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Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, November 16, 19345 Clinicent of the 1 and Or-linic is to rid ay and 8, visited iplete ar-Reception in Honor ofMrs. Florence JenkinsFounder of Verdi ClubTo Be Held At Griffis Hall:omplcted, directors all parts dance.I and the l working ies which The com-ished in areasonGameAlleghany season for team. So it success, e. A win e schedule most suc-:a CollegeThrough the good offices of Vladimir Karapetoff, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ithaca College, Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins, a leader in music circles, founder and President of the Verdi Club of New York, will be the guest of honor at a reception to be given at Griffis Hall thisafternoon from 3:30 to 5:30. Thefaculty and students of Ithaca Collegeare invited to attend. Music will befurnished bv a trio under the direc-0tion of Charles Budesheim.Fro sIt 7r,The .Cole meeCook Acatour Fall winds upthis year.Cook hin vears t power ofthev havMorrisvilto a 7-7 t The lirsee Smith and Spau Bennett the back GerrandM rs. Jenkins graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy. By her artistic sympathies and by a knowledge of music she was able therefore, after founding the Verdi Club, to encourage the finest musicians by introducing them to the public at the New York concerts of the Verdi Club.sted most-:t the run-;ed against wall. The ) good andy once forfine condi-o have re-ijuries re-ne. The ier Coach le field at lbdue the line-mcn nd Tuller, Sophomore liors. The at rick and ling two, miors and This ar-make the AlleghanyAINAmong those who were unknown to fame when they were introduced by her to New York audiences are, Marion Talley, who appeared two years before she sang at the Metropolitan, Mme. Gina Pinnera, Mme. Francesa Caron, Ernest Davis and many others. Mrs. Jenkins has also done much for charity. The Verdi Club’s main beneficiaries are the American Red Cross, the Italian Red Cross and the Veteran’s Mountain Camp. She is always ready to help music and musicians and she has thousands of friends both socially and musically. Mrs. Jenkins has many artistic gifts of her own. During last season she participated -in no less than fifty concerts, some of which were at Newport, R. I., Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and New York.It is to be hoped that every member of the faculty and every student will take advantage of the opportunity to meet one who has done and is still doing so much for music and for those who make it.OrctuLittlUnderthe Ithac; tra will the seasoi the Little sal time \ parativeh fine workprevious i Sun da should be detail ancTwogram. 1symphony termed t interestintray-in m hero, whi fied in 1was notof events*but rathivarious :man, ancThus thlt; Finale m: Funebre.that Nap emperor, his workNapoleor«
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