Eastman School of Music - Score Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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LMA MATER O Temple of divinest art, On whose high altar we have laid The gifts of talent and the heart, Invoking Truth's inspiring aid. Herein is found the oil of life With which our sacred lamps to fire, A sanctum where all mental strife May be submerged in pure desire. And here ideals may expand Beneath the glow of Beauty's flame, That we in time as lights may stand To honor thy enduring name. We bring to thee, whose favor lent Both faith and courage through the days, The lasting word of our intent- To Eastman, Alma Mater, praise! -T. Austin-Ball I fThe Score Stali' regrets very much that no suitable Alma Mater song was submitted in the con test conducted this year in coopera- tion with the Composition Department. However, We are pleased to reprint here two of the poems which were submitted as textsj

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ALMA MATER Although there is no voice to plumb The depths of our desire, No chord to fling to harmonize A song upon the lyreg No single word, nor note, nor line, No soaring rhyme, or tune N o newer form to mold the hymn Not yet an ancient rune. Still, deep within our inmost selves Tongues are at last set free To pour into the stately beat A nobler melody. Exalted chords to consecrate All that your name inspires, And raise aloft the emblems That guard eternal iires. Your walls enclose all we hold dear, The sum of our desire Of truth and life and loveliness, Dim heights we might aspire. For music has our dreams in thrall, And to your halls we bring The essence of a brighter flame That made the planets sing. To chant thee, Eastman, once again Priest-guardian of that Hame, Grant we tend well the mystic fire Immortal with thy name. -Natalie Gehman