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

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THE COLLEGE CHOIR WILLIAM TARR, President HILDA SCHMEISER, Vice-President GENIVE SMITH, Secretary ARTHUR SNIDER, Treasurer ROBERT WARD, Business Manager CAROL RICHARD, Librarian RODNEY McWHERTER, Platform Manager RUTH BOWMAN, Robes Custodian “Singing we go along life's road.” A harmonic blend of forty-two voices singing for the glory of God constitutes The King’s College Choir. As we know, good singing requires practice, and each member of the choir devotes four hours weekly to memorization of the choir music. The choir is under the direction of Mr. Gordon Curtis, whose sincerity and good nature, along with his ability to direct the choir in a professional way, have won him the love and respect of each member. Every year the choir presents a series of concerts in cities and towns of neighboring states. Every- body loves music, and the choir is able to reach those who would never attend a Gospel meeting or otherwise come within hearing of evangelistic preaching. This year the choir’s Christmas tour included meetings in southern New Jersey, within a radius of twenty-five miles of Keswick Bible Conference, which was the headquarters for the choir during the tour. The Spring tour will last seventeen days, during which time the choir will give concerts throughout Pennsylvania and New York, and will visit several places of interest, such as Niagara Falls and Houghton College. The purpose of The King’s College Choir is threefold: first, “to honor God in song,’ second, “to testify by life and lips to His saving grace,” and third, ‘to promote an interest in, and understanding of, the best in sacred choral music. 66

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NOCTURNE SOCIETY One of the school’s newest organizations. The Nocturne Society, was formed this year by a few of the students who were interested in listening to pro- grams of good classical music in an atmosphere of appreciation. This year the Society had about twenty-five members, some of which were music students and others who were just lovers of the classics. The programs for the meetings have been under the direction of the members of the organ- ization and have consisted of both recorded and “‘live’’ music. The meetings were held once each week in the chapel where, with the lights turned low, the music seemed to fill the room with beauty. The various programs have been of diversified character, ranging from the organ Preludes and Fugues of Bach to the modern compositions of George Gershwin and the tone poems of Richard Strauss, each program having its interest enlarged by the helpful comments on the composers and compositions given by the member in charge. The money which was collected throughout the year in dues was used to buy records for the college record library which is slowly, but surely growing, and which has been of great value to the classes in Music Appreciation. 67