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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
8
The Princess Bonnie is being given finishing touches as she enters society next Monday. A long grooming period has set high standards. the faithful cast and chorus have created harmony making her second to none. Many out of town parties may attend, and the audience will be delighted with the finest comic opera yet presented here.
Conductor Emil Oberhoffer, famed for poetic leadership, enjoys strong demand as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra tours. Cast list includes Shrimps L P Hyde, Captain Tarpaulin Clarence Hen, Roy Stirling, Admr Pomposo Julius B Meyer, Count Falsetti L B McMullen, Salvador A O Adamson, Lieut Fusee Frank Green, Capt Surf Lester Hartnett, Kitty Clover Irene Thompson, Auntie Crabbe Mrs W T Craswell, Donna Pomposo Susan W Norton, Bonnie Golda B Nelson.
The Normal school board of trustees holds a meeting with members including F A Willson, J R Devine, E J Taylor, H McDonald, M L Bikin, H A Nelson, Ti M Rishworth and advisory presidents McFarland Hillyer and Crane. Board members spent yesterday sightseeing and inspecting the campus.
Beethoven's Sixth Symphony No 6 Pastoral Op 68 will be performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra next Tuesday. The article extols the work's nature scenes and movements from Awakening of Joyful Feeling to The Shepherd's Hymn, with Berlioz's dramatic Storm description. It notes staff dinners and a Tuesday suspension for the concert.
Unicago tenor WAOWL returns this week to sing the title role in the oratorio St Ludmila to be presented in the Normal auditorium by the Choral Society next Sunday afternoon. The Choral Society will be assisted by the Normal orchestra augmented by members of the Fargo and Grand Forks orchestras. The Normal trustees dined in the domestic science dining room at noon today.
Programs for Tuesday afternoon and evening showcase familiar classics heard in New York and other centers. Performances include Beethoven Pastorale Symphony No. 6, Barbara Walt contralto, Corne'us van Vilet cello, soprano Luella Chilson Ohrman, tenor Joseph Schenke, and baritone Arthur Middleton. Selections span Bach, Schumann, Wagner, Delibes, and others with intermission and solo arias, dances, and orchestral pieces.
Prof W W Wemett says woman suffrage is about prudence not just rights. He notes reforms rely on women's vote and cites child labor and anti corruption actions in Seattle and San Francisco. Prof Acher argues shifts in American homes demand maternal input on social changes.
Normal school athletes Brett Bublitz and Fritch competed at the tri state meet in Huron. Brett matched the 120 yard high hurdles tri state record in prelims. University of South Dakota won, Carlton second, Hamilton third. Hamilton Carlton secured most points. North Dakota earned five points, Agricultural College a half point. Rain made the track heavy. festival tickets go on sale Saturday morning. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra arrives from Aberdeen Tuesday morning.
Valley City High School topped the state interscholastic meet with 31 points, followed by Fargo High with 25. Normal School, Casselton, and Larimore tied for third with 13. Drayton beat Hope in Class B 38 to 15. Farrand of Fargo set a mile record 6:24.2, Holmes of Fargo dropped hurdles to 28.0, and Valley City won the half mile relay though disqualified. Declamatory awards went to Fargo’s Charles Dawson for Sohrab and Rostum, with Willard Vestry and Florence Kuntz also earning medals.
President McFarlane led morning exercises for the first time in two months then received a seat ovation from students. He praised the music festival program before giving a fifteen minute address, urging students to value life and live with personal ideals.
One of the finest student functions this year was the Junior reception banquet and promenade Monday evening. Banquet in the Commercial room followed by a short program with toasts by Juniors Wemett Uselessness Henry Nightmare Fritch Nelson McFarland and guests McFarland’s history of the school. Dancing in the gym closed the evening.
The Choral Society under Dean H E B Goodsell finishes rehearsals for Dvorak’s St Ludmila with Normal Symphony Orchestra and Fargo Grand Forks players. Soloists Florence Hedatrum Craswell Morsbach. Clarence Henry leaves for Hannaford to speak on Farm Machinery School and Citizen.
The Clionian literary society holds its annual banquet at the Hotel Rudolph at 8:30. Guests include past and present advisers Miss Golda Nelson Nellie W Farnsworth and Fannie C Amidon with Miss Nelson as toastmistress. Toasts address The Fountain of Wisdom Under Two Flags On the Outside Looking In The Clionian Husband. A quartet Marion Frazier Helga Berg Ida Mybro Agnes Dodd will perform amid a red and white color scheme.
Joseph Schenke, a tenor, earned a share of popularity award for the symphony orchestra. A rare collection of Japanese art including hand painted china and drapery is on display in the Art Department for Miss Deem's lecture on Japanese Art. Prof. A P Holliss spends a week touring the state as commencement speaker at high schools each day.
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