Schuster School - Proscenium Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The First Annual During the history of the Schuster School many classes have thought about and discussed a Year Book, but not until the rise into power of the Class of 1915 did the Fates seem to favor the production of such a book. For the past eight years it has been the custom of each class to leave the school some gift or some new institution whereby that particular class shoulci be remembered. Feeling that the gods were with us, the class of il5 determined to actually materialize the dreams of preceding classes in the form of an Annual. The first seed was sown last year 0914i when Irene Crifhn and the class of ,14, of which Miss Griffin was a member, discussed the project. For several reasons they were unable to carry out their plans, and When the members of the class of ,15 met in September, he hold! in the minds of each the seed had already germinated. The plant has grown and blossomed and fructified. Here, then, with no little pride, the class of 19l5 presents the ripe fruit to the school: The first number of the Schuster Annual. The Christening The Annual shall be named The Proscenium. F or many weeks the editor and her allies racked their already overburdened brains for a suitable name for their magazine. Finally, at a joint meeting of the Junior and Senior Classes and the Faculty, The Proscenium was suggested among other titles. The Proscenium seems to us to include what the Annual stands for as a Year Book of a School of Expression and Dramatic Art. All our public perform- ances, whether in the form of recitals or plays, are presented to the public framed by the proscenium arch. The training of the School endeavors to educate its students to a broad and healthful view of life which the art that it teaches essays to portray, and since All the worldis a stage eor prosceniumeupon which we fret and strut our little hour, we feel that this title includes everything that our book represents in its depiction of the life of the School. Page sixty-three

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rl-he Little Playhouse When the class of '15 assembled last September after the summer vacation, 10! all was changed! A new and artistic edifice stoodeas yet not quite complete -in the place of the old school. The beautiful lawn was no more, and the little that was left of it was a patch of muddy earth cluttered over with planks and plaster, and the usual debris of building materials. In a few short weeks, hOWe ever, all was reduced to order and beauty. The new hall with its small stage, on which our intimate drama was to be produeed, was named The Little Playhouse, and the six studios above it were named after famous musicians and writers. Mrs. Martin's room was christened the Browning Studio. Miss Hulsman took a vote from the Seniors and Juniors 0n the name for the English andLiteraturelabora- tory. Tennyson was chosen, and Miss Hulsman placed a picture of the poet above her desk. The Kindergarten Room was named the Longfellow Studio, since he is such a favorite with the Children, and the room in which we hold our theory and voice classes, as well as makeiup, was called the Curry Studio. Mr. Schehl named the music studio after Schubert, and the first notes from the piano were those of a Schubert Symphony. t In these six studios, in the hall and on the Stage of the Little Playhouse our senior year has been passed. We hope that the classes to come will find as much inspiration, pleasant work, and healthful pleasure as we have enjoyed here. We go out from the portal of The Little Playhouse leaving behind us our best wishes for its continued success! Page sixty-fwe