Moravian College - Benigna Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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lili ' ssiujL ' [roui [lie uean Four years of close association endears to me each member of the Class of 1944. I have telt very keenly the shailows which the war that engulfs us has cast over your plans and your lives. I have atlmired the cheerful, hopeful way in which you have accepted the inevitable without complaint. II what you have received here continues to aid you in facilitating further adjustments, which the future is sure to bring, and if it encourages you to contribute unstintingly of your thoughts, skill and spirit in reconstructing a better life for all peoples everywhere, these years at Moravian College for Women will not have been spent in vain. Carry on! Build thee more stately mansions, O My Soul, As the swijt seasons roll! Leave thy low vaulted past! Let each neiv temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou nt length art free Leaving thine outgroivn shell By life ' s unresting sea! Edith Jane Stauffer Pfigc Scvoi

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lUi ' ssmji ' jrom llic VvcsulciU W.ir l lirmi;!!!; ni.nunu to Ncnilli. ' 1 ' Ik- ikiii.iiuls and rcspoiiMliililics art heavier than thcv um.i1 m he. WnaU in ihalkii.uctl at c ir turn. Lite is necessarily less tree than in iK-aceUmtN. but then is always room tor iintiative. Elemental needs and qualities come to the fore. 1 kalth, couraj;e, endurance are needed more than ever. How will it iarc with those who Liraihiatc this year? Ko one can foresee, none dare lorelcll. Hut wc are lull of hope tor each of theni. Needless to say, wc wish them success — which, in any true .uialvsis. nicans ultimately that they may receive their CJod- rationed life enthusiastically! Their education shf)uld m.ikc them lit compans for themselves, lor the real sell is revealed in solitude. Surely they will continue to ln c Icarninj; anil to add to their varied accomplishments. . ny regrets or Ir.irs which they may ha e should he swallowed up in wholesome memories of past mercies, in (lee|Hiiini; convictions, in enduruiu Iriendships and loyalties, in aspirations lor the lulure. liut their education will also have worthwhile s: cial results, for we arc all wrapjwd in an inescapable nexus which is as wide as hum.mitv. Liberal education means limitless human interests. Therefore, it is our comiction and our prayei that each memlx-r of 11)44 ■ ' • ' ' ' ' ' ■ ' Personal womanly contribution to human welfare in her own sphere anil ill her own ch.iracteristic fashion. Edwin J. Hccith raur Six

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USIC llUii IL isic ANt) MoK.w I AS — to .invdiic ever exposed to local customs anil iratluioin each term emlioilics jiart of tlic oilier; to all u ho ha e Iwcn stuilenls at Moravian the terms are msep- arablc. As no account ol the history ol the Moravian ( luirch in the L ' nited Stales is pos- sible without mention ol Cxjunt Zinzcndort, so the same history is inaccurate or incomplete without a tlescription of the Collegium Mii i- cuni or the trombone (|vniilet. Likewise, it is impossible to tell even the most sujKrlicial story ol the activities at Moravian College for Women without speaking of John Frederick Wolle or of the Candlelight Service. The Moravian C ' hurch was established and develo[Kd in a territory rich in musical heritage and ( copied with men and women of unusual musical talent. The Moravian ideal wa music lor all — music was for each indiviilual. W ' lien the Brethren and Sisters lelt l uroiK- to settle in America they brought their hymns with them — hymn singing had become a luiula- mental exjiression of their (Christianity and it remained so when they settled in the colonies. . n interesting example of the .Moravians ' complete laith in the individual ' s musical .iliilitx — -J A Ji l jj i llloninnu is the lact that, lollowing CCount Zmzendorf ' s example, many of the church members wrote hymns both lor their own and lor congrega- tional use. Sing Halleltijah, Praise the Lord, is just such a chorale. The Passion Chorale pre- sents an excellent example of the worth and value ol some of this early music. Not jeru- sdlcm, Loii ' ly Bethlehem, used in the Candle- light Service, is a hymn by Drcse, which was introduced by Zinzeiulorl. Zinzendorts ability as a writer ol hymns is illustrated by Jesus! Still L( id On. It was live years alter Countess Benigna, in 1742, liiunded her seminary that steps were t.iken toward more elaborate church music and the Collegium Musicum was founded. The name hail at one time Ix-en given to intormal gatherings ol amateurs [K-rlorming for their own pleasure. With the arrival of the second group of Moravian settlers came the idea of a more formal organization of musicians, . bout lourteeii players of outstanding ability were lound and the Collegium Musicum became the orchestra of the Moravians. It is interesting to review the instruments then used. ' iolins are noted early — joined later by Irench horns and llutes and oboes, used in some ol the first symphonies heard m . merica. It was these instruments which were useil hv the members ol the Colli giiini m pl.iymg tor church services. Troiiiboius were lie.ird 111 iHlhUheni 111 the ni! ldle ol the eighteenth ceiiturv, probablv .ibout 17s)- it w.is here lh.it these instruments were lust used in .HI outdoor service, a custom which is preserved in the use ol the trombones .it the l-.aster sunrise service. Most Mor.iv 1.111 stiuleiils ,ire l.imili.ir with the .ipocr ph,il story ol the routing ol the Indians who threatened to attack the town in the early eighteenth century. Hearing ol a propo.seil on- sl.iught hv the Iroc)Uois, the memlKrs ol the tiombone chorus assembled in the Hrethrens I louse, played Harl(! .1 ] ' oice From Yonder M ingci, and the lndi.ii s retired. Irightencd. just where or how the tr.idition.il de.ith an- I ' li r h.ii lil