Just a week ago, MARGUERITE HOOD
 climaxed weeks of preparation when
 she directed the sparkling May Festi
val Youth Chorus for the eighth successive year; and earlier this year she
 was honored by being elected President
 of the Music Educators' National Conference, the largest musical organiza
tion in the country. She is currently
 serving as Chairman of the Editorial
 Board of "The Music Educators' Jour
nal."

Miss Hood joined the faculty in
 1942, after having taught at the Uni
versity of Southern California; she is
 now Associate Professor of Music Edu
cation in the School of Music. She is
 also kept busy as Director of the
 Women's Glee Club, is Supervisor of
 Music for the Ann Arbor Public
 Schools, and does University Extension 
work in Detroit, Grand Rapids and
 Ann Arbor.

Born at Drayton, North
 Dakota, she received her early educa
tion at Souris, North Dakota, and
 earned the Bachelor of Arts degree at
 Jamestown College. In 1941, she re
ceived the Master of Music degree
 from the University of Southern Cali
fornia, and three years ago was given 
the honorary degree of Doctor of 
Music at Jamestown College. She also
 did graduate work at Northwestern 
University.

Early in her career Miss 
Hood served as Supervisor of Music
 and Director of the Band and Chorus
 at the public schools in Bozeman and
 Havre, Montana. This was followed by five years as State Music Supervisor, Montana State Department of 
Education.

Getting away from the aca
demic field, Miss Hood spent a few 
years doing radio advertising at Mis
soula, Montana, and at Spokane,
 Washington. She has since served as
 visiting professor at the University of 
Montana, as guest lecturer at colleges 
in Washington, taught at the Teachers
 College, Columbia University, and at
 the National Music Camp at Inter
lochen, Michigan. Miss Hood is a 
member of Delta Kappa Gamma.
 Sigma Alpha Iota, Pi Kappa Lambda.
 Pi Lambda Theta, and numerous other
 organizations. She has edited a num
ber of songbooks and is co-author of
 "Learning Music Through Rhythm,"
 a recent publication.