Page Four THE TWIG April 18, 1947 Music Discovers Colleg e Leaders By Benny Goodman Freshman Frolics By KATHLEEN FAULCONER BENNY GOODMAN stiown licre witli lit« fameJ clarinet, hat )uft cut hit lirtt recorJt under a new exclutive contract with Capitol Recordt, Inc. SOCIETY, CLASSES (Continued from page one) shal; Jeanne Dickens, junior marshals; and Mickey Grady, sophomore marshal. Senior class officers for next year are; Mary Beth Thomas, president; Susan Fleming, vice president; Ruth Hall, secretary; and Elizabeth Hardison, treas urer. Junior class officers are; Ella Mae Shirley, presMent; Maxine Bissette, vice president; Eunice Andrews, secretary; and Marianna Worth, treasurer. Sophomore class officers are; Elizabeth Jones, president, Emily Poole, vice president; Betsy Morgan, secretary; and Alice Tuttle, treasurer. Sopho more student government repre sentatives will be Frances Mead ows and Gazelle Moore. For Drugs and Prompt Delivery DIAL 7741 The Dependable Drug Store STATIONERY : COSMETICS STATE DRUG STORE 2416 Hillsboro Street Leadership in musical progress and advancement of musician- ship will come from America’s new crop of university men and women. I’ve come to realize the im portance of this fact during my six-month stay in California. During these months I have had occasion to work with and to observe many of the new col lege bred musicians, and I have learned the true extent of the campus influence on modern American music. It is the endorsement of cam pus people across the country that seals the fate of new music. Back in the twenties and the wild college days, we led into an era of rather fantastic musi cal arrangements. The more serious nature of today’s university students is reflected in t o d a y’s music. Musicians who fail to recognize this do not last long at the top, if they ever get there. Don’t misunderstand me. I had no college education myself, for that matter. But I feel strongly that we are getting an increasingly better type of mu sician from the college group. There was a time when the music expression of America came primarily from the violent emotions of large groups of underprivileged people. But America has come far; Today we have more people attending universities than ever before. These influences are already being felt in the music of America, and more and more we must look to the university educated to help us give ade quate interpretation to that music. That is why I feel sure that a large part of my next band will be made up of university- educated musicians. They are the ones who must give us leadership. Many college musicians have already played a part in this musical growth. Some good ex amples are Woody Herman, Marquette University; Les Brown, Duke University; Jim mie Lunceford, Fisk University; Paul Weston, Dartmouth College and Columbia University, and Fred Waring, Pennsylvania State College. The University of North Carolina produced Hal Kemp, John Scott Trotter, Jan Garber, Skinnay Ennis and Kay Kyser. In addition to the musicians EXPERT CLEANING PROMPT SERVICE Walking Distance Meredith College Wl LMONT CLEANERS (Formerly Gates) 3015 HILLSBORO STREET The Class of ’50 is still stirred up over those lush Easter holi days ’cause — Otley Hockaday brought back Lionel’s class ring. . . . Betty Jo Tysinger got her fill of eatin’ and sleepin’. . . . Sara Pope saw lotsa Eddie. . . . Tula Cavalaris, Red Butler, Bunny Harris, and Joyce Ken nedy were among the orchid collectors. . . . Addie Elliott saw The Nation’s Capitol fas the guest of Lib Jones). . . . Lois Kauffman decided “Neut” is still her favorite guy. . . . Doris Con cha caught Fred’s cold. . . . Bert Wilson got a big, big, beautiful, brown bonnet. . . . Juanita Wall went niteclubbin’ to Winston- Salem’s Paddock. . . . Mary Rosy spent a lot of time at “the lake.” . . . Toni Patelos saw her dream man “again.” . . . Betsy Ann Morgan learned how to operate a movie projector. . . . Betty Zulalian got “grounded” in Washington. . . . Marilyn Whit taker received a colossal Easter egg from “Brookie.” . . . Sue Hamilton’s train hit a car. . . . “Cindy” Renner made up with Henry. . . . Emily Pool turned chapeau designer. . . . Ruth Ann Pierce got a tint of Florida sun. . . . Mina Mayton worked^— honest! . . . Elva Gresham col lected two corsages. . . . Ann Josey airplaned to West Point. . . . June Harmon looked in on Norfolk. . . . Naomi Bennett underwent a hairdo change. . . . Peggy Lewis took in some base ball games. . . . Kathryn Floyd saw “the most beau-u-tiful place in Georgia”—Sea Island, Bruns wick. . . . Sue Page was guest of honor at a surprise breakfast party. . . . Carolyn Covington copped a pic of her man. . . . Virginia Lee Snyder says she made the “usual round of hot spots.” . . . Emily Stacy and Dot Childress shopped. . . . Mary Lee Rankin went to the races—the Richmond Hunt Club ones, that is. . . . Margaret Hall saw Mount Vernon, the Washington Zoo, the Speedway, the airport—and all on Easter Sunday. RALEIGH HEARS SYMPHONY PLAY Welcome Meredith! Take Your Afternoon Walk to Wl LMONT PHARMACY Fountain Service Drugs Cosmetics For Happy Motoring Stop at MORRISSETTE'S ESSO SERVICE 2812 Hillsboro Street ‘‘‘Our Care Saves Wear” DIAL 9241 themselves, the reactions from American campus groups are powerful influences. We who play the music may play as we feel, but your reactions to our music give us the guide to our success at interpretation. If we miss, we hear about it. If our musicianship is good, your criti cal reports tell us. Similarly, the future of Ameri can music depends upon the freedom of college and univer sity people to express themselves ABOUT music, even though they are not musicians. We must have their true reactions in order to give them the music that is truly expressive of the modern American spirit. April 17 Leopold Stokowski | conducted the New York Phil harmonic - Symphony Orchestra in a Civic Music performance in i the Memorial Auditorium. He| is a famous figure of the Ameri-1 can musical scene, and his re-! cordings, perennial best-sellers, range from his admired Bach transcriptions through sym phonic masterpieces to syntheses of Wagnerian music-drama and works of contemporary com posers. As a child he played both violin and piano and his daily musical diet was Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, and Debussy. Stokowski’s formal musical education came first at the Royal College of Music in London, then in Paris and Mun ich. At the age of eighteen he came to the United States. In addition to conducting throughout Europe and Latin America, he has directed five orchestras in the United States— Cincinnati, Philadelphia, the All American Youth Orchestra, the NBC Symphony, and the New York City Symphony. In 1945 he became permanent Music Director of California’s Holly wood Bowl. Stokowski has made musical history in the films as in orches tral and recording fields. He has appeared in three motion pic tures; “The Great Broadcast of 1937,” “One Hundred Men and a Girl,” and “Fantasia,” in which he conducted music of Bach, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Beeth oven, Moussorgsky, Schubert, and Dukas. The New York Philharmonic- Symphony Orchestra which represents a merger in 1928 of the New York Philharmonic and the New York Symphony Orchestras, is the oldest orches tra in the United States and the third oldest in the world. It gave its first concert December 7, 1842. Sixty-three members were in the organization when it was founded—today there are 102 regular playing members. Through the radio the fame and influence of the Philhar monic is world-wide. It is esti mated that almost 12,000,000 persons listen regularly. The Sunday afternoon concerts of the Symphony have been broad cast regularly by the Columbia Broadcasting System since Oc tober, 1930. Little Theater Gets Honorable Mention In the Drama Festival held Saturday, April 12, at Chapel Hill, Meredith Little Theater re ceived honorable mention for its presentation of “Riders of the Sea,” a tragedy by J. M. Synge. The festival was participated in by high schools and colleges throughout the state, and was sponsored by the Carolina Dra matics Association. SOPRANO SINGS SENIOR RECITAL Peggy Parker, soprano, was presented in her graduating re cital in the College Auditorium on Wednesday evening, April 16, at 8; 00 o’clock. She was ac companied at the piano by Christine Kornegay. Peggy is a student of Miss Beatrice Donley, head of the college voice department. She has been very active in the various musical organizations of the school and city organizations. The program was as follows: Aria—A Serpina Penserete, from “La Serva Padrona” Pergolesi Rispetti Wolf-Ferrari Un verde practlcello, Op. 11, No. 1 Quando ti vldia. Op. 12, No. 1 Tu lo sal Torelli II Aria—Leise, leise, from “Der Freischutz’’ Weber III Sin Traum Grieg Aus Meinen Grossen Schmerzen Franz Aria—Connais tu le pays, from “Mlgnor" Thomas Ouvre ton coeus Bizet IV The Crying of Water Campbell-Tlpton Linden Lea WUliams The Lament of Ian the Proud . Griffes White Horses of the Sea Warren Marshals were Saxe Farmer, Jetta Fun derburk, Virginia Highfill, and Virginia Holcomb. DILLARD BEAUTY SHOP 3102 Hillsboro Street Dial 2-1232 Shampoo and Wave $1.00 Permanent Waves $3.50 up Coke and music BOniED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE CAPITAL COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., INC.

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