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ONCE·A·WEEK Published by the Students of The Ithaca Conservatory and Affiliated Schools

VoL. III No. 18 FEBRUARY 7, 1929

Band School in Series of Concerts

Everyone has his fault s, but for the most part

they are rather individual , my faults are not

yo urs, and v ice ve rsa. However, there is one

fault which everybody in the Con se rvatory

seems to have in common. Now thi s article is

not to be a scolding editorial; so do not mi s­

take me. Indeed, I scarcely hold th e fault

to be a reprehensible one. I refer to the habit

we have of spending all our spare time listen­

ing to the band rehearsals. But can we be

blamed? It is not really quite beyond our

power to resist? We lov and appreciate the

music-and the man who is at its head; but

how often, I wonder , do we pause to think how

di stinguished a pe rson Patrick Conway rea lly

is. When we see him every day-leading the

band so informally or chatting geni a lly with

the students in the auditorium,-we forget that

he is one of the foremo st livi ng conductors. It

is well now and again to call thi s to mind .

Ju st now w e are reminded that he i to lead

a band which wi ll broadcast over W~A F, New

York, on February 14th during the General

Motors Hour, on a coast to coast hook-up. It

1s wlJen we hear of such things as this that

we begin to rea lize how g reat an artist he is.

T hough we may not be fortunate enough to

be able to " li sten in" on this concert, he 1s

giving some others here in Ithaca with hi s own

band before long. T here will be a concert

Wednesday, February 13th in Bailey Hall. On

Sunday the 24th of February the re wi ll be one

in the Little Theatre . And later, on Sunday,

March 17th there will be the ever enj oyable St.

Patrick's Day concert, a lso at Conservatory

Hall. (Con tinued on page 6)

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As Once-A -Week goes to press, the sad news of the sudden death of Mrs. Willia ms reaches us . Pre­sident a nd Mrs. Williams were in Savannah, Georgia where they had stopped while on their way to Florida. Mrs. Willia ms who was much beloved by all who came in contact with her had been ill for a number of months past. She will be sorely missed by all , and the sympathy of faculty and students alike go out to President Williams and his family in their bereave­ment.

NO1ES It wa s announced in Assembly on Janu a ry

31st that the rules governing the adm ini stra tion building wou ld be enforced from now on. This means that the building will be kept locked in the eve nings, and no one is to come to the Conservatory after dinne r except for rehear­sa ls, class a nd frate rnity meet ings, and late les­sons. At such time the Buffalo Street entr ance is to be used. J oh n 1ash and Bob de La ny wi ll see th at these rules are enforced.

The executive board of the Outside G irl s Organization met last week T hursday eve ning.

NOTICE TO THE OGOS There will be a Ma ss M eeting for a ll th e

Outside G irl s on Monday, February 11th at 8 P . M. T he meeting wi ll be held in the P. S. M . build ing. Please be there, for our ma ss meetings are comp ul sory, and we have seve ra l im portant items to discuss. One of them will l1 ~ the plans for our dance.

ONCE-A-WEEK

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS The main purpose of the meeting of the

Student Cou ncil on Sa turd ay morning, February 2, wa s to elect membe rs for th e staff of th e Cayugan, as regulated by the rul es for the pub­lica ti on of the year book drawn up by the Student Cou ncil a nd app roved by the Faculty.

A s sta ted in the rul es, the head s of th e three ma jor departments shall be members of th e Senior Class; th e assistants in each department sha ll be Juni ors . The fo llow ing year the form­er assi stan t will a utomatica lly accede to the pos it ion of head of hi s dep artment. In thi s way we are pss ured of ha v ing a person with ability and expe ri ence to direct the work in th e va ri ous field s cove red by th e ye ar boo k.

The fo ll ow ing sta ff wa s elected for 1929: Editor-in-chief . .. . ..... . ..... Alfred Patten Business M a na ge r ... . ..... Craig M cH enry

Assistant Business Manage r ... .. Bob deLany Photographic Editor ....... . ...... Mary Li eb A ss istant Photographi c Editor .. Virg ini a J arvis

There is still an edito r from each of the affiliated schoo ls to be elected by the members of each schoo l. Since thi s is to be done the ea rly pa rt of this week, we hope th at the staff will be compl eted by the ·end of th e week a nd work on th e Cayugan will be started immediately. On behalf of the staff we are asking the suppo rt and co-operation of eve ry st,1dent in ma king this yea r book the most interesting · and most success ful eve r publi shed in the Itha ca Con­servatory of Music and Affilia ted Schools.

ASSEMBLY The speak er for A ssembly on February 14th

will be Dr. Earl Bates, an authority on the A merica n Indian of the Extension Divi sion of Co rn ell. Dr. Bates comes to the C~nse rvatory each yea r with a very interest ing ta lk on th e "Am erican Indi a n". All those who ha ve hea rd Dr. Bates las t year will appreciate the treat in store for us.

FRESHl\!IAN RECITAL In place of the regular Faculty Recital or­

din a ril y g iven on Thursday afternoon, members of the Freshman class of the Dramat ic School will appea r in a program of readings this afte r­noon. Attend a nce i~ compu lso ry for the stud­ents of th e \Villi am s School; but with such a n interesting gro up of rea dings it is not likely to prove a hard ship . Man Who Came Back . . .. ... ... . ...... Ferber

Sadie Daher Ballad of Elkanah B. Atkinson . ... . ...... . D ey

Bernice Carha r t White Hand s of Tel ham . .. . .... . .. Davenport

Sa ra Conrad Prince of Cou rt P ainte rs . ... . ........ Mackaye

Eleanor Leonard firandy on Matrimony ........ . . . . . . ... Dix

Eleanor Carroll Dogbe rry a nd th e W atch from

JV/u clt Ado A bout No th ing .. . . Sha kespeare Sebastian A lig

DEAN BROWN GIVES RE­CITAL FOR ROTARY CLUB

D ean Albert E dmund Brown gave a song re­cita l la st Wednesday before the members of the Rotary C lub, at th ei r weekly luncheo n in the Ithaca Hotel. T he program includ ed the fol­low ing se lection; "Brown October A le", " It Takes Ni ne T a il ors to Make a Man", "Sheriffs Song", "Song of the A rmourer", "Loch Lomond" a nd " Down Among the Dead Men". It is rum­o red that D ea n Brown will give a Little Theatre recita l sometime ea rly in the Spring. It is sincerely hoped that this will materialize.

FORMER BAND SCHOOL STUDENT IN ACT AT THE STATE THEATRE

In the Racoone rs, an act which opened at the State T heatre last Thursday afternoon, was George Summerson, who two years ago gra du­ated fro m the Conway Ba nd School at the Ith aca Conse rvatory of Mu sic. Mr. Su mmer­son spent three years at the Conse rvatory, a nd since graduation he has been on the stage. H e has been with the Racooners for the past year a nd a ha lf.

Mr. Summe rson plays the trump et and rn a burl esque qua rtet act, the accordion .

FORMER I. C. M. STUDENT WELL ON WAY TO FAME The fo ll ow ing notice in refe rence to Stuart

Gracey appeared in the current issue of the Mu sical Courier. Mr. Gracey wa s a member of the class of 1921, studying vo ice bu t specia l­izing in v iolin.

T he Mu sica l Courier says in part: The di stinction of being one of the you ng­

est baritones eve r to make his debut on an Ame rican ope ra ti c stage goes to Stu art G racey, w ho will appear w ith the Philadelphia Gra nd " Opera Compa ny on J a nu ary 24 in Faust, si ng­ing th e role of Va lentine.

This will ma rk the you ng artis t's fir st appear­ance wi th a major America n opera company, and hi s first performance with the Philadelphia compa ny, with w hich he will sing for the re­mainder of the season.

A lthough now onl y twenty-live ye ars old , you ng G racey comes to the American stage with a record of interesting work, begun in Ro­cheste r fo ur years ago when he appeared with the America n Opera Company in The Barber of Sevill e. Stuart Gracey's debut as a baritone is given added in terest because of the fac t that he wa s cons idered a child prod igy of the vio lin at the age of ni ne, and when a littl e older he won th e highest scholarship conferred by the Ith aca Conservatory of Music. Before he was fifteen he had g iven many vio lin recitals , p lay­ing such works as the M end elssohn co ncerto, the Wienawski D minor conce rto and the Lalo Symphoni e Espagnol. H e did not give up hi s vio lin in favor of singi ng until evera l years later.

ONCE-A-WEEK 3

LAUTNER RECITAL Mr. Joseph Lautner, T enor, will give a rec ital in th e Little Theatre

on Tuesday evening, February 12th. The program is composed of four groups, representing th e Ge rm a n and French as the American com­pose rs. It is of special interest that he will sing two songs by hi s w ife, Lois Wil son Lautner, who a lso acts as his accompani st. Mr. L autner's sp lendid voice and pleas ing persona li ty a lways a ttract a large audience. The program is g iven below.

I.

There's not swain on the plain ....... .... . .. . . . .. . .. ..... . .. . Purcell Reci t: 0 loss of sig ht (Sa mson ) ............ . . . ..... . .. . . . . . .. Hand el A ria : Total eclipse! II mio tesoro (Don Giovanni) . .... . ......... .. .... .. . M ozart

Die Mainacht Standchen

II.

... . .. . . .... . .... . . ............ . .. .. ...... . .. Brahms Wie bi st du meine K onigen Meine Li ebe ist g riin

Romance Grun

III.

.. . .. . .. . ... . .... . . .. . . ... . . . . . . . .. . ......... Debussy

Fantoches De fleurs

IV.

Ebb on w ith me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... .... . . .... Mel ville Smith In the poppy fie ld .... .. .. . ... ... . .. ...... . . ..... . .. . .. J oyce Clark A room ...... . ..... . . ........•.... . ... . ..... • .. ..... .. Lois To Frieda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Lois I cannot bide ... . . . .. . .. .... . ..... . ....... M a bel

Lautner Lautner Daniels

FACULTY NOTES Wednesday afternoon, January 30th, Mrs. Patrick Conway en­

tertain ed the wives of th e facu lty members, teachers, a nd house mothers at a luncheon-bridge at her home. The afte rnoon w as pleasantly spent on playing bridge, after which a luncheon w as se rved.

D ea n Albert Edmund B row n gave a program befo re the Rotary Club last week. Hi s recita l was we lcomed voc ifero usly by an audi­ence of men which filled the large dining-room, and proved unwilling to leave at the conclu sion of the program. Mrs. B row n was her hus­band's accompanist. It is safe to say tha t the progra m was more thoroughly enjoyed th an any g iven before th e Rotary Club in many month s.

VALENTINE PARTY TO BE HELD . FEBRUARY 13

The Va lentine Party sponso red by the D elta Phi soro rity wi ll be g iven February 13th instea d of the 14th as a nnounced in the last issue of the Once-A-W ee k. It is the object of this sorority to have a party which will be stri ct ly a Conservatory affair . For this reason, you are requested not to bring g ues ts. And yo u must not come a ll " paired off", either, though it is qui te permissible to "pa ir off" during the evening and go home that way if you like. The ma in thing is to come and to come in costume ; but don' t mask. The re will be a costume dance a nd prizes for th e prettiest and fo r the most comical cos tume. If yo u want to know what the pri zes a re, just watch the lobby; they will be on di splay there. And , too, there will be a ba llot box placed in the lobby. In that cast yo ur vo te for th e Se nior g irl yo u would like to have be Miss Valentine . Then come to the party and see who it is-and whom she will chose to be Mr. Valentine! A good time is in store for everybody, as any who have ever be en to a Delta Phi a ffair ca n te stify .

Remember-a costume-remember~Febru ary 13th-remember-at the gym.

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WILLIAMS' SCHOOL NOTES .

Bob de Lany will be in Syracuse all next week, taking part in the play, Lilac Time in the Wilcox Players' stock company.

Gilbert Hagert , I sabe lle Ingraham, and Al­fred Patten gave a joint program at the Bank Restaura nt, Tuesday noon at the G. L. F. Banquet.

I sabelle Ingraham ha s recently g iven enter­taining programs of readings at Newfie ld , New York at the Odd Fellows' Hall, at Danby, at the private home of Mrs. Masters of this city, and at the St. John's School in Ithaca.

Gilbert Hagerty read at the home of Mr. Birkingham on West State Street lately.

La Vern Christianson wi ll read at the Meth­odist Church Thursday evening of this week.

Patsy See was home at Clifton Springs last week-end.

Three new students have come to the Wil.­liams School-Minna Gray and Jeanrtte Simon from Newark, New Jersey, and James Emerick from Saugerties, New York.

FACULTY RECITAL FEBRUARY14

It is expected that Dean Tallcott will read Ga lsworthy's famous play, Loyalties, in Fac­ulty recital T hursday afternoon, February 14th. This is a date which everyone-not merely the Dramatic students-will want to keep open. Mr. Tallcott's· interpretations, always so di s­tinctive and refreshing, never fail to draw a crowd.

SINFONIA FRATERNITY PH.I l\1U ALPHA

La st Sunday evening an addition was made to the enrollment of the Fraternity. Bros. Sis­son, Andrews, Corey, Riensmith , Kainu, Swartz, Whitney and Tobia cast off their pledge pins and became active members. After the ritual a r eception was held in honor of the new men. Bro. Sisson gave a very dramatic reading ac­companied on the piano by Bro. Swartz. The tension was very high but Bro. Andrews voca l selection cl aimed no mean tension. Bro. Corey and Riensmith united th eir efforts and per­formed remarkably. In fact, by way of com­pari son, I would say th at th eir dancing was every bit as good as the Strand acts. The Reader may draw his own conclu sions. Bro. T obia disp layed a fine sense of control, in hi s Charlestoning. A jolly time was h ad by a ll.

The All American Program is rapidly round­ing into shape under the direction of Bro. Whit­ney. The date is as yet, undecided.

Bro. Paul Lester returned from hi s home la st Thursday after an operation.

Bro. Gravel has left us for the remainder of the school year. We hope he w ill joi n us again next year.

ONCE-A-WEEK

ONE-ACT PLAY GROUP The one-act plays scheduled for February

8th and 9th comprise an unu sua lly interesting group. A new plan for the se lection of the plays to be presented is ina ugurated with this group. Accordi ng to thi s arrangement, five plays are rehearsed; and from these the three that show the most finished work are chosen. T he five which are rehearsing now are: The Make r of Dreams, with Mary Lieb as coach; Poor Aubrey, with Bob de Lany coaching; Tl,e Dutcl,ess Says H er Prayers, with coach, Irma Cushman; The Fourth Mrs. PJ,il/ips, coach­Frances Kinnear; and Grandma Pulls tl,e Strings, for which Dimoretta Woodard acts as the coach. Th e Maker of Dreams is a fantas­tic piece by Oliphant Down. George Kelly wrote Poor Aubrey for a vaudeville act in which he played in all the large cities of the country fo r some time. This was later convert­ed into the three-act New York success of a short time ago, known as the Show-Off. Grandma Pulls tl,e Strings is an amusing com­edy by Edith Bernard Delano and David Carb. Tl,e Fourtl, Mrs. Pl,i/lips is also a comedy­chuck full of clever lines. Th e Dutchess Says H er Prayers is a beautiful play of serious type. Miss Jean Lee Latham is in gene ral charge of their production. Here are the casts.

Tl,e Maker of Dreams

Pierette ............ . ........ Barbara Witter Pierrot . . ... . .. . ... . . . . . . .. ..... John Fague The Manufacturer .......... G ilber t Hagerty

Poor Aubrey

Poor Aubrey ........ . . ...... Arthur N iedeck Mrs. Piper . .. . .... . . . . .. .. .. . .. Judith Cohn Mrs. Cole ... . ....... . . .. .. . . Thelma Hanley Mrs. Fi sher .. . ... .. . . . ... ...... G layds Ayres

The Dutcl,ess Says H er Prayers

The Duke ................ Harlan Shoemaker The Dutchess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pauline Feinstein The Lady ....... . ...... .. ..... Loys Conant

Tl, e Fourth Mrs. Pl, il/ips

Warwick Phillips ..... .. . .... Arthur N iedeck Maston .. . .. . .. . .......... . . ... Ted Judway The Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Everett Griffith The Four Mrs. Phillips' ... Emma Lieb

Eleanor Long Edith Quackenbu sh Marion Beck

Grandma Pulls the Strings

T he G ra ndmother ............ Evelyn Hanson The _ G irl ...... . .. . . .... ... .. . Eleanor Carrol The Old er Sister . .... .. . . . . . Marjorie Castle The Little Sister ... . ........ . . Emily Roberts The Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sadie Daher The Boy . ... . ............ Dallas Hinchcliffe

MU PHI EPSILON Mu Phi Epsilon expresses its sincere sym­

pathy at the death of Mrs. Williams, wife of Pres. George C. Williams.

Last week-end Marjorie Fisher attended the Junior Prom at Syracuse University.

Hester Foster wisited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George J . Hucker in Geneva. While there she attended the Junior Prom at Hobart College.

Jeanette Dutcher spent the week-end with her parents at Seneca Fall s.

SOPHOMORES A littl e sad news to break to our fellow class

mates. It is a classmate of w hom we might say did more than hi s duty for us. Name ly Joe Lester.

Joe was president of our class and fulfilled his office to great satisfaction, mostly to a sur­reptitious sta ndpoint.

J oe ha s resigned the Presidency of our class, due to the fact that he hi s leaving us this semester. We regret tha t you are leaving us, Joe, and wish the best of luck for a ll future undertakings. Ad ios.

The Presidency will be refilled and there will be an important discussion at our next class meeting. Let us see every Sophomo re's attendance at thi s meeting.

D. R.

GRIFFIS Miss Leslie Wentzell entertained company

from Rochester over the w eek-end . Most of Griffis has spent its evenings of late

on Beebe Lake, skating and tobogganing. At the fudge party held la st Friday night

some of the girls ate so much that they were incapacitated for severa l days after.

Minna Gray and Jeanette Simon of Newark, New Jersey have entered the Williams School and are li ving at Griffis. There are rumors, too, that two more new girls will be moving into Griffis before long.

NEWMAN NEWS Well! Well! Well! Tobogganing seems to

be the favorite sport now. And judging from the faces of Cass, Campbell, Lois Leamon, and Sa lly Pusateri , spi ll s don 't cnean a thing. Belle proved herse lf a good pi lot the other day and gu id ed a load of Newman girls safely ( ?) down Buffalo St reet. Oh well! It wasn't Belle 's fault if the tobogga n took a sudden notion to go down Buffalo Street backwards, was it?

Virginia Stumm had a birthday last T hurs­day, and a lso a party, and "Whoopee" ! w hat a party! And what a cake!

Ruth Leopold was ca lled home thi s week to attend the funeral of a relative.

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KAPPA GAMMA PSI

On Thursday night, January 31, 1929, Kappa Gamma Psi became formally installed. The installation was conducted by the national Presi­dent, Francis Findlay, who is Dean of the Public School D epartment of the New England Conservato ry of Music. The ritual of the Chapter installation was foll owed by the installation of the fo llowing. officers:

President, Alfred Patten Vice-President, Ward Hamm Secretary, Harri s Dersham Treasurer, Erwin Steucke S'gent-of-arms, John Bonavilla

After the installation ceremonies a short musical program was given by members. The program was followed by a formal dinner at which time the sponsor of Kappa Gamma Psi, Mr. Hathaway, acted as toast­ma ste r. Impromptu speeches were made by each of the members and guests . Three of our pledges, Eidam, Martin, and Wallace were present. A group picture was taken and a very successful evening wa s brought to a close by an inspiring address from Na tiona l President Findlay.

The group is to _be known as Iota Chapter and the following were Charter members:

Alfred Patten John Bonavilla Erwin Steucke All en Ost rander Ward H amm Harris Dersham Regi nald Sweet Donald Dewhirst Fred Morse Joseph Roman

Kappa Gamma Psi hereby pledges wholeheartedly the support of each individual in the fraternity to co-operate with the faculty and the student body of the Ithaca Conservatory and Affi li ated Schools.

THE DREAD ALTERN ATIVE

T he H eroic Star-I'm tired of these break-neck stu nts. Haven' t you any other part for me?

The Director-Nothing but a lover's part, playing opposite your wife.

The Star-Lead me back to the cliff.

NO CA USE FOR PRIDE

"What make s th e monkeys so angry?" inquired the keeper. " W ell ," said th e a ttendant, "Professor Gardner ha s just been

around telling them of the Darwinian th eo ry that they have descended from man."

HERR PROFESSOR

"Professor, wha t chair do you occupy?" " My chair is in a barber's college." " H eh ?" " I do not occ upy it. I stand behind it."

SOME IMPROVEMENT

Doctor- Well, do you find your memory is improving under treat­ment?

Patient-Not exact ly, but I can frequently remember that I have forgotten something if I cou ld only remember what it is.

SEEN AND HEARD AT EGE'ERT HALL La st Thursday after our exhibit we gave Mrs. Keep a farewell

party. It was hard to see her go as she had won our admiration and love in the time she had been with us. Mrs. Barnum ha s come to us in "Mother Keep 's" place, and we feel that we are going to enjoy having her with us a nd hope she will be very happy here at Egbert.

Welcoming back Martha Peters was something we had been an­ticipating, for it seemed as though she had been away from us months instead of a few weeks.

Two of our girls, Marion Duncan and Marjorie Shren, have been at the infirmary since Saturday; however, we hope they will be back with us soon.

Arlene Magaw left to attend N. Y . U. Her vacancy was filled by one of our new Frosh, Hilda Weinfielder.

BY ANY OTHER NAME

A motor car manufacturer had adopted the p lan of naming his

cars after flowers.

" I was thinking of calling my car the Crimson Rambler," he told

a friend .

The friend, who h ad been out in the new car, replied unkindly;

"Why not ca ll it the Virginia Creeper?"

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STUDENT INJURED We are very sorry to hear that M a rtha

Stahler, a Senior in the Voice Department, fell last Sunday in front of Newman Hall and broke her ankl e. She will be in Memorial H osp ital for some length of time. We a ll wish her a speedy recovery.

IMPORTANT NOTICE It is the desire of the Editoria l Sta ff of the

O CE-A-WEEK to print a ll the news in and about the Conservatory as it happens. Thi s can only be done with the co-operation of eve ry student and organization. As you know, a ll news must be in before Saturday noon and we little forthought on yo urare certain that wi th a part you can hel p to make YOUR paper A GOOD PAPER.

HOW TO USE THE SAME COMBINATIONS

Dissecting the classics and arranging fam­

ili a r tune s from one to five -note combinations,

Dr. Sigmund Spaeth of ew York City, music

lecturer, entertained members of the Elmira

Rotary Club at their luncheon today at the Fed­

eration Building.

Dr. Spaeth occupied the platform of the la rge

auditorium where he used the pi ano to exp la in

hi s musical points. Hi s humorous antics at the

keys found in stant favor w ith the Rotaria ns.

To the question: "How many notes doe s it

take to make a tune ?" Dr. Spaeth answered,

"Two." Then he showed on the piano the

cuckoo call, whi ch he sa id was first hea rd in

the Garden of Eden. Afterward he took two,

three and as many as five-note combinations and

showed how they had been used by Beethoven,

Bach, DeBussey, Brahms and then by Ir vi ng

Berlin.

Dr. Sp aeth declared that Berlin's sec ret of

success was his use of short phrases which cou ld

be ea sily remembered, co upl ed with w ord s which

suggested a slogan. M ost persons, he said,

started out an Irving Berlin se lection by sing­

ing the name of the piece; then they hummed

the center part, and wound up by sing ing the

name of the piece.

" No matter whether a fellow has a sense of

music or not he responds to music," Dr. Spaeth

continued. "If it is only an off-key whi stle or

the tap of a foot when the band goes by, it is

a response, and that is where the secret of music

appreciation lies."

ONCE-A-WEEK

THE SINGING VOICE It was the complaint of the late cr itic, Henry

T. Fink, that true artists among singers a re rarely di scovered. Nature often bes tows voices of bea utiful qu ality on some indi vidu a ls, but neg lects to include in the gifts any particul a rly evid ent artist ic fee ling. Progress in vocal train­ing is not as quickl y noticeab le as it is in oth er field s of the art. Yet if one who is so heav il y endowed with that greatest of mu sica l inst ru­ments, the hum an voice, would g ive up some time to intense study, thorough constant associa­tion with all th at is bea utiful, he would event­ually abso rb a lot of th at beauty and conse­quently the voice would take on a wea lth of warmth and color. No matter how fin e and beautifu l it may be in its na tu ral untra ined state, a voice requires to be deve loped by culti­va tion before it can sat isfactorily fulfill its mis­sion of artistic si ng ing.

A ll the old sys tems of .vo ice cu ltu re w ere purely instinctive in their na ture. T he sing­e rs education consisted mainly of th e memoriz­ing of melodies and a irs to be used in the Church. W e have a lmost boi led it down to a sc ience. It ha s so deve loped that to-day in modern systems we includ e the management of breath , the control of la ryngea l action, the plac­ing of the tone in the resona nce caviti es, the ex­pa nsion of the th roat a nd other top ics with which voca li sts are genera lly familiar. In all these principles the underlying idea is to bring the wi ll power directly on some part of the voca l orga nism.

Poor sing ing may ge nera lly be bla~ed to a lack of musicianship, lack of tone concept, un­developed im agin a tion or se lf-consciousness and fear. The solut ion ca n on ly be mad e from a purely menta l standpoi nt.

Th e a ll -importa nt point for the voca l be­g inne r is to learn to hear; to lea rn to detect the difference between a dark tone-co lor and a co­vered tone; between breathy and brilliant sing­ing. H e must lea rn not to confu se vo lum e w ith darkness, nor thinness with white or flat sing­ing.

In conclusion, there is no exagge rat ion in saying, it is well worth the cost to yo u, you r persistent effo rt to obtai n maste ry ove r your voi ce, a ma stery which will make you a true artist, conscious of your very high mi ssion. Your untiring effort a nd end eavo r is a rewa rd in itself.

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MOVIES AND MUSIC (A reprint from the Musical Diges t )

M ovies Will Get You If You Don't Watch

Ou t seems to be the latest warning to opera singe rs. For the recent Warner-Vitaphone special r elease boa sts two ex-members of the M etropolitan in its cast, Andres de Segurola and Pasquale Amato. The latter again imper­sonate s a roya l character, Napoleon, whi le the former is heard as well as seen. He sings The Marseillai se, w hich one of the New York re­viewers declares to be "stirring in the extreme . .. the sort of thing which will shine in any Vitaphone production.

BAILEY HALL CONCERT 1. Overture-1812 ........ .. . . .. T schaikowsky

2. Cornet Solo-Columbi a Polka .. ... Rollinson Clarence Andrews

3. Scenes from Show Boat ... . ........ . .. Kern

4. Trombone Solo-So unds from the Hudson .... . ..... Clarke

Paul Lester

5. Rhapsody Espana ................ Chabricr

6. Soprano Solo-Summer ....... . .. Chaminade Marga ret Daum-Nichol s

7. Ai rs from the Musical Show "Good News" D e Sylva

( Continued from page 1)

So while we continue in thi s "fa ult" of ours -this very bad habit of slipping into a back seat of th e auditorium to li sten for a few brief moments to the band-perhaps the real­ization of the real privi lege it is to be sitting there w ill come to us; and somehow in the far recesses of our brain we shall be making men­tal note of the dates of the concerts, and putt­ing aside other plans, which compared to the plea sures of hearing a band led by Mr. Con­way, no longer have any significance.

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