The Kings College - Crown Yearbook (New Castle, DE)

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Choir The curtain opens, and we find ourselves inside a bus listening to the speaker. “Have all the checkers checked? Everyone accounted for? Now let’s have a word of prayer.” What a privilege that the forty-four members of The King’s College Choir can talk to their Lord before starting out, asking Him to guide them to their destination safely and to use them to honor and to glorify Himself. After a few more preliminary remarks, the choir is off, traveling the miles by Short Line Bus with their special driver at the wheel. Talking, studying, and singing take up the time as they journey to their meetings. Of course, on the way back the bus is pretty quiet. Tired sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses dose off only to wake up long enough to stop to eat. Before these trips of meetings and concerts there are hours of practice. Four hours weekly are spent under the direction of Mr. Curtis, who is loved by every member. His wealth of experience in Christian music, his fine voice, character, and spirituality are an inspiration and blessing to all. He is assisted by the choir officers: August Kubish, president; Hilda Schmeiser, vice president; Betty Baddorf, secretary; William Tarr, treasurer; Elaine Smith, librarian; and manager of robes, Ruth Bowman. Opportunity has been afforded the choir to sing and tell the old, old story in many places where it might never be presented. During each concert, there is a time of personal testimony from its born-again members. The aim and purpose of the choir is to honor God in song, to testify by life and lips to His saving grace, and to promote an interest in and an under- standing of the best in sacred music. “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,” Ephesians 5:19. os

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Broadcast Come on kids! It’s almost time for the broadcast! ... “On to victory, we'll upward, onward go,” (music fades). “Good morning ladies and gentlemen! This morning we bring you a pro- gram of sacred music and songs, “The King’s Praises’. This program is the presentation of the music department of The King’s College and originates on the campus located on River Road in New Castle, Delaware.” Thus, Mr. Jelley introduces the first of a series of weekly fifteen-minute broadcasts of praises to the King of Kings. The broadcast continued with the King’s Messengers sing- ing “Wonderful”. Following this, there were: two testimonies; “Beautiful Savior”, sung by the King’s College Choir led by Mr. Curtis, the director of the broadcast; and “Pass it Along”, the lovely duet by Hilda Schmeiser and Roger Chaplain. The program was closed with the singing of the Alma Mater. Other participants in subsequent broadcasts have been: the girl’s trio; The King’s Carolers; The King’s Praisers; The King’s Ambassadors; the mixed quartet; Mel Peterkin, Danny Bartkow, and Al Black (of the YPCA quartet) ; Vince Gustafson, marimba soloist; Al Bishop and Dal Myers, trumpeters; Ethel Walker, Hawaiian guitar soloist; and Dick Carroll, regular accompanist for the broadcast; with Alex Morrison announcing.

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Gospel Teams “We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ ...,” IL Cor. 5:20. “Messengers at Ocean City, May 28, 29, and 30”—so read the master sched- ule of Mr. Curtis, faculty supervisor of Gospel team deputations. Meeting last spring (1947) in the old chapel, members of the various teams were introduced to the new policy of regulation as set forth by the Board of Trustees. According to this the faculty committee was to sanction, control, and regulate every team that went out from the school. Although all the stu- dents realized the necessity for a committee to approve every team and to standardize their practices, most of them could not see the commendability of eliminating all remuneration for services offered. Nevertheless, all meetings now conform to the plan of the faculty committee, and every team during the past year has submitted for future reference a report of each meeting. Representing the school this year have been male quartets including The King’s Ambassadors, The King’s Heralds, and The King’s Messengers; and a girls’ quartet, The King’s Carolers. The Freshman girls’ trio and The Sopho- more girls’ trio have also gone out for the school. In addition, marimbist, Vince Gustafson, trumpeters, Al Bishop and Dal Myers, pianists, song leaders, and preachers have gone out from the college to serve the Lord—at least one stu- dent or team of students each weekend. Many weeks most of them, and some weeks all of them, have been used. They have carried the Gospel not only to the surrounding communities but also to many other parts of the Middle Atlantic States.