Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Florence McCook. Editor-in-Chief

| Florence McCook, Editor-in- Chief
| The program given by the musical
organizations of the high school Fri
day evening proved very interesting
to the audience and financially high
ly successful. Cresco high school
pupils are to be congratulated on
the unusual opportunities they are
given to develop their musical abil-
ity, both vocal and instrumental,
and we are glad to say that they
have taken advantage Of these op-
portunities this Year to the extent
of supporting four excellent musical
organizations-the girls glee club,
! boys glee club. the orchestra and
the band. All of these were we'll
represented in the program Friday
evening. The weather proved IA
vorable for an outdoor Performance,
as had. been planned. and this fact
also added to the enjoyment of the
occasion. The band was under the
able direction Of Mr.. Thaler. They
played several selections and all re-
markably we'll. The work Of the
| band has been very much inter-
rupted this year, so that the ability
shown speaks particularly we'll both
for the boys and their director. The
girls glee club rendered a half doz-
en- numbers Of their favorite songs
and were highly complimented by all.
The audience is always pleased at
the appearance of the boys glee
club with their rollicking college
songs, and they were encored on
every number. Miss Hughes has
done excellent work with both
suit of regular and thorough prac-
tice. Miss Connolly presented Dthe
orch estra in some new and very
pleasing numbers. Near the close
OF the program when the audience
might be expected to become tired.
a little variety was introduced in
negro makeup. They sang several
plantation songs very effectively
and amusingly. On the whole the
we hope it will become an annual
event hereafter.
DR.. Robertson's address Sunday
evening was on Self-Reliance. He
presented this lecture in a very able
manner. and we are sure that not
only the graduates received sug-
gestions from his ideas but the I'M
dergraduates and fathers and
mothers as we'll.
Mr.. Cornish and his high school
manual training boys showed us
Monday morning just how quickly
they could erect a stage. The stage
is Is by 80 and feet off the
ground. Everything was put up and
ready for the performance in just
an hour and ten minutes after the
lumber was on the ground.
The returns from the Music Fest
were between IS and 70 dollars. To
the inquiring. it is stated that this
money is to be spent in defraying
the expenses of a band instructor
and also to purchase new music.
We hope that next year the people
will support this event better. We
are sure that out of town organiza-
tons are brought here which do not
give as creditable a performance as
was given Friday night. These
other troops have taken in as much
as hundred dollars and the admis-
sion charged was much greater.
Cresco high school has three very
able musical directors and they
have done remarkably we'll consider
ing that nothing like this had been
attempted until last year.
Mention was made in the preced-
ing write-up of the music fest of
the solos that Miss Hughes sang and
the reading by Paul Brown These
numbers were rendered in an excel
lent manner and both encored.
Don't forget the ball game between
Calmar and Cresco at the South
Side ball park Friday afternoon at
3:15. There is going to be hot
game.
School closes Friday, May 29th.
Hurrah!