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Luboshutz Piano Team
The distinguished duo-piano
team, Pierre Luboshutz and
Genia Nemenoff (Mrs. Lubo-
News:
Handbook Changes
Duo-Pionists
I.R.C. Conference
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Volume XX
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1946
Number 12
shutz), will appear in concert
tonight, April 5, at Memorial
Auditorium under the sponsor
ship of the Civic Music Associa
tion. These duo-pianists have
achieved a record, in the first
decade of their career together,
which is unparalleled by any
other duo-pianists. It has been
their distinctive privilege to ap
pear with all the leading sym
phony orchestras, including the
NBC Symphony under Tosca
nini, the Boston Symphony
under Koussevitzky, the Phila
delphia Orchestra under Or-
mandy (nine re-engagements in
one season), the New York Phil
harmonic Orchestra and others,
these honors being conferred on
only the greatest artists.
This partnership of Pierre
Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff
at the piano began after both
had become famous as piano
soloists, both abroad and in this
country. They met in Paris in
1929 when Mademoiselle Ne
menoff studied under Mr. Lubo
shutz. They were married two
years later when Pierre Lubo
shutz was making his second
tour in America and Mademoi
selle Nemenoff was on her first.
Their home is in New York
City.
Pierre Luboshutz is a Russian
and his wife is a Parisian of
Russian parentage. Recently,
Pierre Luboshutz said of their
performance, “Even if we played
in separate rooms we would al
ways be together. Before Genia
starts to play, something hap
pens inside of me and I know
what she will do . . . even when
she tries to tease me with a
trick.” Therein lies the secret
of their extraordinary success.
“Good duo-pianists arc born,
not made,” Mr. Luboshutz con
tinued. “It is a special gift. Any
two virtuoso pianists won’t
necessarily make a good duo-
piano team, because for a top
notch piano duo the technique
of each partner must match or
complement the other so closely
that the two are indistinguish
able.”
During the nine years of Mr.
and Mrs. Luboshutz’s concert
career as a duo-piano team, they
have fulfilled more than six
hundred recital engagements in
almost two hundred and fifty
cities, in addition to their solo
appearances with symphony
orchestras all over the country.
An average season for this pair
of artists usually amounts to
around seventy performances.
“Perfection in two - piano
playing” is the statement that
Dr. Serge Koussevitzky, con
ductor of the Boston Symphony,
describes the art of Pierre Lubo
shutz and Genia Nemenoff.
Discussion of Handbook Changes Continues
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Committee of Seven,
Committee of Eight, Student
Council and Student Body
Assemble Daily in Discussion
At a recent 10:00 p.m. student body meeting, the Coopers caught the student body in action as students
endeavored to discuss the recommendations from the Committees. On the stage Flora Ann Lee presides,
while Lib Davis acts as parliamentarian, and Jean Branch serves as secretary. Mary Jo Clayton heads the
Committee of Seven, and Marilynn Ferrell the Committee of Eight.
LITTLE THEATRE STAGES ORIGINAL
PLAY, "THE REST OF YOUR LIFE"
season
The fifth play of the current
for the Raleigh Little
Theatre group will be “The Rest
of Your Life,” to be staged here
April 23-27. The play is by Allen
McGinnis, a short story writer
for Esquire and other popular
magazines. He has written other
plays, but this is his first to be
produced. The play has been
shown at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
at the Theatre of the Dunes near
Chicago and was directed both
times by Newell Tarrant, who
will direct the play in Raleigh.
The play is in the hands of a
New York producer under con
sideration for a Broadway per
formance. Several interested
producers from New York are
also expected to see the play
here.
Director Tarrant has not an
nounced the cast, but says that
it will be made up of local people
except for two professionals
who will have major parts in the
play.
“The Rest of Your Life” is the
story of two families, one the
socially elect of Eastern society,
the other, from Kansas, newly
made rich through the plots of
Silas Trimm. The two families.
consisting of thirteen members
in all, meet in New York City.
They are all a selfish, sophisti
cated lot, and their meaness,
lies, and pettiness are revealed
by a stranger who appears in the
Whitcomb home. The plot re
volves around these two families
when they learn that within
twenty-four hours two of the
members must die. Each thinks
he is to be the unfortunate one,
and the grand climax comes
when the stranger and the
characters in the play clash and
are entirely changed by this
clash.
HOLT AND WHITE
PRESENT SENIOR
MUSIC RECITALS
I.R.C. MEMBERS
PLAN CONFERENCE
Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Vemenoff, famous duo-pianists, will appear
in concert tonight at Memorial Auditorium.
Those who plan to attend the
I.R.C. Conference of April 6 will
be interested in the two speakers
for the occasion. J. Melville
Broughton, former governor of
North Carolina, will speak on
some subject of international in
terest. He is a graduate of Wake
Forest College and Harvard Law
School and is a Trustee of Wake
Forest College. In 1914, he was
admitted to the North Carolina
Bar Association. He became a
member of the North Carolina
Senate in 1927. He has served
Raleigh as president of the Ra
leigh Chamber of Commerce and
of the Raleigh Community
Chest. Mr. Broughton is the
author of several pamphlets,
among which are the following
titles: “The Legal Status of
Women in N. C.,” “The Lan
guage of the Law,” and “Social
and Economic Aspects of
Trusts.”
Ervin Paul Hexner will speak
on “Modern Diplomacy.” Since
coming to Chapel Hill, he has
made an outstanding place for
himself as Head of the Depart
ment of Political Science and
Government at the University.
Mr. Hexner is one of many who
left Europe because of disap
proval of Hitler’s form of gov
ernment. He has been active in
civic affairs in the state since he
chose to make his home in
Chapel Hill. Last spring he
spoke here on the campus to a
group of North Carolina teachers
of the social sciences. Meredith
students and visiting students
are urged to attend his discus
sions on vital world affairs and
problems.
Two seniors, Betsy Jean Holt
and Jean White, will give their
graduating recitals in April.
Betsy Jean Holt, pianist, will
give her graduating recital in
the College Auditorium on
Wednesday evening, April 10,
1946 at 8:00 p.m.
Betsy has studied with Her
bert Bird, Dorothy Phelps and
is now a student of Stuart Pratt.
She has been a member of the
Band, Orchestra, Choir and Glee
Club, serving as accompanist for
the latter the past two years.
She is also president of the Mac-
Dowell Music Club.
The program is as follows:
Prelude and Fugue in D Major,
Bach
(From “The.Well-tempered
Clavichord”—Vol. I)
Soaring ....Schumann
(From “The Phantasy Pieces,”
Op. 12)
Etude in C sharp Minor,
Op. 25, No. 7 ..Chopin
Fairy Tale in F Minor,
Op. 26, No. 3 Medtner
Rhapsody in E Flat Minor,
Op. 11, No. 4 Dohnanyi
Intermission
Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major
(“Emperor”) .Beethoven
Allegro
Adagio un poco moto
Rondo
(assisted by Stuart Pratt)
Marshals are Rebecca Barnes,
Martha Hamrick, Peggy Ruth
Sugg, Mary Jo Clayton, Mari
lynn Ferrell, and Nancy High.
Acting upon a motion passed
on Thursday, March 21, the stu
dent body of Meredith College
met every night, Monday
through Friday (March 25-30),
to complete its recommendations
for changes in the Student Hand
book for 1946-47. The motion,
made by Flora Ann Lee at the
regular Thursday night student
discussion, provided also that
the Student Executive Council
meet at least once every day dur
ing the week, and that two par
liamentarians be elected from
the Council to officiate at the
student body meetings. The two
elected were Flora Ann Lee and
Lib Davis.
Mary Jo Clayton, chairman of
the Committee of Seven, read
each night sections of the recom
mendations of the committee.
The student body discussed the
reports, made whatever changes
were necessary, and made recom
mendations for changes to the
Student Council.
The Council met each morn
ing at 7:45, with several extra
meetings, for the purpose of con
sidering these student recom
mendations. Those passed by
the Council were sent immedi
ately to the Faculty Committee
Student Government, by
on
which body the suggestions will
have to be acted upon before
they go into effect.
Those recommendations in
which the Council made some
changes were referred back to
the student body for reconsid
eration.
Jean White, soprano, will give
her graduating recital in the Col
lege Auditorium on Friday eve
ning, April 12, 1946, at 8:00 p.m.
She will be accompanied by
Lucille Sawyer, pianist, a stu
dent of Stuart Pratt.
Jean is a student of Miss
Beatrice Donley, head of the
college voice department. She
is a member of the First Presby
terian Church Choir and also a
member of the Glee Club, the
Raleigh Oratorio Society, the
College Sextet, and is president
of the Choir.
The program follows:
Additional Meetings
The students were unable to
complete all of the program out
lined in the week’s time. Addi
tional meetings were scheduled
for April 1, 2, and 3, at 10:00
p.m.
Members of the Committee of
Seven are Mary Jo Clayton
(chairman), Jane Watkins, Jean
Griffith, Liz Shelton, Joan Drake,
Mary Beth Thomas, and Colleen
Brown.
The Committee of Eight,
which has recommended changes
in the student goverment organi
zation, is composed of the fol
lowing members: Marilynn Fer
rell (chairman), Nancy Harris,
Flora Ann Lee, Kitty Johnson,
Helen Wallis, Frances Thomp
son, Mary Virginia Warren, and
Dorothy Singleton.
Alma Mia from “Floridante,”
Handel
Come Unto Him from “The
Messiah” Handel
(Continued on page six)
Polls
Those recommendations con
cerning things under the direct
jurisdiction of the Board of
Trustees will be sent to them.
Information for recommenda
tions about two subjects under
their jurisdiction was gathered
by the polls from the student
body. The results of these polls
on smoking and dancing are in
cluded on page 2. Suggestions
for changes in rules and privi
leges concerning dancing were
based on the opinions of the stu
dents expressed through these
polls.
The student body wishes to
express regrets over the recent
illness of Dean Joseph E. Burk.
The Dean has been at Bex
Hospital since March 22. Mrs.
Burk states that he has not
been seriously ill during his
stay at the hospital, and that
his condition seems improved.
It is hoped that he will be able
to resume his duties at the
College in a few days.
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