Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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,-is---H F 1 . .iff ,, .fn jg-Kg I S 1 A 'Y i . 1 .-, ,-- .1 fs, 'Af A 1'-ga, ,Yi 4 -Q R K A Q L-:..s,. V J N 1. , X! AURA LORRAINE BRADFORD, B. A. Dean of Oratory and Dramatic Art ISS BRADFORD spent l1er first year of college at Rock- j ,Q ford Ladies' College, at Rockford, lll. She then attended Northwestern Unwerslty, completing the course 1n Dra- ' lIl21tlCB 111 1914- wlth the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The following year she l1ad charge of the Dramatic Coaching, Pub- lic Speaking and Chorus Singing in the High School at 'go- eka, Kan. The next year she returned to Nort lwestern or Epecial post-graduate work and studied privately with May- belle ChurchuVan Alstyne of Sherwood School eff F2112 Alrts. T113 two ears fo owin , her work was that of P ay oac ing an Highy School Conist Training throughout the state. In Au- gust., 1917, she became Dean of the Oratory Department where she has been an inspiration to her students.

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,-ef' A ' ff' , 1. a JI ,ak 'l THQ. .ff . ' I H ! i FF? 1 qi: - -V Aff --- . . . CARL G. SCHLEUR Dean of Music 5 ps EAN SCHLEUR is a man eminently fitted by nature and training to fill 5,Yk the position as head of the College of Music. He began l1is musical studies at the same time that he began his work in the public school, and made his first appearance at tl1e age of ten years. At fifteen he was organist of a large church in Evansville, Indiana. After receiving his high school diploma, he went to New York and entered the Institute of Musicale Art where he studied piano under Sigismund Stojowski and composition under Percy Goetschius, graduating from both the regular and post-graduate courses. From New York Mr. Schleur went to London where he studied piano with York Bowen and composition with Coleridge-Taylor, later spending two and one-half years in Vienna studying under the famous pianist, Leopold Godowsky. Mr. Schleur is recommended by the most exacting critics in the musical world as a brilliant and finished pianist. Prior to coming to Highland Park College, Mr. Schleur taught for four years in the Institute of Musical Art in New York Cit . He is now iii service as one of the band directors at Camp Dodge.

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A Pl' rf' K If fr C up.. 1, 4.. sf .1 yr 1 .ay P...J ,. .. ' A '..- 3, 2l'i f?5i Q' MRS. ALICE E. WEBB Supervisor of Art i I-' HE department is very fortunate in having for its super- Elg' ll visor Mrs. Alice E. Webb. Her great artistic ability, her charming personality and her unfailing interest in every 'f ff phase of the Work make her very efiicient. Mrs. Webb attended both the Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and also studied several years in New York. She has introduced the very newest phases of art and takes such a personal interest in each student that it is a pleasure to be in any of her classes. Besides the regular work., Mrs. Webb has organized classes in china painting, rope weaving and water colors. W