Beulah College - Echo Yearbook (Upland, CA)

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Top Row: Archie l-leer Joe SmiTh I-larold Hoover Paul Bucher Evan Bohen David Climenhaqa Middle Row: Lewis Sider Paul Book Paul Engle ErnesT Dohner Wayne Book Lower Row: Eldon Berjr ArThur Climenhaga Lowell Hoover Mr. Niesley Millard l-lerr Amos BuckwalTer James Gramm MENS GLEE CLUB The OrganizaTion OT The Glee Club was somewhaT OT an experimenT This TirsT year, buT iT has proved TO be a real asseT, nOT only To The school buT also To The boys who were privileged To parTicipaTe. The Glee Club was TirsT organized aT The reguesT OT some OT The boys who were inTeresTed in singing buT did nOT have The abiliTy nor experience To sing in a quarTeT. Mr. Niesley, The direcTor, selecTed a group, including several alumni members, and pracTices were held each Monday nighT. By hard work and much pracTice The clulo developed rapidly. ATTer The boys had proved Themselves capable by rendering several special numbers in local churches, The club made an eighT-day Tour Through The cenTral parT OT The sTaTe, reaching as Tar norTh as San Francisco. The boys appreciaTed very much This OppOrTuniTy TO wiTness Tor The Lord in song and personal TesTimOny, and Teel iT has been a means OT spiriTual growTh. -ErnesT U. Dohner BEULAI-l CGLLEGE MALE QUARTET ExcellenT work was done by This guarTeT during The Tew mOnThs OT iTs exisTence. lT was unusually versaTile in iTs varied vocal arrangemenTs and exhibiTed a large amounT OT plaTTOrm poise and inTormaliTy. This guarTeT also delighTed several audiences by eTTecTive guiTar and harmonica cOmbinaTiOns. Beulah College regreTTed The breaking up OT The guarTeT aT The end OT The TirsT semesTer when one OT iTs members discOnTinued school. FirsT Tenor EvereTT Brown Second Tenor Joe SmiTh FirsT Bass Lowell l-loover Second Bass Paul Epler 27

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STanding: l-larrieT Bohen Lewis Sider Mr. Niesley ElizabeTh Broyles Seafeclz Irene Musser Helen Rahn Lowell Hoover EsTher HorsT Ernc-3-sT Dohner VOICE DEPARTMENT Among The finer Things oT liTe, music plays a greaT parT. There is some- Thing abouT a good song beauTiTully sung ThaT liTTs The soul To a higher plane. A beauTiTul ThoughT inTerpreTed by The easy Tlowing Tones oT a well-Trained voice emanaTing Trom a pure liTe blesses The singer and The lisTener. This is The philosophy oT Those who enrolled Tor privaTe voice lessons This year. God has given Them a TalenT and They are endeavoring To improve ThaT TalenT Tor His service. -ElizabeTh Broyles CHORUS Music, once admiTTed To The soul, becomes a sorT of spiriT, and never dies. IT wanders perTurbedly Through The halls and galleries oT The memory, and is oTTen heard again, disTincT and living, as when iT TirsT displaced The waveleTs oT The air. -Bulwer. AnoTher year has passed Tor The Chorus, and yeT noT an unevenTTul one. The group is larger This year Than previously, consisTing oT TiTTy members, under The direcTion oT Mr. Niesley. The Chorus gave iTs TirsT program on Thanksgiving Day as a parT oT The Annual Bible Conference. OTher appearances were made during The ChrisT- mas and EasTer seasons. -Helen Rahn Raymond G. Niesley DirecTor Pearl Alderfer PianisT 26 l

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l FirsT Soprano Arlene Brubaker Second Soprano Ida SwiTzer FirsT AlTo DorTha Dohner Second AlTo Eliza beTh Broyles BEULAI-l GIRLS' QUARTET Organized quarTeTs Tind a large Tield oT service in The religious liTe OT Beulah College. The Beulah Girls' QuarTeT assisTed in Tillin man T Th Q Y O G regular Gospel Team appoinTmenTs as well as special appoinTmenTs such as Sunday School rallies, EasTer services aT Three diTTerenT places, and revival meeiings. The Tive hours' pracTice per week which is required oT all Beulah Colle ge quarTeTs is considered Time well spenT by Those who have enioyed The blessings oT such service. -DorTha E. Dohner MISSIGN ZEPI-IYR QUARTET Each member OT The guarTet will TesTiTy To The TacT Thar The rou h g p ave proTiTed Trom The varied experiences oT quarTeT work This year The major parT of Their minisTry oT song has been in The various missions in Los Angeles. They also appeared TreguenTly in The College Church and oTher local churches, and gave special numbers on various Glee Club Trips. A TavoriTe song wiTh mosT oT Their audiences was There is a Balm in Gilead Th IO . . . . e oys appreciaTe The valuable and pracTical Training They have re- ceived, louT They appreciate even more The privileges oT wiTnessing Tor The lVlasTer. -Millard l-lerr l FirsT Tenor Lewis Sider Second Tenor Archie Heer Second Bass David Climenhaga FirsT Bass Millard Herr 28