FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1967 r -4 Shore's Point Alard Quartet Opener If one discounts the appearance of the Pennsylvania Ballet in Rec Hall last Saturday, then it can be said that Penn State's musical season began Wednesday night with The Alard String Quartet (Donald Hopkins, violin; Joanne Zagst, violin; Raymond Page, viola; and Leonard Feldman, :ello). As usual The Alard Quartet found itself at its best in the modern idiom with William Schuman's Quartet No. 3, a freely styled work in thre&movements. Its structure (introduction and fugue, intermezzo and rondo variations) is quite different from the classicists' conception of the string quartet. The piece abounds in vigor and rich sounds. It is not difficult to listen to and the quartet made the experience all the more pleasuiable. - One outstanding facet •of theft musicianship is l their tmanimity in tone. Lush chars in unison, not too distant from Brahms, came off superNy because of proper tuning, timing and bowing. '•' The Alaed owlet seems to play modern music best because of'the idioin's more flexible slyly and. of course, because they cannot help but associate with the period of which they are a part. To inaugurate the now season they played tried and true Mozart. The performance of the B flat Major QUartet can be likened to the Penn State - Navy football game in one respect:- both were sloppy. • Of course a college football 'team's opening game of the season is not expected to be a model cf precision. And on rarely finds a peforming artist's first played piece the best performance of the evening. • The, quartet's playing was slipshod not so much in technique as in style. At best the music made one feel neglected; at worst,' specifically the third movement adagio, the music was soporific. Mozart, like any other great composer, can be dull and even nonmusical if played without regard to style. If it weren't for the form and numerous thrills found in music, one would have had a hard time distinguishing the period of writing. The music was hardly warm and cer- tainly not inviting Raymond Page's viola was too often obscured. He should take a more assertive role, in general, in the qtiartet. 'Following intermision, The Alard Quartet with assist ance from Raymond Brown (Bass), Lewis Spratlan (oboe) and June Miller (harpsichord), performed J. S. Bach's Cantata "Ich babe genug" BWV 82. Brown's expertise re vealed itself in his . stage presence and appropriate style. Unfortunately, there were times in this c _not particularly technically taxing work, that he pushed his high notes and at least once, didn't quite make them. Someone said Brown was suffering from a throat ailment. That does qualify some criticism. He chose to sing mezzo-voce (half voice). Some of the most exquisite singing is done mezzo-voce. However; such was not the case Wednesday, Too often . , lines were not strongly sustained. The accompaniment was generally satisfying. HUB ARTS COMMITTEE FOR 'COEDS QNLY ' MEETING Any coed interested in i friendship and Christian Monday 6:30 service should consider joining KAPPA PHI-: 7 - • Women's Service club, 2nd Fla& HUB For more information leave your name and phone Anyone interested, please number, at the HUB desk. come to the meeting as we will be making plans for the *Deadline: Sunday, October 8, 1961 coming year. Your electric future started yesterday! Research and development in the electric power field has helped to make living today better than yesterday. And it will help to make tomorrow better than today. -- We are sharing in many reaearch projects that will help to make your electric service ever more useful, plentiful and low in price. 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Bang on Door Du Pont said he and his Spanish wife, Mimi]. had just returned to their five-acre estate from a party and had been in bed only 30 minutes when there was a loud bang on their bedroom door. "Then five men broke down the door," hr said. "Four of them had black hoods with the eyes cut out and one wore a red checkered mask, All had 'guns." Du Pont, 31, said the men told him no body would be hurt if he cooperated. He said they asked him and his wife how many other people were in the house and then went to round up their 4-year-old son, Victor: the butler, Hans Hein, 55, and Hein's wife, Rosa, 50, The five of them were tied hand and foot with du Pont's neckties and venetian blind cord. They were forced to remain in the master bedroom asy the thugs looted Resolution invokes Senate Opposition WASHINGTON (AP) A bi partisan resolution calling for greater efforts by President Johnson to obtain more help from Asian nations for the Viet nam war ran into bipartisan op position yesterday. "I think it's fill of mischief," Senate Republican Leader Ev erett M. Dirkson said of the proposition sponsored by his Illinois GOP colleague, Charles H. Percy. Sen. Gale McGee, (D-Wyo.) suggested the resolution could hamper efforts to bring about a greater contribution from the Asian countries. "They are vet y sensitive about the disproportionate size of thee American effort," he said, "and I wouldn't like them to get the idea the lig guy is trying to push them around." Percy said he doesn't intend to seek hearings or a vote on the proposal until it seems to he in the national interest to do so. Percy listed 22 other sena= tors, including doves and hawks on Vietnam, as co-sponsors of the resolution. Under the proposal. the Seri; THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA Five Gunmen Take $l5 Million the house for two hours. The du Pont's' younger son, 1-year-old Lammot, was allowed to remain in his crib. Police said he did .not awaken. "They tied us tip and threatened us as I guess all robbers do," du Pont said. "But they ,didn't treat us roughly." The du Ponts' younger son. 1-year-old butler and his wife were, on the floor of the master' bedroom. DuPont said the bandits put a cover over them and scratched a place on his leg when he told one of them it itched. He said the robbers forced him to open a safe from which they removed $50,000 worth of his wife's jewels, $4,000 in cash, three diamond watches valued at $3,000 and 1,000 silver dollars. Rare Coins ••••• They then demanded his collection of rare coins, he said; ''They figured I w•as a coin collector, I guess," du Pont said, ate would go On reco•:d to the effect that Johnson "should move with greater determina tion •to obtain commitments, manpower and resources from South Vietnam and - other Asian allies. "The armed forces of the United States should not con tinue to bear an ever-increas ing proportion of the fighting in Vietnam," the resolution states. In his speech of introduction, Percy said "U.S. domination of the war is a mistake because American men and money are being sucked int( the glicksand of Vietnam in extravagant numbers and the end- is no where in sight." He said added contributions from Asian nations sho . uld not be used to escalate'the war but to "lighten the load borne by our own men." Penn Stale Spoils Car Club AUTOCROSS Sunday, October 8 Registration I I i3O a.m. GENERAL SERVICES PARKING LOT HASHSUNqERS ,-- CAFETERV-:::.;. \HAsHsLIN E From Millionaire's Mansion Johnson Blasts Congress For Delay In Tax-Hike Request WASHINGTON (W)—Preii dent Johnson said yesterday "it is neither necessary nor wise" for Congress' to post pone action on his request for higher taxes until federal spending cuts are deter mined. ' Summoning -newsmen to his office for a question-and answer session limited to the single topic of taxes vs. spending, Johnson appeared to be responding directly to a vote yesterday by the House Ways and Means Com mittee to pigeonhole the tax bill until agreemeit was reached on a •hefty cut in spending. Asked if he was making such a response, the Presi dent said: "We don't want to reply and" get in fights." In fact, he added. Congress has sent him no legislation or communication to which he (at the other end of town) To aprease the mightiest of appetites and not dent the pocketbook, Hashslingers serves the Char Broiled Steak Dinner ($1.75) that won't quit. insludes two vegetables, roll and butter, and your choice of beverage. Patrons of Hashslingers can 'conveniently park indoOrs in rear of premises. 522 E. H College Avenue The 7,000 coins, he said, represented' his collection of U.S. coins which he valued at $500,000 and a portion of "Prince George Mikhailovitch's Russian collection" valued at $1 million, . The remainder of the Russian collection was at the Smithsonian Institution at Wash ington, D.C., and in a lock box at a Delaware bank, he said. - . The gang leader, he said, asked for the name of his attorney and said he would contact him later to see if he wished to ransom the coin collec'tions for $200,000, During their two-hour stay in the 33- room mansion, du Pont said the thieves helped themselves to a roast in the refriger ator and a few bottles of soft drink. And he said he found a $lO,OOO bill 'on the floor after they left. He surmised the gunmen either accidentally dropped the bill or discarded it because it would be too hard to change, After filling du, Pont's 1967 Cadillac with the loot, the gunmen drove away in could reply. Johnson argued, as he did Saturday • at a news confer ence]in Texas, that the entire nation would pay a burden some inflation tax "if it fails to face up .to its responsibili ties";-in handling tax and ap propriations legislation. Asked if, he could put a dollar figure on the inflation tax he has begun talking about regularly, Johnson said he could only predict a gen eral inflationary -spiral with higher prices "across the board." While some members of S AMMY SWINGS IN WITH A NEW YEAR J AMMY MUSIC BY SIGMA ALPHA MU THE WELCOMES ALL NEW SOCIETY RUSHEES Dinner the car. Twenty minutes later, : the butler worked his hands free and called• the police. The cat was found in a church park ing lot not far from the, estate. , _ Capt. C. 'O. Butte% head of the police department's robbery detail, said the ban dits left few clues. ••• . "One," du Pont said. "told me it was his first day on the job." Du Pont is the son .of the late Larnmot du _Pont, president Qf 'the E.. I. du Pont cte Nemours and Co.. Wilmington, Del. His wife is the former Miren•K: de Anezola of Bilboa, Spain. Scion of the vast du Pont financial em-. pire, Willis is a sling, intense 6-footer, He holds wide ranging cattle, aviation and cit rus interests in Florida and he and his wile are leaders among Miami's social set. The du Ponts flue in the swank 'Coconut Grove section of Miami, Thcir home, Bay mere, faces , Biscayne 138 y and has nine bedrooms and 19 bathrooms, It was built in 1964 at a cost of $BOO,OOO, Alarm System Off The estate is , guarded by an elaborate burglar alarm system which was not in operation when the gunmen• barged into the house. "He (du Pont) told me he just hadn't turned the alarm system on," Huttoe said. "He didn't give me a reason." Congress are talking about But, any case, he kept cutting planned fe d era 1 repeating, the administration . spending by $5 billion to $lO cannot intelligently decide billion, Johnson said his where to cut spending plans January budget, calling for until Congress passes this outlays of $136 billion in the year's appropriations bills. 1968 fiscal year that began Action on 10 such mess- July 1, was "carefully drawn, fiscally responsible and pru dent." have been enacted. Stand on Budget Asked if he was standing on that budget and would be prepared to spend approxi mately that amount—if ap propriated in the ways he recommended Johnson re plied, "that is correct." PAGE THREE CoConn! Choi% Section AMERICA'S GREATEST SLACKS "HAMILTON HOUSE" TROUSERS . $l6 TO '1,5 HUBBARD SLACKS .$lO TO $2O "BREECHES" PERMANENT. PRESS $7 TO $9 DUPONT* BLENDS INSURI LONGER WEAR FEATURNO3 , O-ENI DACRON ! P 0 CY EST ER qh,f,,gisuktio mwti 3=l
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