Fort Wayne Bible College - Vine / Light Tower Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Ae Qawez MUSIC Ks you stroll down either Rudisill Boulevard or South XVayne Avenue in the vicinity ol the lgilile lnstitute any time between seven-twenty in the morning and nine-thirty in the evening, you hear sounds issuing lrom tooth school huildings. It seems to he music: yet. would you exactly call that music? lt sounds more,as a phonograph sounds when the needle is touching two Qroovesl Four or live pianos going-some just sounding forth scalesg some, hymns: others, classical pieces: and still others. just an accompaniment to some one who is trying to improve his voice. Yet. when you talie each one separately. there is heauty to loe ltound-even in scales and arpeggios. this raclcet is. ol! course. made lby students ot our well-lneloved proe lessors, hlessrs. C. HX. Gerlber and R. lN'l. Xveaver. Xxllio would help luut practice when someone, as Nlr. Cverlner, cheers you on? lfven though you realize that he is really rather generous in his estimation ol your ahility. you want to do your libest not to disappoint him. All the encouragement necessary lvrom lxflr. Xveaver is tor him to play just once: and you leel that you will practice faithfully all your tile. it some day you will he alnle to play just one-hall as well as he does. lt is well understood that visiting in the practice rooms is lqorlnidden. hut let us peelt in at various students. It you hear something very rhythmical, you may depend on its lneing Wlary l-amlJ. It music. either piano or vocal. lieeps you spell-hound, loolq in the room and you are sure to hnd Lorraine Houser. if someone is hard at worli on something in the line ol technique, there are two chances. Edna l-andrey or Dorothy Xviederlcehr. You aslq. HDo the hovs plavff' Oh. my yesl It you hear the Flight out Ilie Bunitvletvee, you lcnow that George Powers is practicing: or perhaps you attend a lxflission Pnanct service and hear lxlyron Rodelnaugh play some ot his inimitahle variations of lqamiliar hyms. Piano and voice students are not entirely to lalame lor the noise. Other sounds float out on the air: some. sweet and mellow. and others. still scratchy. thus, we realize that lxflr. Zahlout is at school and is an instructor in violin. Duets. trios. and quartets. too. are sometimes heard. especially on Satur- day and Sunday mornings. lbetore assignments. All these groups go Forth pray- ing and are hacked lay the students, prayers that the Lord will use them to His Qlorv. You aslq the reason for the time given to music. The Lord told us to use our talents. great and small. Xve are here to develop our talents that we may he ol more use to Him. R. E. Pujju 71tl'C'Ylt3 l lfIllt

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- 7 1 '7Ag fdflo J - IVA ,Z'HfC'C V L 1' V Tlllf Sljlfflkl. CIIURVS llarlql Xxllio sings? ls tlwat music coming lrom a rarlio, or is it pc-rliaps an angel clioir? Come, let us see lrom xylieiire comes llwe song, ,Xs we searcli, we lincl tliat tlie clwapel seems to lwolcl tlwe secret. Xve enter: anrl tlic-re we lincl alnout liall' tlue stuclent lvocly singing as tlmey try to law-p one eye on nlr. Ger- lwer ancl tlie otlter on tlie music xyliicli tlwey liolcl in tlwir lianrls. Xve aslq again. Uxvlao sings? A Vlqlme reply is. A-Vlql1e Special Cliorus, a group sc-lc-ctecsl lrom ilu- stuclent lvocly lmy Nr. Gerluer. Xve sit clown in tlme seats at tlue lmaclq ol tlie cliapel to listen lor a llew minutes. Ol course. we lwear a lexy mistalqes now anal tlmeug lyut tlwat is to lie expectecl. lor music is clillicult. A lcw ol tlie numlders tliat we liear are tlme HHallelujal1 Chorus, 'tHe Xxlatclming over lsraelf. mlilne lxlaryelous Xxlorlcfh Ucoronationfl ancl Uloelmolcl Tlmere Slwall Be a Day. Xve aslc. Hls tlwis just to cleyelop an appreciation ol ancl an albility to procluce goocl music? Tlle answer is, HNolH Tlmere is no olbjective in singing lyut lor Goals glory. It is true tluat attention is paicl to tlie tones proclucecl. tlle worcls pro- nouncecl, ancl tl'1e attaclcs macleg lwut tliat is only to enable tlle clioir to give lortli tlme message in suctm a way tliat people will listen to tlwe music anrl liear ol Him XVl1o recleemecl us. Xve learn tlwat tlwe practice periocls prepare tlwe stuclents tor singing on assignments, for tlwe clxorus sings at various meetings ancl occasionally over station XVOXVO. Xve also liear ot preparation lor tl'ie annual concert. wliicll is tl'1e grancl ltnale for the sctiool year. lt is in this concert that tlue liarcl worlc ot tlrie cliorus is manifest in tlie splencliclly prepared antliems tliat are sung in lmonor ot Him wlio clied to save us. Page Twenty-nine