FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1944.
Music Honorary
Presents Program
The Louise Homer Club, worn
'en's music honorary, Is presenting
'a program of Christmas music for
all members of • Pi Lambda Theta,
educational honorary sorority, in
rUl:Carnegie Hall at 8 p.m. 'rues-.
•
Featured on the pp:lran . ) wilt*
group of German Lieder sung by
'Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, contralto
:and • new, voice Instructor in the
Ann Ac. department!: AccomPanYlng
her will be Mrs. 'lrene grant, organ
'and piano instructor at the Col
leke. . .
' A mixed ensemble of 17 voices
several carols of different
lands. The coeds of the ensemble
will present "Hasten to Bethle
hem," a Spanish carol, and the
French carol, "In Excelsis Deo,"
arranged by G. William Henninger
of the music faculty. Margaret,
liOagY,' Louise Neff, •Ann• Reese,
I .and, Kathryn Ryder ( form the
_quartet singing AmeriCan folk
• carols. _ . .
Patricia Manson,
,the only, in
strumentalist .Soloing at the , con
cert, will play fhb Bach-Gounod
"Ave Maria." At the close of the
'progfain both' clubs will Partici
pate h 3 a. community folk sing, it
:was , announced by Louise .Neff,
prPsident of the music group.
Singing with the-mixed ensem
, ble- are:. sopranos—Ruth. Hill,
Kathryn Hofmelster, Louise Neff,
Apn Reese,. and Adele T_
altos Betty Graeber, Suzanne
lartswick,
Doris Hitek, and toil
• Ann • Laßothe: . tenors • Charles
Aey
narct Heimaiin
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• Gerry; Gilman,'lVachael Rosenber
ger, ,
and John Schoening.
Mgk. EleoediPresideot
Oillottioilter'el Society
Dr: Wairen' B. Mack, head of 'the
• departrrient: of hortiCulture at the
college, ha's been elected president
• of the - American Society for Horti
cultural Science. • '
This society is a branch of the
Arkericarr - Associatioh for the' Ad
v4ncement of Science, an.organi
zatien, of scientists with members
in all the important colmtries on
thip continent, . . . . ,
'Annals
.. of tbe.A4lqy,iol:l
for . Horticultural 'Science present
reports of most recent findings
along horticultural' lines
. and 'are
uS6d'fitif . reference . Purposes by all
research workers in.this field.
With Victory comite our way let's make
it swift and sure. Instead of letting up,
now, above all, is the time to give out--
with extra dollars, extra effort, Let's back
'Harry James. Isn't Jazz,'
Nichols Tells Jitterbugs .
."What do you want to know
about jazz for? college students
have never heard any jazz. They
think it's Harry James
. or Lower..
Basin Street." And them. is' the
fighting words of pr. Eddie Nich
bls of the English composition dez.
riartment; who.. knows all but the
last word about authentic jazz and
is at, Oreaent
. thinking.tbat. one up.,
"And who is Harry James? Used
to be an acceptable .3yorkman in
the old poodman bpss section, but,
now his horn lushes around - like
Dave Rubinoff and hi' violin.
Whither jazz? Not on the , radiq, I
can tell you that;" Dr. Nichols
thrashed about in his chair.
Jazz h Tough to qet
"Good jazz is as tough to get as
cigarettes. To catch it you have to
go back to the dives and joints
along 52nd street or down at
Nick's in Greenwich Village. Of .
course the musicians have had to
give up caviar and scotch and go
back to hamburgers and gin, but
it's great for the music.
"The' musicians were a little
strained by the high living
well,
but The boys don't eat so well,
but they play it the way they did
before the middle thirties When
- the'Word `swing' Was'hung on any
thing that paid out a four-four
beat. • ' • •
"And the people that shag down
all the fads .(before swing it was
rnah jong or something else) 'had
their day, pretending they knew
all about jazz and calling every in
strument a, •phony name like a
`suitcase,'• 'plumbing,' or a 'licorice
stick.? You .know where thoSe peo
ple are now? . Playing gin rummy.'?
The.profcssor pitched forward izi
-
his chair.
Drop at Nick' s
• "And that's all to the good for
the music because only the true
disciples are. left and' they want. to
Freshman Women Urged
To Attend Open Houses
• All - freshman women and trans
fer students- interested in lOiriing
a sorority are urged by Panhel
lenic Council to attend as many
of the- sorority open house to
morroW afternoon as possible.
Each house or, suite will..be, open
'to visitors 'from .2 to 4. p. m, C.oeds
tottring the sororities should dress
In casual" sports clothes. No hats
or gloves should be worn adcor
.ding to Helen Martin, president
oI the.council. • • '
'Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sig
ma Delta Tau are not eligible to
hold open houses • because they
.
violated the Panhellenic Consti
tution last semester. - •
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hear it the way musicianswant. to
play it. So you go down tq Nigles
and you'l' catch it if everything is
right.
"The tune they play is, any, oldy—
let's say 'Panama.' They've been on
it for ten minutes already , and Pee
Wee Russel'a.glarinei is peeling off
a countet-•melqdy -higkabove • the
drive. of : Davison . 'S trumpet, - in turn
supported underneath by Brunies.'
legato trumpet." Dr. Nichols tilted
back. again. He was out.
•
"Tough : , music for Abe* little
sweeties, brought up' on_ Glenn Mil
ler; Counterpoint in Bach is even
tough listening, But go away now,
I hear the boys starting another
ten minutes of Panama.'" •
Authority on Jamb.
Back in the thirties, pr, Nichols
lectured on jazz around the cam
pus, and after 1935 organized a
number of • jam, sessions among
dollege musicians. When Froth
was the Esquire 'of Perin State, the
composition professor wrote its
jazz column.
The magazine, Vanity Fair,
printed an article on the jargon of
jazz by Dr. Nichols and William L.
Werner of the English literature
department. Nichols also wrote the
chapter on Bix Beiderbecke for
"Jazzmen," published. by Harcourt
Brace in 1939.
Ag Extension Director
Receives National Award
• J. Martin. Fry, director of agri
cultural eXtefisiOn' at the College,
has received the Certificate of
RecognitiOntOr outstanding exten
gion work froth Epsilon Sigma Phi,
national extension fraternity. The
award was made at the' annual
meeting of the. Grand Council of
the fraternity in Chicago.
A native of 'Lancaster county
and a graduate of the College, Fry
began his 'extension work as coun
ty agent in Northumberland county
in 1918: He served there until Oc
tOber. 1924, when he was transfer
red td the central office as assistant
director.
AppOintment as director Of agri
cultural extension came on Octo
ber 1, 1942. Since that time Direc
tor Fry has given strong:and tire
less leadership to the many • activi
ties of the wartime extension pro
grain, including Emergency Farm
Labor.
Director Fry is now chairman of
the Northeastern section of agri
cultural extension directors. Since
1928 he has served as secretary of
the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
• In 1940 he was governor, of the
pergipylvazia' District of Kiwanis
International.
up. nue Oghting men by keeping in there
pitching till the thing is cinched. Victory
takes something extra to win. Make it an
Bxtra . War Bond ...Today . .. Nowt
THE ',COLLEGIAN
X-6-I Club Holds
informal Dance
An. informal vie dance will be
staged for all members of the X-
G-I Club in the Hugh Beaver
,• . .
Room, Old Main, from 9 o'clock
to midnight, today.
Members will meet in 405 Old .
Main at 7:30 phi; Tuesday. They
will also select the design for the
club pin. In the future the meet
ings will be held , the first and
third Tuesdays of:each month.
Officers appointed at the. Am
erican Legion Home recently in
clude: J. Paul Pioth, commander;
Harry MacMillin, vice- comman
der; Wesley Turek, adjutant;
Pat Brennan, treasurer; Grady
Niarler, treasurer; and . Walter
Robinson, chaplain and parlia
mentarian.
WilHain Maginne, Walter Kish,
and Hal Hein were elected to the
executive committee, and Robert
McGregor was chosen to head
the publicity committee.
Send The Collegian to your
friends and parents. SubscriptionS
are $1 a semester.
FLOWERS
to say
Thinking of you
on
Christmas Day
WOODRINGS
Phone 2405 Beaver Avenue
c.ipea l bit
Campto
JtvoJorne
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The Penn State Players
Present
Portman Paget as George Gibbs and
Claire Cohen as Emily Webb in
"OUR TOW '2, "
December 8 and 9, 1944
XHWAB AUDITORIUM
Fall semester officers of the Blue
Band are John Setar, presideftt;
Anne Mulvehill, secretary; Robert
Manning, librarian; and Harvey
Marcy, manager.
The Wesley Foundation
of
The Methodist Church
Sunday 9:30 a. m. Student
Church School Classes: "Great
Living Religions," leader, Mrs.
M. A. John:, "Life of Christ",
leader, Rev. M. V. Mussina.
10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Wor
ship Services. 4:30 p. m. Stu
dent Choir Rehearsal. 5:00 to
7:00 p. m. Student Friendly
HOurs. Fellowship; Recreation
Worship. Supper 20 cents.
Speaker: Barbara SiruOt . .
"Life On an Indian Mission."
YOU ARE WELCOME
COME AND BRING A FRIEND
SALLY'S
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