Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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9IJLA$ S.A. (scaled) Martha Johnson, Barbara Brown, Miss Stone, Jean Sandefur, Jean Jennings, Reta Nunn, Betty Holland; (standing) Blanche Richardson, Lela Bess Mann, Betty McFarlin, Mrs. Hartley, Janet Her- rick, Eileen Wood. This National Honorary Music Fraternity devotes its efforts to furthering music on the campus. The society has sponsored two programs this year, namely, the Elinor Remick Warren Concert and a Helen Gahagan-Melvyn Douglas play titled Live Life Again. Proceeds from these programs are contributed to the scholarships given each year for applied music. Sigma Alpha Iota has had numerous activities this year including teas and recitals. The officers were Shirley MacBeth, president; Betty McFarlin, vice-president; Rita Nunn, treasurer; Mary Helen Rowe, secretary; Jean Jennings, Janet Herrick, sargents; Barbara Brown, concert manager; Eileen Wood, Carnegie treasurer; Blanche Richardson, alumnae news reporter, and Jean Sandefur, social chairman. Singing for Sunday afternoon vesper services and for the president ' s chapel on Thursday is the main function of the Occidental Chapel Choir. Composed of eight members in the form of a double quartet, it was directed by Al Lannom, a graduate student in music. The mem bers of the choir were Lola Culbertson, soprano; Betsy Myers, alto; Margaret Christie, soprano; Ruth Springer, alto; Gene White, tenor; James English, tenor; Earle Harvey, bass; and John De Serpa, bass. During the vear the Chapel Choir sang on the Occidental Radio Series over KFAQ CHAPEL CHOIR (first row) Betsy Myers. Ruth Springer, Al Lannom, Margaret Christy, Lola Culbertson; (second row) Jim English, Gene White. Jim Weld, Earle Harvey. John De Serpa.

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CHOIR Since the Occidental College Choir has assumed the proportions in size and quality which makes it one of the outstanding musical organizations in South- ern California, it has been found necessary to organize it and to elect officers to carry out its program. Betty Simerman headed a committee to draw up the constitution and John De Serpa was elected first president. The presentation of Handel ' s Messiah at Christmas time was its chief enterprise. Joining forces with the University of Southern California, it sang two concerts— one here and one at the university, accompanied by the symphony orchestra from U.S.C. It provided for the entertainment of members of the world famous Westminster Choir when they appeared in Thorne Hall. Undertaking such tremendous tasks as Bach ' s Crucifixtion and Gounod ' s Mass of Saint Cecilia, director Howard Swan is making the Occidental Choir one of the best known choral groups in California. (first row) Helen Hopkins. Phyllis Atwood, Lois Barkr, Dorothy Douthit, Ellen Nichols, Ruth Reiger, Wini Uehling, Betty Lou Vrooman, Betty Watson. Lola Culbertson, Elizabeth Sapper, Martha Johnson, Gladys Parrott. Caroline Annin, Mary ' Pickering, Margaret Lind, Mary Uehling, Hannah Eckels, Mary Pell, Mary Dickey, Betty Young, Ruth Springer, Jean Jennings, Ruth Mitchell. Rita Nunn. Helen Gates, Betsy Myers. Lucille Acree; (second row) Betty Wilson, Gertrude Herrmann, Adelaide Grant, Eileen Wood. V irginia Priest, Marjorie Jarrott, Janet McMartin, Betty McFarlin, Betty Simerman, Betty Holland, Louise Selle, Gail Nelson, Lois Winter. Dorothy Wolfrom, Betty Fairchild, Betty Holt, Phyllis Aden, Joan Bigler, Alice Keith, Elaine Abbitt, Jean Brearly, Virginia Leusinger. Dorothy King, Ernestine Filipponi, Priscilla Thompson, June Massey; (third row) Margaret Christy. Shirley MacBeth, Betty Cochran, Barbara Root, Dorothy Larkin, Rosemary Wilson, Rosemary Walker, Jeannette Chandler, Betsy Dawson, Eleanor Chittick, Betty Van Werden, Barbara Davis, Marguerite Chandler, Dorothy Davis, Zeanette Moore, Ruth Palmer, Elizabeth McKenzie, Janice Dinsmore, Genevieve McCaa, Marjorie Bryant, Marjorie Sickenberger, Jean Charlton, Beth Duell ; (fourt h row) Mary Helen Rowe, Florence Wall, Mary Louise Chandler, Esther Mae Slater, Dorothy Clayton. Jean Johnstone, Janet McLaughlin, Helen Kirkpatrick. Shirley Ann Richter, Julie Groen, Jean Mahoney, Maisie Oldenborg, Charlotte King, Janet Russell, Barbara Brown, June Cook, Nancy Peterson, Doris Bovee. Barbara Riach, Verda Mackey, Mary McNicol, Francis Stearns, Joanne Penoyar, Lela Bess Mann, Pat Murphy, Clara Carman, Barbara Brown, Lois Coverdale, Jean Bradbeer; (fifth row) Thomas Clark, Allen Young, Bob Bonhall. Blair Wolstencroft, Clyde Zulch. Glenn Whitlock, Homer Stephens, Eugene Famham, James English, Gardner Eikenbery, Dick Cannicott, Bill Adams, Northrop Kirk, Bill Talley, Millard McLain. Ted West. Eugene Adams, Ross Worsley. Mel Horton, John Florence, Doug Murray, Earle Harvey; (sixth row) Bill Davis, Hackett Johnson, Jack Rowell, George Cleland, James Weld, Bill Burton, Jock Peterson, Don Ostrander. Eugene White, Ray Waters, Victor Schmelzer, Bob Watson, Bob McLean, John Glass, King Joslyn, Keith Beebe. Lee Baron, David Ingles. Russell Nakata, John Stumm, John Tucker, Bob Will, Charles Priest, Steven Miller.

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MEN ' S QUARTET Jack Rowell, Dun Huston. Douf Murray. Eugene White. WOMEN ' S QUARTET Traditional in the musical activities of Occidental College are the Women ' s and Men ' s Quartets, which, aside from their work with the Glee Clubs, spon- sor their own concerts and provide many local schools and clubs with en- joyable quartet music. The Women ' s Quartet, consisting of Lola Culbertson, soprano; Mary I lelen Rowe, soprano; Lela Bess Mann, alto; Beth Bailey, alto, did perhaps their most extensive work during the Women ' s Glee Club tour, supplying the program with that element of vari- ation which helps make a concert a success. The activities of the Men ' s quartet were similar to those of the Women ' s. The tour, of course, was their primary contribution of the year. California and Arizona audiences warmly wel- comed their artistry. Members are: Jack Rowell, first tenor; Gene White, second tenor; Don Huston, baritone; and Douglas Murray, bass. Both have a varied and interesting repertoire of selections from all types of music, classics to popular light opera. Herbert and Romberg seem to please audiences of the Quartets more often than other composers. Both Quartets sing cither accompanied or A-Cappella. Beth Baily Lola Culbertson Mary Helen Rowe Lela Be - M i nn