Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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WOMEN ' S GLEE CLUB — Top row; V. M. Clark, G. Brydges, M. Hausam, C. Koerner, G. Seybold, C. Long, A. W. Vernon T Strub. Second row: R. Burrows, B. Whitaker, J. Cleland, H. Heidemann, ]. Sherman, M. Berger, R. WesterlDeck, D. Kross. Bottom row: H. Gustafson, Jean Pulse, V. von Pelchrzim, O. Haddad, L. Deiters, Janice Pulse, A. Boehm, R. Klick. SINGING LADIES The Women ' s Glee Club spent a very busy year, giving concerts at the Elgin State Hospital, and others at both the Homecom- ing revue and the musicale, in chapel be- fore the student body, at St. Peter ' s Evan- gelical Church in Elmhurst during the Lenten season, at various times throughout the year at various Chicago churches, and the annual concert tour which this year took them through three states. Leaving Friday, April 21, the women gave a concert that evening at Crown Point, Indiana, the next day at Belleville, Illinois, and three concerts Sunday: at Columbia, Illinois, and two at St. Louis. Monday the Glee Club sang at Waterloo, Illinois; on Tuesday, April 25, they entertained a large crowd at Centralia, Illinois, and Wednesday evening their final concert was given at Aurora. Director Waldemar Hille wrote some of the music for the repertory and arranged much of the rest, which included folk songs, mountain songs, religious numbers, and German pieces. Soloists were Dorothy Kross and Mary Hausam, and the duet of Reba Burrows and Viola Mae Clark gave several numbers. Jean Pulse was the accompanist for the second successive year. The annual spring concert was given Sunday, May 14, at the college for students and the Elmhurst citizenry. Officers for the year were: Ruth Wester- beck, president; Alev W. Vernon, vice-presi- dent; Reba Burrov s, secretary-treasurer; Dorothy Kross, business manager, and Waldemar Hille, director. Page Tujcnty-onc

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f t f f « f f t f I f f ' f f . f .t f If t MEN ' S GLEE CLUB: Top row; W. Sandner, E. Krueger, P. Schmidt, R. Lange, D. Plassman, C. Rasche, W. Lithgow, R. Graves. Second row; W. Hille, director, W. Fischer, D, Riechmann, N. Roberts, E. Stalhut, H. Grunewald, R. Rasche, K. Taylor, J. Schram, S. Fuller. Third row; A. Albion, R. Bizer, V. Kreimeyer, R, Herrmann, H. Kamin, R. Fritzsche, S. Pobanz, E. Gerfen, W. Westermann, R. Klepper. Bottom tow: A. Troyke, B. Obermann, W. Rauh, T. Jones, R. Nolte, A. Van Camp, A. Kluge, R. Scheef, E. Schlundt, coach. MEN ' S GLEE CLUB For many years the Elmhurst College Men ' s Glee Club has been an outstanding organization both on and off the campus. It is widely known as a result of the tours which it makes each year. The mid-season tour began February 17, at the height of the flu epidemic. The bus became a rolling hospital, but concerts were given as scheduled in Ripon, Wisconsin, Sheboygan, Menomonee Falls, Port Wash- ington, and Monroe, all in Wisconsin. Three kinds of musical selections were presented: sacred songs, songs of the people, and choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan ' s Patience. The folk songs were all arrang- ed by Waldemar Hille, the director. The senior and sophomore quartets, solos by Tenor (and coach) Edward Schlundt, and piano and organ renditions by W. Hille took care of the intermissions. The senior quartet is composed of Schlundt, Kessler, Carl Rasche, and Stalhut. The sophomore quar- tet is composed of Pobanz, Biermann, Schmidt, and Troyke. The officers for the glee club during the past year were: Carl Rasche, president; Earl Krueger, vice-president; Paul Schmidt, busi- ness manager; Robert Herrmann, assistant business manager, and Robert Klepper, sec- retary-treasurer. Waldemar B. Hille, head of the music department, is the director. Ed- ward Schlundt, a glee club alumnus, is the coach, and Sam Pobanz and Walter Sand- ner serve as accompanists. A radio appearance, concerts before the student body, before the inmates at the Elgin state hospital, and before several congrega- tions helped to fill up time in between prac- tices, and a post-season tour through the East, with New York as the main stop, is the principal objective. Attendance at rehearsals four evenings a week, voice lessons weekly, and diligent efforts on the part of all members of the glee club are required and account for the well- earned reputation the men ' s glee club possesses. Page Tiventy

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THE CHAPEL CHOIR The Elmhurst College Chapel Choir, the only mixed chorus on the campus, has pro- gressed this past year in both quantity and in quality. In contrast to its initial member- ship of sixteen singers, the choir now has thirty members. Membership in the choir is entirely voluntary, and is carefully chosen, chiefly, though not necessarily, from the membership of the men ' s and the women ' s glee clubs. The choir has set a precedent in many things and has established several practices which are certain to become traditional. The Christmas Candlelight service, formerly un- der the combined glee club direction, will probably remain a choir function, and the newly instituted Easter cantata was so popular it will remain as an annual presen- tation. In an effort to present a more truly re- ligious spirit in the chapel exercises, the choir has in its repertory two antiphons set to music by its director, Waldemor Hille, which it presents very beautifully. The one, A Christian Choral Service for a Time of Human Affliction, was featured during the Lenten services, and the second, The Cere- mony of the Prophets, was presented some time after Easter. The Easter cantata was Bach ' s Christ Lay in Death ' s Dark Prison. Soloists who appeared with the group were: Harry Vernon, Edward Schlundt, Dorothy Graham, Viola Mae Clark, and Glen Most. The choir sings twice a week, yet has rehearsals only on Wednesday evenings; and its high quality is a tribute both to its membership and to their cooperation. The choir made several appearances off the campus, notably at St. Peter ' s Evan- gelical Church. Late in May the members of the group are feted at a dinner and an evening at the North Shore music festival. This year the singers heard Kirsten Flagstad on May 20. CHAPEL CHOIR — Top row; R. Klepper, A. Troyke, R Schesf, N. Roberts, E. Stalhut, P. Schmidt, D. Riechmann. Second row; H. Vernon, R. Gross, C. Rasche, S. Fuller, E. Schlundt, R. Kessler, S. Pobanz, K. Taylor. Third row; R. Burrows, O. Haddad, A. Susott, R. Westerbeck, C. Koerner, R. Oberkircher, V. von Pelchrzim, A. Albion. BoHom row; Janice Pulse, R. Lasser, R. Klick, G. Maier, A. Boehm, C. Long, A. Vernon, D. Graham. D. Kross is not pictured. Paffr Tiventy-tivo