Concordia College - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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70 ZJke L hoir Jour— . . . Sight-seeing in Albany . . . Mansions, elevators, woozv stomachs . . . the tour of a TV studio in Schenectady . .-. Miles and miles of G.E. plants . . . Niagara Falls . . the Whirl- pool and Devil ' s Hole Park . . . with beautiful scenery from high places . . . Drenching spray at the foot of the falls . . . slipping, sliding, falling . . ice-coated trees . . . The Horseshoe Falls . . . their tremendous size, weight, and sound . . . Canada and souvenirs . . . Later, Ro- chester, with its Kodak works . . . fun, giddiness . . . sharp, cold air . . . . . . And at each scheduled stop . . . Supper, with creamed chicken or baked ham . . . laughter at tables . . . the smoking law . . . relaxation . . . Concert time, with Joanne Steege and Walt Reu- ning alternating on the organ accom- paniment . . . intermissions . . . reces- sionals . . . Then entertainment . . . quartet, short thank-you speeches . . . Brusco and the hidden violin, Wyppich and his page-turning . . . Hosts . . . and a good nights ' rest . . . xmfrt 4 i ; ' ■ ' ' ' ■ - : . . . The grey day ue started on . . . crocheting afghans . . . W ith outlined lectures on the scenery, and Bu- row, who hutched a crate oranges on the nay to Albany . . . Card-playing . . . exhausted but repeated song repertoires . . . Joe ' and his much-talked-of Muriel . . . Mrs. K. and her face-washings . . .

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91 on con horud— Concordia ' s chorus - - the. group that gave ot its time, talent, and energy to add to the heauty of our musical presentations . . . that survived hours of throat-aching rehearsing to prepare for the Fall concert, for ' Send Out Thy Light , and then the Spring concert . . . that, in addition to all this, somehow managed to work hard enough to qualify for TV — and went down to WJZ to spend an 8-hour day in singing, standing, and more singing to supply the musical background for a broad- cast that lasted only thirty minutes — and loved it all . . . Music for tin- Christmas play . . JVe Are Three Kings ' a real lire echo . . Mr. Matt . . timing . . Glory to God ' broadcast . . with Pres. Behnken . . blinding lights Is This The IT ay . . While By V y Sheep . . with . candles with wax-catchers . . robes . . hymns . , TV . silence . . Interesting cameras, technical equipment . . J

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SEND OUT THY LIGHT 71 CHERUBIM SONG ... On the morning of January 24. 1951 - with Mr. Mott. Prof. Proehl, Mr. Thien, Mrs. Kalin. Miss Dozer, and . . . 37 bright-shiny faces on hoard, Joe, our driver, aimed his Greyhound hus toward Albany, starting us on a week of sin iin i ... in upstate churches ... a project designed to acquaint more people with, and hring more people to. Concordia . . . BREAK FORTH THEE WITH TENDER CARE NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD Fi •O REJOICE, YE CHRISTIANS LOUDLY ' GOD, MY SHEPHERD HOW LOVELY IS THY DWELLING-PLACE . Inexperienced, but blindly confident, we sang our first concert, and later solemnly marched out of the church, realizing how much we had to depend on Mr. Mott . . . and how difficult the timing was in From Depths of Woe . . But with more practice, and attention to the woe- ful spots, we soon ac- quired the necessary skill, and could at intervals turn our attention to the inter- esting places we were visit- ing and traveling through. FROM DEPTHS OF WOE ' •JESU HALLELUJAH, AMEN .. ■■ ' ■AJ THE HEAVENS ARE DECLARING GOD BE IN MY HEAD . . . Long hours oj comic-books, canasta, and cigarettes beside drajty, ice-encrusted windows . . . Joyce and her ukelele . . . sandwiches . . . pickles . . . Low, tingling temperatures, and snow-covered ice on lonely country roads . . . Schriever and his chickens, Gabbert and his window . . . Kruger and his June . . . Fuzzy .