Amid The Trees
Amid the Trees Articles
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit in on a Bethany class? Are you curious about the content and connecting together the name, photo, and classes taught by the professor? Or maybe you would simply like to pause the busyness in your life to learn more about mathematics, music, communication, chemistry, etc.?
Amid the Trees highlights the expertise of our professors at Bethany by inviting you into their classroom and seeing a sample writing of their outstanding work.
Amid the Trees, Vol. 1 Issue 2
Luther, Gerhardt, and Kingo
By Benjamin Faugstad, Associate Professor of Music
Have you ever heard of “The Three B’s of Classical Music” – Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms? These three composers represent a span of 250 years, encompassing the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music periods, respectively. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) created incredible works, such as his Brandenburg Concertos, St. Matthew Passion, The Well-Tempered Clavier, and Cello Suites, to name a few.
Amid the Trees, Vol. 1 Issue 1
Chemistry and High Fashion
By Eric Woller, Professor of Chemistry
It’s late 1857 in London. You’ve settled down in the reading room of your Piccadilly mansion to enjoy a cup of tea and read the latest edition of the Illustrated London News. When you get to the fashion section, you cannot believe what you read. Described is an account of Empress Eugénie (wife of Napoleon III) arriving at a Parisian ball wearing a purple dress! Purple! Knowing her current preference for crinolines, the amount of purple dye needed to color this amount of fabric must have cost a small fortune, probably a large fortune!