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

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ALPHA SIGMA CHAPTER PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA National Honorary Music Fraternity OFFICERS OF ALPHA SIGMA CHAPTER ' . ■ ' Supreme Councilman J. Russell Paxton President ....:.......... Louis B. Rutan Vice-President ' . William F. Moon Secretary Kelvin Masson Treasurer j. j, Albion Warden Alonzo Eidson Historian X aldo UtteW Alumni Secretary Harold E. Winslow Sinfonia was founded at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, October 6, 1898, by Ossian E. Mills. Its seventy-two chapters com- prise the largest men ' s musical fraternity in America. Alpha Sigma Chapter was installed at the Metropolitan School of Music, May 2 5, 1926. Alpha Sigma sends greetings to all Sinfonia Chapters. Our bonds of sympathetic understanding for your problems are great and full. We, too, are fa cing grave problems of organization and progress. For all of us the opportunity of service to the first object of our Fraternity is whether in camp, company, squad, or at home, promoting in the hearts of those young and old the ideals, the courage and the hope that is particularly the heritage of music itself. Our chapter activities have been particularly successful. The male students and faculty members of the Conservatory were feted with a reception and a program shortly after the opening of the school year in September. Was it well attended? You answer that. Our invitation included the word refreshments. This initial activity led to the pledging of six fine men: James Edington, Robert Barton, Mal- lory Bransford, Ralph Coverston, Ervin Reed, and Charles Hamilton. Our joy will be complete late in March when these pledges accept for all time the honor and privileges of a Sinfonian. Object and Purpose of the Fraternity: To advance the cause of music in America. To foster the mutual welfare and brotherhood of students in America. To develop the truest fraternal spirit among its members. To encourage loyalty to the Alma Mater. To give recognition for outstanding worth in musical activity. Once a Sinfonuui, always a Siufoiiian. Long Live Sinfonia!

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-r- MU PHI EPSILON : N NATIONAL MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY Call your list and report how many will attend the meeting. This is a pitch-in supper and we must tell the hostess how many to expect. Orders from head- quarters! (At least the telephone chairman to her committee). The activities of another year are under way for Kappa Chapter. This first meeting was certainly a busy one for it combined a business meeting, Musicale, and Convention Report. September 29 we entertained women students of Jordan with a Reception at the Conservatory. Mari Wagner and Virginia Leyenberger combined talents to present a group of numbers for ' cello and harp; Mildred Reimer, accompanied by Mae Engle, sang; and Louise Swan and Marian Laut brought the program to a close with compositions for two pianos. Yes, it was a gala occasion, and we certainly hoped our guests received enjoyment from the unusual program that was presented. Opposite November 13 our yearbook says, Founder ' s Day Celebration and Initiation. It really was a celebration! If the Propylaeum could talk, it would probably include among its interesting memoirs the wonderful time the Mu Phis had there November 13, 1942. Margaret Hester, Esther McCammon, Doris Miller, Jerry Mohler, Pat Pearson, Ruth Pearson, Maxine Snell, and Sally Wilson now proudly wear the triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon. We all enjoyed The Voice of Amer- ica, the pageant which has been brought to us from National Convention. Vari- ous members represented the Voices of the different war periods portrayed and songs of each period were sung. Following dinner a program was given by the initiates. November 24, we joined Sigma Alpha Iota, Sinfonia, and Phi Sigma Mu to participate in a Noel Fest at the North M. E. Church. Fiddlers, trumpet players — even vocalists — packed their instruments into their most festive carrying cases and trotted off to enjoy an evening in which everyone participated. When musicians get together — don ' t we have fun?! We certainly enjoyed our Christmas party and Musicale at the home of our president, Marian Laut. Gifts were sent to children at the Riley Hospital. March 2, Kappa proudly presented Catherine Bell Rutledge, pianist; Alvina Palmquist, contralto, accompanied by Louise Swan; and the Mu Phi Trio, Jean Orloff - violin, Marjorie Bcrnat - violincello, Imogene Pierson - piano, in a public program at the Odeon. At a formal guest musicale Bomar Cramer gave us a program of piano music. Anticipated with pleasure at the time of this writing are a Reception and Tea for Mothers and the Patroness Club at the Conservatory, the program to be given by our scholarship student, the May eighteenth Initiation and Patroness Installation, and the annual June Frolic. Add all these things to the regular musicales, dinner and business meetings, and campus activities which we enjoy, and you ' ll see why we were so anxious to buy those War Bonds to help assure others of enjoying American privileges.

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I ETA CHAPTER ] PHI SIGMA MU 1 National Honorary Sorority in Music Education It ' s been a busy and a prosperous year for Eta Chapter here at Jordan and honestly, we don ' t mean to brag. It ' s just that we ' re bubbhn ' over. There is no better place than here to offer a vote of thanks to our new officers who have been super . They ' ve worked tirelessly and we ' re proud of them. Per- haps you would like to know who they are. President, Jean Hegg; Vice-President, Mary Flora Wilson; Corresponding Secretary, Pat Pearson; Recording Secretary, Doris Miller; Treasurer, Mildred Reimer; and Historian, Elma Baker. Congratulations are in order! First of all to our new members. Five pledges were initiated Sunday morning, October 20th, at an impressive sunrise initiation service. Following the initiation, the new members M ere guests of the chapter at breakfast. The new members are Mrs. Melvin Crafton, clarinetist; June Floyd, Mary Emily Spilman, and Marion Thompson, vocalists; and Ruth Pearson, flutist. We are quite proud of our new pledges: Maxine Snell, trumpeter; Mary Jane Harper, clarinetist; and Jo Marilyn Brown, ' cellist. May we welcome back Mrs. Beatrice Kerr, one of our former members, who returned this year to Indianapolis. Incidentally, did you notice the Mrs. in the group above? Our congratulations to Beth Ann who was recently married to Private Melvin Crafton. Private Crafton is an A. J. C. graduate and was teaching in the Shelbyville Schools. While our thoughts are turned to romance — Lieutenant and Mrs. Lyle D. Hegg have an- nounced the engagement of their daughter, Jean, to Pfc. Lou Pirko, Long Island, N. Y. Prior to his induction. Private Pirko was a member of the Indianapolis Sym- phony Orchestra and the Jordan faculty. Congratulations, Madame President and Lou. Best wishes go to Mary Emily Spilman and Elma Baker, both of whom are being very true to their fiances serving in the armed forces. And could this be the place to mention our Jerry Mohler and Bud Stone? Due to the national emergency, it has been necessary for the campus to do away with many of its social functions. However, it seemed to all that now, more than ever, music was needed to help stabilize an otherwise turbulent world. So as usual Phi Sigma Mu joined with Mu Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha - Sinfonia for the annual Noel Fest. Service men were invited and it seemed that the words of the old familiar carols — Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men — I ' ang out more clearly and sincerely than ever. We say goodbye this year to three of our old members, Jean Hegg, Jerry Mohler, and Sally Wilson. Jean ' s plans for the future include a bungalow for two while Sally and Jerry intend to teach school. We bid them a most fond adieu and best wishes for the future. We ' ll miss them greatly, but already we have started planning another interesting and eventful year with a renewed desire to uphold the ideals of Phi Sigma Mu and to keep alive the contacts it has made. ,.?,