Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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MA REACHI G OUT TO MA Miss Mary Oyer, head of the music department, re- turned from her sabbatical in Scotland where she studied with Dr. Erik Routley in church music and researched texts and tunes for the new hymnal. She carried a two- thirds teaching load this year in order to free her for her position as Executive Secretary of the Hymnal Revision Committee for the Mennonite conferences. Last fall, the Goshen College community lost an age- less spirit at the death of professor Walter E. Yoder. The thoughts of Miss Oyer indicate the impact of his life. He played the crucial part in shaping the music de- partment: a music major was first offered in the late 193075. Mr. Yoder stimulated his music theory students to compose by performing their works with his choruses. He developed a vital choral tradition on the campus through his conducting of the A Cappella Chorus and men's and women's groups. Although he was not an instrumentalist himself, he maintained a constant hope of establishing an orchestra at Goshen College. The whole student body learned to know him well through his leading of chapel singing. The college community has lost a rare spirit-a man pure in heartg but the very qualities which were valued most will continue to live and bear fruit in the lives of his friends. Eleanor Nase, M.Mus. Assistant Professor of Music Mary Oyer, A.Mus. D. Professor of Music Helen Miller, M.Mus. Part-time Instructor of Piano James A. Miller, A.lVIus.D. Associate Professo f Music '-'.,-ixisiisb' ., ,t.. amaze: ..,...............- 28

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,,,...n-'df ,na t s . x Sinclair Lewis' Babbit undergoes trial before three sets of critics: the American Novel class, professor Victor Vogt, and class critic in absentia, Alfred Kazin. Victor Vogt, B.A. Naomi Brenneman, M.A. S. A. Yoder, Ph.D. Wilbur Birky, M.A. Instructor of English Visiting Professor of English Professor of English Instructor of English 27

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History of Music students read together William Byrd's motet, Ave verum, look- ing for characteristics of the late Renaissance period. Ezra Hershberger, M.A. Associate Professor of Art ur' A Art majors, Barb Aeschliman and Carl Unzicker, draw from their technical knowledge and artistic sense in making publi- city posters for campus clubs.