1933 Cedrus Yearbook

We are passing through a modern era of harmonious music. There are two distinct factors contributing to its establishment: first, the Church's need for intelligible chorus and choir music; and second, the rise of the opera, which contains much solo work, not complete without harmonic accom- paniment. Music has advanved through the years from the monoton- ous chant of the ancient Greeks, through the raspy two-stringed music- box,the soft tinkle of the harpsichord, the dreamy lull of the harp, to the glowing splendors of our symphonic orchestras, and our wonderful three and four-manual organs,found in our large cities of today. Imagine, if you will, a week, or even a day, without music of any kind. No chapel songs, nothing but speeches and advertising over the radio, no tunes to hum as you go here and there with your work. You would find it a mighty monotonous world. Because of this seemingly magic power and charm of music, which manifests itself in the human consciousness, it becomes one of the greatest sustaining forces in mortal existence. Its ameliora- tion of those oppressing influences in our environment, which would otherwise become unendurable, places it high in the scale of aes- thetic value, and gives it its indispensible position in the full, well- rounded life. —Eleanor Bull. Literature Literature in its various forms portrays the results of race peculiarities, or of diverse individual temperaments when put into story and verse form. Since man feels before he reasons, poetry generally precedes prose. Hence sacred books and war songs are everywhere the earliest literary monuments, and both are essen- tially poteic compositions which have received religious sanction. All literature, generally speaking, is imitative. To illus- trate this, we know of no earlier beginnings of literary art than in Greece in the days of Plato. From this time on, literature has sur- vived war, pestilence, and even the "dark ages" when it was thought that all in the literary field was doomed, and we have imitated the writings of Greece, Rome, France, Spain, and finally of the great playwright, William Shakespeare. Unfortunately for literature, the rhetorical expression of feel- ing is rarely on a level with its emotional intensity. This accounts for the inferiority of national hymns, which, as a rule, are not of DOROTHY ANGEVINE Dean of Women; Professor of English, French, Denison University; A. M.. Ohio State University. and Latin; A. B., VIOLA HARBAUGH Tippecanoe City, Ohio Student Body Officer 4; Class Officer 3, 4; Y. W. C. A. Presi- dent 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Mock Wedding Bride 4; Literary 1, 2, 3, 4; Bible Reading Contest, Winner 2; Class Play 4. WILLIS GORMLEY Cedarville, Ohio Y. M. C. A.; Literary; Class Play 4. Page Sixteen