Woodward High School - Treasures Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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1 i i i ' fl inaiaif isar paws A ril 11, 1933-Woodward students to' day were privileged to hear four artists from the Cincinnati Symphony Crchesf tra. Lead by Mr. Jacky, they demon' strated various wood wind instruments, playing beautiful selections to illustrate marionettes presenting The King of the Golden River. Thereupon Mr. Winton Moeller pref sented letters to the boys on the basket ball and swimming teams who earned this honor. their tonal qualities in solo and in en' May 5 - A preview of the bschauve semble work. Mr. Fred Jacky played the bassoon, Mr. Alfred E. Fenboque, the flute, Mr. Emil Schmachtenberg, the clarinetg Mr. Arthur D. Gault, the oboe, and Mrs. Arthur D. Gault, accompanied on the piano. Talks and performances of such rare excellence cannot fail to arouse our interest in good music. April 18--Dr. Streit, head of the Physical Education Department, brought to Woodward Mr. Paul Ross of the Amer' ican Red Cross. Mr. Ross gave an inf structive and inspiring talk on life saving and first aid and demonstrated the methods employed in this important service. April 12-The Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs of Woodward sang several sef lections for the pupils of Rothenberg Junior High. The upper classmen were pleasantly surprised by the play, The Making of Cur Federal Constitutionfl a vivid dramatization of American history in four scenes. The play was well presented by the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades under the direction of Miss Levi and was received with admiration by the older students. April 26-Woodward students were enf tertained and amused by the droll antics of the tiny characters of Tatterman's Souris was presented in the auditor' ium. Mr. Van Pelt, with characteristic good nature and mirth introduced the performance. His words and the skilled dancing of our girls, together with the splendid costumes made by our House' hold Arts Department, made everybody anxious to attend the Chauve Sourisf' May 15 and 14, 1933-After much pa' tient rehearsing our Girls' Physical Edu' cation Department presented an exquif site program, consisting of dancing and tumbling acts and a balletfdrama, The Quest of the Fire Bird. It was a typif cal Woodward achievement of high merit. The dancers revealed uncommon skill and training, the costumes were of beautiful design and superb workmanf shipg the music was worthy of the splendid reputation of our orchestra, the light effects were artistic. May 18-Today we had the opportunity of receiving further instruction concern- ing the tone, mechanism, and manipulaf tion of musical instruments known as the brasses. Mr. Corwin Taylor, acting as the spokesman of the little group of distinguished musicians, explained the instruments, whereupon he and his assof ciates, by means of several beautiful numbers, illustrated their tonefquality and range. Mr. Corwin Taylor played QContinued on page 351 28

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THE ORACLE

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H IDPGBANIIZAGIIIIDNSJ' GLEE CLUBS IN THE PUBLIC Recently the following article appeared in the Cincinnati Post: The Girls' Senior Glee Club of Wood' ward High School is to sing two numbers, in celebration of Girls' Week, at the new Walnut Hills High School tomorrow afternoon. Play Day is being celebrated, and there is to be a program that will be of interest to all girls. The Girls' Senior Glee Club of Woodward High School has over one hundred members, consisting of girls in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth rades The director Miss Wisenale is g - , A , well known throughout the music centers of Ohio. We see many articles, in these days of depression, that criticize the cost of pub' lic schools. People claim that there is too much money spent for unnecessary things. It is true that musical training in public schools is not absolutely essential, but does it not brighten the outlook on life for the coming generation? Does it not lift the ideals of students? We are living in the twentieth century, during a time when there is plenty of trivial music. In many cases, the only time the students have the opportunity to come in contact with the fine master pieces of music, is in the schools. We believe Glee Clubs are an imporf tant part of an education, because they help the students develop their voices and gives them some of the musical side of education. We believe that the money spent for Glee Clubs is well spent. THE RECITAL HOUR CLUB The purpose of the Recital Hour Club is to afford pupils of the piano depart' ment an opportunity to play before an audience. This experience is of great value to a young musician, it helps him over' come the nervousness arising from playing before others, it is an incentive to earnest effort, and it shows that there are people who are interested in his progress in music. While there have been fewer concerts this year than is customary, the programs were unusually fine and the playing ex' cellent. On May 29, there was given in the Woodward Auditorium a piano concert with a program of great diversity. It conf sisted of four parts: Something Borrowedg Something Blue, Something Old, and Something New. Of particular interest was Part IV, in which we were privileged to hear some of Mrs. Evan's own com' positions: The Rose Song, sung by Miss Agnes Somers, and a theme of Wagner's Sweet Evening Star used as the basis for a lullaby, a mazurka and a lyric etude. This was played by Lee Anderson. Mrs. Evans deserves much credit for her conf scientious, highly artistic work. THE WOODWARD ORCHESTRA This year's Orchestra has been the most successful in years. It participated in the Opening and Founders' Day Celef brations, and the Dramatic C1ub's presenf tation. It accompanied the Glee Clubs in their Christmas pr-ograms and in the Chauve Souris had one of the largest 29