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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1956
Page
5
James B. Ely, 86, a former prospector who turned to music teaching, stands to receive a bachelor of arts from the University of California at Los Angeles after taking his final exam. He joined the Klondike rush in 1898 and later pursued education.
The notice announces a June 23 reservation deadline for a travel package titled Far Per Earners. It references the current opera La Traviata and performer Lucia Albanese, urging mail to The Charlotte Tours care of.
Kent Dance pupils from the William Kent Dante Studio of Nitro will perform in a recital at Poca High School auditorium under William Ment and Mrs. H. C. Wallace. Graduates Antonia Lee Smitty and Sharon Willard star. guests from Charlotte Wariland Abbot Dance Studios include Mary Low Molle and Nancy Yates. Also noted is Airman 2-C Edward A. Harris named Airman of the Month for May in Midwest City. James Monroe Jr. and Emily Gail Walz are Bethany College graduates in the class of 1956.
The piece notes Fran New York to San Francisco voyage in a small boat around Cape Horn. It recalls forty five years teaching music at Hardin Simmons University Texas and a 1951 decision on his birthday to pursue a college degree urged by pianist Jose Turbi. Ely plans a life of composing operatic and popular pieces with one symphony Bachiwa performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony.
Ely argues the mind needs nourishment like the body and asserts that those who skip college miss life. He claims elderly people should return to college and notes many have done so because of his influence.
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