St Clare High School - Je Me Souviens Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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The School Orchestra Extraf Extraf Musicians wanted. Dust off your saxophones. clarinets and trumpets-they're soon to be in use. St. Clare's is forming an orchestra. That was what stared the students straight in the face in the second edition of FAC, the school paper. No sooner had the paper been distributed than a flock of musical A'geniuses presented themselves for tryouts. Soon, all over the house could be heard the rumbling drums. the squeaking of clarinets, the screeching of trumpets-in fact, it was the best combination of noises anyone had ever heard. Yet the young hopefuls carried on like real artists, despite the skeptical glances thrown at them every so often. The main topic of conversation centered about this new adventure. Rehearsals went on daily for three long and arduous months. Day by day, a slight mark of improvement was noticed. Finally, the squeaks. rumbles and screeches developed into rich. wholesome tunes. Yes. they had fought a great fight, and they had won the victory. St. Clares orchestra has now been in existence nine months. lt has sere- naded audiences at school plays and has accompanied singers at school meetings. 'l'he school is rather proud of its musicians: yet. no one but those same musicians know what a major part courage and perseverance had to play in the formation of the club. We must give them credit for having reached such heights despite strong criticism and much derision, RIENA Si't.v1Qs'1'Rti. '40 -if fc--

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NIL SOUX IE Phys1cal Culture ONE TWO THREE EOUR Not unhke a typeyyrltxng class awartxng the muslcal chords of 1 phonograph record to make the keys and rhythm harmonxle rn cheerful clrckrng the gym nasts rn stralght files stand as rf posmg unanrmously on the mlert for the must cal dxmrnuendo and at a gryen srgnal start Sedately but surely legs and arms are alternately lowered and rarsed out stretched to the rxght outstretched to the left At trmes as rf all were concord ant on the same questron we see the heads nod ln unrson Now we see them ltfted so hrgh xt seems that the grrls are drsputlng brtterly an rmportant ques tlon Trme and agam the trunks are bent forvy ard sldeways frontways and backwards Here rt IS eyrdent that nerther muscle nor lrgament remalns rdle or xnactlve Each md1v1dual llmb must contrlbute IIS share toward 1ts own devel opment even the toe xs submltted to th1s rugged task Well what now Where are the D feet 7 s and 6 feet 2 s Thrs phase of physrcal culture has certamly reduced those human skyscrapers to bungalows Tlred the foot balls have dellvered therr burden to the knees Wnth unlform sprlghtltness rhythmlcal movements are repeated by the knees Yes there go the arms and the head once more sttll rn rhythm fmmd youj but rn mdefatlgable rlgrdrty and determrnatton look at them novs down on the rxght hand wlth the left firm on the hrp as they stretch themselyes sldeways returning novy on thelr both hands and toes and repeatmg thrs exerclse from three to srx trmes Wonderful And everythlng rs done to perfectton No room for dlstractnon only serlous and assrduous concentratmon 'I hese physlcal tYLI'Cl5LS are follovy ed by typrcal Greek and Egypttan dances yyrth therr specral charaeterlstrcs some of them requrre brtsk and lrvely steps vyhrle others demand sloyy cadeneed steps eombrned thls offers a cheerful varlety Erom begxnnlng to end you stare and gaze at the beauty of the performance You cannot but notlce the vrsrble composure of the gymnasts and the rnterest whxch commands thelr eyery motxon Gymnastrcs rs not merely rnterestrng to look at lf rs real fun to th p r formers Try nt sometlmes rf you yylsh to keep healthy graeeful and yy 1se 11 emu lfwmxct 4 -1+ -I7 1- J E . 1 I NS . , I 1 V I 4 I I 1 . - 1 1 1v v If 1 A 1 ' ' v - I I 1 A I I Y 1 '- 1 y 1 . 1 1 1 y 1 ' 1 - 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 W 5 1 1 l ' V1 11 1 C I I 4 V1 11 1 ' I 4 1 1 I I I A 1 I 1 - I I . 1 V I 7 l 1 F 1 l ' 7 ' 1 , . yyh ' , , ' , ' ' Y ,U k f ' fy e B at mterestmg gymnastrcs. ou neyer novy just vy mat to expect. ut V 1 I I 1 3 I 1 V1 . 1 I Y 1' 1 1 I I 1 1 Q 1 11 1' I 1 1 ' 1 l I 1 1 1 I D I 1 I . . I 1 ' Q 1 1 Y I 1 1 '11 1 y1 7 v . 11 I 1 V' 1. 1 I - 1 I I - 1 1 1 I 1 . A 1 1 v I 1 1 1 Y 1 -1 1 ' ' 4 1 l 11 -1 v 1 I I 1 v 1 S ' 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 A 1 l 1 1 I 1 1 . - 1' 171 A I 4' 1 1 v . 1 1 I V I ' 1g . C C - A Y . 1 I 1 I. 7 rl 11 1 v -11 L Y. 1 C . . . 3 i. ' O c ' T I' , - r