Arizona republican., 1905-04-16

artistic and appropriate with the oc-
 casion. It being a war song concert,
 the stage was decorated with palms.
 boughs of trees and on each end was
 a tent with the various parts of a sol
 dier's equipment inside and out. giving the stage the appearance of a war camp. The rear of the stage and the background for the other decorations
 was draped with two large flags.
 The program opened by a chorus of
 sixty-five voices composed entirely of members of the school. The second number was a solo by Miss Laverna Losing, the chorus being sung by the student chorus. Miss Tossing has q beautiful voice, clear and distinct, and
 she sings with no apparent effort. So
 taken with the selection was the au-
 dience that they insisted on the last
 verse being repeated.
 A cornet solo by MT. Cass Redewill | of Phoenix, accompanied by Miss Hell en Alexander, was well received and
 he kindly responded to an encore. He was followed by the chorus in "The Battlecry of Freedom" Mrs. F. M Irish then rendered two piano selec- tions in her usually pleasing way. She has been heard here on many previous occasions but never with
 more pleasure than on Saturday night. The only regret evidenced by the au- dience was that she refused to re- spond to an encore. "Dixics Land" | by a quartet of young ladies, Misses i Laura Schmidt, Olive Griffen, Mary
 Hough and Helen Blome was loudly applauded. After much persuasion
 they were induced to sing the last verse a second time when they appear
 ed to better advantage than ever Miss
 Alberta Filson recited "The Death of l Benedict Arnold" in a manner that
 evoked much applause and she re- | sponded with a comic selection that
 was short but full of humor and well
 rendered. A solo and chorus. the solo | by Miss Eula Clem, was one of the
 pleasing numbers of the program. The 1 one following was out of the ordinary
 but it came in for it's share of the en- | thusiastic applause of the audience. It
 was drum solo by MT. Roy J. Park. 1 He responded to an encore and his last 1 selection, "The Soldiers Alarm Clock. '" brought down the house. incidentally | causing most of the members of the | audience to stop up their ears. It cer- tainly would have been very effective
 in arousing anyone from sleep. how ! ever sound. MT. Park is an adept 1 with snare drum and few had any | idea that so much could be accofn- | plished with one. "The Star Spang3ed Banner" by the chorus closed the first
 part of the program
 Part two was opened by the chorus
 in Maryland, My Maryland!" MT. C. | w. Wacaser on the violin. accompa-
 nied by Miss Annes Heating followed.
 MT. Wacaser is new student at the | normal but he is a valued acquisition l to the school particularly in musical | circles. He is a thorough master of
 his instrument and his performance l Friday evening demonstrated the fact l that he is no amateur performer He
 was obliged to respond to an encore | before the audience was appeased | Two squads of cadets under the direc- | tion of Capt. r. M. Irish next gave
 an exhibition drill going through the | manual of arms to the accompaniment
 of music and without. Their move
 ments were made with precision in | perfect unison and the Grill was above 1 criticism in every respect. 4 recita- | tion entitled "Grandfather." by Miss | Nellie Murphy, was counted one of the | most pleasing numbers on the even | fng's program. The audience. however | applauded in vain, for she refused to
 appear a second time. The chorus rem | dered two more selections and the
 concluding number on the program was
 ''Auld Lang Syne" by the chorus and
 entire assembly standing
 From a financial standpoint the con-
 cert was all that could be desired and | the Athletic association. to whom the | proceeds went, was enriched over a | hundred dollars. Great credit is due
 not only Prof. Johnstone, under whose | direction the event was given. and who
 did all the musical training of the chO- 1 rus, but to everyone who participated. 1 and in every case the audience was | free and liberal in its expression of ap- | nrectation.