Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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THE 1933 H WARRIOR a Walter R. Olsen Intlrudor in Bund At Midland tin« 19)0 Mrs. Sara Hawkinson D.E. Intlrudor in Exprettion At Midland 1921-28 and tin« 19)1 ANNA KREINHEDER Intlrudor in Ad A« Midland in« 19)2 staging of plays through working on the production and property staff of major plays. Students may enroll in Midland’s School of Fine Arts with regular, special or junior standing. For 1931- 1932 the total enrollment in the department was 214. Courses included in the depart- ment are voice, harmony, piano, pipe organ, band instruments, expression, band management, dramatic art. play production, abridgment and arrangement of selections, public school music methods, history and appreciation, elementary composition and arranging, supervised teaching, conducting, violin and other stringed instruments. Some of the most outstanding organizations on the campus are directly connected with the School of Fine Arts. The A Cappella Choir, directed by Prof. Oscar Lyders. has won national fame. Members of this group put in many hours of faithful practice in order to perfect their singing. The Midland-Fremont Symphony Orchestra, directed by Prof. Lester Somers, appears in a number of concerts each year as well as furnishing music at all major plays. Under the direction of Mrs. Sara A. Hawkinson. the Midland Players carry out an extensive yearly program of fine dramatic produc- tions. The Midland Military Band, led by Walter Olsen, plays for pep rallies and at athletic contests. Midland is justly proud of its School of Fine Arts. S r nty-niar

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THE 1933 M WARRIOR-u Oscar Lyders a.b. Director of the School of Fint Arit At Midland jin f 1928 Norman Goodbrod B.F.A.. B. Mut. Inttrucior in Piano and Pipe Orfan A« Midland »in« 1927 Rupert Goodbrod bf.a. Imteuaor in Public School Muu'e A« Midland »in t 1929 FINE ARTS AT MIDLAND One of the most outstanding departments of Midland College is the School of Fine Arts. It is the purpose of this depart- ment to educate its students that they may become artistic performers: to cultivate a better understanding and a finer appreciation of the real value of the fine arts, and to produce a well-rounded development which will eventually make the student the cultured artist the world demands today. To the attainment of these goals, thorough courses are provided in both theoretical and practical branches and the instruction is based upon the basic principles accepted and used by all standard institutions. Located on the ground floor of the Administration building are the five studios of the Fine Arts group. Each studio is equipped with a grand piano. There arc also seven practice rooms, each containing an upright piano. T he pipe organ and another grand piano are in the chapel. The organ is used a great deal for chapel programs. Students taking organ lessons may also practice in the chapel. Equipment for expression and dramatic art classes consists of stages on the third floor of the Adminis- tration building and a large stage in the Gymnasium-Commons building with adequate settings for the presentation of major or minor plays. Students in beginning dram- atic classes present one-act plays and gain practical experience in the Seventy-tight

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l THE 933 WARRIOR A CAPPELLA CHOIR President...... Vice-President Treasurer.... Girls’ Secretary Boys' Secretary Librarian.... Director........ ......Aksel Larsen Newell Mendenhall . .Dorothea Smith ... Clara Hensel Newell Mendenhall ......Trulie Elder Prof. Oscar Lyders Fifty collegiate singers left April 24 for a two week tour of Kansas. Missouri. Oklahoma and Nebraska to give 14 concerts, averaging at least one a day. thus upholding the A Cappclla Choir's traditional name The Trouping Troubadors.” The trip scheduled this year was considerably shorter than in previous years but the total mileage was practically the same. The choir headlined in Salina. Kansas, where the singers appeared in Memorial hall before a large crowd. They also received a fine reception in Carthage. Missouri, where they headlined the music week program. The annual Christmas candlelight service was a mid-year feature spon- sored by the choir. The concert was arranged through the cooperation of the entire music department and was backed by the officers of the A Cappella group and the union of Fremont pastors. Their presentation of Handel’s Messiah was highly complimented by all who attended the service. The choir has appeared several times on college programs, such as the championship chapel, plays and radio programs. The music given by the A Cappella choir at the home presentation of “The Rock was especially effective. Prof. Oscar Lyders. head of the School of Fine Arts, cannot be praised too highly in building up an organization with a national renown second only to that of the St. Olaf choir. ❖ ❖ ❖ Back tow: Bell. A. Byar . D. Elder. Mill«f. Elmore. Gulteen. Limbird. Sol.tr. Speaker. Krurgtr. I.utzelmaa. Zaloudek. Elliion. Bream. Htnryion Third row: Btnntr. Scrvint. Lutz». Baird. A. Mendenhall. Larsen. N. Mendenhall. R. Bum. Parion». Strickland. Koory. Ellsworth. L. Johaton. Harder. Smmh. Haa»t Second row; Harvey, Watium. Rieper. Weitkamp. Schenck. Smith. Rowe. T. Elder. ProL Lyders. R. Martin. Saveli. Kelly. M. John ton. Stone. Willert. Turner. Chapman. Fertit Front row: Elliot. Liver». M. Bum. Fuhrmeitter. Hemel. Reuter. Polentke. Jotdahl. Ashman. C. Byart. M. Martin. Sthuldt. A. Bum, Robert». Culton. Lewis. Murphy Eighty