Eastern University - Log Yearbook (St Davids, PA)

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THE CHOIR is 5F Upon reTurning To The campus in The fall, The members of The EasTern , a BapTisT College Touring Choir plunged inTo a vigorous schedule of i rehearsal for an unusually busy year. WiTh iiTTIe Time for organiza- i Tion, preparaTion was made for various fall engagemehTs. The TirsT official appearance of The Choir was made aT The Fall ConvocaTion of The college. The choir also sang for a meeTing of The Women's Auxiliary aT The Seminary. Am.m-3 IT was The Touring Choir's privilege To help promoTe The ChrisTian Higher EducaTion Challenge program of The American BapTisT ConvenTion by singing aT rallies in boTh New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania. A week-end Trip To HarTford, ConnecTicuT, was The highlighT of The fall season. The Choir sang for The closing session of The ConnecTicuT BapTisT ConvenTion. This program was in connecTion. wi'rh The CHEC campaign in ThaT sTaTe. As guesTs aT The YouTh BanqueT Tor ConnecTicuT, The members of The Choir had The opporTuniTy To sing for four hundred young people and To fellowship wiTh some of Them during The meal. AfTer being enTerTained overnighT in various homes, a Tired buT happy choir Traveled back To campus. .p-p..wr w wms..h...v. . me. .em-vnqmwaru I Programs for evening services in Salisbury, Maryland, and in oTher near-by churches compleTed The engagemenTs for The fall. In Decem- ber The choir Took parT in The annual College Day on campus. The Choir MaraThon was held beTween semesTers. This inTensified rehearsal is The mosT imporTanT Time of The year for The Choir. IT was in These days of long rehearsals ThaT The music for The spring Tour was memorized. In March, during The spring vacaTion, The choir-Took iTs annual Tour. This year The sTaTe of New York was visiTed. During The Ten- day Tour, The choir wiTnessed for ChrisT Through song in various BapTisT churches. P-arTicipaTion in BaccalaureaTe and CommencemenT marked 'The compleTion of a successful and rewarding year for The Touring Choir.

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.. WiTh a dream in Their minds and a song in Their hearTs, ThirTy-Two musically inclined freshmen, represenTing Ten sTaTes and Cuba, descended on The campus of EasTern and were soon moulded by The arTisTic hands and dy- namic force of Professor Joel Anderson inTo The organiza- Tion known as The Freshman Choir. The excellenT Train- ing They received under his capable guidance will be of inesTimable value To Them in The fuTure as They conTinue FRESHMAN CHOIR To spread God's message in song and sing praises To His name. Along wiTh This fine Training, The experience They gained in performances in local churches and various college funcTions as well, served To prepare Them for enTrance inTo The College Touring Choir. 50, The scope of Their dream broadened as each one an- TicipaTed The privilege of serving The Lord Through The minisTry of song wiTh The EasTern BapTisT College Choir. FRESHMAN CHOIR First row, left To right: P. Edgecombe, J. Carlson, G. Morgan, C. Childs, B. Moore, J. Cleaves. Second row: 5. Smithson, R. Kemp, J. Dahl, M. Parker, N. Read, J. Clausen. Third row: P. BolsTer, K. Klopfenstein, H. BunTing, D. Shope, G. Kohler, D. Gay, R. PiimpTon. FourTh row: R. Bordner, P. STeadman, L. Brown, R. Hughes, A. LorenTe, J. McDonald, A. Thomas. 79 11mm: '. '1: A14 i

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PROGRAM-1959-6O TOUR Choral Salutation 0 Praise The Lord of Heaven A. Arensky Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs A. Lotti I Psalm Fifty F. M. Christiansen Music for The Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695 H. Purcell Te Deum hFrom These R0019 Robert Elmore Ill Christ Lay in Death's Dark Prison hCanTaTa 999M J. S. Bach IV Christ Our Passover W. C. McFarlane Alleluia, Let All Mankind hChrisqu F. Liszt The Resurrection hChrisTuQ F. Liszt The Benediction, The Lord Bless You Peter LuTkin TOURING CHOIR Firsf row, left to right.- M. McGloughlin, J. Thomas, M. Riesen, J. Shankle, M. Richardson; M. Beideman, J. Sixsmifh. Second row: G. Shingledecker, P. Edwards, N. Morgan, A. Steinbrighf, L. Myers, K. Smith, M. Seldon, R. Milnes. Third row: D. Unger, C. Meier, E. Moore, D. Bevingfon, B. Hazelwood, B. Stergios. Fourth row: R. Slaghi, D. Beals, K. Lyman, L. Morris, A. Wentworth, A. Cox, V. Ash, R. Behrens. Not shown: J. Gilliam and D. Inazu. No, no! Use your diaphragm . . . breathe rhythmically!