Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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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.

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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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f9'l11If1111f:w..f,fs yr' 1. in Ml Sw . e W,- Daniel Leatherman, M.A. CPh.D. Candi Assistant Professor of Politica Science Richard Camp, M.A. fPh.D. Candy Assistant Professor of History Students follow their Ameri- can ancestors through cycles of inflation and depression in Willard Smith's course, Eco- nomic History of the United States. l GF THE COUR E OF TIME Head of Division II, Willard Smith, continued his research on William Jennings Bryan. When he began his serious study and teaching in American History, he noticed that the accounts of Bryan were usually un- favorable and inadequate. In trying to ascertain the truth about him, Mr. Smith is concentrating on the so- cial and religious questions raised by Bryan, which are extremely relevant for the Christian who is trying to find his place in today's world. Assistant professor Dan Leatherman addressed chapel last November on Reflections of a Decade of Revolu- tion. Feeling the pulse of 1965 campus talk, Mr. Leather- man maintained that the real revolution within our faith is threefold: loss of piety and dehance of authority com- bine to produce only a search for meaning rather than truth. He warned that when we mix faith and knowl- edge indiscriminately, all of life tends to become more secular than sacred. Three new courses were added to the Political Science curriculum. Comparative Government and Politics, a study of the emerging political systems in the modem worldg Legislative Process, a study primarily of the United States Congressg and Political Parties and Elections. Of- fered only during a presidential election year, this last course provided a study of the American party system. 30