Mount Holyoke College - Llamarada Yearbook (South Hadley, MA)

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Kentfieldy Soderbergh Davies, Hatch’ field, Grigson, Irish, i w, President. • Fellowship is divided into three commissions: worship, service, and education. This last has held conferences on labor and race relations to stimulate our interest in these problems. Each of the three groups works on campus and in the neighboring towns and cities. • The philosophy of Fellowship of Faiths is found in its name . . to stress the things men have in common with each other rather than the differences. It is, as a result, non-sectarian in its membership and activities. Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Buddhist and atheist can come together, worshiping, serving, learning ... all working toward the brotherhood of man, implied in the word “fellowship.” The best expression of non- sectarianism in chapel is the choice of choir music. A broad selection of hymns and responses is chosen so that all will feel part of a service designed to blend the many religious back- grounds. • • There's a light upon the mountain

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 r CHAPEL and FELLOWSHIP OF FAITHS • Impressions of chapel create a lasting picture . . . the rose window, the high altar, stone pillars, the little chapel with connecting windows, the white-robed choir, the tones of the organ, student chapel talks, President Ham and his Scriptures, I . Park’s van Dyke beard, Convocation, Easter, the Glee Club concert . . . 22

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• The Glee Club concert at Christmas is a highlight of the college year. After three months of rehearsals, that tinge of nervousness and the real joy of sing- ing carols reach a climax at the performances in Holyoke at college, and in New York Town Hall. Jack Mills Anne Davidson, Ruth Franz President, Cary Muller, Peg Col bet h, absent. • Dorm singing, caroling, serenading and the song contest add to choir and glee club to make this in reality a singing college. Holyoke Sings...