The Stetson Reporter

The PORTER Fourth Year—No. 15 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1939 Z-103 Price 5c JOSEPHINE ANTOINE GIVES RECITAL Young Operatic Star Is Warmly Received By Students For Splendid Concert 1 By Grafton Pyne Jr. Josephine Antoin, brillian young American coloratura-soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Association . gave her recital Friday evening, the first of the Concert Series in the Auditorium of Elizabeth Hall, marking the height of the music season here. I In Miss Antoine we were pleased to find a singer with a voice as clear as the proverbial bell. A voice possessing the richest tone quality, yet with this richness there was an abundance of life and youthful enthusiasm. "Miss Antoine is a typical American in every respect. To meet her one finds a young woman with a fine and charming personality, yet with this charming youthful personality we find grace, dignity and i poise which are the greatest assets to a singer. In the selection of her program Miss Antoine showed a real knowl edge of a young audience and ap pealed to their love of music and beauty in her choice of the lighter songs of French, German, Spanish and American composers as well as operatic arias. k Miss Antoine opened her program with a group of songs in English. In this group we were not left with the idea that the artist was in any way warming up, as it were, for she seemed to fall into the activity of singing in a very easy manner. In' each one of the. numbers in the first group Miss Antoine used the richest tone quality, and the best of vocal dexterity. This was most obvious in her interpretation of "Lo hear the Gentle Lark" by Bishop. For her second group Miss Antoine turned to the French composers of the lighter school. In these numbers the singer did some of her most delightful work. The outstanding feature to be observed was not only the clearness of tone but the diction which was .most exact and distinct. The Gavotte from Manon by Massenet was indeed sung most perfectly. This group was brought to a close with the familiar Una Voce Poco from Rossini's Opera "II Barbiere di Seville." Following a short intermission Miss Antoine sang a group of songs in Sy.nish. Although these were sung with the same amount of brilliance the audience did not on the whole receive them as well as they had the French group. After another group of English songs the program was brought to a close with the "Tales from the Vienna Woods'" by Strauss, arranged by Frank LeForge. , Miss Antoine was most generous with her encores, all of which were given with the same amount of enthusiasm and sung with all of the poise of the program proper. The encore received with the greatest praise and enthusiasm by the audience was "The King" by Bennett. Other selections included "Caro Nome" from, Verdi's "Rigo- letto," Marguerite's Aria, "The Jewel Song" from Gounod-Faust; "When I; Have Sung My Song" by Ernest Charles; also "My; Lad- dy" and "The Last Rose of Summer" in which Miss Antoine accompanied | .he-1-elf at. the piano. John Ahlstand, Miss Antoine's accprpanist is an able musician and 7 r proyed: himself a true musi- (Continued on page 5). HOP McC0NNELLPRESIDENT AND GL^E CLUBS OPENS FORUM The First Of The Annual Forum Series Is Speech On Modern Social Trends GO TO STATE ASSEMBLY Dr. William E. Duckwitz, director of the School of Music, represented Stetson at the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music Workshop Plays Please Crowd By Harry Hall The Stover Little Theatre presented five one-act plays to a well- filled house last Saturday night under the supervision of Dr. Irving C. Stover anad Mrs. McEntire. With two notable exceptions the productions were mediocre. These deviations were Thornton Wilder's "Happy Journey" and J. W. Robert's "Judge. Lynch They were directed by Mary Kay TBurns and David Bracey.... Willa Mae Crosby and Hall Hall respectively. In a lighter vein, Edwin McKinley's Democracy, directed by Charlotte Ferguson, was diverting and amusing with delightful interpretations by Jamey Albritton, Jane Taft, and Delight Sieg. Undoubtedly "Happy Journey" created the greatest audience appeal. The individual palms go to Katherine Deal, Lila Martin, and Mayo Haldeman. The curtain-raiser "Everybody's Doing It" was distinctly inferior, dragging interminably to a not too convincing climax. This apathetic portrayal, however, was enlivened by the spontaneity of Lois King and Mary Johnson. Unfortunately technical flaws in the directing marred Francois Cop-~ pee's, "The Lord's Prayer," directed by Lydia Theurer, which had possibilities of top-flight calibre. Most obviously eak were Robert Carswell as the ' Cure and Frances Winters as Mile. Rose; the latter nevertheless, still demands recognition for her excellent voice control. Deserving of mention was the character work of Lilli Gainin as Zelle who held the proper tempo and mood durng her performance. Reviewing this season's first group of 6ne<act plays as a program, they were definitely inferior. One consolation was the uncovering of Kay Deal, J. W. McCor- mick and Lila Martin, who should be heard from in the future. Non-Frats Plan For Formal Non-frats have already begun work on their proposed dance under the direction of Bob Gunby, party chairman, and Jimmy Dyson, chairman of the program committee. Committees have been formed! in the various durmitories to begin Tuesday's Forum speaker, Bishop Francis McConnell whose optimistic confidence in a final reconnoi- te'r of the currently distraught and unbalanced '• wdrld, had such a buopant influence on his audience,: is probably one of the most popular lecturers of his kind in the country. 7 We had the..privilege of talking to the getnleman for a few minutes before the opening of the Forum, in President Allen's office Just after we had entered Bishop McConnell received a long,distance call from some woman in another part of the state who wished to have him speak in 1§x city. But the Bishop was. forced to decline, having already had all of his time filled up. His Florida program included ecltuyres at Rollins College, the Roger Babson School, Palm Beach, Lake Wales, Florida State College for Women, and the Daytona Beach Forum. The Bishop stated that he had been watching Stetson's progress for a number of years and that he has already had the "greatest admiration" for the school. He has a personal reason, for his interest, since he was acquainted with the former president, Dr. Lincoln Hulley for a number of years. The Bishop and Dr. Hulley first met at summer religious conferences. Dr. Lyons of the DeLand First Methodist Church who was one of those coming to greet Bishop McConnell, revealed the astonishing coincidence that Bishop McConnell was the man who had ordained him in New Britain, Connecticut several years ago. The Bishop considers the Jewish problem _ the most serious of all those currently: puzzling humanity —and war the: most imperative. But he only smiled when he asked him for antidotes. Being a very- cautious person, he would not venture any radical solution for either problem. Bishop McConnel's topic was, "Present Day. Social Trends." Colonel M. Thomas Tchou was the second speaker in the 1939 Forum Lecture Series. Frosh Team Goes To Gainsville Gerretson Talks On Business Last Thursday, evening the Com merce Club held its regular monthly meeting. Although the club is among the youngest on the campus, it is very gratifying to observe the rapid progress being; made, aiid also the enthusiastic and cooperative support being given by the members. The Commerce Club is filling a definite gap that existed on our campus heretofore. Mr, J. W. Gerretson, a local business rnan, was the <mest speaker of the evening a:nd he ably presented an informal comprehensive talk on "Business Ethics." In it, he stressed the fundamental principles of ethics in business to be honesty, service, and personality. He supported his contentions with concrete, realistic incidents taken from his personal business experiences. Four members of the Freshman Debate Squad went to Gainesville on Saturday, January 14, to. take part in a Junior College Debate meet sponsored by the University of Florida. The students participatng were Lila Martin and Harry Servis who made up the affirmative team, and a negative team of Elizabeth Fisher and Frank Smith. Servis was substituted at the last minute,! when it was impossible for Ben Yeargin to attend. The meet was attended by representatives from the University of Florida, which entered 11 teams, St. Petersburg Junior College with three teams, and Florida Southern College with two, in addition, to the Stetson delegation. Five students from Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee observed the debates. There were four rounds of debate, which meant that the Hatter debaters argued the question four times. The meet was non-dicision, and the speakers were rated individually for delivery, knowledge of their subject and refutation. ■ The question was: Resolved, "That the several states should enact legislation providing for a complete system of medical service available to all citizens at public expense. Miss Mary Axtell, freshman debate coach, reports that the Stetson representatives made a very creditable showing. Will Represent Stetson At Florida Baptist Convention In West Palm Beach Dr. W. S. Allen and the University Glee Clubs will appear before the Annual Florida Baptist State Convention to be held in West Palm Beach today through Friday. The Glee Clubs will sing before the churchmen from 8:00 to 8:30 Wednesday night. Their program includes: "Hospodi Pomiuu" (Lvonsky), "Listen to the Lamb" (Dett), "Fear , Not, 0 Israel" (Spicker), "Seek Ye The Lord" (Roberts), and "In the Hour of Trial" and "Stand. Up, Stand Up For Jesus," popular hymns. Dr. Allen will speak Thursday morning at 10:15 on Stetson University and Christian education Dr. T. V. McCaul, • pastor of the First Baptist Church of Gainesville and President of the Florida Baptist Assembly, will preside over the convention which will be held at the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach where the Rev. C. H. Bolton is pastor. Mrs. Allen will accompany her husband on the trip. This is the third year that the Glee Clubs have sung before tie state Baptists at their annual convention. Marionettes Show In Little Theatre Original Work Is Broadcast collecting subscriptions from party members. "Subscribe: early and avoid the rush," Dyson urges. : Joe Fearnley and Dean DeVauIt of Lake Worth vsited friends here •junutt/ an.ernoon. Distinctive original compositions, expressons of developing talent, were broadcast as the Stetson Hour took the air at 10 o'clock last Monday night over WDBO. The second broadcast of the new year, and the last of the old semester, produced by students under William H. Bailey, was new in temperament, showed reaction to the modern trends of composition. Participants in the broadcast were 1 members of various composition classes in the School of Music. A small orchestral group was directed by several persons. In the first presentation, Robert McEmber conducted a selection of his own called "The Sphinx Dances." The group was conducted by the Stetsonites recaptured some of their lost childhood in the Stover Little Theatre Tuesday evening as they watched the celebrated Kings- land Marionettes delightfully enact "The Romantic Adventures of Marco Polo" and an old-fashioned minstrel show, "Stringing Along." The Marionettes, who were here last year, gave a matinee performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at five o'clock, for children. The people who pull the strings for the marione'ttes are Mr. and Mrs. Cedric R. Head, who have been in the business for eight,years now, They make their own figures which have cloth bodies, wooden heads and hands, and are beautifully costumed. The doll actors are astonishingly life-like. . The Theta Alpha Phi, national dramatics honorary at Stetson, sponsored this encore performance of the Kingsland Marionettes. composer in Rosemary Clark's original produefcioni, "A Study in Fifths." In Ruth Newlin's composition, "O Lord I Will Praise Thee," the group was directed by Prof. Bailey. Barbara Peden sang an original song, "Come Thou To Me" by Ruth Newlin, accompanied by the composer. Henrietta Bryant, Rhoda Wiemert and Bette Bird trio-ed a selection by Miss Bird, "Humpty- Dumpty." The Stetson programs are becoming consistently better quality according to men on the line, but many recognize the impossibility of predicting response to music as admittedly new as this week's broadcast. Mr. and Mrs. James Connell of Lake Villa, 111., were guests at Stetson Lodge Saturday a i Sunday while visiting their ^n, Ray Hussey.