Oral History Interview with Wilfred Bain, December 12, 1978 Page: 1

                                
Oral History Collection
Wilfred Bain

Interviewer: Dr. Marceau Myers
Place of Interview: Palm Beach, Florida

Dr. Myers:
Dean Bain:

Date: December 12, 1978

This is Marceau Myers interviewing Wilfred Bain. He
was Dean of the North Texas State University School of
Music from 1938 to 1947, when he left to become Dean
of the School of Music at Indiana University. This
interview is taking place on December 12, 1978, at his
winter residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Dean Bain, will you begin this interview by giving
a biographical sketch of yourself? Where were you born;
what was your background, education, and musical experience?
Other pertinent facts?
Yes, of course. Well, as we introduced ourselves just
now, I was Dean of the School of Music from 1938 to 1947.
I have to correct that by saying that when I came to North
Texas State, it was North Texas State Teachers College.
There were no divisions except, say, for instance, there
was a division of education and maybe a division of general
studies or the like of that.   The reorganization that
brought about a School of Music came about as a result of
World War II and some of the implications of that which,