March 27, 1953
STUDENT COUNCIL ’ **"
At the Student Council meeting held Wednesday, March 25, the following report
was given by treasurer John Carr t
Total espenditures $1731i- a -20*
Student Council
Athletic Association
ROTC
College Arts Society
Music
Emergency
Total $173u.20
The following amendment was approved by a two-thirds vote of Council. This
amendment will go into effect in September, 1953?
"A Student Council member's terra shall be one academic year unless his
class status changes. In this case an election will be held to replace him, 11
DIART OF A TRAVELER
I met the rest of my fellow travelers at the Hotel Altamont at 8:00 last
Saturday morning. The weather was tip-top, and we were looking forward to a
wonderful trip. My Music 6 class and a few others were going to New Tork to the
Metropolitan Opera House to see Richard Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde". There
were eleven of us Miss Pearl Garbrick, Miss Jean Gilbert, Harriet Tulin, Jane
Tressler, Mary Bissol, Jimmy Kobrick, Tony Nash, Dave Landau, Ralph Whitmer,
Mr. and Mrs, Harold Michael o "Mike", as he is known to all the students, drove
one of the cars and Miss Garbirck drove the other. Our drivers got us to New York
in record time—-three hours. One of the rnonor difficulties encountered while
driving thouugh New York was being stopped by a policeman. It seems hake's car
was over the line at the traffic light. The policeman had a soft heart, though—
he didn’t give Mike a ticket.
After dinner we hurried to "The Met", We were impressed by the magnificient
old building, especially the many balconies—five to be exact. As we looked
around we saw many foreign faces—Chinese, Spanish, English. Then we settled
down in our seats to enjoy the opera which was sung in German, The story, typical
of Wagner, was on the fantastic side. Tristan is sent to bring Isolde, who is
bethrothed to King Mark, to the King, Isolde holds a deep hatred for Tristan,
who has killed her lover. She plans tp poison himj however* her maid prepares a
love potion instead of the poisonous one. After both drink this love potion, they
fall deeply in love. They hide their love for each other from King Mark, who has
married Isolde, When the King finally loams of it, his servant wounds Tristan,
The opera ends with Isolde singing the beautiful"Liebestod"to her dead lover.
Everyone enjoyed Helen Traubel as Isolde, HLanche Thebom as Isolde's handmaid, and
Set Svanholm as Tristan, They all gave a laudable performance.
We were also entertainer at the ppera by a gentleman(one of the boys) who was
sitting on the steps near by. He imagined that he was conducting the opera, and he
was actually going through all the movements.
After enjoying our supper at Taffenetti's, we left New York, It seems that
Tony Nash, who was the official road advisor, was watching something else besides
the road. Somehow we found ourselves heading toward Stroudsburg, when our route
was through Easton* With Mike's guidance and Tony Nash's help, we managed to get
back on the right road.
Tony Nash furnished the chief entertainment on the way home, and also gave us
a few German lessons with Mike's help. According to authorities, Tony Nash is
speechless only when he is sleeping.
When we finally reached home, tired but still awake, everyone agreed that we
had a wonderful time.
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
|60U,89
576.92
1*58.60
50.00
26.89
16.90
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