Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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JOHN GILCHRIST ELLIOT Dean of The ConservaTory H e Brown, Dean Elliot Percy Grainger SIXTIETH Dean oT The ConservaTory-John Gil- chrisT EllioTT. More Than The menTor OT This organizaTion, he is The Top-pesT oT Top-noTch insTrucTors oT piano here, and a brillianT re- ciTalisT. Mr. EllioTT comes To PaciTic Trom NorThwesTern UniversiTy. l-lis was no easy Task-To Till The shoes oT our Tormer Deans- T-loward l-lansen, now DirecTor oT The EasT- man School oT Music, and Charles M. Dennis, now DirecTor oT music oT The San Francisco Schools. The versaTile lvlr. EllioTT has more Than compeTenTly handled The aTTairs oT The ConservaTory in These lasT Tew years. The enrollmenT in music courses is growing, The calibre oT pericormance is beTTering, The audiences are larger. l-le oT The inTecTious laugh and The amazing vocabulary is pros- pecTive sTudenT inTerviewer, advisor, insTruc- Tor, business manager, correspondenT, pub- liciTy commiTTee, and arranger oT programs. V Percy Grainger, celebraTed pianisT, composer, and conducTor, was broughT To PaciTic in honor oT The SixTieTh anniversary oT The ConservaTory. lvlr. Grainger was mosT enThusiasTically received as piano solo- isT in The ConcerTo wriTTen by his Tamous Triend Edward Grieg, played wi+h The Col- lege OrchesTra which was splendidly direcT- ed by lvlr. Brown. 56

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The sixlielh aniversary means more lo Jrhe Conservalory Than a year-mark-il has been a year of abundance for all irs deparlmenls-Slring lnslrumenrs, Woodwind and Brass lnslrumenfs, Voice, Piano, Organ, Conduclring, Composilion, Music Educalion. The performing groups, all of Jrhem, are larger and more prolicieni lhan in The pasl-if has been a year 'rhal will long be re- membered. The program of aclivilies has been Tremen- dously full and varied-lilleen vocal and inslru- menlal ensembles, bi-weekly, Chapel programs, recilals. solo classes, special music for communijry affairs. lhe Thursday nighr dances in The gym. Band Frolic, concerls, praclice-rooms and sludios humming, Mu Phi and Phi Mu, oralories, Made- moiselle Modis+e . The Conservalory of The College of Jrhe Pa- cilic, besides preparing ils sludenls for profes- sional worlc in The field of music, aims 'ro give lhem a broad baclcground-music for Jrhe enioy- menl of parlicipalion, for The developmenl of slcills and an underslanding apprecialion-music in 'rhe area of Jrhe fine arls. Brown Bodley Gordon ANNIVERSARYMW Daniels Choir al Chapel Peaceful now! e Ordering of Moses