Conger metcalf biography of william hill

Fortunately for all users of Coe’s Stewart Library, Conger Metcalf created a collection of beautiful art that will nourish library visitors for as long as the college survives.  But Metcalf’s first love was initially a more ephemeral art--music.  When he received his degree from Coe in 1936, it was a Bachelor of Music.  His father was a gospel singer and his mother a pianist at the Sunshine Mission, and music was important to his entire family, including three brothers who also attended Coe.  Both the music and the spirit of Christian mission and concern for the poor can be traced throughout Metcalf’s career.  Metcalf insisted that “the greatest teachers I ever had were at Coe,” and the first to be named would be his piano instructor, Grace Swab.  Metcalf never lost his love for the piano: “I love to play the piano–it’s like talking.”  But Metcalf also suffered from a paral