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Music Groups Can Do It
Mendelssohn's oratoria "Elijah," executed brilliantly in
Schwab Auditorium Wednesday evening, proves that campus
musical groups can adequately re-create great music.
The chapel choir under the sensitive direction of Mrs.
Willa Taylor sang the sweeping and subdued choruses with
the emotion and exuberance demanded of this inspiring work.
Baritone Chester Watson as the prophet carried his role
with vocal and dramatic intensity. Soprano Barbara Troxell,
in excellent voice, was ably assisted by contralto Martha
Albert and tenor Boyd Bell. Bouquets also go to organist
George Ceiga who made the Israelites' "fire and water" spring
from the keyboard.
Months of preparation and polishing were required for
Wednesday's production, but judging from the applause and
after-concert comments, the audience was moved by the glori
ous music and performance. Local talent turned "Elijah" into
the finest musical event of
.the college year.
A full house was very gratifying—after the scanty attend
ance of several earlier musical events. Publicity was well
handled. The oratorio's scope, the number of participants, and
gratuitous admission packed the auditorium.
This step in the right direction should be carried for
ward. Critique-sponsored jazz concert which pitted dixieland
against bebop was a great treat in rhythms and harmonies
that even influenced "long hairs." Blue Band concerts (an
other slated for Sunday) and Mr. Ceiga's Thursday organ
recitals deserve wide receptions.
In the local symphonic and recital fields, the productions
have not been designed to attract larger audiences. The an
nual symphony several Sundays back was devoted to short,
familiar pieces, although a new work was included in the
bill of fare.
Full-bodied symphonies and concertos have been offered
in past years and should be given again for the more popu
lated campus. This undertaking involves renting scores and
rehearsing but the finished item is sure to please performers
and public.
Music department recitals (one scheduled for 117 Car
negie, 8:15 p.m. Monday) permit individual performers to
display their talents and develop self-confidence. Although
the department subordinates virtuosity to music education
and instrument familiarity, these recitals of original and well
known works should be presented at least once a semester in
Schwab for a large assembly.
Ensembles like the Philadelphia String Quartet here on
May 1 under Common Sense Club auspices should be brought
on campus more frequently.
Professional artistry, however, is limited mainly to the
Artists' course. The committee has booked three outstanding
masters for one-night stands next year—Christopher Lynch,
Helen Traubel, and Vladmir Horowitz.
Admission prices are regulated by the high fees asked by
these superior performers plus the Federal luxury tax. No
standing room or stage chairs, and the recent subtraction of
seats restrict total seating capacity to 1232. Sellout attend
ance for the three numbers, however, is certain.
On a campus of 8,000 students and 1200 faculty members,
immortal and contemporary music of broad scope and sym
phonic texture should be encouraged by bringing in more
outside performers and by introducing more local talent.
—Bennett Lear Fairorth
• An Australian named Bill Johnson won the world's
ax swinging championship by chopping through a 15-inch
hardwood log in two minutes 47 seconds. If he can capitalize
en his title, he should be in the chips.
• After years of admitted thievery of jokes and cartoons,
an alleged campus comic mag has branched into another field
of banditry—purloining advertising stunts. It didn't even
bother getting the consent of the "endorsers."
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STATE—B.F.'s Daughter.
NITTANY—Border Feud.
College Hospital
Discharged Frid a y: Charles
Griswold, John Schmerin, Betty
Shrum.
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Danielson, Conn., May 25, gradu
ating students for sales and man
ufacturing departments.
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Hard to Swallow
TO THE EDITOR: This morn
ing as I was eating my toast and
drinking my coffee, I read the
editorial in the Collegian entitled
"Biting the Hand." I find it dif
ficult to describe the feeling that
came over me as I read the state
ments made by the wife of a
"prominent businessman."
There seems to be a great deal
of discussion going on concerning
that statement that the Windcrest
wives are a bunch of "charity
cases supported by the govern
ment." A great many of us around
here feel that the Windcrest
wives have been dealt a "low
blow." Personally, I can't see how
any woman who would make
such a statement can command
the respect of any decent, respect
able man, woman, or child.
My primary purpose in writing
this letter, however, concerns an
other
remark made by that same
woman, in which she stated that
the G.l.'s were ruining the town.
Now, everyone knows that such
a statement is just so much non
sense; some of us spent more
years in the service than we care
to talk about and, almost with
out exception, we came back to
try our hand at improving things,
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rather than practice what we
learned about ruination and de
struction.
Many of us are of the opinion
that if all the people who attend
Penn State, as well as all the
others that do not call this place
their home town, were to sud-
denly quit the place the town of
State College would fold up in
nothing flat, and the permanent
residents would either have to
get out or starve to death.
Ruining the town indeed!
—Jim McLaughlin.
Problems and Mr. Gara
TO THE EDITOR: As we
roam e'd through Nordhausen,
Germany, surveying the thou
sands of bodies stacked in ditch
es, charred barracks and scattered
over the ground, we couldn't be
lieve that this was merely one of
many such concentration camps
located in Germany—all products
of the Nazi warlords' minds. Yet
the following day, an American
soldier nonchalantly stated that
Hitler was entirely right in what
he was doing and that the United
State had no business sticking
her nose into European affairs.
Today Russia is retracing the
Nazi path and another American,
Mr. Larry Gara of the College,
is broadcasting his encourage
ment to the gang of conniving,
Russians who are now leading
the Russian populace.
Such Americans are harmless
if they keep to themselves and do
not insult the intelligence of
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Penn Stale Engineer
Features Physics Article
The ...iray issue of th e Penn
State Engint.:zr, now available at
Student Union, Corner Room, and
Rea & Derick's, features an ar
ticle by Gene Martin on "Con
cepts of . Modern Physics."
Martin thus culminates a con
tinuous year of successful tech
nical writing.
Application of engineering
practices to agriculture is dis
cussed by Merton McLean. Dr.
Haskell B. Curry, professor of
mathematics, explains the appli
cation of symbolic logic to engi
neering problems. Dr. Curry has
been invited to read 'a thirty
minute paper on Symbolic Logic
before the 10th International
Congress of Philosophy at Am
sterdam, Holland, this sumer.
Hat Societies Council
William Bonsall was recently
elected president of the Hat Bo
cieties Council. Therrell Ruhlman
was elected vice-president and
Marilyn Guillet, secretary.
Band Conce.%:
The Penn State Blue Band
concert will be held on the li
brary steps at 3 o'clock tomor
row afternoon. In case of rain it
will be held in Schwab Auditor
ium.
Americans who realize that free
dom was attained not by running
away from problems facing them.
—R. Lutz.
H. Arble.
—H. Kobylarski.
Grateful Patient
TO THE EDITOR: I, as most
who write you, have a gripe to
air; but for a change, not against
the administration, but against a
g{•oup of students.
These students are the ones
who talk down the College in
firmary. I doubt if any of them
have ever been in it. I have. It
was my first experiente with any
hospital, but one of the first
things I remember was "lunch,"
a vegetable platter of 6 vegeta
bles. I asked if it was dinner in
the middle of the day. In the
afternoon and around 8 p.m. they
ask you what kind of fruit juice
you would like.
The nurses, every one of them,
were swell, and came when you
rang, day or night. There was
one nurse for about five patients.
I am pointing this out as from
College I was brought home to
one of the "big city hospitals,"
and how I missed the infirmary!
During the day to bathe pa
tients and make beds, there were
three student nurses for over 30
patients and at night only one
nurse for the same number. Do
you wonder I am peeved at thcfse
who complain about our College
infirmary? I know no place is
perfect, but I hate to hear some
thing .good unjustly criticized.
—Polly Goodwin.