Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-06-13
Yankton College Commencement

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Yankton Collage is festive this week
as she welcomes her alumni aud
friends in steadily increasing mum bers,
and enthusiasm is kindling more and
more as the twenty-fifth anniversary
program advances. A large share of
the pleasure aud real signifnance OF
the occasion consists in the renewing
of old acquaintance between friends
and classmates who in some cases have
not seen each other for many years
Tuesday evening at the Congrega-
sional church occurred the twenty-fifth
anniversary concert. The production
rendered was Theodore Dubois sacred
oratorio, Paradise Lost sung by the
Yankton Choral Union OF nearly
seventy voices under the leadership OF
Professor Lee N. Daley, Director of
Yankton College Conservatory of Mus
lics This great oratorio, based upon
Millions poem of PARADISE LOST de-
scribing the revolt of Satan and his
angles from Heaven; their downfall
into hell and rage OF vengeance
against the omnipotent; Satan's ter
mination OF Adam and Eve in the
garden and their tragic sin; the judg-
ment upon the guilty pair, and the
final hope OF redemption through the
Son of God-Savior and Lord.
The work of Prof. Daley and the
Choral Union in the performance of
this superb composition has never
been surpassed in Yankton. The
large audience who were present, com
prising appreciatiye music lovers OF
this city and from all parts of the
state were enthusiastic in their APP
The chorus sang with, beautiful blend
ing of voice and shading of tone, with
technical precision, and with an in
tensely dramatic force that brought
out in full the idea and power OF the
oratorio.
The difficult solo parts we're sung
by three we'll known soloists from
Chicago Mrs. Marie Sidenius zendt,
soprano; Mr.. H. Augustine Smith,
tenor; and Mr.. Herbert Miller, BARI
tone--to the complete satisfaction of
the audience, the members of the
chorus, and the director. These artists
have practiced together their duets
and trios in their Chicago studios for
weeks beforehand, in order to do their
part toward bringing this production
up to the highest possible excellence.
Special commendation deserves to be
made regarding the beautiful accom-
pauiment to the oratorio as played by
Miss Gertrude E. Moses at the pipe
organ and Miss Clarissa Max at the
piano. The technical accuracy, SYM
pathy, and interpretative power of the
accompaniment-th enyeloping and
|sunifying The spirit of the whole-con-
tributed in very large measure to the
distinctive quality of this performance.
Miss Moses is instructor in the Yank-
ton College Conservatory of Music,
aud Miss Max a graduate student in
that institution. but each player, in
her work last night, proved herself
worthy of the name OF artist and en-
titled to rank in class not inferior to
the distinguished singers who took the
solo parts.
+ Professor Daley and the Choral
Union have already determined upon
their principal undertaking for next
Year, which will be the opera Of
Faust. The plans involve the pro-
curing of a compstent orchestra from
the east, hence a large financial risk.
But the success of this years event
and the liberal support which il re-
ceived encourage the Choral Union to
go forward with this larger.