THE MICHIGAN DAILY WN F ESDOAY, MAY 6, 1936 ,R c i tF I I iklui lt.Ml t i a) Il Wil Reet Ott Site Of O1l In R pid Sale ibstory Of Block IsTodt For Historical Society' Byt Philadelphia Orchestra To William (Provesy PlayForAll onerk;By WILLIAM SPALLE Soloists Are Featured The unusuallistoyof th e be Tickets are rapidly being sold for ham Gradua~e School buifldig, wich the forty-second annual May Festival, served( at one time a; a burial groud to e hld edesdy, husda, F~-for A.. Arbor residents and as thetl day and Saturday, May 13-16, Dr. seeo tdn ~loee rns was toldl recently by William T. Charles A. Sink, president of the Groves, longtime Ann Arbor resident,t School of Music, announced yesterday, for the Washtenaw Historical Society.I For the first time in the history The tract of land between East of the May Festival, the brilliant Huo and East Washington streets Philadelphia orchestra, under the di- on which the school will be locatedr rection of Leopold Stokowski, with was originally pucha ed by Thomas Saul Caston and Charles O'ConnellI Chambers from the united Sttr's= as associate conductors will partici- Govrnment in 1825, Mr. Groves re- pate in the event, counted, at the stated government The first program Wednesday pric of $1.25 an acre.t night, will be purely orchestral in na- In 1853, Elijah W. l oran, thenr ture ---the first half consisting of five owner of the plot, ceded the south-Ba h sl ci n , nd t e e o d h lf at c r er ft e b o k to he " w 1 made up of three important numbers Society of Ann Arbor," to be used as from Richard Wagner's operas. a burial lot. The block remaind' i "Caractacus" To Be Given Morgans possession until 1874 whentr For the second concert Thursday it was sold at a Sheriff's sale for a evening, the University Choral Union, debt of $891.88. with the Philadelphia Orchestra, "During the Hallowe'en season," under the direction of Prof. Earl V. Mr. Groves reports, "students played Moore of the School of Music will pranks by bending the small trees present Sir Edward Elgar's "Carata- through the board fence surrounding cus," a choral work which is being the block and tearing up the boards repeated this year because of its pp- in the walk. Gates from t he nearbyIt ularity in former Festivals, places were piled uip in this vacantc Feur ditinuised olostswil beblock and irate householders came toc heard in the cast of this work: Keithcli throw Raehemrng Falkner, the distinguished English afte. baritone, who came to this country astmedassdn the fec lds almost especially for this occasion,apaedndteOflsceerd 'will sing the role of the hero, Carac- as a fine place for boys of the neigh-t tacu. Jannete reelnd illsing brohood, as well as the students in the soprano role, and Paul Althousetenabromghustopy tenor, of the Metropolitan Opera, to: football. Diagonal paths were wornc gether with Julius Huehn, the dis- across the block. A small dog-and-r tinguished new American operatic pony circus played here in the sum-1 baritone, will complete the stellar mer of 1897, much to the wondermentc as.of the younger generation."t Two important phases of music will be emphasized in the Fiday after- lfAD zn itl noon concert. Harold Bauer, the dis- tinguished pianist, will appear in R ys!/Ot Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, while Of Sunshne the Young People's Festival Chorus jk Su e t of 500 voices, will sing Pierne's "Chil- Aid ik tdet! dren at Bethlehem," the former under the baton of Saul Caston, and the With a few cheerful words as stock- latter directed by Professor Moore. in-rade, a small group of University Lily Pons to Sing students has been carrying on an Friday evening's concert will pre- immensely human proec for the sent the orchestra, and the famous past three weeks, it became known 'French coloratura soprano, Lily Pons, yesterday. The orchestra will be directed by Mr. It became known only because Gaston and Mr. O'Connell, and Miss j Ralph Segalniar, '3', needs more Pons will sing several of her favorite students to arugment his ('crw of six arias among them the Bell song from that has as an ojective, lightening "Lakmne." the weary hors of the iumates of The orchestra will again be directed the Health Service infirmary. THc by Dr. Stokowski in the Saturday can be reached from 4- pm. each afternoon concert, and in addition to day at Lane Hall the orchestral selections Efrem Zim- "Well, you're looking better this balist, violinist, will play a Sibelius morning, old man," or some such concerto, greeting means a lot to the patients, The Festival will be brought to a Ralph Segahman believes. close with a brilliant concert Saturday Amrn the 150s visits mde etoth night, with Dr. Moore conducting the sick ward the pjs he ek are orchestra and the Choral Union in a included such ir ves as aking pur- presentation of Verdi's immortal (h5b fxirg aepeiul "Monzoni Requiem" with Miss Vree- made, and mneting parents at the land; Rose Bampton contralto; Gio- railway :stat ion and finding rooms for vanni Martinelli, tenor; and Keith them. Falkner, baritone, in the cast. Many stuents don't want their parents to know they are ill, and ask that plain writing paper be pur- DAIIY OF I('I L .,hasecl for thmi, not wishing to use the infirmary stationery. Other pur- B J'L.LE"'USN c hases include magazines, cigarettes, Practically every man student (Contnued on Pwze G wants some one to make a trip to ____________ --. ~ I is rooming house for a clean shirt 'Womnen: The annual luncheon will be -d socks the day before dismissal, held at the Michigan Union, at 1 accoding to Ralph. -p.m. Saturday, May 9. The luncheon He says that even a patient suffer- and meeting is to be followed by ing from fever is glad to have some- bridge and sewing. Please phone the body come along and say, "Having Union for reservations.. a pretty hot time, eh?" ]-Itine Cemnetery About 1897, the owner approached the University to sell this block for the sum of $10,000. "This offer did not seem to be an inducement," Mr. Groves writes, "for nothing came of it. Perhaps the valuation was too Dinh orlperhaps there did not appear to bie anyiy need for more land.' FVol lowing L iseffort, the land was su bdi vided and otf~jed for building lots. TIhe lots were offered for sale in 1899, but one obstacle remained, the Jewish burial ground which had fallen into decay. Their families had long since left Ann Arbor, but ne- grotiations were carried on with de- scendants living in St. Paul and the remains wer'e removed in 1901. r 1 i Il gu o iuite man, '37, Mary Eli!ssa E van ., '37, Jane! Soibert , '39,.71Mii m au ,'38, rich, '39, T oi 'Hrl,'I7, Jean } ,Fitzger'ald, '37, MarIjorie lFuller, '37. 1 M_ r , Sl. o tI, ;'5. 1lf 1:,'7 IlI4 . ', ' Ap i0 l '(l'Betty Kay Jones, '37?, fetty K jeni, Mi A ntS 1,'3.F~ I a" iJ~.K 2 Ja enti _______ 39, Joanne Kimmel, '38, Ja('queline tM'lanm,'3i. Maertha 'ilnirui '3 . Vr 37 1iba ()v(-l1, :>r. 1Mary Ellen Continued from Pag.. -) Kolle, '37, Ruth Lavender. '37, Kath- ginia Van D~yke, '138. Ma r a ng for you. 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