Ithaca College - Cayugan Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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EE I IRA ITIMEBVQAI IT-Iii WAIBQITIAIR:-Im! WUESWAIEEIWMEBWAIBIWEIBQWEI WAI WEIEQBE ITHACA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, President B. L. JOHNSON, Secretary and Treasurer BOARD OF TRUSTEES FRED B. HOWE, Mayor of Ithaca JUDGE CHARLES I-I. BLOOD MISS GERTRUDE EVANS MR. ALLEN LESTER SISSON MR. GEORGE C. WILLIAMS MR. CECIL CLIFFORD MR. BENJAMIN L. JOHNSON JOHN FINLEY WILLIAMSON MR. SANDY SMITH FACULTY COUNCIL GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, Pres. ALBERT EDMUND BROWN JOHN FINLEY WILLIAMSON B. L. JOHNSON PATRICK CONWAY LAURENCE S. HILL FREDERICK MARTIN THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK CHESTER S. LORD, M.A., LL.D. ADELBERT MOOT, LL.D. WALTER GUEST KELLOGG, B.A., LL.D. JAMES BYRNE, B.A., LL.B., LL.D. THOMAS J. MANGAN, M.A., LL.D. WILLIAM J. WALLIN, M.A. WILLIAM BONDY, M.A., LLB., Ph.D., D.C.L. WILLIAM P. BAKER, B.L., Lirt.D. ROBERT W. I-IIGBIE, M.A. ROLAND B. WOODWARD, B.A. MRS. HERBERT LEE PRATT WILLIAM LELAND THOMPSON, B.A. STUDENTS' AID ASSOCIATION S. EDWIN BANKS, President MARGUERITE K. JOHNSON, Vice-President FLORENCE M. I-IOWLAND, Treasurer JUDGE CHARLES I-I. BLOOD GERTRUDE A. EVANS, Secretary ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS MR. GEORGE C, WILLIAMS, President MR. B. L. JOHNSON, Secretary and Treasurer MRS. PHYLLIS SPENCER, Dean of Women MISS GERTRUDE EVANS, Publicity Manager MISS FLORENCE I'IOWLAND, Registrar MISS NELLIE VAN DYNE, Assistant Registrar MRS. LILLIAN G. BREWSTER, Secretary to the President MRS. HELEN WELCH, Secretary to Mr. johnson MISS DOROTHY ELLIOT, Record Clerk MISS MARYLOUISE POTTER, Secretary to Dean Brown MISS EVA STRONG. Supervisor of Public Events Page Twenty-Four MRS. ALICE BENTON, Recording Secretary MISS MARY A. WARD, Dietitian MRS. EDITH FOWLER, in charge of Williams Hall MRS. IVIAUDE BARNUM, in charge of Egbert Hall MRS. ANNA KELCHNER, in charge of Grhfis Hall MRS. CASPER FENNER, in charge of Newman Hall MRS. MABEL BRETz, in charge of Banks Hall MRS. BERENICE LOESGES, in charge of Infirmary MRS. O. D. MULKS, in charge of Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority MISS MARY JARVIS, in charge of Mu Phi Sorority MRS. BLANCHE D. FARLIN, Supt. Music and Book Store R E RITJJRITAI WAIRHITAIRIFIURITAIEAHIPJJHIHWAIRIRAIRWAI IPIH IT-LIRHIPAIRHIPAIR-HIT-ilwli

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iii lamnarjalawalawalaffgltf-iruargiawauawalawaiapau wgiawaiamgiawau qa if 5 GUR FOUNDER To W. Grant Egbert, the man whose faith in, and devotion to the highest in Art caused him to visualize a University of Fine Arts in America, second to none in the world, and whose courage and nobility of character attracted practical and equally courageous leaders to his aid, who are even now still at work carving out and perfecting this vision, to this man, who fearlessly put his faith to practical tests and in 1892 laid the cornerstone of this great school, let us pay loving homage. It was while a student in the Joachim Royal Hochschule fur Ivlusik in Berlin that Mr. Egbert conceived the idea of founding a Conservatory of Music where American musicians might receive the type of education then available only in the better schools of Europe. He selected Ithaca as a place which he felt would offer the right kind of cultural soil for the enterprise, and upon his return in 1892, at the conclusion of his studies and concert tours, he rented four small rooms in the business section, and there the Ithaca Conservatory oflvlusic came into being. From this small beginning, the school struggled on toward success. At the end of five years, Mr. Egbert saw his early ideal approaching a measure of achieve- ment and the school moved into more pretentious quarters. It was at this time Mr. George C. Williams became a partner in the cause, and established the Wil- liams School of Expression, which was the first of the Affiliated Schools. These two men, life long partners, keeping the vision of the ideal upon which the school was founded ever before them, worked steadily during the intervening years, putting their all into the work, slowly but surely caused the dream to materialize, Five affiliated schcols were eventually grouped around the original foundation in the following order: The Williams School of Expression and Dramatic Art, the Ithaca School of Physical Education, the Ithaca Institution of Public School Ivlusicg the Mafrtin Institute for Speech Correctiong and the Conway Band School. But the end is not yet! Our founder has passed on to uthat country whence no traveler returns, but his memory will ever live with us, and his work is still going on. The dream which inspired our Founder is still in the act of coming true. Next year another famous school will merge with our Alma Mater, and additional luster will be added to the Ithaca Conservatory and Affiliated Schools. Even so-the end is not yet! There are still limitless fields before us, and by the concerted efforts of students, alumni, faculty and administrators we may soonsee the faint outlines of the goal set by our Founder, and before many years we may expect to reach this goal and joyfully claim our right to the position of a University of Fine Arts second to none in the world. H E M E Page Twenty-Tliree 1- ?filEtHlMEtHI?4El?filE-1'Hl?'i1EiiHlFfilHtHl?UEiHl?ilE2Hl?4il I?filE2HIT'ilE13l?4J I?-llE3Wil l?ilEf23FPJEHl

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