Biography
Handel Oratorio Society
Members: J. Alden Edkins, Lura Stover, Lydia Summers, Harold Haugh
Also in 1931, [Henry] Veld began conducting the Handel Oratorio Society, a choral society comprised of Quad City community members and local college students. During Veld's tenure, the Oratorio Society chorus grew from 125 members to 350, the maximum number that would fit on the stage in Centennial Hall.