MUSIC…

 The Alva Conservatory of Music…

Affiliated with the Northwestern State Teachers College is the Alva Conservatory of Music offering the best instruction in piano to be found in this section of the country.  The course of study is divided into the following departments: Preparatory, Intermediate, Teacher's Certificate, Collegiate and Post Graduate.  Two years are required for most of the courses.  Full courses in Harmony, Theory and History of Music are also offered.

Director of Band & Orchestra – T. A. Patterson

E. B. L. Hardy, A.B., Vocal American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois.

Lois Skelton, B.M., Piano Artist diploma Northwestern '21, Lindsborg '22, Victor Garwood, Chicago, '23, Kurt Wanieck, Chicago, '24, American conservatory, Chicago, '24.

Graduates of the Alva Conservatory of Music – Elsie Schick, Gladys Cameron, Julia Evans, Wynona Beeman, Verda Matteson, Virginia Townsend, Grace Wilkinson.

Little Symphony Orchestra – T. A. Patterson, Director; Leorena Burnette, Accompanist.

First Violin – Mrs. Ulo Finch, Dorothy Dodd, Lillian Davidson, T. S. Patterson

Second Violins – Nadine Wittwer, Fred Haworth

Viola – E.B. L. Hardy

Cello – Myrtle Rackley

Double Bass --- Crystal Howard

Bassoon – Pansy Anderson

Saxophones – John Brand, Tenor; Elsie Oshel, Alto; Wm. Brietenstein, C. Melody

Flute – Lois Noah

Clarinet – Gene Tyree

Cornet – Sabin C. Perceful, Solo; Glenn Varnum, 1 ^st

Trombones – Joel Monfort, Marvin Burkett

French Horn – Thoburn Camp

Melphone – Niles Joachim

Concert Band…

T. A. Patterson – Director

Cornet – Sabin C. Perceful, Solo; John Brand, Solo;  Glenn Varnum, 1st

Saxophones – Elsie Oshel, E.; Fred Haworth, B.

Alto – Niles Joachim, Lorena Burnette, Nadine Wittwer

Trombones – Joel Monfort, Marvin Burkett

Baritones – T. A. Patterson, Wm. Brietenstein

Bass – Alvin Meixner

Drums – Dorothy Dodd, snare; E.B.L. Hardy, Bass

Bassoon – Pansy Anderson

French Horn – Thoburn Camp

Clarinets – Gene Tyree, Solo; Crystal Howard, 1 ^st; Murtle Rackley, 2^nd; Ulo finch, 3^rd

Ranger Booster Band…

T. A. Patterson, Director

Cornets – John Brand, Glenn Varnum

Clarinett – Gene Tyree

Saxophones – Claude Shattuck, Fred Haworth

Baritone – T. A. Patterson

Altos – Thoburn Camp, Niles Joachim

Bass – Alvin Meixner

Trombones – Joel Monfort, Marvin Burkett

Drums – Harold Atkinson, Snare; E.B. L. Hardy, Bass

Winner in Song Contest

– contributed by Ranger Band, Tune, “Collegate"
Rangers, Rangers, yes we are the Rangers,
And we're very dangerous, yes sir!
Trousers, -- baggy, and our clothes look shaggy
But we're rough and ready, Yea
Garters – are the things we never wear,
And we have no use for red hot mama's
Very, very seldom in a hurry,
Never, ever worry,
We're the Rangers,  rah, rah, rah!  

Girl's Glee Club…
E.B.L. Hardy – Director
Julia Evans – Accompanist
Sopranos – Marjorie Austin, Anna Cleveland, Freda DeGeer, Mae Dickson, Alma Graves, Edna Haight, Myrtle Rackley, Hazel Stalings, Edith Wilkinson

Mezzos – Pansy Anderson, Marie Bost, Afton Branson, Pauline Brown, Birdie Kathrine Burrow, Irene Haddox, Verda Matteson, Pauline VanAntwerp, Louise Wentworth

Altos – Faustina Anderson, Myrle Anderson, Eula Callison, Helen Day, Elsie Graham, Abbie Hollis, ruth McCormick, Burnelle Walton, Grace Wilkinson  

Harmony Hummers --  

Ladies' Saxophone Quartette: Elsie Oshel, Alto; Edna Gist, Alto; Pansy Anderson, Tenor; Edith Gist, Baritone.

The Northwestern Saxophone Quartette:  Gene Tyree, Alto; John Brand, Alto; J.P. Battenberg, Tenor; T. A. Patterson, Baritone.

Campus Serenaders: Claude Sahttuck, Director  

The Builders…
If music led the building long ago
When Arthur planned the halls of Camelot,
And made the mystic city swiftly grow,
Like some strange flower in that strange spot;
What sweeter music shall we bring
To weave a harmony divine
Of prayer and holy thought
Into the labors of this loftier shrine,
This consecrated hill,
Where thru so many a year
Our Mother's faithful hand hath wrought,
With toil serene and still,
And heavenly, to rear
The eternal dwelling of the Only King?
Here let no martial trumpets blow,
Nor Instruments of pride proclaim
The loud exhultant notes of fame!
But let the chords be clear and low,
And let the anthem deeper grow.
And let it move solemly and slow
Like that which came
From angel's lips when first they hymned their
Maker's name;
For only such an ode
Can seal the harmony
Of that deep masonry
Wherein the soul of man is framed for God's abode.
n      Tennyson

Faculty Recital – College Auditorium, Thursday Evening, December 3, 1925. Miss Lois Skelton, Piano & Mr. E.B.L. Hardy, Baritone