Westminster Choir College - Quadrangle Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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m Class of 1964 President Mona Hyden Vice-President Miriam Zito Secretary Glenda Bradfield Treasurer Linda Ison Advisor Robert Rockabrand 23

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Class History The Class of 1964 made its first appearance on the Westminster campus in a whirlwind of excitement, for we arrived in a full-fledged hurricane with driving rain and sixty-mile-an-hour winds. As Freshmen we went through the traditional Orien¬ tation “festivities and began to wonder after a week of picnics, games, and concerts, whether college was any work at all. However, our minds were soon changed after Convocation when we were quickly plunged into a world of diaphragmatic attacks, minor scales, Bible papers, and the never-to-be-forgotten Orientation class. We did find time to be serious, and elected class officers-—Jim Bisbing. President; Judy Curfman, Vice- President: George Boyd, Secretary-Treasurer; and Rose¬ mary Russell and Robert Rockabrand. class advisors. Chapel Choir was the training and proving ground for us that first year. Under Mr. Simpson’s direction we gave many concerts—remember that first one in Dutch Neck?—met many people, and ate a lot of good food. At Christmas we sponsored the traditional dance and decorated the Playhouse quite beautifully with “ap¬ propriated evergreen trees. At May Day, “A Shake¬ spearean Festival. ’ our skit was the “highlight” of the afternoon. No one could ever forget Jim Bisbing as Romeo or Judy Bouck as Juliet. Pat Pierce was our May Court attendant. That year many of us learned to swim at the Y. march in time to “Peter Gunn,” and sing a Jerry Gorman relative minor scale—“relative to what?” As Sophomores we were all members of the Sym¬ phonic Choir and became acquainted with the “pale blue flower” in the Foss’ “Parable of Death” and sang Beethoven ' s “Ninth Symphony” under the direction of Josef Kripps. The performance of these works marked the first of many New York bus trips to Carnegie Hall and the w T orld of the New York Philharmonic. Several of our class were chosen for Westminster Choir and in February left for a two-week tour of the Mid-West. It was surprising how T much faster the meal lines moved minus those forty glorious voices. In Musicology that year, we began our study of gregarious” chant and the second year of harass¬ ment for Mr. Waters! Such patience! Another first was our adventure into the world of conducting with Mr. Rockabrand. His lesson plans included teaching us the fundamentals, but what about Bob Pfau’s squeaky shoes, never being able to find Julie Shultz’s face, or what to do when the podium was taller than Harriet Rogers? HMS “Mayflower” didn’t sink and our Thanksgiv¬ ing banquet was a success. Later in the year “when snow ' lay on the ground, ” Sandy Pehrson won the Christmas Carol Contest. Ann Paul was our May Court attendant and class officers were George Boyd, President; Ken Bell, Vice-president; Pat Pierce, Secretary; and Sally Blair, Treasurer. Another graduating class left us and we became Juniors. Our first major responsibility was the “new students” picnic during Orientation week. It was held, as usual, at Washington’s Crossing and this time it didn’t rain. Our Symphonic Choir performances in¬ cluded the Janacek “Slavonic Mass” at Lincoln Center with Leonard Bernstein and the Philharmonic, Honneg- ger’s “King David,” and Brahms’ “Nanie” and “Schick- salslied,” on campus with Elaine Brown. This was Dr. Brown’s first year as head of the Conducting depart¬ ment, and we were fortunate to have her for both Sym¬ phonic Choir and conducting. “Pum. pum” W ' as our motto! At Christmas Sandy Pehrson again won the Carol Contest and later in the year Jacquie Pierce gave a Junior voice recital. Class officers were Bob Pfau, President; Glenda Bradfield, Vice-president; Mona Hyden, Secretary; and Betty Ann Fawthrop, Treasurer. Our May Day, “Best of Broad way.” was a great suc¬ cess, in fact it was a real “riot.” for the University students were on the rampage that night and visited the campus. Glenda Bradfield was our May Court rep¬ resentative. Westminster Choir toured the New England states and the Maritime Provinces of Canada and brought back many interesting things such as coloring books and the like. September ’63 arrived and we were finally Seniors! Unbelievable!! Mona Hyden was class President; Mimi Zito, Vice-president; Glenda Bradfield, Secretary; and Linda Ison, Treasurer. We enjoyed our last picnic at Washington’s Crossing and were in charge of Fun Night during Orientation week. Judy Curfman. Linda Ison, Larry Amos, Ken Bell, Tom Sehmutzler and George Boyd ably performed “The Grasshopper Opera” to the delight of all. Senior women found themselves living on the first floor of North Hall much to the surprise of the men, who found that they could use the laundry room only on specified days. Westminster Choir went on a month’s tour of the Mid-West and Symphonic Choir performed the Mozart “Mass in C Minor” with the Princeton Symphony. “Herr Herford” led us through the Baroque period and gave us new insight into the music of Bach; George Lynn conducted Symphonic Choir; Jacquie Pierce, Larry Amos, Mimi Zito, Judy Curfman and Dan Schmidt gave senior voice recitals; and Mr. Rocka¬ brand once more assisted us as class sponsor. We supervised the Christmas activities, sang Christ¬ mas music on a television program for New Year’s Eve, attended May Day, and finally graduation came where at last we sang the “other part” and .found ourselves leaving Westminster to venture into a “Brave New World.” 22

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LARRY IRA AMOS Voice Westminster Choir, 2, 3, 4; Christian Life Council, 3; Chapel Usher, 3; Junior Recital, 3. Prepared at S. Horace Scott Senior High School, Coates- ville, Pennsylvania. KAREN JOY BICKFORD Voice Women’s Council, 4; Christian Life Council, 3. Prepared at Pen Argyl Area Joint High School, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. JUDY LOUISE BOUCK Voice Westminster Choir, 4. Prepared at Falls Church High School, Falls Church, Vir¬ ginia. 24