Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-06-16

| Mr.. Tolman comes from a dis
tlnctly musical family for one of his
grandfathers was the founder of the
! now world amous Worcester Music
estival. The director of the Coburn
school was born in Harrison and he
received his musical education from
| eminent European masters, all of
whom had been students of Liszt.
Under Strasny, Mr.. Tolman studied
pretation, and under DR.. Clarke of
the University Of Pennsylvania,
theory.
Director in the South
During the year 19O7-19OS Mr.. Toll
kman occupied the position of as
sociate director of music in Judson
I college, Alabama, and he was as well
instructor IN piano and organ. Here
he superintended the college Sunday
school and organized and taught the
Suday School Counsellors' Glass of
the college faculty. His resignation
after a years incumbency of the Of
flee was due to the climate and To-
cation of the college. In January,
1908. he was offered the dictatorship
! for the session of 190S-1909 with a
considerable increase of salary but
he did not see his way clear to ac-
cept it.
Upon his resignation from Judson
Robert G. Patrick, the president of
the institution said of him: Mr.
Carl Jean Tolman is all that could
be desired as a director of music
and as a Christian gentleman.
He was with us one year and great
ly delighted us with his piano and
pipe organ playing and his teaching
was superb. We have never had a
1 4,-f. ill.,
His reason for leaving US was that
| warm for him"
In 1909 Mr.. Tolman was appointed
| director of music in Coker college.
Hartsville, S. c., a position that he
held for the next nine years. At this
institution he was director of the
Coker College Choral Art society
| and instructor of piano, organ,
theory and composition. At Coker
he organized the piano normal de-
partment and during his tenure of
! office the number of students was in
seven upright pianos and nine
grands were added to the equipment
of the school and the number of in
structors. was increased by II.
| But in Hartsville Mr.. Tolman's
work was not confined to the col
lege alone and he did much for the
| community, much the same as he
has done in Waterville. He was the
organizer of the Coker College Art
society made up of 100 voices which
appeared in numerous rec1tals. he
originated the musical festivals at
Caker which are Of state wide scope
and he was very successful in di-
recting eight of these. Besides the
festivals Mr.. Tolman sponsored more
than 80 senior recitals and some 15U
concerts while at Coker which were
open TO the public. The festivals
were the first affairs of their kind
attempted in Hartsville and they
met with great favor. OF one OF
them the Hartsville Messenger said
editorially: Most of all do we ex-
tend thanks and congratulatlons to
our friend and artist, Mr.. Carl Jean
Tolman. He Is fine, he is great, and
Coker college may esteem itself for
tunate in being able to claim and
hold a man of such talent and ge-
MUS. Mr.. Tolman set the music to
the Lawn Swing" and really we
enjoyed it more than anything pro-
duced during the entire festival.
Miss Christine Miller sang 1t with
an unusual sweetness OF eXpresSon.
ME-, Is Ildtu " pColJ iiOA III
or south, east or west, go where you
please, and he will measure up to
the discriminating requirements of
refined and artistic temperament
OF the festival the following year
the Charleston, S. c., News and
Courier said: THE festival has been
an immense success from every
viewpoint and, as heretofore, every
BODY accords the lions share of
credit to Carl Jean Tolman, director
of music at Coker college, whose
zeal and perseverance have brought
Hartsville's annual festival to the
front and given it a permanent place
among the country's musical events.
Notable Festivals
While the festivals were under the
direction of Mr.. Tolman some of
the best singers of the country were
brought to Hartsville and one of
them, Edward Strong, tenor of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
in New York City, wrote Mr.. Toll
man: "It is with very great pleas
ure that I write to tell you how
much / enjoyed taking part in the
festival given at Coker college, un-
der your direction. l was part1cu-
larly pleased with the work of the
chorus. In precision of attack, clear
intonation, fine rhythm, and the
small points that combine to make
good chorus singing. the results OBJ
tanned under your direction were
surprising. You are certainly to be
CONGRATULATED on the way in which
the entire preparation and manage
ment of the festival was handled.
You have shown not only an artistic
conception of what festival should
be. but the executive ability to real
ize in large measure your own high
ideals. Your accompaniments on
both organ and piano have been fine
and have added largely to the sue
cess of the festival"
In April, 1915. Mr.. Tolman was
elected a colleague and appointed an
examiner in the Carolina Chapter OF
the American Guild of Organists and
he is as well colleague Of the New
York Chapter. He also holds mem-
berships in the n. A. o. and the
NJ. T. n. A. At the commencement
exercises in 1928, Mr.. Tolman was
The honor guest of Coker.
Mr.. Tolman has his permanent res
idence in Winthrop, Maine, and since
1903 he has been organist at Friends
church, Winthrop, for e. A. Bailey.
The many recitals that have been
heard in Waterville during the past
few years under the auspices of Mr..
,rolman have been considerable fac
tor in the artistic life of Waterville.
But Mr.. Tolman believes that further
steps should be taken and that the
citv has need of a fine arts building,
to be conducted through the coop
GRAFTON of the various educational
institutions of the city and to be
fitted with a pipe organ and numer-
Gus studios.