Parsons College - Peira Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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MUSIC IAMES P. MOORHEAD Assistant Professor of Piano, Organ, cmd Theory A true inspiration to all his students through both precept cmd example. CORA ANNA BALL Instructor in Public School Music One of the first sought by visiting alumni. I l I I GEORGE AYLESWORTH HUGH BURKE WILLIAMS CARL T. RUNDQUIST Bond Master Instructor in Stringed Instruments Instructor in Woodwind Instruments

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CONSERVATORY OF DONALD DEAN DAWSON Director of The Conservatory of Music Professor of Voice and Theory In a day of ever-shifting conditions, it is diffi- cult to make a clear statement of departmental policy, for that policy must move with the times, in order to meet the needs of the day. At the same time, it must act as a stabilizer against evanescent change. Perhaps that, in itself, is the Parsons Con- servatory policy. Ever on the alert for new de- mands and conditions to be faced by our gradu- ates, we must at the same time provide a solid foundational training. While unceasing effort is made toward providing the best in professional and theoretical train- ing, that alone does not constitute the goal of the conservatory. It is a well-known principle that one learns best through participation. Through our small vocal and instrumental groups, through our opportunities to serve in the chapel and vesper services, in the churches and clubs, and in the high schools of this part of the state, our students gain much practical experience. The Parsons band, with its pep, lends a real assistance to sports events. The orchestra is becom- ing a real part of campus life. The Chapel Choir, new this year, serving at the formal chapel services, adds materially to the spiritual life of the entire college, and promises well to become a campus tradition. The Philharmonic Choir, embracing as it does all departments of the college, already has estab- lished a fine tradition, and each year brings increasing fruitage. The music faculty is constantly buoyed by the spirit of cooperation and mutual affection shown by the students, who realize that they arelmembers of a conservatory whose fame has spread far beyond the limits of its home state.

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THE PHILHARMONIC CH DONALD DEAN DAWSON, CONDUCTOR OFFICERS President ------ Robert Bruce Vice-President - - - Doris Simmons Secretary-Treasurer - Vivienne Hammon Social Chairman - - E Dorothea Ienista BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Iohn Minehart Robert Davis Kenneth Iungbluth SOPRANO Evelyn Asire, Virginia Aylesworth, Betty Bishop, Barbara Brown, Myrna Brown, Marjorie Coots, Maxine Cupp, Iola Dittmer, May Farmer, Bonadelle Fullerton, Louise Heer, Irene Hutchcroft, Dorothea Ienista, Kathleen Maasdam, Elinor McMurray, Betty Ovrom, Sarah Page, Ollie Price, Pruella Sperry, Virginia Spielman, Elaine Stookesberry, Gladys Thomas, Ruth Walker, Marcella Warnacut, Earlyne Wilson, Mary lane Wilson, Mary Wittrig. ALTO Lucille Barrow, Elizabeth Bell, Dorothy Burge, Margaret Campbell, Pauline Coleson, Olabeth Coots, Ruth Creighton, Marjorie Elliott, Betty Ewing, Mary Farmer, Mary Carolyn Ford, Marjorie Free, Dorothy Frescoln, Bettye Gibson, Vivienne Hammon, Mary Ellen Hedge, Darlene Hoskins, Vera Howell, Louise Hughes, Margaret Irvine, Marion Keiser, Ieanne Lawrence, Kathryn Maasdam, Kathleen Maasdam, Ruth Moyer, Mary Alice Nady, Marjorie Nelson, Isabelle Parsons, Christine Pedrick, Betty Pickett, Annabelle Price, Hollis Deane Rodgers, Betty Ross, Doris Schmidt, Doris Simmons, Irene Stortz, Karlena Thoma, Rosalie Van Dyke, Edna Vandemark, Evelyn Watts. TENOR Marvin Anderson, Doc Antle, Robert Bruce, Roland Bush, Walter Epperly, Rex Firkins, Tom Fordyce, Louis Fowler, Wesley Hamm, Robert Iohnson, Kenneth Iungbluth, Harold Leet, George McClain, Iohn Minehart, Xavier Nady, Robert Nicely, Robert Parker, Dale Price, William Smith. BASS Phillip Allen, Charles Allender, Harold Buell, Gordon Coleson,vRobert Davis, Dale Dillavou, Frank Forsythe, Clinton Frank, Iohn Goodman, Everett Graf, Russell Harper, Iarnes Kimple, Addison Lawton, Wilmer Leeds, Francis Littleton, Dean Luxford, Robert Marr, Donald Mclntosh, George McMican, Edward Noonan, Wade Nyquist, Robert Reeves, Charles Roe, Verlin Rowley, Ted Saur, Forrest Schwengles, Robert Sutphen, lack Underwood, Keith Van Horn.