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Mrs. Annabelle Culver Joy has made many students and faculty members happy with the presentation to the school of a new Hammond Organ. It is given as a memorial to Raymond B. Culver, president of Shimer from 1936-1938, at which time serious illness prevented him from continuing his work.

The students and faculty were so anxious to hear the new organ that an improvised concert was arranged on the night its installation was completed. Janise Vaughn played some Bach, Handel and Schubert, and Maureen Roske, Shimer alumna attending The Juilliard Graduate School of Music in New York, sang a group of songs. Then Phyllis Haeger's brother played popular music as all crowded round to sing.

The real dedication of the organ was given at Graduation. The prayer, written by Mrs. Bro, was as follows:

A great amount of pleasure and source of inspiration will be given by this gift throughout the years to come.