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May 25, 1951
Graduating Class Confronts a World of Various Experiences;
Increasing Number Plan to Enter Graduate Studies, Vocatio^
By BARBARA COX
Last Tuesday evening was the
“shining hour” for Nancy
Cooke, pianist; Beth Hord, so
prano; and Vertie Mitchell, pi
anist. All are candidates for the
B.A. degree with a major in
public school music.
Showing genuine artistry,
Nancy Cooke opened the pro
gram with Bach’s Prelude and
Fugue in E flat and played two
Debussy compositions for her fi
nal group. Following Nancy,
Beth, with a soft, lyric voice,
sang three German songs by
Strauss and four English airs.
Marion Winston accompanied
Beth on the piano. Vertie Mit
chell pleased the audience with
her performance of two Choplin
preludes and two musical works
by Brahms.
Commencement Program
Ushering commencement
weekend into view will be the
annual commencement recital.
June 1, at 8:00 p.m. in the new
auditorium. The performers
will be students from the jun
ior and senior classes. Barbara
Morris, soprano, will sing “As
When the Dove Laments Her
Love” from “Acis and Gala-
thea” by Handel. Sonata in F
minor, Longo No. 383 by Scar
latti and “La Puerta del Vino” by
Debussy will be played by Bet-
tie Compton on the piano. Bar
bara Cox, soprano, will sing
“Wohin” by Schubert and “Ver-
gebliches Stonchen” by Brahms.
Faith Frye, pianist, and Pa
tricia Roberts, organist, will
play “Pastorale” by Guilmant. A
duet, “Sous le dome apais” from
“Lakme” by Delibes will be sung
by Jean Miller and Barbara
Bone, sopranos Marion Winston
will play “La Vent dans La
Plaine” by Debussy and “Auf-
schwung” by Schumann. East-
West Cycle will be sung by
Jacqueline Creef. Margaret
Swann will play Etude in C
sharp minor, p. 25, No. 7 and
Scherzino form “Faschingssch-
wank aus Wien” by Schumann.
A duet will be sung by Betty
Jo Smith and Jane Slate. They
will sing “Tutti fior” from
“Madame Butterfly” by Puccini.
Dorothy Allen, organist, will
play “Toccata” by Andriessen.
All through the year the mu
sic students have worked hard
to present interesting recitals.
It has sometimes been heart
breaking to see the small groups
of fellow students who attend
the performances. Perhaps
members of the student body
have some suggestions to make
By MICKY BOWEN
Although it’s hard to be gen
eral about a subject close to you,
I’m convinced that in the case
of the senior class, it’s quite jus
tified. As I think of them, I dis
cover that my classmates refuse
to fit neatly into categories.
There is a touch of the butter
fly as well as the book worm, it
seems, in all of us, and although
types definitely exist, there is
a different one for each mem
ber of the class.
We’re fortunate in knowing
each other even more than we
realize, because optimism does
pay off and we will judge most
of the people we meet in the
future by the girls we’ve known
here. Of course, we’re not any
of us fit to judge our relation
ships at this point, living under
the cloud of hail and farewell
to the tune of “It has been
great . . . I’ll never forget you
as we do.
Founders’ Day was probably
the most forceful impression
yet of how close we are to that
other door “on the outside.” The
tears of sentiments on these oc
casions are not always for the
dear departed comrades you
know, there also is mourning
for the fact that your idlyllic
years have fled leaving most of
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as to how the recitals can be
made to hold the attention of
more students who are not music
majors. Any suggestions will be
appreciated!
service that we could success
fully perform. The biographies
of great men are filled with
such stories. These we read in
loud clear tones to each other.
Perhaps its better to go through
this while young, we assure our
selves. It is a phase, I trust.
Also, the percentage is grow
ing everyday (we take a cer
us actually to make a living. No
cuts in that 8-12 session, you
know, not even in exchange
for quality points.
Well, there are compensa
tions in everything. We can’t
quite see how our various or
ganizations will continue to ex
ist next year when we aren’t
here (impossible!), but we
know that Meredith’s loss will
be the world’s gain. As a mat
ter of fact how they’ve gotten
along so well without us is an
unfortunate mystery.
Then, there’s the other side
The preposterous thought that
there is anyone on this earth
who would pay out real money
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tain pride in the comparative
statistics) of those who really
intend to take on a vocation
come June. They are the ones
to be saluted, I think, along
with the ambitious ladies who
have finished school “anyway.
Not to leave out some of the
most important members of our
class, there are those who nev
er expected to make the big day
and are still a little dazed at ^
having enough quality points.
It is obviously possible to drift
through college, contrary to the
propaganda.
So, we assume a little dignity
with our gowns and partake in
a festival. It marks a transi
tion but the two periods it con
nects are different for every
graduate. We leave many of the
same things behind and trust
that our heirs won’t leave them
laying underfoot. It is the end
of an era, isn’t it? We’ll let you
know how the world is.