Westminster Choir College - Quadrangle Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Left to right, FRONT ROW: Bristol, Scheide, Mrs. Thayer, Davis, Mrs. Noyes, Greene, Sargent. SECOND ROW: Clemen, Clee, Poe, Smith, Green, Bunn, Thompson. THIRD ROW: Mclver, Lehmann, Clough, Maxwell. FOURTH ROW: Knapp, Martin, Hopkins, Rooks, Richmond, Byers. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mrs. Adele Addison Berger Dr. Lee H. Bristol, Jr. Dr. Elaine Brown B. Franklin Bunn Dr. Franklin L. Burdette Rev. (Dr.) Arthur M. Byers, Jr. Dr. Lester FI. Clee Dr. Rudolf A. Clemen John A. Davis, Jr. W. Howard Green George S. Greene, Jr. John B. Horner Dr. John M. Kelly J. Merrill Knapp Dr. Gustav A. Lehmann Rev. (Dr.) Kenneth L. Maxwell Rev. (Dr.) James I. McCord Walter Mclver Mrs. C. Reinold Noyes John P. Poe Dr. F. Eppling Reinartz Mrs. Mary G. Roebling H. I. Romnes Noel Sargent William H. Scheide Charles F. Seabrook Dilman M. K. Smith Mrs. Frederick M. Thayer Rev. (Dr.) Mark R. Thompson Dr. John F. Williamson Dr. Rhea B. Williamson 20 iVV

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CLASS HISTORY The Class of 1962 of Westminster Choir College first be¬ came a reality in the fall of 1958 when, as a group of 63 Freshmen, we found ourselves to be the first class beginning under a new administration. .Orientation Week was filled with many new sights and sounds of college life and we rapidly began to feel at home. We remember fondly our yearlong association with Mr. Robert Simpson who that year began his continually encouraging leadership of the Chapel Choir, and also became our class advisor. During the year, we experienced for the first time many of the tradi¬ tional occasions at Westminster, including the Christmas and May Day festivities. Mr. Johnson gave Dickens’ A Christ¬ mas Carol a new and special meaning. May Day became the occasion for our first class skit, “Paris A La Mode,” with our own male Can-Can line and our young ladies doing their best to create a new type of Maypole dance. Connie Loesby was our May Cou,rt attendant. The Symphonic Choir performances brought such eminent conductors as Dr. Bruno Walter and Sir John Barbirolli to our campus for rehearsals, which gave us our first opportunity to observe these masters in a more informal atmosphere. The climax of the year for us was the Commencement Service held in Princeton University Chapel. To be a part of such a mean¬ ingful and inspiring occasion gave us a new insight into the purpose of the College and our own sense of mission. As Sophomores, we returned to Westminster with a sym¬ pathetic understanding of the new students who were just beginning their college life. At the end of Orientation Week, ' they relaxed at the annual Sock Hop, which we organized. Several of our class had been selected for Westminster Choir and in early winter, left us for the three-week Southern tour. As members of the Symphonic Choir, many of us sang for the first time in Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic. The work was the Choros No. 10 by H. Villa-Lobos which came to life under the very rhythmic leadership of the South American conductor, Eleazar de Carvalho. As Dramatics students, we presented a special adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol during Christmas Week and at the Christmas Carol contest, our class won with a carol written by John Blackwell. The Christmas recital was given by Janice Harsanyi, soprano, Flora Green¬ wood McCurdy, harpist, and Dr. Alexander McCurdy, organist. The beauty and musicianship of the artists still remain as a highlight of the year. After Christmas vacation, the Symphonic Choir began intense rehearsals for spring performances of the Missa Solemnis by Beethoven, which was performed and recorded with the New York Philhar¬ monic under Leonard Bernstein. Again our May Court attendant was Connie Loesby and we startled all observers with our own interpretation of an African Safari. The year was saddened by the passing of our College Chaplain, Dr. Charles Erdman, who was a friend to all, a great man who lived simply and gave to many a new meaning of faith in the weekly chapel services. One special pleasure was his way of conveying Scripture, nearly always memorized and given with a new emphasis. As Juniors, we began the year by giving the Orientation Week Picnic at Washington’s Crossing. It rained. The first Symphonic Choir engagement was with the Princeton Sym¬ phony under Nicholas Harsanyi for a concert in memory of Dr. Erdman. We performed the Beethoven Choral Fantasia with Edward Cone, pianist, and the Beethoven Mass in C. Several teachers made valuable contributions to our aca¬ demic life, including Warren Martin in Vocal Interpretation and Dr. Arlo Duba, our new Chaplain, in Christian Educa¬ tion and Psychology. In December, the Symphonic Choir performed the Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra under William Smith, associate conductor, at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Excitement was high when we again won the Christmas Carol contest with an original carol written by Sally Zarker. Ylany of our class were sing¬ ing in Westminster Choir for the first time and were enjoy- n § V 1 ' - double leadership of Elaine Brown and Warren Martri. Their three-week tour took them from Michigan to Oklahoma. They were also featured with Dr. Alexander McC urdy at the opening recital of the new organ installed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. As our Chapel organ had a new console and had been slightly rebuilt, sev¬ eral recitals were held throughout the year for which we had three guest European organists, Lady Susi Jeans from Eng¬ land, Marie-Claire Alain from France, and Fernando Ger- mani from Italy. Recitals were also given by Dr. Alexander McCurdy, Dr. George Markey and Donald McDonald of our own faculty. The appearance of the Symphonic Choir with the New York Philharmonic was in performances of Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky , which was conducted by Thomas Schippers and later recorded for Columbia Records. As their final performance of the year, the Symphonic Choir gave a concert in the First Presbyterian Church of Prince¬ ton under the leadership of Thomas Hilbish and Warren Martin. The program included the Kyrie from the B-minor Mass by Bach, the Stabat Mater by Verdi, and the Appare- bit Repentina Dies by Hindemith. During Alumni Week, the first Founder ' s Day was held, honoring Dr. and Mrs. John Finley Williamson. Messages of congratulations were received from many illustrious musicians and friends from around the world and were read to all. The month of April was filled with preparations for May Day which we pre¬ sented under the title A Shakespearean Satire. The long hours of work were rewarded by the highly successful events, including the banquet and the dance. The afternoon activi¬ ties, originally scheduled for out-of-doors on the Quadrangle had to be quickly re-staged in the Chapel. It rained. Rose¬ mary A. Lackey was our May Court attendant. In the fall of 1961, we began our last year at Westminster, with 37 students, a little more than half of our original class. Many of us wondered where the last three years had disappeared so quickly. But the busy activities of the final year gave us little time to think about it. We gave our little brothers and sisters much advice about how they should spend their four years here and tried with difficulty to remember how we had felt that first week as Freshmen. Fun Night during Orientation Week gave us a chance to reveal our true selves to the new students. Immediately we began rehearsals of the Symphonic Choir for a presentation of Haydn’s The Seasons with the Princeton Symphony under Mr. Harsanyi. In this connection, we also came into contact with Historical and Structural Analysis under Julius Her- ford, one of the leading musicologists of our time and a man who led us with warm heart and dignity of spirit “into the score.” This was the year that Joan Sutherland came to Princeton and a perceptive person could see that half of our class were ushers that night as tickets were very difficult to obtain. Rehearsals continued with Ralph Burrier, a new faculty member, for four performances in New York with the Philharmonic under the direction of Josef Krips of Lukas Foss A Parable of Death and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Returning to Princeton tne Saturday night alter the performance in a storm of sleet and freezing rain, a slight bus mishap about a mile from the school had us all walking back to the dormitories at two o’clock in the morn- ing. As Seniors, we were responsible for the Christmas fes¬ tivities and during the week of performances in New York, we were busy decorating and planning various events, in¬ cluding the recital and banquet. Both the performances and the festivities were successful and we left for Christmas vacation with a high feeling of accomplishment. Many ex¬ cellent recitals were given during the year, including those of Lois Laverty, an alumna returning from study in Vienna, and Piet Kee, Dutch organist. Our last performances in Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic were under Leonard Bernstein who conducted the Choral Fantasia by Beethoven with Rudolph Serkin, pianist. As we were hon¬ ored guests of the Junior Class for May Day, we can only say that their lengthy preparations were very much enjoyed, including the class skits, the banquet, and the formal eve¬ ning dance. Commencement approached all too quickly and as we heard the familiar notes of the graduation music in the University Chapel, we sang with a mixture of con¬ fidence and insecurity, which are always felt on such occa¬ sions, “Here am I. Lord, send me.” 22