Marion University - Marionette Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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UdiC Front row: McGovern, Cox, Wilson, Henry, Thom¬ as, Moorman, Young, Meredith, Simpson. Second row: Wheeler, Lemon, Steinacker, Decker, Prof. Baker, Dellinger, Walker, Gibson, McConn. Back row: Tippey, Woodcock, Ott, Bennett, Wetzel, Banker, Belknap, Fisher. The A Capella Choir, one of the best trained and most capable musical groups on the campus, has an import¬ ant share in the musical ministry of the school. The twenty-four choir members, selected by the director, Professor Herman Baker, at the be¬ ginning of the year, give each week¬ end of the last two terms to churches of various denominations in the Marion area. The choir usually makes two ap¬ pearances each Sunday—one in the afternoon and one in the evening— singing in many kinds of churches to audiences of widely varying types and sizes. The itinerary of the group also includes several appearances be¬ fore conventions in the college church, a week-end tour into Mich¬ igan, extending as far north as Cad¬ illac and Beulah and a one-day ex¬ cursion into Ohio. The choir, practicing twice each week to perfect its musical ministry, has through the past several years become well known among the churches of Marion and north central Indiana and among many churches much more distant. The choir has travelled from northern Michigan to southern Indiana and eastward com¬ pletely across Ohio. They have made their music a dis¬ tinct spiritual blessing wherever they have gone and all have appreciated their services. Twenty-six

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USLC The community chorus includes over a hundred students and people of the community. They spend a large share of their Monday evenings in the college chapel preparing for the musical observance of our two greatest religious seasons—Christmas and Easter. Professor Baker directs the chorus. Another vital phase of the college musical activity is the work of the orchestra. This year the orchestra, directed by Richard Chambers, ap¬ peared in two chapel concerts and played for the Y. M. W. B. Conven¬ tion, besides participating in the spring music activities. Spirit was added to this year’s in¬ tersociety basketball games by the notable (?) little pep band. CHORUS Bottom row: D. Meredith, L. Young, Simpson, Tippey, Wells, Mack, Con¬ way, Prof. Baker, W. Cox, Wetzel, Fisher, Steinacker, McGovern, Jones. Second row: Stair, V. McConn, Enyeart, Outland, Blair, Luce, Henry, Cham¬ bers, Banker, W. Cox, Wilson, Shreve. Third row: Cox, Jennings, Wheeler, Meddock, Benson, Dickey, Wilkinson, Gaddis, Belknap, Woodcock, McConn, Lemon, Elder. Fourth row: Dellinger, Anspaugh, Shig- ley, York, Day, Thomas. Fifth row: Moorman, Gibson, D. Walk¬ er, Overman, Decker, Rickman, Shaw, Heavilin, Bogue, Meredith, M. Chap¬ man, E. Chapman, E. Cox, Rayle. Sixth row: I. Gauze, H. Gauze, Miller, Dotson, Bhang, Warren, Endicott, B. Cox, Elliott, Evans, Zent, Hines, M. Barnes, Cockran. Seventh row: Barnes, Wright, Burnett, B. Cox, Meredith, Higgins, Savage, Meredith, Youngs, Wimmer, Svoz 1, Litzenberg, Wagner, Steele, Mrs. Her¬ man Baker, Wilson. Eighth row: Wilson, M. Walker, Beas¬ ley, Rickey, Anderson, Wright, Dooley, M. Cox, Jackson, Shaw, Baker, John¬ son, Morgan, Hunt. ORCHESTRA Front row: J. Bunish, J. Meredith, M. Conway, A. Quinton, E. Chapman, H. Zent. Second row: E. Steinacker, J. Decker, B. Meredith, L. Jackson, W. Lemon, D. Walker, E. Chapman, K. Hunt. Third row: M. McConn, P. Wheeler, M. Moorman, R. Cosand, A. Rickey, M. Hughes, M. Martin. Back row: R. Chambers, R. Dellinger, R. Rayle, M. Walker, M. Bennett.

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For the Gospel Messengers Quartet, music days are from one to three or four out of every seven. Traveling approximately 300 miles a week, the quartet has sung in churches of va¬ rious denominations, including Wes¬ leyan Methodist, Friends, Methodist, and Nazarene, in public schools and in numerous other places. By both their singing and their preaching they have ably represented Marion Col¬ lege at W. C. T. U. meetings, high school convocations, funerals, week¬ end conventions, and church services. But behind the performances of quartets, choir, orchestra and all mu¬ sical groups are the long hours of practice, essential to the high quality characteristic of the renditions of M. C. groups. We also see violinist Johnny Bu- nish, a quartet man, whose music, both vocal and instrumental, has de¬ lighted all who have heard him. Time spent in lessons and practice make this possible. Ruth Ellen, accompanied at the piano by Bob Dellinger, in a Monday afternoon recital. These recitals are an educative practice developed by the music department to better pre¬ pare students for public perform¬ ances. Beulah Johnson, sitting at the grand piano in Mrs. Parker’s studio, is doing her share of the work behind the scenes which makes Marion Col¬ lege music days great days.