Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

Page 23 text:

Miss Margaret C. McKenzie, Art. Honor Graduate, Art Department, Alma College, St. Thomas, Ontario; student in New York City for one year; teacher in S. W. U. for five years; returned North to study with Wm. St. Thomas Smith, R. C. A., the well-known water-color painter, and to assist him in the work of teaching; returned to S. W. U., Sep- tember, 1905. Miss Minnie C. Newey, Voice. Miss Minnie Newey, of New York City, is the Teacher of Voice. She has had much experience in choir work in the city churches, and has taught in St. Mary ' s School, Raleigh, N. C, and the State Normal, Indiana, Pa.; Teacher of Voice in S. W. U., 1905. Miss Clara Annabel Oldfield, Pianoforte. Student for seven years in Oberlin Conservatory of Music ; student under Dr. Wm. Mason, foremost in pianoforte music in America ; student for two vears under Dr. Jedleezka, Berlin, Germany; Pianoforte Teacher of Music in S. W. U., 1904. Miss B-eulah Richardson, Pianoforte. Miss Richardson is one of few graduates of the Pianoforte School of Music of Southwestern University. Her work is intelligent, musical; this, added to per- sonal charms and conscientious instruction, makes her valuable as a teacher. This is her second year with Southwestern. 19

Page 22 text:

MlSS ;ETHEL DOAK, Voice. Studied one year in Central College, Lexington, Mo. This is her second year of study in Southwestern, and as assistant in Voice and Harmony. Miss Mamie Howren, A.M., Fitting School. A.M. degree, Southwestern University, in 1890, with first honors; taught Mathematics in Paris Insti- tute, Paris; Latin and English in Polytechnic Insti- tute, Midlothian ; Latin and English in Granbury Col- lege, Granbury; Teacher in Fitting School, S. W. U. Miss Cassie Rose Larmer, Piano. Miss Larmer has studied under the best masters of Chicago, Boston, Paris, and Berlin, the last four years of her work being done in the Leschetzskv School, under Maas, Eisler, and Stepanoff. This com- pletes Miss Larmer ' s fifth year with Southwestern. Her ability is too well known to need comment. Mrs. Maggie McKennon, A.B., Librarian. Daughter of Founder of Southwestern University, Dr. F. A. Mood. Graduated from S. W. ' U. with A.B. ; Teacher in Colegio Ingles, San Luis Potosi, and in McDonnell Institute, Durango; elected Librarian, 1 90.1 • 18

Page 24 text:

Miss Bertha Seabury, Violin. Began musical studies at an early age with Harold Plowe, of Peoria (111.) Conservatory of Music; later, student under Wietrowetz and Klinger in Berlin Hoch-Schule; also attended classes of Wirth and Joachim; elected to Instructor of Stringed Instru- ments in S. W. U., 1904. Miss Cora Lee Smith, B.S., Ph.B., Elocution. First Honor Graduate Logan College, Russellville, Ky., B.S. ; Ph.B., University of Chicago; student Stet- son University and N. Y. Chautauqua; certificate in Expression, University of Chicago; taught Expression in Lynuland Institute, Glendale, Ky., and the Cross School, Louisville, Ky. ; taught English Literature in the Kidd-Key College, Sherman; elected to Chair of Expression in S. W. U, 1905. Miss Marie Van Aaken, Pianoforte. Miss Van Aaken is a native of Holland ; has spent her first year in America in connection with South- western University. She was brought up in a mu- sical atmosphere, her father being a violinist. The last few years of her study, however, were in Germany under the celebrated Caneno, and she is a worthy representative of this artist. Miss Van Aaken ' s play- ing is characterized by spontaneity, fire, and bril- liancy. 20