Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Musrc rs rntrrcately rntertwrned nn the lrfe of a semrnarran and prrest The varuous chorrs form the greater part of the musrcal trarnrng for the semrnarran but the Glee Club wrth nts religious and secular smgrng rs the most popular Com posed of students from the lnterrm unror and Sensor years rt rs strll conducted by Father Meter Drrectrng and teaching the numerous songs to the Glee Club IS a taslc whrch requrres an abundance of musrcal knowledge and patience The success whrch Father Meter has attained wrth the Glee Club rs proof enough of hrs hard worlc The Glee Club used its talent for the beautrfyrng of the Chrrstmas services rn chapel rn the presence of Archbrshop Strrtch last year and combrned wrth the Cathedral Chorus ters an an elegant rendrtron of O Holy Nrght For other specral events the Club rs called upon to strengthen the musrcal program How ever the Glee Club holds baclc nts best slcrlls and warts for rts annual concert really to shrne Last years concert was a memorable affarr rn whrch the Club sang a vareety of numbers rangrng from the classrcal to the modern Included rn the program were Panrs Angelrcus of Cesar Franck and Palestrrna s O Bone Jesu From the plcture State Farr their selectnon was It s a Grand Nrght for Srngrng and for an added effect they sang the favorrte Too ra loo ra lraunrng In all types of musrc rs garned by the Glee Club member whrch rmproves the vorce and equrps the semrnarran wrth a ready lcnowledge of musrcal notatron all of whrch malces a very useful servant for hum rn hrs future life as a prrest nm g mul

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HMHHUH Certarnly no rnstrtutron such a Qurgley could go on rn routrne fashion for a number of years wrthout havrng experrenced somethnng new and different during tat time That somethrng new occured durrng the summer of last year when For the frrst trme rn a perrod ol years an All Student Amateur Hour was presented Thanks to the splendrd efforts of Tony Chylewslcr and m Coffey both Nenrors who produced and drrected the show assrstea by Howard Turte of the unror class and also because ol the fme worlf of Father Grady the amateur hour was a brrllrant success Ray Carey a unror who offrcrated as master of ceremonres presented Act Number 1 lr was the Upper Srberra act wrth Bob Sponder supposedly Russran musrcran who excelled at the prano and Paul Schwartz has outstanding vrolrn puprl Then rendrtron of four drFferent numbers was good enough to have mented for them the drstrnctron of berng the bes' performers rn the entrre show Then followed Walter ohnson Cthrrd prrze wrnne 'lom Lynch and Phrl Wentzel The hlth act found Qurgleys Paderewsla ol memorres ol Chopin by playung some ol hrs memorable works The yudges voted hum second prrze rn the ballotrng The srxth and final act rl rt could be called that left not one member of the audrence srttrng rn hrs seat It was a panto mrmrc representatron of a prrze frght for the Feat er brarn charrpronshrp of the world between Horrrble Horan and Kung srze Kavanagh x J- ,vx ' , - , the piano, Stanley Rudclri, bringing baclf I , - , . . . . I J . . . ' I h -- g ' I . I . X O Il h . . ly I . ,