The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 April 1969 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed. Apr., 23, 1969

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Lakeland {SCHOOL NEWS|

am PAM LEWALLEN

GIRLS' STATERS — Pam Lewallen has been chosen delegate to Girls' State by the North Webster American Legion Auxiliary. Karen Webb is the alternate. Pam is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lewallen of North Webster and Karen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Webb of r 1 Leesburg.

Lakeland Music Festival Set For Friday At 8 p.m.

The Lakeland Community School Corporation Music Festival will be presented Friday evening, April 25, at 8 o’clock in the new Wawasee high school gymnasium. Nearly 1000 students in grades four through 12 will participate in band, orchestra and choral organizations presenting music ranging from folk style ballads to classical and musical interpretations of early composers. The program for this festival evening is: “Ceremony of Allegiance,” Don Gilles, high school band; “Chapel Chimes,” Ostling, “Safari,” Ployhar, sixth grade band; “Arrietta and Ronda,” Frank Erickson,” Dixieland Blues,” John Menz, junior high band; “Great Gate of Kiev,” Moussorgsky, arr. Eyman, “Hymn of All Nations,” (from Finlandia), Sebelius, “Stars and Stripes,” Sousa, arr. Yoder, high school band. And, “Lullaby,” Schubert, “Minuet,” Lully, “March of the Metro Gnome,” Hubbell, corporation ■ string orchestra; “The Lord Is My Shepherd” (spiritual), arr. Pfautsch, “Simple Gifts” with songflutes, spiritual, “My Father’s Garden (sung in German), folk song, “Somebody’s Shocking At Your Door,” “Talk To The Animals”"(from Doctor Dolittle), “Which Way America,” arr. Maris Kneeland, fourth and fifth grade selected choir; “Trampin’’ (American Folk Song), arr. James Turner, “All Night All Day,” spiritual, “Streets of Laredo” (cowboy song), sixth grade combined choirs; “The Heavens Are Telling” (from the Creation), arr. James White, “I Know The Lord,” spiritual, David Blackwell, seventh and eighth grade combined choirs; Also, “Alleluia,” Will James, “Let There Be Peace On Earth,” Miller-Jackson, “Edelweiss,” Rogers, “No Man Is An Island,” Whitney-Kramer, high school choir; “Impossible Dream,” (from The Man From LaMancha), Mitch Leigh, combined choirs and high school band. Directors for the concert came from all schools in the corporation. The public is invited to attend the concert as guests of the Lakeland Community School Corporation. MODERN READING “What aee you reading, daughter?” “A novel, father, entitled "The Lovelorn Lovers’.” “Umph! The usual modern rubbish, I suppose!” “It’s a book you presented to mother years ago.” I; Siijhtws “Oh, oh, we didn’t succeed in keeping that scratch on the lender from Pop.”

I - - KAREN WEBB

NEXT WEEK IN THE LAKELAND SCHOOLS

Today 3:30 p.m. — Syracuse junior high school GAA. Wawasee high school golf meet with West Noble and North Manchester’ at South Shore. J Tlhjfrsday 3 p.m. — T Milford junior high school GAAi Milford highvgchool track meet with Fairfield at Milford. Syracuse junior high three-way track meet with South Whitley and Pierceton at Syracuse. 4 p.m. — Wawasee high school track meet with Rochester and Plymouth at Wawasee. Friday 4 p.m. — North Webster junior high track with Fairfield at Syracuse. 8 p.m. — Corporation wide music festival at Wawasee high school. Saturday Wawasee high school prom at Fort Wayne. Monday 4 p.m. — Wawasee high school golf meet with Rochester at South Shore. Tuesday 3:45 p.m. — Milford junior high track meet with Talma at Milford. 4 p.m. — North Webster junior high track meet at South Whitley. Wawasee high school tennis meet at Rochester. Wawasee high school track meet with Fairfield at Wawasee. Wednesday 3:30 p.m. — Syracuse junior high school GAA. 7 p.m. — Wawasee high school FFA banquet. Courtesy Week At Syracuse Junior High The week of April 28 - May 2 has been designated as “courtesy week” at Syracuse junior high school. The week’s activities art being planned by the student council and the national junior honor society. The purpose of this week is to promote courtesy on the part of all students in their daily lives. The activities planned will show the importance of courtesy in all walks of life. A school assembly will initiate the week’s activities on Monday morning. During the week, class discussions will be held dealing with different aspects of the week’s theme. A junior high school speech contest will be held on Wednesday and the highlight of the week’s activities will be at a convocation on Friday afternoon when the selection of Miss Courtesy and Mr. Courtesy pf Syracuse junior high school will be announced.

LAKELAND SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS April 28 to May 2 Mon. - Sloppy Joes, tri-taters, fruit, milk. Tues. - Beef and noodles, buttered carrots, apple crisp, bread and butter, milk. Wed. - LaSagne, buttered corn, sliced peaches, brownie, bread and butter, milk. Thurs. . Turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit, biscuits, butter and jelly, milk. Fri. - Macaroni and cheese, deviled eggs, buttered peas, fruit, bread and butter, milk.

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Set Dotes For First Wowosee Graduation

The programs for both baccalaureate and commencement have been announced for the first graduation program ever held at the new Wawasee high school. Both programs will be held on Sunday, June 1, with baccalaureate beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium and commencement following at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym. One hundred seventy-eight prospective graduates will participate in the graduation exercises. This year’s graduating class will be the first to receive diplomas from Wawasee high school. Featured speakers have been acquired. Rev. Harlan Steffen of the Wawasee Lakeside Chapel will give the baccalaureate address. Dr. Jack Gren of Fort Wayne will give the commencement address. A list of Wawasee high school’s graduating seniors will be re-

leased at a later date. Members of; Wawasee high school’s class of 1969 have chosen as their class colors, green and gold. Their class motto is “The Past Forever Gone, The Future Still Our Own.” The class members have also chosen the yellow rose as their class flower. Forest green caps and gowns have been selected to be worn at the baocalauerate and commencement programs by members of Wawasee high school’s first graduating class. Wawasee seniors receded graduation information at a senior class meeting which was held in January. The week of May 19-23, has been designated as senior week at Wawasee high school. All seniors are required to at* tend graduation practice sessions which will be held during the week of May 26-29. Year-end senior activities in-

clude the senior prom which will be held April 26 at Fort Wayne; Senior Tacky Day which will be held on Friday, May 2, at Wawasee high school; and a senior fish fry which will be held in the high school commons on May 10. He Plays First-String Masenko ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—At a recent party in Addis Ababa, a young Ethiopian businessman was introduced to Charles Sutton, a 27-yeaj-old Peace Corps Volunteer from Columbus, Ohio. “1 know that name,” the Ethiopian said. “You’re the one who plays the masenko.” Looking closely at Sutton, he added, “Yes, it’s really true. You are American. When I heard you sing on the

radio, 1 didn't believe it. 1 was sure you were Ethiopian.” Then, perhaps to lay his suspicions to final rest, the Ethiopian switched to Amharic. Ethiopia's national language. After an animated exchange with Sutton, the Ethiopian turned to a visitor and said, “You know, he speaks Amharic better than 1 do.” THE BEGINNING A lot of Ethiopians won’t believe it, but three years ago Charlie Sutton had never heard of the masenko (a kind of one-stringed fiddle), couldn't speak a word of Amharic and, by his own admission, knew next to nothing about Ethiopia. Then he joined the Peace Corps, which placed him as an English instructor at Haile Selassie 1 University in Addis Ababa. At the university Sutton, a Harvard graduate and an accomplished guitarist, got to know Tesfaye Lema, a young Ethiopian poet and composer. Lema is the musical director of Orchestra Ethiopia, the country's leading traditional music group. With the encouragement of Lema and other members of the orchestra, Sutton studied the masenko. one of several traditional instruments used by the orchestra. TOP TEN Within a year Sutton was good enough to be invited to play with the orchestra. By the time his

original two-year Peace Corps tour was up, he was rated by Ethiopian musicians as one of the ten best masenko players in the country. He had also become so fluent in Amharic that the Peace Corps had shifted him from the university (lost to that of language supervisor for all the Volunteers in Ethiopia. Since last December, Sutton has been the full-time business and booking manager for the group, as well as a playing and singing member. And now Sutton has embarked on the Orchestra's most ambitious project, a concert tour of the United States this Spring. BIG BEAT The group’s repertoire includes both traditional Ethiopian melodies and compositions by the director. Lema. To westerners, them music sounds rather Middle Eastern, but with the powerful beat associated with African music. Sutton's instrument, the masenko, is made of goatskin stretched over a wooden frame. It is held upright and played with a bow, like a cello. In the hands of a skilled player, the fragile-looking instrument produces an extremely rich, throbbing sound. Other instruments played by the 17-member group includes the begana, which closely resembles a harp; the washint, a simple flute made from bamboo cane, and the kabero, which looks like an oversized bongo drum.