Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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22 013m 33mm: 1918 LORA JUNE BYERS Lebanon, Ind. H. S. University Chorus. Girls, Glee Club. Class See. and Treas. Public School Music. I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself, whirh yet you know not 0ff1H5hakespeare. EDNA MARIE JARVIS Valparaiso, 1nd. H. S. 1918. Class Calendar, Teachefs Certiflcate in Piano. For me, I hold no mwrmzerce with de- spazr7 Dawes Geraldme. J. P. SCHAEFFER Reading, Penn. H. S. 1911. University Chorus. Public School Music. K'The modest, on his unimbarrassed brow Nature has wrztten 1Gentlemazf11+Byron1s Don Juan. ,1 MARGARET HERSCl-IMAN Michigan City, Ind. H. S. 1916. University Chorus. Manager of Girls, Glee Club. Public School Music. Thereiv nothing half so sweet in life, as Zowk young dreame-Moore. VASHTI MCDANIEL Uniontown, Pa Public School Music. She spreads around that silent spell, That makes all spirits love her well?

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1918 EM BEEN?! RI VVlLL1AM BRUNSVOLD Northwood, N. Dak. H. S. 1908. Leader of M61115 Glee Club. University Chorus. President of Class. Diploma in Piano. 11VV1'IHam the Conqueror. RUTH HAZEL NOETZEL Greenwood, W15. H. S. 1915. University Chorus. Girls Glee Club. Vice-President of Class. Editor of Annual. Public School Music. nSVweet thots are mirrored in her face. and every monon 13 grace. ALTA VANLEHN Unchsvllle, Ohio. H. S. 1914. Girls, Glee Club. University Chorus. Teachefs Certificate in Piano. 115th what a grace is seated on that BrowYaShale esfware. IRENE HELEN JIRTLE Algoma, Wis. H. S. 1917. University Chorus. 1117mm the glcmre of her eye, Slum danger and fiyfj EMMA SMITH Grand Rapids, Mich. H. S. 1916. Girls, Clee Club. Class Historian. Pub- lic School Music. ' Her voice is ever soft and gentle, and law; an excellent thmg m zuomazzKL- Shakespeare.

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1918 051;: 332mm 23 wihtam'tle Emma Smith uOver his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully and far away, First lets his tingers wander as they list, And builds a bridge from Dreamland for his lay: Then, as the touch of his loved instrument Gives hope and fervor, nearer draws his theme, First guessed by faint, auroral Hushes sent Along the wavering vista of his dream? As the organist listlessly lets his hngers wander over the keys, he strikes the chord of the Dominant Ninth. Immediately his imagination is touched and he begins the Composition, tkOur Senior Class? As we listen to the introduction the entrance of the different themes brings before the mind the members of the Class as they strolled into Music Hall on the first day of their career as Seniors. Now, who does that first clear, concise theme remind us of? Why, Mr. Bruns- vold, President of our Senior Class, of course, for he is always on time waiting for the rest to arrive. The second theme is harmonized in the wistful but beautiful minor key, and here we have Miss Jarvis, our Illinois maiden. This is followed by a whimsical, dancing, merry bit of Dallegro and in comes Margaret Hirschmann, skipping up the stairs. Here the organist weaves in a contrasting IYPenseroso theme which easily finds a place in the hearts of the listeners and recalls to us the memory of Miss Pointer. Now, the melody moves down to the deeper, lower tones of the organ, and we hear Mr. Schaefferis clear, Vibrating voice as he sings in chapel. VVhOITl does the next stately strain picture to us? Is the organist deceiving us with a new air. or are we a bit confused? But wait! Here comes a tall, dark-haired stranger to register with Miss Gilmore of the Music Department, and in a few minutes to be introduced to us as Miss Van Lehn, a new member of our Senior Class. A merry trio in contrapuntal style follows with three lyric voices closely woven together, yet each with its own distinct individuality which we recognize as Ruth Noetzel, Lora June Beyers, and Emma Smith. This section or movement closes with a recapitulation or welding together of all the themes, recalling the organization of the 1918 Seniors into one body called the Dominant Ninth, with Mr. Erunsvold as President; Ruth Noetzel, Vice-President and Lora June Beyers as Secretary and Treasurer; As he plays the Second Movement of the composition, we hear a tremendous peal of the organ, and we recognize the boys and girls glee clubs consisting of twenty members each. It recalls that on February 15, 1918, the combined clubs gave a concert and dance at Altruria for their invited guests. The program proper consisted of ten numbers besides the encore, and the boys and girls did justice to Mr. Roberts excellent training. After the concert, dancing was in order, and confetti was showered upon the dancers from the different balconies. During the evening, Mr. Roberts gave an exhibition of the latest steps in dancing. The one sad strain in this part of the composition is the disappointment which b-efell the girls as the evening passed and not one of them had a dance with Mr. Roberts. As the volume of the organ decreases, and the organist plays on the