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Concert Today
Will Present
Original Works
Program To Give Composers
First Opportunity To Perform
Own Selections For Public
Eight student composers, supported
by a group of nearly 100 musicians,
will premier original writings at a
concert of first performances to be
held at 8:30 p.m.'today in the Hill
Auditorium, free of charge to the
public.
Designed to give young composers
opportunity to gain public apprecia-
tion of their works, this performance
will mark the first of its kind to be
presented in the history of the School
of Music.
According to Prof. Percival Price
"The public should find real interest
in this unique program, as it contains
work worthy of presentation," the
object of the concert being to give
the general public opportunity to
hear what his composition class is
doing and to find out for themselves
what hidden talentuthere is among
young student composers who exist
for the most part in practice studios.
Student Composers Listed
Student composers whose original
musicaiseto be presented for the first
time are: William Barnard, GradSM,
who will play his "Passacaglia" for
Organ in E Minor; Aarne W. Kol-
jonen, '41SM, will present "Lauluni"
to be sung by James J. De Jonge,
'41SM, tenor, "Alma Mater" to be
sung by the Lutheran Student Asso-
ciation Male Chorus and "Twenty-
Third Psalm" by the Lutheran Stu-
dent Association Mixed Choir. Both
choruses will be conducted by the
composer.
Katherine Ziff, Grad, pianist, will
play "Suite for Piano" composed by
William N. Schottstaedt, '41, and
Harry Geiger, GradSM, will direct his
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 which will
be played by the University Wood-
wind Quintet.
Vocal Works Presented
Jack Ossewaarde, GradSM, will
conduct the First Baptist Church
Choir in "I Will Say of the Lord" and
Hope Bauer Eddy, contralto, will sing
his composition "Tonight" while Be-
atrice Nesbitt Ruthven, soprano, will
sing his "Arab Song."
Jacob Evans, Grad., will conduct
his "Quartet for Strings" to be played
by Italo Frajola, GradSM, violin;
Thomas Wheatley, '42SM, violin; Ed-
ward Ormond, '42M, viola, and Mar-
tha McCrory, '42SM, violincello.
One song, "Grey Fog," by Ruth
Lahee, GradSM, will be sung and
two of her songs will be presented in
dance.
Betrothal Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Durward M. Young,
of Ann Arbor, announced the engage-
ment of their daughter, Thelma Irene,
'43, to Thomas G. Gies, '43, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Gies, also of
Ann Arbor. The occasion of the an-
nouncement was a birthday tea giv-
en for Miss Young by Carolyn Preke-
tes, May 17.
League Notes
Petitioning for summer League
Council posts will begin today and
last through nooi Saturday. Po-
sitions which are open: president,
social chairman, publicity chair-
man, and secretary of the council,
and judiciary chairman.
Those interested in working on
League publicity projects will
-meet at 5 p.m. today in the
League. The committee which
will be formed will put out the
nevly planned League weekly pa-
per, take charge of arrangements
of bulletin boards and poster dis-
plays, and will rearrange the third
floor project rooms..
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Ruthven Buys First Ticket
Ruthvens Head
Patrons List
For Log Drive
Sponsored By Foresters, Annual
Affair Will Be Held Friday
At Huron Hills Country Club
President and Mrs. Ruthven will
head the list of patrons for the fifth
annual Log Drive, spring dance spon-
sored by the Forestry Club, to be held
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday at the
Huron Hills Country Club for mem-
bers of the School of Forestry and
Conservation and their friends.
Other patrons include Dean Joseph
A. Bursley, Dean Walter B. Rea, Deanl
Alice C. Lloyd, Dean Samuel T. DanaI
of the forestry school, and members
of the forestry faculty. Prof. Shirley]
W. Allen, Prof. Samuel A. Graham,l
and Prof. E. C. O'Roke of the forestry
school will act as chaperons, Robert
W. Michaleson, '42. chairman of the
patrons committee, announced.
The dance will be semi-formal in
nature, and transportation will be
pro.vided to the scene of the event.
Decorations, in charge of James]
W. Maddox, '41F&C, will depict the
chain of events in the logging process,
from forest to mill. Reed Pierce and
his orchestra, from Detroit, will furn-
ish the music, according to Frank
Kent, '42F&C, and Lyle M. Arget-
singer, '41F&C, co-chairmen of the'
music committee.
Other committee chairmen include
William R. Hauser, '42F&C, tickets;
Alex Yorman, '42F&C, building;
Marshall N. Palley, '42F&C, enter-
tainment; Shuman B. Worrell, '41-
F&C, programs; and Chester J. Ew-
ing, '42F&C, publicity.
Versatile Stage Star Ruth Matteson
Is Talented, Charming And Poised
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President Ruthven buys the first ticket to the Student Senate
Scholarship dance to be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday in the Union
Ballroom, as Jane Connell, '42, does her part in selling the makings of
another year of study for needy and worthy campus scholars. Bill
Sawyer will play for Friday's dancing.
Glenn's Talent Is Inherent, Not
Inherited, Reveals Her
By KAY RUDDY
There's a picture that feature
writers like to draw of the child-
hood of famous musicians-the fm-
ily group gathered together afterj
dinner in the living room, motherI
at the piano or the spinet, or what-j
have-you, white-haired old father
with his trusty accordion or equally
trusty flute, and all the little ones
clusterilig about with supplementary
instruments-to the tune of "My
Darling Clementine." It's a touch-
ing little scene. But it's not a pic-
ture of the Millers of Glenn Millerj
fame.
"Musically, father was a sad case,"
said Herb' Miller, University student,
and brother of The Miller, when
asked about any harmonic past his
family might have had. "Mother
played the piano very slightly," he
continued, adding however, that any
musical inheritance Glenn might have
gotten from her was very doubtful.
'Both Mother and Glenn have migh-ty
terrible singing voices, and maybe
there's some connection there," he
explained.
Glenn Is Talented
"Glenn's musical talent runs to
everything but voice," e said, "but
where it comes from, Heaven
knows!"
Herb recalled many of his brother's
early musical influences and also his
intense love of really good music.
"Our older brother, Dean, who was
probably more proficient, instru-
mentally, than Glenn himself, started
him and encouraged him. Dean, I
remember, could sight read things
that Glenn wouldn't even attempt, but
it's Glenn who can get things out of
a band that people like to hear."
As a serious musician, Glenn is far
more advanced than most swing band
leaders, and most of that education
came, not in his youth, but while he
was playing with, and arranging for,
dance bands all over the country. "He
used to have someone fill in for him
in Ray Noble's band so that he
could take harmony and counter-
point lessons from Joseph Schillinger,
New York musical theory teacher,"
Herb recalled.
Herb Is Proud
Herb is immensely proud of his
brother. He likes to hear about
him-even idealizes him. "Still it
does sort of put me on the spot."
"You get on the elevator because
your brother's going up," he said.
"It's nice to have three strikes on
life, so to speak, in the person of'
a famous brother as an introduction
everywhere, but it doesn't advance
you much on your own."
The moral, of course, is not to
have a famous brother if you want
to run the elevator, yourself.
By BARBAR DEFRIES
She's young, she's talented, she's
charming and what's even more im-
portant to the poor director who has
to drag the cast through rehearsals,
she's not temperamental. She's Ruth'
Matteson, now playing feminine lead
in "The Male Animal."
Against a chaotic background of
"theatre folk" - men with print
scarves wrapped around their necks
and thrust carelessly in their open
shirts, clutching scripts nervously
and muttering weird, inaudible syl-
lables - she stands out, smiling, na-
tural and beautifully poised.
Considered Teaching
Miss Matteson was born in San
Francisco and first received the the-
atre urge when she skipped into
school one day and found herself in
the midst of a "Beauty and she
Beast" production. While seriously in-
tending to be an English or dramatic
teacher, she nursed an incurable am-
bition from then on to sometime hit
Broadway as it's never been hit be-
fore.
While attending San Jose College,
she was offered a job in a stock
company for which she was only too
ready, willing and able to quit school.
From there to New York was only a
matter of time and patience with the
required "discovery" occuring during
a Summer Theatre run in Southamp-
ton.
Toured With Gable
Achieving part of her ambition and
Dance Clas-s
Heads Namnned
New ,Chairmen Of Committees
To Meet Today In The League
Seventeen sub-chairmen of the
League Dance Class Committee were
announced yesterday by chairman
Elizabeth Johnson, '42.
The new committee chairmen will
attend a con'mpulsory meeting in the
League Undergraduate office today
at 5 p.m. Those who cannot be
present are requested to call Jean
Cofelt at 6675.
Jane Honey, '43, is in charge of the
beginning class while Barbara Burns,
'43, is head of the intermediate class.
Katherine Jones, '43, and Jean Whit-
temore, '44, are in charge of pub-
licity; Doris Arner, '43, and Marion
IMcGrath, '44, finance; Jane Anne
Gerry, '44, Eleanor Gray, '43, and
Peggy Ross, '44, hostesses.
Audrey Johnson, '43, is in charge
of the practice period; Josephine
Carpenter, '42, merit points; Lois
Drummond, '42, tickets; Marlou
Shartel, '44, music; Fern Wheeler,
'43, file; Margaret Sundeau, '44, and
Charlotte Noble, '43, door; and Jean
Cofelt, '43, secretary.
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Senior Swing Out' To Be June 1
her up lock, stock and barrel - where
she played "sitting around collecting
a salary" - also in the usual Holly-
wood style.
As far as dramatic training goes,
Miss Matteson feels that without a
doubt a stock company is the finest
school of dramatic education because
under such guidance, young hopefuls
are able to put into practice what is
so easily gathered from day to day
in a stock company.
Played Radio 'Betty'
"Soap opera" radio programs pro-
bably seem a bit dull and unnecessary
to many of you, but for Miss Matte-
son, who took a part in 'Betty and
Bob,' it spelled "valuable experience
and lots of fun."
With a perfectly modulated voice
bearing the faintest traces of a west-
ern accent, she expressed her delight
in Ann Arbor by, saying she'd trade
New York for Ann Arbor any day.
She said she wanted to see the Arbor-
etum and to visit Play Production
classes during her brief sojourn here.
Dressed in a simple sport dress and
wearing white moccasins, she could
pass easily for a University woman
and entertains as much, if not more,
enthusiasm for collegiate activities.
RUTH MATTESON
Hollywood breathless manner signed
certainly all of a school girl's ambi-
tion, Miss Matteson played a personal
tour with Clark Gable, whereupon
MGM immediately and in the usual
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Senior 'Swing Out,' to be held at
3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, will be the
first time that seniors visibly declare
themselves the senior. class, when
they appear on campus, men and
women, in academic costume.
According to T. Hawley Tapping,
Alumni Secretary, 'Swing Out' is
one of Michigan's oldest traditions.
The sentimental appeal of the color-
ful senior mortar board and gown
Seniors must place cap and gown
orders this week if they wish to
have them in time for the cere-
mony, announced the 'Swing Out'
committee.
processional march should bring outl
most of the graduating seniors as
well as spectators.
University Historian, Wilford B.
Shaw, states that 'Swing Out' dates
back more than 70 years when it was
usually held in a church on a
Wednesday and after the ceremony
class fights usually ensued. Lantern
Night, which was formerly held in
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conjunction with 'Swing Out,' served
to restore amiable relations between
the schools again.
After the College of Engineering
was built, class fights crystallized
around the engineering arch with
lawyers and engineers being the
principle battlers. Confusion was
the order of the evening in those
days.
Formal academic garb of cap and
gown began to be worn somewhere
between 1894 and 1897, and seniors
customarily wore them every Wed-
nesday after 'Swing Out' until grad-
uation.
Chairman Named
Marjorie Green, '43, was ap-
pointed ticket chairman of the
1942 JGP Monday. Miss Green,
whose name was omitted in yes-
terday's JGP announcements, was
finance chairman of Assembly
Ball, and is a member of the Daily
business staff.
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