Arizona republican., 1922-03-31
.CANTATA PROVES
FINEST Of HIGH
SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Glee Clubs and Orchestra
Give Fine Rendition Of
Garden of Flowers To
House Filled To Capacity

Open house, followed by a cantata,
"The Garden of Flowers" presented
at the high school last night by the
Girls Glee club. assisted by the Boys
Glee club and the high school orches-
ira, proved to be one OF the best
entertainments given at the high
school so far this year. The high
school auditorium was packed with
the parents, patrons and friends Of
the glee club and each number on
the program, which began at 1880
o'clock. was received with a storm
Of applause that necessitated many
encores.
This form of entertainment by the
glee club was a new feature in the
way Of high school entertainment and
took the place Of the plays which
have been presented by the glee club
for the past many years, and it
proved a decided hit with those who
attended. The program was given
under the direction of James r. Will
son, director of the Girls Glee club,
assisted by L. r. Lehigh, director of
the Boys Glee club. and p. A. Venne,
director of the orchestra.
The open house began at $50
o'clock with the serving of a cafeteria
dinner in the high school cafeteria.
The dinner was served at the same
price that is charged the students of
the high school. More than 800 par
ents, patrons and friends of the club
were served from $3.50 to $3.50 o'clock.
Visit Departments
From 80 o'clock to 7:15 o'clock
the parents and friends visited the
various departments of the high
school. all of which were open with
the teachers in charge. Guides di-
rected the visitors about the build
ings. and in each department they
We're received by the teachers and
! instructed concerning the work. The
parents of the high school students
and their friends were given an OPP
portunity to inspect the work of the
students in the manual and mechan-
| ical arts as we'll as the other work
done by the students. Many OF the
visitors were amazed by the char
acter and high quality of work done
| by the students as we'll as by the
| great variety of subjects which are
taught in the school.
At 7:15 o'clock the high school au-
/ was OpGtlCu llliC0 AoR
| idly. Admission to the auditorium
was free and every seat was taken.
/ The program began at 1880 o'clock
and the instrumental and vocal num-
bers which made up the first half of
the program were presented with a
display of skill that caused the audi
1 ence TO call the performers repeat
edly for encores.
The second part OF the program
consisted of the cantata, The Gar
/ den Of Flowers" and was presented
in costume. each of the girls of the
4 CIee club being costumed to repre-
sent the flowers Of which they sang
The stage of the auditorium was ar
tistically arranged with banks OF
floral decorations as q setting and
background for the cantata. which
was directed by Mr.. Wilson. The
accompanist for the cantata was Miss
Dorothy Dettweiler
Splendid Choruses
The splendid chorus OF the glee club
was a feature OF the cantata and ma
terially aided the solo and duet NUM-
bers of the cantata. The music OF
the piece was Of high order through
out and exceptionally harmonious
and the Girls Glee club deserve;
much credit for the wonderful man
ner in which they presented such g
difficult program, the first of It's
kind to be given by the high schoo
clubs.
The program was as follows: