Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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THE COLLEGE BAND With new uniforms, student directors, capable composers and arrangers, a compe- tent instructor and director, and promising new players, the Elmhurst College band considered the 1938-1939 season a success- ful one and looks forward to a better sea- son next year. There were uniforms for the band at the beginning of the school year, but they were in such need of repair that the fall concert was given with the band in informal dress and a drive for better attire was started. This drive was successful, due to the earnest efforts of President Lehmann, Director Fred Krueger, and the members of the band, who all worked hard getting donations for the new uniforms. A new policy gave the senior members of the band practical experience in con- ducting. At each of the basketball games, either Hans Nottrott or Walter Fischer, the only seniors regularly in the organization, wielded the baton in Director Krueger ' s place for the entire evening. This was a popular feature and will probably be con- tinued. Arrangements for the band numbers at their concerts and for the trumpet trio came from Sam Pobanz and Paul Budy. Sam also was responsible for the music to the new Pirate Song introduced at the basketball games. Paul Budy wrote the trumpet ar- rangements for the trio composed of Paul Schmidt, Ed Dalhaus, and Kenneth Black. The organization of a junior band, com- posed of less experienced players and be- ginners has given many students a start in music they would otherwise not have had, and will pay the band dividends in experi- enced replacements during the coming years. Honor awards, in the form of gold pins, serve as achievement goals for the mem- bers and help to insure full rehearsals and regular practice sessions for the members. The well-lighted, acoustically treated band room in Old Hall with a director ' s office and library gives the band a much more cheerful place in which to work than it had last year. BAND OFFICERS — Top row; Paul Schmidt, vice-president; Sam Pobanz, business manager; second row: Walter Fischer, president; Hans Nottrott, custodian; bo(fom row: Margaret Brune, librarian; Mildred Horst, secretary-treasurer. Page Tiuenty-lhree

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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

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GOETHE VEREIN GOETHE VEREIN — Bottom row, left to right: Lester Dresch, secretary; Hugo Leinbergsr, president; Anna Louise Susott, vice-president; Dean Plassman, treasurer; Jost Washburn, librarian. Second tow: Professors R. Wagoner, C. G. Stanger, E. Heyse Dummer, and E. Hansen, faculty advisors. The Goethe Verein enjoys what is prob- ably the largest percentage of active mem- bers on the campus, and its programs have always something interesting to offer. Every meeting is opened with the sing- ing of German folk songs and is closed with the serving of refreshments. The October meeting was occupied chiefly with the elec- tion of officers. In November, Professor Robert Wagoner directed two student Schat- tenspiele or shadow plays entitled, Der Tote Mann and Das Narranschneiden by Hans Sachs. The students participating were Arthur Albion, Paul Blasberg, Ilona Mardaga, William Lane, Marcia Powell, Norman Roberts, Helen Schmale, Anna Su- sott, Robert Tiemann, and Jost Washburn. The December meeting was a joint one held with the French Club and the group sang German Christmas carols and heard the Christmas story sung in German by Dorothy Graham. Following the meeting a Christmas party was held in the Commons. Highlights of the February meeting were some linguistic readings given by Dr. Dum- mer. In March, the newly organized German Sprechor Choir made its first appearance under Dr. Dummer ' s direction. Its twenty members presented three German numbers: Das Heideriroeslein by Goethe, Schoen- Rothraut by Morike, and Her von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland by Fontane. Solos were by Donald Reichmann, Helen Schmale, and Harry Willman. On the same program, Mr. Alfred Behrens, formerly of the University of Leipzig, spoke on German Youth Hostels. The entire German-speaking community of Elmhurst was invited to the May meeting, and the attendance was the largest of the year. As in previous years, the Goethe Verein presented its annual award to the ranking junior major in the department of German who is also active in the Goethe Verein. The award, a six volume set of a famous German author, went to Hugo Leinberger, the retiring president of the club. The wide interest in the Goethe Verein and its high membership total can be traced directly to the variety and number of its ac- tivities. The meetings are carefully planned so as to be of interest to all German students, beginners as well as majors. P f r Twenty-four