Redemptorist High School - Almarre Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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gf usrc H tk C arms Music of all the fine arts is undoubtedly the most wonderful the most uplifting the most complete Music explores the most sublime heights and the murkiest depths of human passion and of human experience and transports the soul through the whole gamut of the emotions Imposslble life without music! Wlthout musics calming caress at close of day without muslcs soothing influence in pam without music s exhilarating buoyancy in Joyl It is a human help to safeguard the soul for it fills the fancy with fair bright forms t attunes the ear to sounds that are sweet the heart to impulses that are innocent In my opinion music deserves the appellatlon shaper of destmies For what man I ask you can calmlv contemplate any wrongdoing while listening to the immortal strams of the Moonlight Sonala9 And again what man can hear unmoved the war like measures of a Ch0pln polonaisei' When an mtense thrill or enthusiastic throb rocks the musician s mmost soul the waves of his melody arise in their majesty and fling their ocean like harmonies upon the awe struck ear In every man there IS a love an appreciation a latent desire of expressing himself by music in music and for mus.c. From all ages evidence of this IS given by every nation. The harp was another step in this curious cycle, the first string instrument. Some musician discovered that he could make a larger variety of sound by using two strings, and so another string was added, and yet another. The ancient Egyptians made many-stringed harps of beautiful shapes. From them we have received our knowledge of the virtues of a sounding-board as a means of increasing the volume of a tone. In all probability, the Hebrews learned from the Egyptians how to make and use harps. Evidence of their proficiency in this field of endeavor is given in the Psalms. The Assyrians, in the musical world, are renowned, especially for the invention of the dulcimer, from which the desired sounds were brought forth by striking upon the strings with hammers. The Greeks had a very extensive knowledge of music. Centuries before the coming of Christ the Greeks had learned to measure the intervals of a scale on a little instrument called the monochord. This .monochord was but a string stretched tightly across a bridge but it was a large.. step in the ascent toward the perfected harp. Later in history, the Irish people were considered the national leaders in music. From the Irish, the Italians. obtained a knowledge of harp-making, a profession in which they excel. But one need not search in the realms of forgotten ages to Find evidence of musical appreciation. Music itself is the keynote of our daily life, of our simplest joys, and of our most tender griefs. It is the strong tie that binds the home together, and so a vital factor in family life. It keeps the home life alive, and unites the family in that close harmony impossible without its inlluence. The first recollection of our childhood is our mother's lullabyg the last earthly echo, our funeral dirges. One might almost say that man is ushered into this world and out again to the strains of music. 55 I IR' ' ' 'L . ' ' - -1 i 'L!2 ',f- . 'Wi Qty f -V 1, f X, if . ,EQJQGY i H-SWIQJ. 3, f Qffg- .If , V1.1 . 1 I- s. 1 -Q - - ' v' 'f' ...S , 'ii' 'Y A 'X N... -. E Y NTT' V' J W 7 . 1 5, r N l 0 dis' U i s v i u , . . . . A v . . , . i . , . , . . . . . . , . . , . . H . ' . r 1 i I - - u , . . . . . N . . ,, s 1 ' 9 9 , ' 1 - 1 v v ,. . - . . , . i . v . , . . , . .- 1 1 v n Music has only reached to highest art, when it is wedded to Christianity. The organ, the voice of the Christian Church, tradition tells us, was invented by St. Cecilia. By the divine and celestial accents of music, the Church speaks her love and. sorrow, her faith and hope. As a painter, so also the musician has won undying glory only when the Church has inspired the ideal. MARGARET BENTLEY, '2 7. A I . fl 1 1 Thirty-five

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ne, N K 4 . w...,.- V - ..M., - x ur parents Our parents are too often taken for granted and little thought is given to things they have done and are doing for love of us They make sacnhces so that we may have the things conducive to our welfare They are ever solicitous ever watchful Nothing is too great an eHort on their part when our health and happiness is concerned No prayer of thanksgiving is complete without remem laenng the greatest gift of all OUR PARENTS ANNA Must-:R 2 7 ansas Crty Who upon this fair city could look for long and frown? Here in the Heart of America lies all our hopes and dreams Anal at the Gateway lo the Wesl our fondest Interest leems CATHERINE OSWALD 27 O Var1ous At et1c ACf7v7teS Pony Riding-Sophomores and Seniors Foot Racing and Cross Lot Running Certain classes making haste to be on time for class before last gong is rung Oh! Kansas City, Kansas Cily, my birthplace and my town, ur M Wrestling With X, Y, Z in Algebra. Vaulting-Free days. Swimming-In examination questions that can't be answered. Bowling-With the soap in lavatories, trying to remove ink stains from hands. Swinging of Dumbbells-Certain Freshmen's swaggering gait. Breathing Exercises-Inhaling and exhaling laboratory gases. Basket Balling-Of waste paper. Marching-Changing classes after each period. Running-Up and down columns in bookkeeping. Golf-Perfecting our shorthand strokes, especially the long ones. GERALDINE MURPHY. '2 7. fl Thirty-seven