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It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1992-93 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. ~ - - PULL FOR Till-: TIIE CONSERVATORY CONSERVATORY THE ITHACAN PULLS FOR YOU Official Publication of the Students of the Ithaca Conservatory and Affiliated Schools Vol. 60, No. 4 'THE 111-IACAN: 'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1992 No.4 College plans gala weekend Ithacan special section Turning back the College's family tree traces modelled after early years clock, an alumnus roots back to president's to celebrate Founder's Day In keeping with the conservatory of music Founder's Day /Homecoming celebration, this special section recalls glory days By Kelly Rohrer and Homecoming of The Ithacan recalls some of KEEPING IN TOUCH Originally conceived as a Con­ the historical highlights of! thaca servatory of Music, violinist Will­ CONVOCATION,CONCERTS,PRESENTATIONSPLANNED College's first 100 years. The iam Grant Egbert based his school By Beverly Goodman COMPLETE SCHEDULE ON PAGE 3 OF IBIS SECTION front page Is modelled after early on the same traditional European Most college graduates look editions of the newspaper, as conservatory model In which he back on their time in school with well as the "Once-A-Week," the had his early training. ·On Sept. replaced as president by George C. some fondness. Many participate In predecessor to The Ithacan. Ob.ls 19, 1892, the Ithaca Conservatory The Ithaca College Williams. alumni activities, but very few do so section wraps around the regu­ of Music opened Its doors. As the Great Depression pushes with the fervor and dedication of lar edition of the newspaper.) During the period from 1919 enrollment down from 559 In 193 I Lillian Vail. that almost never was The "Once-A-Week" was to 1932, the Ithaca Conservatory to 332 In 1933, salaries are repeat­ At 92, Vail ls just as entrenched TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS published from Oct. 15, 1926 added a number of affiliated edly cut and the real estate ts al­ in Ithaca College as the students 70 IBE SCHOOL PERSEVERED until the end of the fall 1930 schools. Three of these focused on ready mortgaged. With the financial years her junior. Upon entering her TO REACH TODAY'S STA1URE semester. Starting with theJan. specialties In music. situation worsening, the College Is ranch home it Is Immediately evi­ 8, 1931 edition, the name was The A Cappella Choir was forced to contract a "chattel" mort­ dent Vail likes to keep busy doing changed to The Ithacan. Invited by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt gage on the remainder of Its physi­ volunteer work for !C's alumni asso­ By Jennifer Patterson In addition to historical In­ In the mid-30s to the White House cal possessions. ciation. Cultivating a college Is no easy formation about the College, this to sing at a garden party. To mark task. Ithaca College overcame fi­ Leonard Bliss Job becomes the "Please excuse the mess," Vail section contains a current the 50th anniversary of the Col­ nancial difficultly, simultaneous third president In 1932, as Williams apologized for the clutter on the schedule of Founder's Day/ lege in 1942, the Verdi Requiem ends his term. long, wooden table pushed up operation of three campuses and all Homecoming Weekend Events was performed. Headlines announce "an almost against the living room window. Tm the changes 100 years brings, to on page 3F. During the 1950s. the Con­ perfect year· for Ithaca College foot­ doing my letter writing." celebrate its centennial. This section was coordi­ cert Band gained a national repu­ ball and commend baseball, with Vail's current endeavor is post­ A corporation emerged as Presi­ nated by Ithacan Managing Edi­ tation as an outstanding perform­ both teams under the direction of ing an onslaught oflet ters to alumni dent William Grant Egbert and 28 tor Beverly Goodman, with as­ ing ensemble. coach James A. ("Bucky") Freeman from 1916 to 1941. She Is hand­ prominent Ithaca residents serving sistance from staff members The current music building, since 1931. writing the 750 notes that ask for a as directors and officers certified Chris Lewis, Liz Cartner, Chns­ Ford Hall, was dedicated on June A White House garden party is five dollar contribution to the alumni the creation of an Institution on topher Burke, Kevin Harlin, Jen­ 4, 1965 at the new site for Ithaca serenaded by the performance of association. Vail adjusts her clear, June 19, 1897 for the Instruction of nifer Patterson and Jim Fenno. vocal and instrumental music, elo­ the A Cappella Choir on invitation cat's-eye glasses and settles Into a CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE cution and painting. by Mrs. Roosevelt In 1935. straight-backed chair. "I've received Signifying the opening of the As the College is unable to re­ BUILDING ALEGEND: THE $800 so far," she said. "I'm hoping Ithaca Conservatory of Music 100 pay its debt of$337,559, but main­ that by Founder's Day it will grow to TIOGA STREET BUSINESS years ago, a faculty concert at the tains its buildings and equipment GROWING PAINS OF THE $1,000. !flt doesn't, we'll go on.· Unitarian Church places Founder's In proper condition, the principal That is exactly what Vail has TRANSACTION FINDS HOME Day on the day of student auditions creditors excuse Interest due before COMMllNICATIONS PROGRAM been doing for the past 71 years, and registration. June 5, 1936, concede to three per­ working on one project and then ON ITHACA CAMPUS Financial concerns trouble the cent for the next three years, and movtngnghtontothenext Vail first administration in 1898 and fewer four percent for the following two By Liz Gartner came to Ithaca College in the spring By Kevin Harlin teachers and heavier teaching loads years. Although the college main­ of 1918, after her cousin spoke The school of business began are advised. Due to the potential economic tained a newspaper as early as 190 l , highly oflt before business courses appeared With enrollment at 125 stu­ contributions of the College, the lo- It wasn't until 30 years later that "She said 'You have got to come in the course books. communications as an academic to this school.·· Vail's music profes­ In May 1945, Miss Lculse Wil­ dents, the ConseIVatory opens two CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE new divisions: the School of Oratory endeavor began to gain momentum. sors from her hometown of Harris­ liams announced that she was ready Elocution and Physical Culture and In 1931, the College offered Its burg. Pa, also felt she should go on to sell the Williams Practcal Busi­ the Painting Department. first radio course. for further voice training, so she ness School that she had owned Further developments in the and operated on North Tioga Street Typhoid fever strikes the town CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE in 1903, and public assembly is Whalen reflects on what study of communications weren't in Ithaca. prohibited. Unable to sell more stock made until a decade later when, In In July 1945, the College's and forced to sign a $500 promis­ dreams are made of 1941, a general introductory course board of trustees accepted W1lliams· sory note, the Conservatory faces In radio was offered. offer of$3, 100 for the school. bankruptcy as students return home By Chrts Lewis The following year, radio be­ College's largest school It remained in its original loca­ to avoid the epidemic. Some of us still dream of be­ came a part of the School of Fine tion above the comer bookstore on Founded in 1903, Alpha Tau Is coming firemen, cowboys, astro­ Arts. reveals storied past North Tioga street until It moved to the predecessor of the Sigma Alpha nauts, or maybe just getting a de­ In 1946, Paul Mowrey '39, who CHARrER PAVES WAY the Annex, a new building down- gree. James J. Whalen also had had done extensive television work Iota sorority. Controversy arises with CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE the administration over "modem aspirations as a student, and while for CBS and ABC, organized a series By Kevin Harlin dancing" and the sorority is forbid­ his first love of psychology has since of television lectures, seminars, and When W!lliam Grant Egbert den "the privilege of dancing the led to the post of Ithaca College field trips for the benefit of the Col­ founded Ithaca College as a music 'Hesitation Waltz' at their Annual president, he continues to dream lege. This was perhaps the first pro­ conservatory In 1892, It Is likely he Youngest school sees Ball." big. gram of its kind In an American was not anticipating an enrollment A nervous breakdown causes "I don't believe people ever be­ college or university. in the School of Humanities and convention and change come what they start out to be," In the beginning, radio studios Sciences to surpass that of the the 1916departureofHerbertBcrton SCHOOL FLEXES VARIETY Hilliard, the director of the piano Whalen said In a phone interview were crowded in to a small corner of School of Music by 1992. department, whose former stock from New Hampshire. Earning a a downtown theater, but in 1947 On March 19, 193 I, the Ithaca By Liz Gartner purchase financed the indebtedness doctorate In clinical psychology from Radio received its own location .