Introduction

Biography

Mason gra­du­at­ed from Sy­ra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty, New York, in 1911.

He served at Au­burn Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty, as or­gan­ist (1916–39), in­struc­tor of mu­sic (1917–35), and as­sist­ant pro­fes­sor of fine arts and re­li­gion (1935–39).

While at Auburn, he did gra­du­ate work at Bos­ton Uni­ver­si­ty (1924–26), and played the or­gan at the First Pres­by­ter­ian Church. He lat­er served as or­gan­ist at the Sec­ond Pres­by­ter­ian Church of Au­burn for 27 years.