New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Robert Griffin Seattle, Washington Voice, Gladys Miller. N. E. C. claimed Bob in ' 46 from University of Washington. Rich bass voice and broad smile undoubtedly contributed to winning the Arthur Fiedler Youth Opportunity Auditions last year. Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia; New England Opera Theater. Rollins Griffith Boston, Massachusetts Piano, Margaret ChalofF. Conscientious worker ... in sole charge of Neume candids. Recently pledge to Frat. Harmonious memoirs: contest in substitutional harmony of Gershwin ' s Embraceable You way back when . . . ! High School Scholarship; Omega Psi Phi; Composers and Arrangers Club; Melodic Line Staff; Student Council Representative; Neume Board; Veterans ' Club. Roger Hall Grand Rapids, Minnesota Music Education, Francis Findlay. Can ' t forget the West and hankers to be thar . . . in spite of New England attractions . . . Ship- modeling, traveling, . . . Good guy. Veterans Club; Composers and Arrangers Club. Marion Hawkes Gray, Maine Voice, Mme. Marie Sundelius. For six years the Mt. Vernon A-Capella Choir has claimed Marion as contralto soloist; three years soloist at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Somewhere in United States we expect to view a music school established by a ' 49 grad. Ida Con- verse Scholarship; Crabtree Scholarship; Handel ' s Messiah with Harvard and Radcliffe; Honegger ' s King David at Symphony Hall; Mascagni ' s Cavalleria Rusticana with Bell Canto Opera Company and Fenway Opera Company. mmmm

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Edward Drew Elmwood, Massachusetts Music Education, Francis Findlay. Showman First Class. Class clown in ' 45 re- cently reformed to Class tease . . . Anyone have just one extra room for a few guests? Just one . . . assisted Mrs. L. C. with Chorus . . . First Grade low voices, Mr. Drew and the apple . . . Hardly a spare minute . . . recently become member o N. E. Festival Chorus. Oliver Ditson Scholarship; Class President, 1946-1947; Commuters ' Club President, 1947-1948; Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia; Pledgemaster, 1948-1949; Neume, Editor-in-Chief, 1948-1949; Symposium Committee, Housing Chair- man; Symposium Chorus. T. Claire Flynn Boston, Massachusetts Music Education, Francis Findlay. Completely relaxed and calm yet Claire keeps things moving with her quick repartee . . . Strictly an artiste in French beret. As an alumna of famous Springfield Plan, kept us well-informed. Class Treasurer, 1947-1948; Class Vice-President, 1948-1949. Joseph Freni Cambridge, Massachusetts Trumpet, Mr. Kloepfel. Honest, hard-working, ready to help . . . teaching Music Education . . . Photography . . . .■Accom- plishments in instrumental music. Verna Goodwin GoflFstown, New Hampshire Music Education, Francis Findlay. Amiable; good-natured red head. Vern always drew an appreciate audience for folk songs . . . in- separable, guitar and accordion . . . Allemande left, swing that lady! High School Scholarship; Lindsav Scholarship; Gould Scholarship; Conserva- tory Ciub, Vice-President, 1948-1949.

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Muriel Hebert Wolf Nashua, New Hampshire Voice, Charles Pearson and Alice Stevens. Became Mrs. A. Wolf only recently . . . Her health forced the need for a leave of absence a while back . . . Awarded Phi Beta Kappa. Persevering, deserving . . . Nothing is certain, but uncertainty. High School Scholarship; Gould Scholarship; Rogers Scholarship; Lindsay Scholarship; Sigma Alpha Iota. Francis Hinkel Markham, Virginia Organ, Dr. Carl McKinley. Don ' t let that attitude of indifference fool you! Return of the Peasel Tree at frat banquets by popular demand; Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia; Alumni Secretary, 1948-1949; Carr Organ Society, Vice- President, 1947-1948; Student Council, President, 1947-1948. Betty Lee Holmgren Concord. New Hampshire Voice, William L. Whitney. Eating and contemplating the beauty of eternity, favorite pastimes . . . loves to make people laugh . . . church jobs, window shopping, dancing, movies, . . . and thinking!! ! . . . Charming in that black man- tilla . . . Spark of enthusiasm, poised, gay, sweet gal. . . . I, an optimist believe in the latent depths of everyday people who crawl on the surface of life. High School Scholarship; Brown Scholar- ship; Munroe Scholarship; Mu Phi Epsilon: His- torian, 1947-1948, Warden, 1948-1949; Neume Staff, Literary Editor; Symposium Committee; Minstrel Show; Dormitory Dance Committee, 1948-1949; Class Day Committee; Senior Class, Secretary. Carl King East Greenwich, Rhode Island Trumpet, Roger Voisin and Georges Mager Hardly a class would survive without Carl ' s pun contribution. Favors be-bop. Perfect pitch. What ' s the latest word from Siberia? Rhode Island State Scholarship; Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia; Student Council Representative, 1947-1948-1949.