Dakota Wesleyan University - Tumbleweed Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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9 Y-Y AY ,A, 'luv W PRAIRIE PLAYERS T, ,rv A : Q 1 1: ' 'I' N ' C ' A ' if , ,L -iamxeiexin... ' - J fl A My I A Ny, Q, Y rt l ii T NORMAN EDWARDS ...... President Q .Sf K jg V SYBIL CRAWFORD . . . Vice-President 111 A X KATHRYN REICHENEACH . . . Secretary yi RUTH SAUNDERS ..... . Treasurer ROLL CALL l f GRACE AHERN DICK GALLION HELEN REYNOLDS H IVAN ALLEN DELBERT HAGER EARLINE ROADMAN GENEVIEVE BACHMAN IULIAN HARTT ORA RODENISER GLEN BACHMAN DODD HEIDE IOHN ROCKWELL RAYMOND CARHART DALE HOLTRY IAMES ROSS 4 ELSIE BRLIGGER LAVERNE HUBBARD MILDRED SCHUMANN V V LORETTA CARR LORA HUBBARD MARVIN SCOTT I i ROBERT CATEY VIVIAN IOHNSON FLORENCE SHEARER l y RUTH COURTNEY CARL LOOCK MARY lANET SMITH ' LUVERNE CROCKETT MARSHALL MILLER LAURA STARK I y A AZILE DARLINC LuC1LE MYERS GERTRUDE TOWNSEND A A PEARL FOUSEK LOWELL NELSON GERTRUDE VINCENT T ZELLA FISHER CHARLOTTE NORTON CLARION WHITE y HAROLD REESE , A Prairie Players was established in the fall of 1930 by the local chapter of Theta Alpha Phi, acting upon the suggestion of Miss Helen Fishbeck. The A V- purpose of the Organization was to stimulate interest and participation in dra- A W, tx p matics. Membership is earned by Obtaining one-half credit in Theta Alpha N Phi. Meetings are held every two weeks, at which time dramatic activities of various sorts are studied and discussed. is y 'l A I lf? fl l 5 i 2 7Q H , TLJMELEWEED 1933 A x ' Page 114

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2-7514'lQg1iv..:salr-,Q-'Q1 +'f1-if:-:-1'm.Q,,,,, -I maj, . - - gg, W , H- ,R V f,r - tg' 1 A at 1 gc -sm , L MUSICAL ACTIVITIES MUSIC SCHOOL The Department of MUSIC at Dakota Wesleyan has showed a declded growth 1n the last few years untll at present lt occuples one of the most 1m portant places IH the ent1re school Its 1mportance l1es not only 1n 1ts perform ance gf educatxonal functlons but 1n 1ts provlslon for extra currlcular act1v1t1es as we The purpose of the School of MUSIC 1S to QIVC 1tS students a complete edL cat1on 1n the sclence and art of mus1c and to prepare them for profess1onal careers both as art1sts and teachers also to mamtaln a musxcal atmosphere 1n the Llnrverslty l1fe and to cultlvate a taste for good mus1c The Dakota Wesleyan MUSIC School was the hrst 1n the state to olfer a de gree of Bachelor of Musxc Educatlon whlch has been added thls year Thls degree requxres a broader knowledge 1n the musrcal and llberal arts fields and quallfies students to teach other subjects besmdes mus1c 1n the schools RECITALS Each student 1n the MUSIC School IS requ1red to appear on at least one re c1tal program a year All of the faculty members gave rec1tals thxs year and there were twenty SIX student rec1tals 1nclud1ng the umor and Senxor rec1tals These were open to the publ1c and were generally well attended ORGAN A new two manual Hmner s organ has recently been glven to Dakota Wes leyan by Mrs Belle Butterfield Th1s add1t1on adds to the pOSS1b1llt16S of 1n struct1on 1n the mus1c department and also enmches the musxcal atmosphere of SCHOLARSHIP The Dakota Wesleyan School of MUSIC has adopted the pleasant custom of offerlng scholarshxps to the most talented of the mcommg mus1c1ans and to the outstand1ng upperclassmen of the mus1c students Through the generosrty of frxends of the MUSIC School an annual fund of about eleven hundred dollars 1S the campus gxven whlch provides for these scholarshlps The rec1p1ents of the grfts are determ1ned 1n a contest held rn the sprmg Students from all over the state attend these contests and some very fxne talent m both xnstrumental and vocal fields has been dlscovered A CAPPELLA CHOIR The A Cappella ChO1f dlrected by Dean Beecher IS the outstandmg choral organ1zat1on at Dakota Wesleyan Its fame has been wldespread durxng the last year when such places as Chamberlaln Rapld C1ty Lead Deadwood Watertown P1erre St Cloud St Paul Mnnneapolls and Worthxngton were v1s1ted In addltlon to concerts g1ven on the tour the cho1r appeared often on home platforms The members of the Methodxst Conference heard 1t w1th Carlo F1scher and the S D E A delegates were enthuslastlc over the cho1rs per formance Among other concerts was the Easter cantata For He Is Rlsen presented by the A Cappella Cholr and Methodlst Church cholr comblned The personnel of the organ1zat1on has seen rap1d enlargement untxl at pres ent It lncludes about f1fty members w1th every promxse of a contxnued mcrease. Wherever It has gone the cholr has been recexved wxth the hlghest pralse and 1ts success parallels the success of the ent1re MUSIC School slnce the arrlval of Dean Beecher , - . . . . 1, I . , . . . , . . , . , , 1 , , , Q , . , , . . . . , n s n o ' .I . ., ' Y I ,Cn .F- 47' Q ,.. ,, - -i-- Q ,J f Nx3-I-EFL TUNIIBLELWEED 193- L- Page116