Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Story of Rosthern Junior College '. Some believe that rosthern is a mis-spelling of the intented village name of Rosethorn. Less disputed in the fact that Russian emigrants began settling there about 1892. Plans for the school date to about 1903. Elder Peter Regier was one of the principals. One of the early teachers gave up his job in a town called Quiet Life to come to Rosthern. Read more about : Verner A. Friesen, Norman Bergens, vocal lessons, Bertha Dahl, Mendelssohn Choir, cell prayer services, ZMIK, Chairman H.T. Klaassen, and Ruszlaender.460 pages - index at back Text assisted by some tabular data and some b/w photographs. Map of Mennonite settlements on page 10. Cond : Boards are straw coloured with burgundy lettering. White end-paperss. D.J. is brown with white lettering. D.J. photo is of the school as it appeared - circa 1912. Volume tight, bright, square, and clean. No names, minimal wear. D.J. is bright with minor edge wear. Now protected in mylar. Excellent reference ! ! Quote (p.135) : " Of particular importance to the school was the concert choir formed in the early forties with selected singers giving extra time to more demanding choir work. The repertoire of the concert choir consisted largely of songs published in 1945 in Paetkau's own Liederalbum, but later some more difficult pierces were tried. The concert choir also competed with significant success in ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 011951

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