Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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I I - DF 4 'N' 1411-1131: , '-I lS'E '5 'l ' f I ' : WMM , ' f 'I li f E NWS X 1' I H. G. GARNER, Editor. Music washes away from the soul the dust of every-day life. And while we hear the tides of 111llSlC,S golden sea, Setting toward eternity, Uplifted high in heart and hope are we. -Tennyson. The origin of Music is uncertain as it seems to have existed from the beginning in all countries. We know of in- strumental music from the pictures of musical instruments on the Egyptian obelisks and tombs. The Romans used both stringed and wind instruments. Imagine, if you can, Bacone College without a music department. It would be a lifeless place. But Bacone has its music department and a line one. In no other year has it taken sucha prominent part in regular school work. This year we have two departments in music, the vocal and instrumental. The latter has the advantage, as it has a regular home in the new addition to Sacajawea Hall. With the beginning of this school year vocal music was made compulsory, so each student in and above the sixth grade has to take at least two chorus lessons a week. As some students were farther advanced than others, it became nec- essary for our teacher, Prof. J. Morris James, to organize the chorus into a beginners and an advanced class. These have already furnished some good selections for our Sunday School, and a recital is expected from them some time in the near future. In addition to these classes Prof. James is giving pri- vate lessons to a number of students, who favor us with solos from time to time at our Sunday evening services, and literary societies. We believe that we have some splendid home talent, and we can see that there has been a great im- provement since they began to have their voices trained.

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THE BACONE CHIEF 43 the students as few other ministers could do. Some of the things he taught will undoubtedly live in the hearts and minds of some of the students as long as there is any life within them. When the meeting closed there were only four boys in the school who had not publicly confessed Christ as their personal Savior. During the year thirty-three stu- dents have been received as members of the church . The students have the opportunity of hearing some of the best sermons, since we have preaching service each Sun- day evening. Rev. Sharp recently preached a Wonderful ser- mon upon the second coming of Christ. We believe, as did the founder of Bacone, A Christian school planted in the midst of a Christian people, becomes one of the most powerful agencies in the Work of civiliza- tion. ii .. . P. 4 Q Wfzaa-0 .-f, eivivf Fl x33r4?gvnf1 'iHPv.,w'ii5 ' ' 9591810 ' V UV 'U

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THE BACONE CHIEF 45 We also appreciate having a Choctaw male quartette that has sung for us a number of times during the year at the Sunday evening services, and literary societies. We greatly enjoyed their songs at our Hallow'een party. As no great singers or players have come to Muskogee this year, we have been deprived of a pleasure which has been enjoyed in years gone by. However, we hope that next year we shall have the privilege of hearing Caruso as he is expected to visit Muskogee on his way to San Francisco. The instrumental department began the year in its own six new rooms in Sacajawea Hall, with an enrollment of forty pupils, ranging from the first to the fourth grade, Linder the direction of Miss Hamilton, with Miss Whitaker as her assistant. The pupils have made marked improve- ment. The first recital was given in December, and for the second time there were too many to play at one recital, so on Friday afternoon an extra recital was given for those pupils who could not play at the regular recital on Friday evening. The instrumental solos of the music pupils have also added greatly to the literary programs. An instrumental trio composed of piano, violin and cor- net has favored us with two or three good selections which we all enjoyed. Miss Dietz of Muskogee comes to Bacone every Monday morning and gives lessonis to the violin students. This de- partment is small, but the students are doing good work and occasionally we hear from them. About the first of March President Randall secured a Kimball Concert Grand piano for the Chapel, from the Kroh Music Co., of Muskogee. This is a great improvement over the old piano and it will also be an aid to the music depart- ment as the old chapel piano will be placed in one of the prac- tice rooms in Sacajawea Hall. It is the hope of the editor that the Bacone mulsic department may continue to grow next year. l J.