fhaf everyone is so kind and considerafe of fhe Iimifafions of fhaf sfafemenf, even fhough if somefimes causes sifuafions like fhe following: Here is Sfudenf A , abouf fwenfy years old, who has sfudied and lived wifh music for ninefeen and fhree-quarfer years, and is iusf filled wifh invenfive, arfisfic musicianship. Then we have Sfudenf X who iusl' couIdn'f sfudy before now, has some kind of dormanf musical abilify, is abouf-well, fhis or fhaf age- and knows fhe sharp and flaf scales: buf, don r gel' foo involved in fhis 'relafive harmonies' business yef. To ordinary feachers in an ordinary school, such a sifuafion creafes a problem of ferrifying proporfions. They wrife books abouf if, have long heafed conclaves abouf if, and, finally, give up in despair. Buf ours is nof an ordinary school, and we have far, far from ordin- ary feachers. Available here for Sfudenf A are all fhe fools necessary 'ro advance fo fhaf Number One cloud dream , and Sfudenf X can plod happily along foward fhe wonderful day when hard work and confacf wifh fhe arf of music will evenfually lead fo fhe full achievemenf of- I love music: I AM a musician. Sfudenl' X STELLA FERRARI