Baptist Missionary Training School - Beacon Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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-i--- THE BEACON meaning to us. Sometimes she plays old favorites on the piano, giving the students the opportunity to guess the names and composers. Each Senior has the privilege of enjoying a Friday afternoon concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a gift ofthe Grey Fund. Every other Thursday evening about eight o'clock will see a group of B. M. T. S. students winding its way to the top balcony in Orchestra Hall to hear the same Orchestra in a popular concert. Many music lovers also take advantage of the opportunity to see and hear productions of the World famous Civic Opera Company as well as concerts by famous artists. The students not only have the opportunity to enjoy the best there is in music but aid in taking it to others. Almost everywhere a girl goes for her field work she is asked to play the piano for the services or to lead in the sing- ing. Two of our constituency who have been most helpful to us this year in a musical way are Miss Utecht with her violin and Mercie Wickersham with her cornet. Some of our students play unusual instruments --Zora Mlekush, the zither and Marcia Cudworth, the saw. The Training School sextette is always in great demand and responds most generously. To aid in appreciation of good music and to help others to enjoy it is the aim of this department for It is a blessing to have music in one's life, but it is even a greater privilege to be able to bring music into the lives of others. f Y 1 MELODY All things are wrought of melody, Unheard, yet full of speaking spellsg Within the rock, Within the tree, A soul of music dwells. To harmony all growth is set Each seed is but a music note. From which each plant, each violet Evolves its purple note. Compact of melody, the rose Woos the soft wind, with strain on strain Of crimson: and the lily blows Its white stars to the rain. The trees are paens, and the grass One long green fugue beneath the sun: Song is his life, and all shall pass, Shall cease when song is done. - Madison Cawein 36

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l--1 THE BEAcoN ------- MUSIC iff Music is the universal language of mankind. How true the girls of B. M. T. S. find this in their field-work, for in their contacts with the Chinese, Polish, Italian or other foreign-born peoples, no matter how brokenly the English tongue is spoken, the language of music is always understood. Our music de- partment, realizing this, has made one of its aims that every girl who graduates shall be able at least to play hymns. Miss Alice E. Tuller, who is the head of the department, and her assistant. Faith Warburton, give private piano lessons to those who do not play at all or to those who desire to take advanced work. Those who do not take ad- vanced work form hymn playing classes where the history, presentation and actual playingof hymns make up the main part of the class work. Another course which the seniors enjoy very much is Music Appreciation. Here the history of music and musicians, together with some of their most famous compositions, are studied. Much of the time in the class is spent in hearing the recordings of these masterpieces. A type of music appreciation for the entire student body has been started this year for the first time. Once a week, in the student-parlor, recordings of famous musicians are played and Miss Tuller gives a bit of their history and 35

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.+-- THE BEAc:oN il- GLEE CLUB This Golden Anniversary year has proved to be one of the biggest and best for the B. M. T. S. Glee Club. From the forty-two members, ofiicers were elected as follows: MYRTLE RAWSON President FLORA Jo SMITH . . Secretary FLORENCE TINDALL 1 Chorisms EDNA SUTTON 5 . FAITH WARBURTON . Accompanist BESSIE GILLIES . . . Student Director The first appearance of the Glee Club was a very creditable performance of Scott's The Voice in the Wilderness at the Annual Mission Union Day program. Just before the Christmas holidays, the girls went to the home of Mrs. R. R. Donnelley to sing carols for her. As usual, the club has had a part on various school programs, perhaps the most outstanding one being Founders' Day. A trip through Michigan was planned for Spring vacation, but had to be abandoned because of a heavy snowstorm: however, the Club appeared in various churches in Chicago as well as at the District Meeting at Elgin during the month of April. The Glee Club is anticipating joyous participation in Commencement activities. First Sopranos: Mauguerette Allen, West Virginia: Sigrid Anderson, Pennsylvania: Kathryn Beadle. Wisconsin: Lillian Billings. New York: Virginia Cotchefer, New York: Margaret Cuddeback. Oregon: Marcia Cudworth, Kansas: Nancy Espy, Iowa: Bessie Gillies, Massachusetts: Marian Gossman. Indiana: Iva Gurlcy. Colorado: Gertrude Hollingworth. Ohio: Frances Stone, Colorado: Merle Stone. Nebraska: Edna Sutton. Kansas: Eva Mae Wong Gem, Nebraska. Second Sopranos: Helen Akin, California: Irene Amundrud, North Dakota: Adele Chism, Ohio: Raffaela Del Pozzo, Rhode Island: Elmora Jones, Indiana: Daesie Lawyow. Washington: gloria Mlekush. Pennsylvania: Myrtle Rawson, Illinois: Florence Tindall, Iowa: Ruth White. il 0. Altos: Elizabeth Abele. Illinois: Elsie Anderson, Iowa: Esther Bush, Arizona: Rocelia Christenson, Wisconsin: Anna Holland. Iowa: Kathryn Kappes, Iowa: Doris Lea. North Dakota: Jean McKenzie, North Dakota: Enid Myers. Nebraska: Julia Snyder. Wisconsin: Pearl Vilhauer. Wisconsin: Mercie Wickersham. Wisconsin: Faith Warburton, California. 37