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MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. a, .lAXUAEY 19, 1935
NUMBER 7
Curtis String Quartet In
First Guest Artist Concert
Young Professors of the Curtis
School of Music Are Heard
With Interest
PROGRAM OF UNUSUAL
QUALITY PRESENTED
To Give Recital
Meredith Represented at
National Student Conference
Thti first artist cuncert of the 1934-
35 series was given January 8, when
tlie Curtis String Quartet presented an
unusual musical program. The young
artists, Jascha Brodsky, Benjamin
Shariip, Max Aronoff, and Orlando Cole,
are all professors of music In the Curtis
School of Music in Philadelphia. The
artists are now making a month’s tour.
Mr. Brodsky, the first violinist, has
made a successful tour of Europe, gain
ing for himself a name in the music
world.
Mr. Spelman, head of the music de
partment, said, “The concert given by
the Curtis String Quartet at Meredith
College on Tuesday evening was by far
the most satisfying program that has
been given at the college for many
years. These young artists bring an
artistry and finish to their playing that
leaves nothing to l)e desired. The
Quartet made no attempt to play down
to their audience. It is seldom that
Raleigh has a chance to hear so much
music of the highest type.”
The program presented was as fol
lows:
String Quartet Op. 67 in B Flat Major—
Johannes Brahms; Vivace; Andante;
Agitato; Coco Allegretto cou Varlazioni.
La Oraelon Del Torero (in one move
ment)—Joaquin Tnrlna.
String Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 in E
Minor—L. Van Beethoven; Allegro;
Malto Adagio; Allegretto; Finale.
THOMAS A. AVERA TO GIVE
FOUNDERS’ DAY ADDRESS
Alumnae Broadcast to be Given
and Faculty and S. G. Recep’
tion be Held on Feb. 1
On Friday, February 1, Meredith will
hold Its annual celebration of
Founders’ Day. Tiie address of the
morning will be delivered by Mr.
Thomas A. Avera, of Rocky Mount, N. C.
There will be many messages from
alumnae, which will be read at the
morning service. The college choir will
give special music.
On Friday afternoon, from 4 to 4:30,
the alumnae will have their annual
radio broadcast, over WPTF. Mrs.
Ernest Leggett, of Scotland Neck, presi
dent of the Alumnae Association, will
preside. Dr. Brewer will give a short
talk, followed by another talk by a
student representative. The Meredith
Glee Club, under the direction of Miss
Ethel Rowland, will appear on the pro
gram.
Friday afternoon there will be a tea
in the blue parlor for all visitors. Mem
bers of the senior class are invited.
.TjAt 8 o’clock the Student Government
■•frill have a formal reception in the
library and in the society halls. This is
the only formal occasion which all the
students may attend.
Mr. Avera Is an attorney, engaged
particularly in financial enterprises.
He is one of the trustees of Meredith.
The address last year was delivered
by Mr. R. N. Simms, a Raleigh attorney,
also a trustee of Meredith.
DALIES FRANTZ PRESENTS
CONCERT AT CHAPEL HILL
Gifted Young Pianist Scheduled
To Give Varied Program
Dalies Frantz, “Titan of the Key
board,” will give a piano recital Wed
nesday evening, January 23, at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. His program will include selec
tions from Brahms, Bach, Liszt, Weber,
Schubert, and Chopin.
As soloist with the Symphony Orches
tras of Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit,
and Denver, the major symphony or
chestras of this country, and in recital,
Mr. Frantz was hailed as “the sensa
tional American artist that the people
have claimed they were looking for.”
Born in Denver, Colorado, the son of
a business man, he inherited his im
pelling musical bent from his mother,
a tine leider singer. At seven he began
the study of piano; at nine he was con
sidered a wonder child and was allowed
to make frequent concert appearances.
Later, in Boston, he earned his own
way at Huntington School as organist
and conductor of a church choir, also
making concert appearances as solo
pianist with his.mother, Studying with
Guy Maier, in Europe with Arthur
Schnabel and Vladimir Harowitz, and
at the University of Michigan, he
worked to make his dream to become a
concert pianist come true.
Entering a competition with ninety-
nine others for a solo appearance with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
Frantz won. Aiming at a New York
recital appearance, he entered the
Naumburg Foundation, competing
against 100 contestants, and won, enter
ing a nationwide competition Instituted
by the American Federation of Music
Clubs and the Schubert Foundation In
li)33, he won. Today he is called “the
sensational American artist,” "hand
some Dalles Frantz, with his steel
wrists and velvet fingers” and “master
of every art and craft, large and small,
that it required of him.’'
The recital will be given In Memorial
Hall, Chapel Hill, at 8:30, January 23.
Tickets are on sale at the University
Music Department.
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DR. E. M. POTEAT, JR., TO
BE HERE WEEK OF FEB. 3-9
Louisii: CoiutKi.r.
LOUISE CDRRELL WILL BE
PRESENTED IN RECITAL
Program To Be Given On January
25 Is Second in Graduating
Series of Seniors
HELEN KELLER SPEAKS
IN RALEIGH JANUARY 29
Conditions and needs of the blind In
the South will be discussed by Helen
Keller, internationally known deaf-
blind author, who will speak at a meet
ing to be held In Raleigh January 29
under auspices of the North Carolina
Association for the Blind.
Guy 0. Bagwell of Charlotte, State
president of the association, announced
the forthcoming visit last night.
Mr. Bagwell said estimates Indicated
there are 4,000 or more blind persons in
North Carolina, 65 per cent of whom
are said to be more than 21 years old.
“Since the remaining 35 per cent are
being taken care of by the State under
the direction ot G. E. Llneberry, su
perintendent of the State School for
the Blind,” Mr. Bagwell said, “Miss
Keller’s plea will be for assistance to
be given the larger number not helped
by the State.”
Miss Keller, now in her 54th year.
Is a native of Tuseombia, Ala.
Friday evening, January 25, at 8:30
o'clock In the College Auditorium,
Louise Correll will be presented by Miss
May Crawford in her piano graduating
recital. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph S. Correll of Raleigh,
N. C. Louise has a tuciinical skill which
enables her to interpret sympathetically
the composers from whom she plays.
Her program is as follows:
PROGRAM
Largo from op. 10. No. 3 Beethoven
Bouree from Third 'Cello Suite Bach
Sonata in A Major Schubert
Allegro Moderate
Andante
Allegro
Prelude in G Major Chopin
Nocturne in E Flat Major Chopin
Des Abends Schumann
Aufschung Schumann
Presto from Concerto in G Minor
Saint-Saens
(Orchestral accompaniment on sec
ond piano by Miss Crawford).
Ushers for the recital will be: Eliza
beth Lee, Loretta Nichols, Josephine
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Week of Deeper Spiritual Think
ing Sponsored by B. S. U.
The week of February 3-9 has been
set aside by the College B. S. U. as a
Week of Deeper Spiritual Thinking to
be conducted this year by Dr. B. M.
Poteat, Jr., of Raleigh. Dr. Poteat, the
pastor of the Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church, was found by the B. S. U. Coun
cil to be the unanimous cholcc of the
students and faculty with wliom they
conferred before selecting the speaker.
Dr. Poteat will open the week by
speaking at Vespers on Sunday, Feb
ruary 3. Beginning Tuesday, he will
talk twice daily, at the morning chapel
hour and at 6:45 in the evening. He
will be on the campus several after
noons during tiie week for contact with
the students in Open Forum or private
discussions as the students desire.
Dr. Poteat has been acclaimed as a
popular favorite among students over
the entire Southland. During the six
years that he has been a Raleigh pas
tor, he has been a visitor on Die campus
of many of the leading colleges. He is
the author of a new book, Jemm and
Ihe Libeial Mhid. which is arousing
much I’avorable criticism.
Spring Courses \
I'hero are int«i’estiii(f courses
for tlio 8|»riiig' t4‘i-iiis to sliidciit of
nil four clussos. 0|»cii to iVcsli-
iiitiii niitl soithonioi'es are coursos
ill art a|>i)r«clntIoii and art ediicii-
tion. SoiilioiMorcs, juniors, and
seniors may clect driiiuntlc prodiic*
tion Hiul Miiisic »i>i>rccintion. .Tiin*
lors and seniors als» linvo tiie
prlviioifo t» tnlio conrsos In raco
problems, homo nursing, house
Iilaimin^ an«1 furnishing:, and his
tory of art.
Of nnnsual Inter«8i to juniors
aiHl seniors is tiio nnnoiincoinont
of t)ie two new Bngiisii cotirsos
ijoini; oA'ered for the first tinio this
s|>rln{r. Tli« first one Is a ono
iioui' course in contemporary proso
fiction taii{?iit by Miss Peacoclc at
l:!l5 on Xii«s1ay. Creative ^vrlt-
Ing is tiie socond ono honi* course,
wiiicii wiii be taiig:bt by Dr. Har*
rig at 1:45 on 'I’liiirsday.
Catherine Moseley, Nancy Allen,
Ann Bradsher Go To
Boston
LIBERALISM IS KEYNOTE
SOUNDED BY SPEAKERS
MISS HERNDON ATTENDS
MEETING IN WASHINGTON
During tlie Christmas holidays. De
cember 20-2i), 1934, Miss Herndon at
tended the American Historical Asso
ciation meeting held at the Mayflower
Hotel, Washington, D. C. This was the
fiftieth anniversary of the organization
and the meeting was largely attended.
Among the outstanding events of the
meeting was the president’s address by
W. E. Dodd, ambassador to Germany.
During the stay in Washington, the
visitors had the pleasure of being
escorted through the new Department
of Archives by Mr. R. D. W. Connor, the
new and first archivist of the United
States,
The outstanding social events of the
meeting were a tea given by the Jap
anese ambassador and his wife and the
banquet given the closing night. This
banquet honored the live charter mem
bers of the association, all of whom
were present.
Meredith College was represented by
Catherine Moseley, Nancy Allen, and
Ann Bradsher at the tenth annual con
gress of the NSFA which met De
cember 28—January 1, at the Parker
House in Boston. One hundred eighty-
four delegates representing 123 colleges
were present to discuss the position of
the American student in relation to his
collegiate life, as well as to express
student opinion concerning national
and international policies. Boston Uni
versity acted as host to the congress.
John A. Lang, NSFA President,
presided over the live-day conference,
which was opened with an address by
Dr, Henry N. MacCraeken, president
of Vassar College. Dr. MacCracken
sounded the keynote of the cougi’ess by
making a plea for unconditional free
speech and collective bargaining be
tween students and college administra
tions. Similar liberal polices were
voiced by other prominent speakers dur
ing the congress. Dr. Daniel L, March,
president of Boston UniA’ersity, Dr.
A, Ij. Kelly, secretary of the Association
of American colleges, Mr. E. A. Filene,
prominent Boston merchant, and Dr.
Henry L. Harriman, president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
stressed student-faculty cooperation
and academic freedom as the most press
ing problems facing college students to
day.
Discussion Oroups Heid
An interesting feature of the student
congress was the division of the rep
resentatives into groups which con
ducted panel discussions on problems
most intimately related to that group.
Athletics, press censorship, fraternities,
and the honor system were subject to
heated debate both in the panel discus
sions and In the General Assembly.
Joins Inlernatloual Federation
After an address by Mr. Dennis Fol
lows of England, president of the In
ternational Student Confederation, the
congress passed a formal resolution to
become a member of that body. Mr.
Follows brought out the fact that the
membership of tiie United States will be
of great aid to the students on the con
tinent of Europe as well as England.
The confederation includes colleges
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SEVEN NEW BOOKS
ADDED TO LIBRARY
Since the New Year, the Library has
added to its Rental Collection a good
number of books. Some of the most
interesting of these are:
Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by
Stein.
CaiJtaiii j\'ic?toIas by Walpole.
Invincible Loiidsa by Meigs.
L'affaire Jones by Bernstein.
Ho Red the Rose by Young.
Silars Fell on Alabama by Carmen.
Vincent Van Qogh by Meler-Graefe.
Any of these boks may bo found on
the rental shelf in the Library.
MISS CATHERINE ALLEN TO
GO TO PEACE CONFERENCE
Is Official Delegate of A. A. U. W.
To Convention to be Held at
National Capitol
Miss Catherine Allen, head of the
department of modern languages, will
attend the conference for the cause aud
cure for war, which convenes in Wash
ington, D. C„ January 21-28. Miss
Allen, who Is an official delegate of
the American Association of Univer
sity Women, regularly attends the
peace conference.
A general program, including all
phases of the movement for peace, will
be under discussion. Speakers of
national and international prominence
win be heard on questions of world-wide
significance.