Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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Robert Paul Gise Miss Edna Beard

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J. V. Stephens, D. D. C. H. Bell, D. D. F. K. Farr, D. D.

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Robert Paul Gise Director Robert Paul Gise is a native of Ohio. He studied music from eariy childhood under master teachers. After graduating- with honors from an Eastern Conservatory he spent four years in Cincinnati with one of the foremost pianists of America, studying- at the same time the pipe-organ with a pupil of the celebrated Guilmant of Paris. Prac- tically his whole life has been lived in a musical atmosphere. As a student and teacher he mingled in the musical environment of the great art centers and enjoyed their broadening influences. Five years of his life were spent in connection with Herr Eugene Feuch- tinger, whom he succeeds in Cumberland. Prof. Gise has had thir- teen years experience as a teacher in the North, Fast and South, and in every section his talent and attainments stand out prominently. He presides at the pipe-organ in the Presbyterian Church in L ebanon and is a large factor in the excellent musical features for which this church is noted. Miss Edna Beard Violin Miss Fdna Beard is a L cbanon girl, the accomplished daughter of Hon. F. F. Beard who stands as a leader in University and Church circles. Her leadership of the famous Girl ' s Glee Club, for several years, has stamped her as an artist and leader with few equals and with no superiors in the South. Miss Beard has taught for several years in L ebanon and is favorably known to the musical public as a gifted performer and successful instructor. She spent the past year in special study with the most noted artists of New York, and had unusual advantages in the schools of public performance. She was highly favored with marked attention in the most exclusive music circles of New York City, and was recognized as an artist of unusual ability. Miss Beard has charge of the courses in violin, guitar and mandolin in Cumberland University. She has already taken high rank in her new position. 23