Columbia College - Cayuse Yearbook (Milton, OR)

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The Voice Department headed by Professor I. A. Wintheif has been very popular. Mr. Winthei-, who is a graduate of North- western Conservatory of Music at Evanston, Illinois, has had a great deal of experience in concerts both in Europe and North America. Since coming to Columbia three years ago he has done a great deal in choir work as well as with his private pupils. He has directed the College Quartet, the Chapel Choir, and the Metho- dist church choir. One of the best comic operas given in Columbia the Mikado, was presented under the leadership of Mr. Winth- er this year. All who have had opportunities of hearing the voice pupils alone or in chorus work, express a great pleasure in the results of Mr. WlHthC1',S work. .-..-,.--- The appreciation of the work of Mrs. Gwen Howells as head of the Violin Department has been shown by the fact that she is now completing her sixth year in this position. Mrs. Howells is a graduate of Guild Hall School of Music, London, England. Dur- ing the time that she has been here the violin department has been built up and some very promising pupils have been developed. Be- sides this work, Mrs. Howells has directed the orchestra. The ac- companiment of the orchestra added greatly to the success of the Mikado. The Department of Expresion has as its head this year, Mrs. Mary K. Pontius, a graduate of Dillenbeck School of Expression, Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Pontius has had several years of experience in teaching previous to her coming to Columbia. When- ever they have appeared in public, her pupils have exhibited an ability in reading which could only have been acquired through the careful training of a competent teacher. Page Sixty-Five !

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Conservatory of Music and Department of Expression COLUMBIA is justly proud of her Conservatory of Music and Department of Expression. With very competent instructors these departments have taken a leading part in entertaining the citizens of this community. During the year many programs of a very high class have been presented. The first of these was the faculty concert given shortly after school opened. Each month the pupils in music and expression appeared in free recitals. The Glee Club gave a concert and the opera Mikado. The Male Quartet has appeared in public very frequently. Beside the regular recitals one special and tvvo graduate recitals have been given. The piano department of the College is very strong, and most favorably known throughout the community. Miss Mabel Col- bert, a conscientious teacher of exceptional ability, is at its head. Miss Colbert is a graduate of Kidd-Key Conservatory of Music at Sherman, Texas. She has also taken post-graduate Work under several vvorld masters. The past summer she spent working un- der Alfred Mirovitch. This is her second year in Columbia and the increase in her department has been a very good indicator of the popularity which she has attained in Milton. In the monthly recitals her pupils have shown a characteristic polish and touch which mark a distinction between her vvork and that of the ordin- ary teacher. Miss Colbert has been assisted in this department by Miss Louella Armentrout, a graduate of the Conservatory of Music of Whitnian College, at Walla VValla VVashington. This Was Miss Armentrout's first year of teaching, but the great im- provement that her pupils have attained during the past year has shown clearly that she is very capable in her vvork. Besides teaching Miss Armentrout has been accompanist for the glee club. Page Sixty-Four

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