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Show It" ' '. s i i "w '' ; .: (;' a J ;1 tv y Professor James F. Vail, directs Westminster choir. Westminster Choir Progresses Under Professor Professor Vail, who came to Westminster last year as chairman of the Division of Fine Arts of the college, has brought the choir recognition as one of the finest such school organizations in the west. Professor Vail was chairman of the Department of Fine Arts and Director of choral music at Midland Mid-land College, Fremont, Neb. from 1949 to 1956. He attended Hastings Hast-ings (Neb.) college, took further work at the John E. Brown University, Uni-versity, Siloam, Ark. and returned to Hastings where he received his B.A. with a major in music in 1941. He received his Master of Music degree from the University of Colo. As a result of his proficiency, pro-ficiency, he won a music scholarship scholar-ship at Hastings college. Before joining the Midland faculty he taught music and other subjects at the Silver Creek and Fremont, Neb. high schools. Professor Vail also directs choirs at the First Baptist Church. |