Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys - Bostonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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THE BOSTONIAN em. 13001, CLASS or 1942 MUSIC APPRECIATION CLUB 27M'!Alaln groda FACULTY ADVISER At the beginning of the school y e a r forty-two na u s i c lox ing students decided to form a club to further their appreciation and understanding of music A faculty adviser was found In Mr Gross who graciously agreed to sacrifice his time and efforts In the Interests of good music The club was designed for all pupils who like to play listen to or discuss good music By pros ldlflg a common meeting place for various tastes and opln ions the club purposed to establish a forum where Idels might be broadened tastes perfected prejudices overcome md senses stimulated At the outset, It was determ1ned that none but the very best music should be heard and studied At the Hrst meetmg the following officers were elected President S Lewis Litxm, Secretary treasurer, Fred Cohen Librlrian Merton Friedman While the organI7atIon, Individually and In groups, has attended concerts, recltals, lectures, and operas, Its main function was necessarily restr1cted to the hearing of recordings at meetings Programs were planned In advance typical examples being Grieg, W lgner, Tschaikowski rhapsodies, and Strauss waltzes Supplementing the records were copious program notes, compiled by members to enhance the enjoyment Ind understanding of the music itself Socially the club has gone f r beyond any other club ind has achleved the hitherto impossible meetings with the musiell organllation of the Glrls School with a resultant cultural gain for both clubs All ID all the hrst year of the Music Appreclatnon Club has been a dIst1net p aesthetic supplement to the general culture of our belox ed school G I BI RI'II1LD BRAX NIAN COHIFN CLRILOI' DAINII I9 RI DLBIXSKX IRI I IDX AN I RII UNI KN IRII IDN S J SIQNIORS GLICIX GOLDI N HLRX ITL IOIINSON IxAPI'FR III x xmc II on XII ISI I xnxx XII xsxIe Ix OBI-R POLOXSKX ROSI NBIOONI SCHNIHIDIR SIILI XIAIN SOIJIJIC Ix SX I I' XI TS II X XX II IxlNS XX OISKY age 87 ' ' a -I 3 ' K- 1 v I I C y l . L I ' E. ' R. 3 M. 1 ' I. s. ' G. CABITT xI. HILRSON N. RICIIMONIJ If. 4 if IQ, ' ' ' H. I I s. 'L I, .' .'g i xI. ' .Vx. ' 1 I. . ' II. In-,I-1 AII-.LID II. J'vI.' A. J QQ 1' Is. ' ' ' I. . I,-1 s. . V141 N. 1 II A I.. A QI. 'MII' x. II. I 1 IIAN s. '

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