THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESD AY, JANUARY 27, 1942 Band Leader Brown Achieved Faine On An Empty Stomach An empty stomach, disillusionment and tough breaks are the best teach- ers-and Les Brown learned first hand all there is to know on those subjects when he came out of Duke > University in 1936 with an unen- thusiastic crew of collegiates bent :: .:::= :. uuanig, reb. 31, on tne Liorary on making their mark in the music steps, despite signs posted conspicu- world. ously at various campus points. About 18 months ago, Les Brown Schwab, who is majoring in theory and his orchestra, who will play for of music, was extremely surprised the informal night of J-Hop, Feb. 7, yesterday to read official-looking were making little progress while signs posted on all campus bulletin other young bands were getting a boards and even in the downtown good share of prominence and big stores to the effect that Cary Schwab, money. Theorist, would present a program in The real turning point in Brown's the Student Recital Series. musical career came in 1940 when The program was listed as being they were booked into Mike Todd's composed of (1) Singing Dominant Theatre-Cafe in Chicago for four Seventh Harmony in the Pre-Classic weeks. They did so well that they Tradition, and (2) Tonic, to Sub- stayed for. four months, after which mediant to Dominant and Back. The it was only an upward journey. first part of the program may be . Before that date, however, it was loosely interpreted as meaning prac- almost impossible to obtain good tically nothing, and the second is an musicians for the scale rates he re- exercise which consists of singing ceived at hotels and, as Les says, 1-3-5-3-1 in their respective pitch, "The summer of 1938. was the low according to music school sources. spot of my life. I arranged, led the The campus posters further stated band, played ;the horns until I was that the recital was to be held Mon- blue in the face." day, Feb. 31, on the Library steps at Critics tag Brown's orchestra as midnight in partial fulfillment of the the most spirited dance crew in the requirements for the degree of Bach- business and his success is assured, elor of Music. they believe, because he can accept success gracefully due to the tough c"sbreaks he's had to take. Brown was born in Reinerton, Pa., To Present Recital Pa.,and first showed interest in music when he got hold of his dad's curved soprano saxophone. This in- Making his Ann Arbor debut, Bar- terest never cooled through high rett Spach, organist and director of school, the Conservatory of Music in music at the Fourth Presbyterian Ithaca, the New York Military Acad- Church, Chicago,,will be guest or- emy and Duke University. ganist in the second of the current Brown's renditions of "Anvil Chor- School of Music organ recital series us," "Marche Slave," "Do You Care," at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Audi- and "Booglie Wooglie Piggie" have torium. done their part to put him on top or his program Spach has chosen the musical ladder but it is "'Tis music from the works of the most Autumn" that epitomizes his talents celebrated composers of organ liter- and stabilizes his position. ature-Franck, J. S. Bach and Buxte- Quite appropriately for this J-Hop hude. the profits of which will be turned (dwv u~liJJ el LES BROWN over to defense-Les Brown was the first to suggest that bandleaders call themselves Bond Leaders and pay part of their men's weekly salaries with a Defense Bond. ChurchGroup PlansWorship Campus' Guilds Cooperate To HoldPrayer Day A worship service in observance of the World Day of Prayer for Stu- dents will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, in the Baptist church. Baptist, Congregationalist, Disci- ples, Episcopal, Evangelical, Luth- eran, Methodist and Presbyterian Guilds are cooperating in the pro- gram, which is being sponsored by Inter-Guild. Each of the guilds is taking respon- sibility for one part of the prayer service, which will. be liturgical in character, featuring congregational and special music. As far as possible, it is based upon the traditions of each denomination. The committee drawing up plans is composed of Tom Johnson, '44, chairman; Bert Ludy, '42, Elsie Wikle, '42, Jim Hall, '42E, Dorothy Wied- man, '42A, Dick Coe, '42E, Ray Steiner, '42, Catherine Wienert, '42, and Doris Kirk, '43. Measles Epidemic Continues To Fill All Available Beds About 95 students have fallen vic- tims to the highly contagious Ger- man measles since the University re- opened after Christmas vacation and still the outbreak shows no signs of abating as 12 more patients were re- ported by the Health Service yester- day afternoon. Thus far the Health Service con- tagious section and the University Hospital's contagious ward have managed to handle the patients while they convalesced for the short three- day period, but it is not known how far the affliction will spread. It takes from two to three weeks for the infection to develop after ex- posure and the disease itself is very mild-comparable to an ordinary cold in severity. The first outbreak occurred im- mediately following Christmas vaca- tion when a high of 27 patients at one time was reached, but died down temporarily until Tuesday when the toll began to climb again. All students interested in being interviewed for entrance to a co- operative house next semester should call Owen Schwamm, 2-2143,. as soon as possible. Drum-Player Would Rather Beat Than Eat August Helmecke, Famed National Music Figure Calls 'U' Band 'Tops' Sousa said, "I wouldn't exchange August Helmecke in his position for any man I ever heard in any band or orchestra either in America or Europe"; and Mr. Helmecke says, "I'd rather beat the bass drum than eat," making an unbeatable combination.- Here for the two-day reading clinic which closed Sunday, Mr. Helmecke has had plenty of time to decide whe- ther nor not he likes the drum, as he played with Sousa for 20 years, and is now completing his twenty- fifth year with Edwin Franko Gold- man. Terming the University Concert Band "tops," Mr. Helmecke also judged the band's percussion section "excellent," a real compliment in the face of his estimate that "only about one drummer in a thousand really plays the way he should." As for the place of the concert band in the world of music, Mr. Helmecke believes that band music will soon come to its own "largely because of the fine work being done in the country's high schools and universities." As an example he cited Raymond Crisara, cornetist with the University Band last year, now playing with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. "The first performance he played," he said, "you'd have thought he'd been play- ing there for 25 years!" In addition to Mr. Helmecke, na- tional music figures at the clinic in- clude composers Roy Harris and Erik Liedzen and clarinetist Gustave Lan- genus. Mr. Harris and Mr. Liedzen were featured a guest conductors at the University Band's mid-winter concert Sunday. Third guest conductor on Sunday's concert program, directed by Prof. William D. Revelli, was Russell How- land of the Schgol of Music. Pieces on the program included Thomas's Overture to "Raymond," "First Suite in E-flat" by Holst, the Finale to Dvorak's New World Sym- phony, arranged by Mr. Liedzen, as well as his composition "Devonnaire Overture," and Mr. Harris's compo- sition "Cimarron." TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1942 VOL. LII. No. 89 Publication in the Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. NoticesI New Registration Dates: Students will register for the second semester on February 5, 6, and 7 under the same alphabetical schedule as wasl previously announced for February! 12, 13, and 14. Shirley W. Smith Home Loans: The University In- vestment office, 100 South Wing, will be glad to consult with anyone con- sidering building or buying a home or refinancing existing mortgages and is eligible to make F.H.A. loans. Detroit Armenian Women's Club Scholarship: The Detroit Armenian Women's Club offers a scholarship for $100 for the year 1942-43 for which young men and women of Armenian parentage, living in the Detroit metropolitan district who demonstrate scholastic ability and possess good character and who have had at least one year of college work, are eligible. Further information may be obtained from me. Dr. Frank E. Robbins, 1021 Angell Hall Automobile Regulation: Students may obtain permission to drive over' the registration period and the week- end of the J-Hop through the follow- ing procedure: Apply in advance at Room 2, University Hall, for a parent signature card which is to be sent home for the written approval of parents. Upon presentation of this card properly signed and filled out bearing the make, type and license number of the car to be used (desig- nate whether car license plate is for 1941 or 1942), a permit will then be granted for the period beginning Thursday, February 5, at 8:00 a.m. and ending on Monday, February 9, at 8:00 a.m. Cars may not be brought into Ann Arbor before February 5 at 8:00 a.m. and must be taken out before 8:00 a.n . on February 9. (Continued on Page 4) MICHiGAN Today Orly! DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN A WARNER BROS.HIT, withi BEULAH BONDI - GENE LOCKHART. ELISABETH FRASER . HARRY DAVENPOR LAURA HOPE CREWS " GRANT MITCHELL " Directed by IRVING RAPPER 1 i -.. .. .. 4 1' i NEWS OF THE DAY ,W- * 4 e e t AOI I For down-right pleasure when it comes to smoking, a pipe just can't be beat. Kaywoodie, Dunhill, Ben Wade, Kirsten and Sesieni pipes, made from genuine, aged briar, give Real Smoking Enjoy- ment. Come in and see our complete stock of pipes. 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