Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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LANNER AND YOUNG RETIRE Dr. Max Lanner retired and became professor emeritus at the end of this year. Serving as chairman of the music department from 1951-67, Lanner has also directed the summer music school and the summer concert series that provides Colorado Springs with outstanding chamber music. In 1958, Max compiled Notes on the History of the Music Department of Colorado College , covering the department ' s activities from 1874. Lanner is from a Viennese family filled with accomplished musicans; his mother was a concert violinist, his father was a composer, pianist and teacher. Max was a child prodigy on piano and violin. As contributing performer and a source of attraction for numerous nationally known musicans, Lanner has performed with violinist Erica Morini, Nathan Milstein, Grace Moore and others. Max, throughout his 29 years on the CC faculty, has been known also for his emphasis on student perfor- mances. Dr. Max Lanner has brought his talents, cultural essences, and musical vitality to the Colorado College and the Colorado Springs community. Betty Young, former chairman of the CC Women ' s Physical Education Department, after 19 years on the CC faculty, has retired and become professor emeritus. Believing in recreational sports, Ms Young does not agree with the emphasis placed on sports competi- tion. Sports should be fun, not just one organized contest after another. noted Betty in a recent Sun interview. Betty also noted that she would like to see people eat, drink, and smoke less. They should get off their parker house rolls and drop the spectatoritis at- titude towards sports. Ms. Young will remain active even in retirement with her numerous ac- tivities; singing with the Colorado Springs Chorale and instructing swim- ming for the Red Cross. She has been an instructor for 30 years and hopes to resume teaching handicap swim, a program she once directed at the old 14