Recitals Highlight Oberlin Conservatory Weekend Schedule
May 20 events at Oberlin Conservatory feature Phyllis Selby organ recital in Finney Chapel at 4:15, Clarice Rutledge senior piano recital in Warner Hall at 8:30, Prudence Fish song recital in Warner Hall at 8:00, and a landmark chamber music program Sunday with nine performers. Tom Edwards, Catherine Agna, Kath leen Thompson, Nellis De Lay, Lida Roberts, Robert Koff, William Sokol, John Kendall, Gordon Jones. Miss Pellington with the Conservatory Orchestra of ninety musicians performs a unique organ concerto by Eric DeLamarter with the orchestra in E major.
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Oberlin Conservatory of Music
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Conservatory of Music
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Franck
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Clarice Rutledge
Joseph Kirshbaum
Friedrich Goerner
Warner Concert Hall
Prudence Fish
Conservatory
Warner Hall
John Elvin
Normand Lockwood
Tory
Catherine Agna
Kathleen Thompson
Nellis DeLay
Lida Roberts
Robert Koff
William Sokol
John Kendall
Gordon Jones
John Frazer
Debussy
Ravel
Tom Edwards
Miss Fields
Karo-Elert
Vierne
Boelmann
Miss Pellington
Conservatory Orchestra
Liszt
Mulet
All College Sing At Oberlin Sunday
Oberlin College students will join an all college sing at the Reservoir this Sunday May 22 announced by Jack Wickler. Before the sing from 8 30 to 9 00 Arthur L Williams conducts the Oberlin College Concert Band in a half hour program. Students will be divided into four groups by dormitory.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Jack Wickler
Arthur L. Willams
Elyria High School Student Speaks on Air Mail History
William Dutch Jr., a fifteen year old Elyria High sophomore in public speaking, reviewed twenty years of air mail service for the Elyria Kiwanis Club during National Air Mail Week at the Graystone Hotel. He traced Wright brothers first flights, 1912 and 1918 congressional bills, private carrier growth, and 1927 to 1937 mail tonnage rise, predicting further expansion for defense.
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Elyria High School
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Graystone Hotel
National Air Mail
Wright Brothers
Knutty Hawk
Elyria
William G Sharp
Charles Sartor
Student leadership named for residence hall sing
Miss Helen Strassburger from Sheboygan Betsey Miller from Buffalo Max Ervin from Pomona and Reece Lewis from River ton head groups for the residence hall sing with Lois Conrad Ervin and Wirkler on the committee for the singling event.
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Helen Strassburger
Sheboygan
Betsey Miller
Buffalo
Max Ervin
Pomona
Calif
Reece Lewis
Riverton
N. J
Lois Conrad
Ervin
Wirkler
WPA Director Says State Has Ample Funds
In Columbus on May 20 the Legislature faced defeat on a bill letting cities tap state tax fields for relief costs. WPA Director Harry L. Hopkins said Ohio has ample funds and blamed the General Assembly for inaction, urging direct state relief. Debate centered on local taxing powers and matching WPA funds for welfare facilities.
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Ohio League of Municipalities
Hopkins
John Marsh
Youngstown
Marsh
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Senate
Baggett- Kane
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Oakley Spaght
State Welfare
Cleveland State Hospital
Massillon Hospital
Longview Hospital
Cincinnati
Paris Radio Pioneer Branly Refuses New Set
Edouard Branly, 93, a pioneer in radio, lacks a radio in his apartment. Friends gave him a powerful set, but he declined to listen, citing dislike of the noise it produced.
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Paris
Edouard Branly
Twins Gillett Fuller Celebrate 83rd Birthday in Auburn
Mrs Cor dellia Gillett and Mrs Cornelia Fuller twins marked their 83rd birthday with a party at Mrs Gillett’s Auburn home. A 74 year old sister attended the gathering.
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Cordellia Gillett
Cornelia Fuller
Oberlin opens five artist series with Kreisler headlining
Oberlin Conservatory announced the 1938-39 Artist Recital Series led by violinist Fritz Kreisler. The lineup includes Alexander Kipnis Gertrude Pitzinger Rosalyn Tureck Arthur Rubinstein Emmanuel Feuermann and the Musical Arts String Quartet plus the Cleveland Orchestra performing October 25 December March 10 under Rodziński Enesco. Kreisler performs November 29 with more dates to be announced.
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Fritz Kreisler
Oberlin Conservatory
Musical Arts String Quartet
Cleveland Orchestra
Conservatory
Alexander Kipnis
Gertrude Pitzinger
Rosalyn Tureck
Arthur Rubenstein
Emmanuel Feuermann
Feuermann
Musical Arts Quartet
Arthur Rodzinski
Georges Enesco
Enesco
Kreisler
Oberlin awards study abroad scholarships in Fine Arts
Two Oberlin College graduate students from the Department of Fine Arts were awarded Institute of International Education scholarships for six weeks of study at the University of Paris this summer. Marjorie Moodey of Painesville and Charles Parkhurst of Toledo will undertake the program.
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Department of Fine Arts
Oberlin College
Institute of International Education
Marjorie Moodey
Charles Parkhurst
University of Paris
Pedestrian Ordered to Pay Damages in English Accident
In a landmark ruling in England a pedestrian was held liable for damages to a motorist after being deemed the cause of a road collision. The decision shifts fault in favor of the driver and sets a new precedent in pedestrian responsibility.
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England
Dean Wittke to Speak at Fenn College Commencement
Dean Carl F. Wittke will address the Fenn College Commencement at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church tonight at 7 30. The topic is Progress or Decay. A note adds Japan operates a doll making school.
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Oberlin
Carl F. Wittke
Fenn College
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
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