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

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DA VID HICKS The 1964 NEUME wishes to set aside this page to pay special tribute to the Dean of the Undergraduate Division, David Hicks . It is with great sadness that we must say good-bye to Dean Hicks, but it is with great joy that we can pay tribute to a man who has done so much good for the Conservatory . The yearbook is a tribute to the students of N . E . C . In a very large part, their success, now, and in the future, was fashioned by Dean Hicks. His policy of full cooperation with the students has paid. off in many ways . His knowledge of the field of music has enabled him to give advice in the most sincere way . In behalf of the NEUME and the stu- dent body of the New England Conserva- tory, Thank you Dean Hicks, for helping us to achieve success in this difficult career. May you have continued good fortune in all that you endeavor, and may you always remember N . E . C . with warmth in your heart . A. H

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DEDICA TIOJV Mrs . Ruth Capers McKay has taught literature here at N.E.C. for a total of six years, from 1951 to 1955 and again from 1962 to the present. In 1962 she returned here as Chairman of Academic Studies and last year she was appointed Dean of the Graduate Division . This year in addition to her duties in this office she has continued to teach one literature course . Mrs . McKay earned her Bachelor of Arts degree atWheaton College, and both her Master of Arts and her Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Bennett Fellow in English. She has taught at Wheaton, Radcliffe and Smith Colleges in the English departments and has been a trustee of Wheaton College for a num- ber of years . During her undergraduate years at Wheaton College she studied voice as part of her program . While she loved singing and even seriously considered a career in music, her final decision was to teach in the field of literature . However, the background of voice and piano study has helped her to be more understanding and helpful to N.E.C. students . In addition to her work at American colleges and universities, Mrs. McKay has spent considerable time in Europe studying in both France and Italy, while her husband, Donald P. McKay, former professor of history at Harvard Univer- sity and Amherst College, was doing research. Because of her interest in Greek literature they took time to travel extensively in Greece. Thus travel has enriched her understanding of the litera- ture she has studied and taught. So it is with much pleasure that we dedicate the NEUME of 1964 to a woman who is not only well -educated but who has achieved through the use of her training what few women do. With admiration and respect we honor, in our way, Mrs. Ruth Capers McKay who has given her life to the education of the student who wants to learn . 7

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ADMINISTRATION Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve ... R. F. Horton