STREETER ORGAN GREAT AID TO MUSICAL PROGRAMS
Much of the success of the efforts to stimulate among undergraduates an appreciation and a desire for good music and to provide good music for the faculty members and townspeople of Hanover has been due to the presence in Rollins Chapel of the organ given to the College a year ago by Frank S. Streeter of the Board of Trustees. The addition of this fine instrument to the equipment of the College made possible the scheduling of the weekly organ recitals which have become one of the most popular features of the winter season in Hanover.
The Streeter Organ was built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Conn., in 1918. The dedicatory plate is as follows:
This organ presented to Dartmouth College by FRANK SHERWIN STREETER, LL.D., '74 of the Board of Trustees, was dedicated at "Sing Out," May 12, 1918.
It replaces an instrument installed in 1887 as the gift of Harold Curtis Bullard '84, subsequently enlarged by him and now partially incorporated in the present organ.
An additional gift by Mr. Streeter, in 1921, enabled the College to add a set of chimes and several new stops.
The organ contains three manuals and a pedal-board. There are 54 stops, consisting of 2,626 pipes, 61 metal bars, 20 metal tubes, and 70 mechanical accessories.
The instrument is constructed on the Universal Air Chest system., and is electrically controlled throughout. The manuals slope so that each is at the same relative angle to the player. The pedal-board is concave and radiating. The console is movable.
The entire program of Musicales in Hanover during the past winter is an interesting one and is printed below. The arrangements for these and the management of them was under the auspices of the Department of Music.
November 15. Organ Recital by Charles R. Cronham.
December 6. Song Recital by Reinald Werrenrath.
December 11. Special Service of Christmas Music.
January 10. Organ Recital by Prof. Maurice F. Longhurst.
January 20. Song Recital by Miss Mabel Garrison.
January 24. Organ Recital by Prof. William C. Hammond.
February 7. Song Recital by Fred Sheffield Child.
February 14. Song Recital by Mrs. Henry T. Moore.
February 21. Organ Recital by Charles R. Cronham.
February 28. Violin Recital by Miss Florence Stern.
March 14. Organ Recital by Prof. E. Harold Geer.
March 17. Organ Recital by Charles R. Cronham.
March 21. Musicale by Undergraduates.
March 24. Organ Recital by Prof. Maurice F. Longhurst.
March 28. Violin Recital by Jascha Heifetz.
April 18. Concert by the Women's Chorus:
May 2. Concert by the College Orchestra.
