The Baton: Vol. 4, No. 4 - January, 1925 - The Juilliard School

T H ETHE ANNIVERSARY ISSUEAs January marks the anniversary of thefounding of the Institute by James Loeb and alsothe establishment of The Baton by Dr. FrankDamrosch, that issue of the paper is always devotedto events in the history of the school. Itseemed appropriate that the Institute's newbuilding, a beautiful annex adjoining the originalstructure should have been opened this month.The usual Anniversary Concert to commemoratethe birthday of Bett}^ Loeb in whose memory theInstitute was "founded twenty years ago, tookplace on the evening of January 16th.As for The Baton: According to an article byMr. W. J. Henderson in a recent Evening Sun,the baton made its appearance as far back as1318 when it was wielded by a minnesinger. Itwas not until 1922 however, that our newspapertook its name from the conductor's stick because,do not both indicate the musical pulse of themoment?B A T O NThis is, therefore, our fourth birthday and tocelebrate, it was decided to publish for our studentsand other readers, brief biographicalsketches of the members of our distinguishedFaculty. The teachers acquiesced most graciouslyin furnishing the desired information whichwas all too interesting to omit a single detail.For this reason it has been necessary to dividethe material into two or three issues of the paper.In this number appear the stories of the Director,many of the teachers who have beenassociated with the Institute since its earliestyears and the teachers of theoretic subjects withwhom all the students come in contact.To avoid the aspect of an encyclopedia the datahas been put in narrative form by the Editor whoacknowledges with grateful appreciation the assistanceof Mrs. Blanche Jacobs and the followingstudents—Victor Bowes, Beatrice Kluenter,William Knapp and Anna Lapidus in compilingthe biographical material.CONTENTSThe Director and Members of theFaculty represented in this issue:Dept. of PageDamrosch, Frank 4,5,6Altman, Elenore Piano 14Augustin, Helena Piano 20Baldwin, Adele Voice & Languages 10Bergolio, Mabel Piano 16Crowthers, Dorothy Theory 22Dethier, Edouard Violin 17Dethier, Gaston Organ & Piano 17Donovan, Richard Theory 21Dunham, Lucia .Voice 14Fonaroff, Mark Violin 11Friskin, James Piano 14Fyffe, Anna Piano 18Goetschius, Percy Theory 7Hasselbrink, Carlos Violin 14Henderson, W. J Lectures 9Hough, Bassett Theory 22Hough, Lotta Piano 21Kneisel, Franz Violin 16Lamson, Gardner Voice 10McKellar, Annabel Piano 10Merrill, Mary Piano 11Murphy, Howard Theory 19Richardson, A. Madeley Theory 9Salzedo, Carlos Harp 15Soudant, Belle Theory & Voice 21Strauss, Elizabeth Piano....8, 18Svecenski, Louis Violin 8Toedt, Ella Voice 8Walther, Madeleine Voice 9Wedge, George Theory 19Whiley, Helen Theory 20Willeke, Willem Violoncello 17Members of the Faculty to berepresented in the next issues.Albro, MargueriteAsenmacker, AntonBarrere, GeorgeBostelmann, LouisBoyle, GeorgeCarpenter, LilianClarke, ErnestDessoff, MargareteDuques, AugustinEdlin, LouisFirgau, BerthaFriedberg, CarlGardner, SamuelGartlan, GeorgeGibbs, HaroldHaubiel, CharlesHeld, ConradKramer, LeopoldKroll, WilliamLetellier, LouisManoly, LudwigMathieu, PierreMeader, GeorgeMichelson, HenrietteMiller, MarieMiller, RosalieMontray, EdwardMorris, HaroldNaimska, ZofiaParme, FredRosanoff, EmmSamoranya, MargotSansone, LorenzoSchlossberg, MaxSeeger, CharlesSieveking, MartinusStewart, RuthToledo, DianaDept. ofLanguagesVioloncelloOrchestraViolinPianoOrganOrchestraChorusOrchestraViolinLanguagesPianoViolinSupervisorsLecturesPianoViolinViolinViolinOrchestraOrchestraOrchestraVoicePianoHarpVoiceOrchestraPianoPianoOrchestraVioloncelloVoiceOrchestraOrchestraLecturesPianoVoiceLanguages