Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music - Opus Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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JORDAN MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES The jump from the chissro oms of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music to the armed forces of the United States is a short one. Forty-four former conservatory students and faculty members had either en- hsted or had been inducted up to noon of Wednesday, May 20, 1942. Letters received from these former students and faculty members show that they are in the marines, navy, the army and all the flying divisions of the army and navy. Several of the men are first class privates, corporals, and sergeants; one is an ensign and one a second lieutenant. Several are members of the air corps bands and army bands. One, at least, was with the fleet at Pearl Harbor during the enemy ' s surprise raid. Many of the men in their letters speak with pride of their education at Jordan and especially their work with Fabien Sevitzky and the Jordan Conservatory Orchestra and with Joseph Lautner and the Jordan-Butler Philharmonic Choir. They cherish those and many other memo ries, the men point out. The way the Jordan men have advanced in rank clearly shows that music students have the stuff that makes real fighting men. CONSERVATORY SERVICE ROLL Earl Albertson, Army Jack Arnold, Army Howard Barnett, Navy Robert Blue, Navy Carl Dawson, Army Ralph Emerson, Army Richard Foster, Army Don Garrett, Army ■Howard Hanscom, Army Earl Harvey, Army ■Morris H. Hendricks, Navy ' Donald Holzhausen, Army William Hopper, Army ' ■ John Howell, Army Kenneth W. Hughes, Army ' ■■ Verne Jacobs, Army Herbert Kaiser, Army Louis Kysar, Army William Lett, Army ■■■ ' Ralph Martz, Army Robert Mitchum, Marines George Myers, Army Thomas Norris, Army Raymond Oster, Army Austin Parkhurst, Army Owen Paul, Army ' • Louis Pirko, Army John Robbins, Army Thomas Roe, Army Vernon Roth, Army ' ■ Sam Scott, Army Charles Squyres, Army Howard Stivers, Army Orv ille Stone, Army Paul Taylor, Army Jean Vickery, Army ' ■ Mark Walker, Army Maurice Watkins, Army Charles Wetzel, Army Robert Wilson, Army Winslow Wise, Navy ' Dale Young, Army ' Leon Zawisza, Army Joseph Zinkan, Army Member of the Conservatory faculty.

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SIGMA ALPHA IOTA NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL MUSIC FRATERNITY Sigma Alpha Iota, the oldest national music fraternity for women, was estab- lished in 1903 at the University School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan, by seven women whose aim was to give moral and material aid to the members of the group during the course of their musical education. The fraternity now has a member- ship of more than twelve thousand with seventy-two active chapters located in the leading universities, colleges, and conservatories throughout the country. Zeta Chapter was established at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music in 1911. There is a patroness group as well as an alumnae chapter located in Indian- apolis. Each year Zeta Chapter holds auditions for awarding the Eva Schurmann Scholarship of $100 to be used toward the tuition of a student carrying a full collegiate course at the Conservatory. Monthly musicales are held by the chapter to develop poise and to increase the knowledge of musical literature and program building. Indianapolis SAI ' s are prominently engaged in the activities of the Indi- ana Federation of Music Clubs, the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, the Harmonic Club, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and various other organizations. Sigma Alpha Iota accepts for its members only girls of earnest purpose, high scholarship, high personal character, and marked musical talent. The fraternity is happy to elect worthy undergraduates to membership as well as upperclassmen. Operating thus as a professional organization demands professional ethics and a professional attitude on the part of all members. Moreover, it affords a close and helpful alliance with women in other professional fields. In changing its corporate name from honorary to professional, Sigma Alpha Iota did not lower its standards for membership. Sigma Alpha Iota takes pride in its national honorary members who are out- standing in the music world today. Such artists are: Rose Bampton, Helen Jepson, Maria Jeritza, Lotte Lehmann, Lily Pons, Rosa Raisa, Elizabeth Rethberg, Mana- Zucca, Gladys Swarthout, and others, whose accomplishments are familiar to all. The honors bestowed by the fraternity on its members are the Ring of Excel- lence, the highest honor offered for outstanding musical achievements; the Sword of Honor, for work in the chapter over and above that which is required; and the Honor Certificate, awarded annually to the graduate in the chapter with the high- est scholastic average. The Sigma Alpha Iota objectives are: to form bodies of representative women who shall by their influence and their musical interest uphold the highest ideals of a musical education to raise the standards of productive musical work among the women stu- dents of colleges, conservatories, and universities to further the development of music in America and promote a stronger bond of musical interest and understanding between foreign countries and America to give inspiration and material aid to its members to organize the social life of its members as a contributing factor to their educational program to cooperate whole-heartedly with the ideals and aims of the Alma Mater to adhere to the high standards of American citizenship and democracy.

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AJC . Dick Foster 2. Carl Dawson 3. Ralph Emerson 4. Sam Scoff Howard Hanscom