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THE TWIG
January 18, 1952
Leonard Warren Sings in
Fourth Civic Music Concert
“A Masterpiece which has long
been caviar to the general pub
lic came into its own,” said Olin
Downes of the New York Times,
when “Falstaff ’ was revived last
year to coincide with the tenth
anniversary season of the Metro
politan’s Leonard Warren, who
will be heard here on January 21
at the Memorial Auditorium in
the fourth concert in the civic
music series.
Until he was 27, Leonard War
ren, leading baritone of the
Metropolitan Opera Association,
had never studied an opera role.
A graduate of Columbia Uni
versity, he had intended to pur
sue a business career but when
he was fired from his first job—
as an accountant—for singing at
his work, he decided to make
music more than a hobby.
Mr. Warren sang for three
years in the glee club of Radio
City Music Hall. At the end of
this period, he began to take
music lessons for the first time
in his life. His teacher, hearing
the rich, natural power of his
voice and realizing its potential
greatness, advised the young
singer to try for more important
work.
Met Audition
Armed with a repertoire of
three arias, Mr. Warren audi
tioned for the Metropolitan
Opera. He immediately was ac
cepted and during the following
six months, in Milano, mastered
seven opera roles. He made his
debut at the Metropolitan as
Paolo in “Simon Boccanegra”
on Friday, January 13, 1939.
Not only is he a member of
the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, but of four other Opera
companies in this country and
South America — the Chicago
Opera, the San Francisco Opera
Company, the Teatro Municipal
in Rio de Janeiro and the Teatro
Colon in Buenos Aires.
He is the guest artist on such
leading radio programs as the
RCA-Victor, Voice of Firestone
and the regular Saturday after
noon broadcasts from the Metro
politan Opera House.
Between his operatic appear
ances, he makes an annual con
cert tour of the United States
and Canada.
An RCA-Victor recording art
ist, he has recorded the opera
“Rigoletto” (the first complete
opera recorded by RCA-Victor in
the United States), works from
“Tales of Hoffman,” “Faust,”
“Falstaff,” “La Gioconda,” the
famous Toreador Song from
Bizet’s “Carmen,” the Prologue
from “I Pagliacci,” arias from
“Rigoletto,” the Credo from
“Otello,” and others.
NEW STAFF MEMBERS
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sity in New York. She has also
served as director of food serv
ice and as an associate professor
of home economics at Madison
College in Harrisonburg, Vir-
ginia.
Also joining the Meredith staff
this month is Mrs. Kenneth Cad-
dell of Southern Pines and Burl
ington who is temporarily re
placing Mrs. Miriam Todd Hitt,
instructor of equitation now on
sick leave in Florida.
Taking the place of Miss Lat-
tie Rhodes as secretary to Dr
Campbell, is Mrs. Helen Doug
lass Barham of Raleigh. After
attending Women’s College in
Greensboro, she held a position
in the aeronautics department at
State College. Later she taught
at Miss Hardbarger’s Secretarial
College and then worked for six
years at the Carolina Power and
Light Company. Before coming
to Meredith, she was secretary to
the principal at Hugh Morrison
High School in Raleigh.
Leonard Warren
“FIGHT POLIO”
(Continued from page one)
Lou Griffin, Jean Pace, and
Sally Dean with Miss Marian
Davis sponsoring the report. In
Stringfield dormitory Marianne
Carson, Jane Spence, and Becky
Barnhardt will serve as chair
men with Miss Margaret Sch
wartz as sponsor. Chairmen for
the non-resident group are Bar
bara Ballenger and Honore
Parker with Miss Jane Greene
acting as sponsor.
Members of the faculty will
be solicited by Dr. Leslie Syron
in the arts building. Miss Mar
garet Gregory in the science
building. Miss Ruth Woodman
in the music building, and Miss
Phyllis Cunningham in the phys
ical education building. Miss
Mae Grimmer, assisted by other
membens of the staff, will have
charge of pledges from the ad
ministration. Publicity directors
for the drive are Miss Nancy
Walker and Miss Jeanne Ram-
Pat Roberts Presents
Senior Organ Recital
Miss Martha Patricia Roberts,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. W.M. Roberts of Lenoir, will
present her senior organ recital
Saturday, January 2b, at 8; 00
p.m., in Meredith's recital hall,
i. here will be no reception.
Before coming to Meredith,
Miss Roberts majored in organ
under Miss Luceille Sawyer at
Mars Hill College. At Meredith
she has studied under Dr. Harry
E. Cooper. Included on her pro
gram will be: “Prelude in c
minor,” by Bach; “Grand Choeur
Dialogue, ’ by Gigant; “Comes
Autumn Time,” by Sowerby;
“Sicilienne,” by Weitz; and
“Finale in B*^ Major,” by Franck.
Miss Roberts has been a mem
ber of the Chorus, Hoofprint
Club, Sigma Alpha Iota, and
president of the organ class.
After graduating February 2,
1952, she plans to resume her
studies here, acquiring her B.M.
degree in organ in July. Follow
ing the completion of her studies.
Miss Roberts plans to use her
music in some capacity of the
church, either as a director of
music, or as organist.
sey.
The campus-wide program
will be presented to the student
body during the chapel period
on January 17 by Mrs. Marsh.
Both Mrs. Marsh and her com
mittee hope to complete the cam
paign by January 24, but it is
understood that the drive will
be considered incomplete and
unsuccessful unless every mem
ber of the student body, faculty,
and staff makes a contribution.
For this reason, the campaign is
jeing conducted on a competitive
basis.
This year the question, “How
much should I give?” is being
answered, “As little as a dime
but as much as your heart tells
you.”
Pinch-hitting for a columnist
isn’t too easy. First of all, there
is an established reputation to
live up to, and secondly, an ama
teur usually doesn’t know much
about the subject for discussion.
There is one thing for sure,
however, and that’s spring. Yes,
I’m talking about “Spring for
Sure,” the production by the
Carolina Playmakers that is
scheduled for February 11, at
8:00 p.m. in the Meredith audi
torium. This delightfully enter
taining musical comedy involves
a splendid cast, and the price of
admission is only fifty cents for
all students and seventy-five
cents for adults. The Meredith
Little Theatre and the Student
Government are sponsoring it.
Most of us have never had the
opportunity to attend a Broad
way theatre, but we could take
advantage of the scenes that are
staged for us at our own front
door. The Carolina Playmakers
are among the best in their line,
so if you see “Spring for Sure,”
you can’t go wrong.
Even though the opportunities
for seeing play productions are
limited, there are no limitations
on good movies. After all.
Movies are better than ever.”
Book Review
IIUMAI^ITY ON EXHIBITION FOR READERS
Meade Minnigerode, in his
book The Fabulous Forties, pre
sents a picture of the private and
civic life of citizens of the forties,
drawn principally from con
temporary sources, with empha
sis on the life in New York.
Any one who wishes to have a
few hours of fascinating diver
sion is able to find them by read
ing Mr. Minnigerode’s book. The
author acts as a guide, and takes
his readers through a gallery of
humanity on exhibition. He en
joys his trip every bit as much as
his reader, and his loud “guf
faws” are almost audible. Min
nigerode mildly pokes fun at the
ladies and gentlemen of the
period for their thin varnish of
culture and prudish manners and
morals. His assumptions about
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how they reacted to certain
events are interesting. Bos
tonians were absolutely terrified
that they would not like and ap
preciate Fanny Elssler, the
European dancer, as much as the
theater-goers of London and
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By ALYCE EPLEY
If any of you were lucky enough
to see the current movie “Street
car Named Desire,” you saw one
of the newest versions of the
morality plays. This type of play
which arose about a century
after the beginning of drama had
as its first purpose the instruc
tion or religious edification of
man in an entertaining man
ner. 'The morality play brought
the theatre nearer to life since
the stories were related to the
problems of living that an ordi
nary man might have to face.
Such was the setting in “Street
car Named Desire.” In the
poorer section of New Orleans—
lacking in money and morals—
an unforgettable lesson is taught.
Filled with tension and suspense,
this realistic movie has yet to be
matched.
Through the staged plays of
the theatre and the screened
plays of the movies, we are
coming face to face with life as
others see it. Thomas Heywood,
a contemporary of William
Shakespeare, has summed the
theatre up in these words:
‘The World’s a Theater, the
earth a stage
Which God, and nature doth
with actors fill.
Kings have their entrance in
due equippage.
And some their parts play
well, and others ill.
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He that denies that Theaters
should be—
He may as well deny a
world to me.”
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