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To Perform
A piano concert by the duo-
piano team. Nelson and Neal,
will be given May 3, at 8 o’clock
in the college auditorium. Selec
tions will be taken from the works
of great composers. “Fugue in G
Minor” by Bach, “Fantasy in F
Minor” by Schubert, “The Car
nival of the Animals” by Saint
Saens, and “La Valse” by Rauel
a few of the selections to be
included on the program.
Miss Nelson (Mrs. Neal in
private life) was Australia’s lead
ing child prodigy and was brought
to this country by Eugene Or-
otandy in 1944. While studying
with Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis
Institute she met and fell in love
with Harry Neal who was study-
•ng there with the renowned
pedagogue, Mmme. Isabelle Ver-
gerova.
In the nine years since they met
while studying at the famed Cur-
ris Institute in Philadelphia, Miss
Nelson and Harry Neal have be
come one of the world’s most
popular and distinguished two-
Piano teams. They have been
leatured on their own television
2nd coast-to-coast radio series, and
nave played 661 concerts on two
continents in the last seven years.
Nelson and Neal are noted lor
Aeir tasteful transcriptions, al-
though they specialize in original
nterature.
Recently, their life story was
featured in Ladies Home Journal,
Inter dramatized over CBS-TV
2nd is soon to be published (by
Rippincott) in Mr. Neal’s own
''’ords in an autobiography Wave
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MARS HILL. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY. APRIL 26, 1958
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The twentieth annual meeting
the Business Club Alumni As
sociation is being held today, April
During the banquet, the name
*^1 the Business Club Medal Win-
'’ct will be announced. This
2Ward is presented at Commence-
'^cnt to the member of the Busi-
•^css Club, in the graduating class,
"^1^0, in the opinion of the faculty
'Members of the Business Depart-
l^cnt, has best measured up to the
'oeals of the club.
Three events will take place
opring the day. The regular busi-
Pess meeting is scheduled to be
Pcld at 4:30 p.m. in Moore Hall.
6:30 p.m., a banquet will be
S^tved in Coyte-Bridges Dining
. 2II. A reception will be held
the faculty lounge at 9:30 p.m.
I Pose attending these various
’jPetions will be present members
the Business Club, alumni of
,!*c club, faculty members of the
, Psiness Department, and admin-
'^ftative officials.
Harold Abernathy of Charlotte,
PPvv serving as president of the
o^Pciation, will be in charge of
I ® meeting. Other officers are
jPpn Lackey, vice-president, and
^tbara Stewart, secretary, of
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Stoessel’s “Suite Antique.”
Dr. and Mrs. Alden are gradu
ates of Oberlin Conservatory.
They formerly taught music at
Meredith College, and Dr. Alden
now teaches at the University of
North Carolina. They are the
parents of two daughters, whom
they are bringing on their visit to
Mars Hill.
Dr. Schanhan, who is retiring
this year, has taught organ and
graduate work in Theory for
many years in the University of
North Carolina. He comes from
a long line of musicians, and his
mother taught the royal children
of Germany. He is the author of
several books on folk music, the
latest being released by the Duke
University Press in December,
1957. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Souther Schinhan, is a former
voice teacher in Mars Hill College.
Dr. Schinhan has recently do
nated to the college library a
generous collection of music in
cluding many rare and out of print
compositions. The collection which
is now being catalogued, is an
addition to a previous gift by Dr.
Schinhan. Further details will be
given at a later date.
Following the concert an in
formal reception honoring the
musicians will be held in the par
lor of Spilman dormitory. Mem
bers of the faculty in the Music
Department will be hosts. Friends
of the honorees, faculty and staff,
and their wives and husbands will
be guests.
Fete To Honor
iew BSll Fonndl
The retiring BSU Council will
give a banquet Tuesday evening,
April 29, for the new council
members. The theme for the
banquet is “Symphony of Life.”
The main speaker will be the
Rev. Jerry F. Potter of Portland,
Oregon, now a resident of Thom-
asville and missionary to the deaf
in North Carolina.
The newly-elected BSU Coun-
cill was installed in an evening
service at the Mars Hill Baptist
Church, April 13. Installed in
a candlelight service were Allen
Freeman Page, president; Sue
Campbell, first vice-president;
Karen Hopkins, second vice-presi
dent; Martha (2olburn, third vice-
president; Sally Rigsbee, secretary;
David E. Price, treasurer; Ray
Otis, publicity; Bob Freund, mu
sic; Bob Blanton, Sunday School;
Eugene Funderburke, Training
Union; Albert Blackwell, town
representative; Loretta Duncan,
Y.W.A., President; Nancy Car-
roll, Volunteers for Christ; Will
iam Snider, Brotherhood; Kath
leen Satterfield, Y.T.C.; Donald
Van DeVeer, mission council
chairman; Gerald Roper, min
isterial conference; and James
Northcott, Methodist Student
Representative.
Tuck, Charmichael To Rule
Over May Day Celebration
Rae Tuck of Atlanta, Georgia, will be crowned May Queen by her
escort Joe Arnold, of Bristol, Virginia, in the amphitheater Saturday,
May 3, in the annual presentation of the May Court. Barbara Car
michael of Thomasville will serve as Maid of Honor.
Court attendants representing the sophomore class will be Bea
Champion, Jama Keene, Carolyn Laughlin, Ann Reid, and Barbara
Dale Rodgers. Janet Caudle, Mary Lawrence, Beverly Rogers, Sandra
Rogers, and Peggy BeShears are
Dr. Hoyt C. Blackwell, Mrs. Ida Lee Hutchins Felch, Mr. James
Jackson Harris, Jr., and Mrs. Harris were participants in the cere
mony on Friday, April 18, in the Mars Hill Baptist Church,
dedicating the Ida Lee Hutchins Felch Foundation, which is being
established as a living foundation for Mars Hill College. Mr.
Harris presented the initial gift of an undisclosed amount on
behalf of his wife and himself, then delivered the dedicatory
address. Dr. Blackwell accepted the foundation for the college.
Dr. Raymond Nelson gave the invocation and the benediction; and
John C. Christian played the processional and recessional. The
foundation is unrestricted and is to be used in whatever way
college authorities deem wise. Mr. Harris, a resident of Charlotte,
is a graduate of Mars Hill, class of 1957.
Recital To Be Given
By Duo-Violinists
A recital by Dorothy and Edgar Alden, duo-violinists assisted by
Jan Philip Schinhan, pianist, will be presented at 8 o’clock April 26,
in the college auditorium.
Included on the program will be Henry Purcell’s “Golden Sonata,”
George Philipp Teleman’s “Sonata in G for Two Violins,” Bach’s
“Trio Sonata in C Major,” Bahuslau Martinu’s “Three Madrigals for
Violin and Viola,” Christian Sendings “Allegretto and Adagio” from
“Serenade, opus 92,” and Albert
Music Graduates
Present Recitals
Mars Hill College Department
of Music will present in graduat
ing recital Monday evening. May
5, Jean Cox, mezzo-soprano; Joe
Purcell, pianist; and Thomas
Teague, baritone.
Miss Cox, from Hartsville,
S. C., has studied voice for two
years with Rufus Norris and is a
piano pupil of Miss Anna Hines.
She is a member of the College
Choir, and has also been soloist
in the church choir. She was so
prano soloist for the performance
of Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio”
last December. Among her num
bers wil be “Thanks Be to Thee”
by Handel and “L’Amour Est
Un” from Bizet’s Carmen.
A piano major studying with
John Sinclair, Joe Purcell has a
minor in voice under Rufus
Norris. His selections will include
“Preludes I and II” by George
Gershwin; “Etude, opus 10, No.
3” by Chopin; and “Lotus Land”
by Scott. Joe comes from Raleigh
and has been for two years a
member of the College Choir.
From Kernersville, Tom Teague
has studied voice for two years
with Rufus Norris. He has been
a member of the College Choir
during both his years at Mars
Hill and was baritone soloist for
the December ’57 performance of
Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio”.
Tom also has a piano minor,
studying with John Sinclair. He
will sing “So Appears Thy Holy
Day”, Bach; “Non Vogl’io Se
Non Vederit”, Scarlatti; “Avant
de Quitter ces Lieux”, Gounod;
and “An Old Song Re-sung”,
Griffes.
Apppearing in graduating re
cital on April 21, were Gerald
Deaton, tenor; Thomas Reynolds,
baritone; and Cynthia Waldrop,
pianist. Edith Shepherd was ac
companist.
The program included the fol
lowing numbers sung by Gerald
Deaton: “If With All Your
Hearts” from Elijah, Men
delssohn; “Le Charme”, Chaus-
son; “Bonjour Suzon”, Delibes;
“La Donna e Mobile” from
Rigoletto, by Verdi. Miss Wal
drop played two movements of
“Sonata in F Major” by Mozart;
“Minuet and Trio in B Minor”,
Schubert; “Nocturne, Opus, 54
no. 4”, Grieg; and “Clog Dance”
by Hanson.
Thomas Reynolds sang the reci
tative and aria “Lord, God of
to represent the freshman class.
Paula Sams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Sams of the
mathematics department, will act
as crown bearer.
Featured as the entertainment
will be a play entitled, “The Ro
mance of the Willow Plate” by
Ethel Van De Veer. In the cast
will be Bryan Miller as the Man
darin ; Lynn Sowder, Koongsee-
see, his daughter; Ronnie Mont
gomery, Chang, the Mandarin’s
secretary; Ronnie Montgomery,
the property man; Anna Owens,
Victoria Norris, and Rhuemma
Rae Tuck
Carter will act as incense hearers.
The play is a Chinese tragi
comedy consisting of a prologue
and seven fragments which tells
the legend of the blue willow plate
pattern. The story follows the
tragic love affair between the
Mandarin’s daughter, Kongsee-see
and Chang, the secretary. There
is a bridge extending between
Mandarin’s house and Chang’s
which the lovers are forbidden to
cross over. Above the bridge are
two doves which represent the
spirits of the lovers.
Abraham” from Elijah by Men
delssohn ; “Pieta, Signore”, Stra-
della; “Je ne veux pas autre
chose”, Widor; and “Non piu
andrai” from Le Nozze Di Figaro,
Mozart. Gerald and Thomas
sang the duet “Solenne in Quest
’Ora” from La Forza Del Destino,
by Verdi.
Gerald is a native of Green
wood, S. C. He is a member of
the College Choir and the church
choir and has been both vice-
president and president of the
Orpheon Club. Thomas is li-
hrarian of the College Choir and
has been president of the Orpheon
Cluh. He comes from Clifton
Forge, Virginia.
Cynthia is from Greenville,
S. C. She is a member of the
church choir and the campus choir.