Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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64 EL ARCHIVERO MUSIC CIANDER Mr. Ehrhardt, music has played an important role in school life this year. We have all heard many differing types of music, from the Ventura String Ensemble to the more modern strains issuing from the vocal cords of Marsten and Beall. The Glee Club, led by tenor John Beall, sang a group of modern carols in a concert before Christmas Vacation, performed as a choir for the Presby- terian Church in Ojai, and furnished the year with a short serenade at the Spanish Banquet ceremonies. The addition of the auditorium provided the opportunity for many fine performances including a piano recital by Tom Whelan QCdeP '50j. Var- ious instrumental ensembles with Henze on the clarinet, Bonner on the cello, Stuart playing the French horn, and Bryan and Rhodes lipping the oboe and flute respectively entertained both school and public audiences. Complet- ing this talented group of instrumentalists was the piano trio of Tom Bell, john Bolduan, and john Heard. Again, this year, music has lent many hours of enjoyment both to those who have provided it and to those who have been fortunate enough to listen to it. ART SELDOM in the past has the Art Department been the scene of such activity and interest. Hardly a Saturday or Sunday went by, that a.rt students were not up in the studio working on their own. Sculpture, water colors, etchings, bronze casting, oils, and charcoal drawings were only a few of the mediums used by Thacher artists. A colossal wood sculpture by Tinker Bell, and Leo Acquistapace's work in oils highlighted the efforts of the department. Mr. Ignon approached the method of teaching Art Appreciation from a new angle this year. Each student was encouraged to pursue a different subject and then asked to give his evaluation of it in a speech before the whole class, after which all the members could discuss the merits of his presentation. In the Lower School Art classes, Mr. Ignon taught the rudiments of technique and briefly traced the history of Art. The Art Board-consisting of Bell, Acqustapace, J. Case, and White- has arranged several exhibitions in the school museum including shows by two outside arists. Mrs. Lutman's abstract oil paintings proved to be of great interest to many students as did the fine collection of plates which showed the various methods of printing. With the new board members-H. Chickering fPresidentj , Lloyd Du- bois, John Williams, and Tom Walden-stimulating the department next year, the high enthusiasm and interest in art will certainly not wane.

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f 5 THE GLEE CLUB Ifrzrlf Row: Lic-urancv. Myers. Lelppo, D. Williams, Gordon, JPIISPI1. L, Marstvn. Catvs. Middle Row: Abbot. .l. Lf-wis, Rich, .fhirlr-rson. Mayne. Spaulding. R. lloyd, Hcnze. Front Row: Mr. Ellrhardt. White- lSvc.l. ljeall tPres.l. Callander lLilJrarianl. MUSIC AND ART Mr. lgnon. Wliitv. Hell 1l'res.I . J. Case-. L. A1-quislapacv.

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EL ARCHIVERO 65 Bark Row: S. Case. Taylor, Baum, Smith, Coleman, Weitzel, Kihbee, Hodgson, Gardner, Escher, DuBois. Middle Row: I. Case, Heard, Bolduan, Beall, Callander. White, Pleasants. Front Row: Clyde, J. Lewis, Ford, Mr. McDougall, Bell, Henze. DRAMATICS OR the first time in recent history of Thacher School Dramatics the play was not held in the Outdoor Theatre. This year Mr. McDougall and the Masquers Board QPresident Ford, Henze, Bell, Lewis, and Clydej chose Monlserraf, an adaptaton by Lillian Hellman of a French play by Emmanuel Robles, so that the stage facilities in the new auditorium might be used to full advantage. Actors in the production were Beall as the unfortunate Captain Mont- serrat, Callander as the cruel Colonel Izquierdog Henze, Taylor, and Escher as other officers in the Spanish Army, White as the hypocritical priest, and Ford, Bell, Pleasants, Farquhar, S. Case, and Smith as six innocent Venezuelan peasants who were shot before a firing squad toward the end of the play. In addition, the monks fBaum and Workj and the soldiers Qweitzel and Heardj added much to the realism of the drama. Stage Manager Lewis and Technical Cordinator Hodgson, aided by Abbot, Kristofferson, Lambert, Kibbee, and Kulli, built all the impressive scenery, which was designed and painted by M. Ignon and a group of artis- tic assistants. Gardner, Coleman, and Helmholz spent many hours preparing the sound-effects with the help of a mob of boys, two horses, two drummers, the members of the Gun Board, and Miss Buell's talented screaming. The