27, 1949 THEI M IC1TIAN i ty-V I I CHRISTMAS MUSIC:- University Station Plans Yuletide Entertainment Ja ai I=ot I' Local radio listeners will find 'he air waves well filled with spe- cial Christmas music all through- out the month of December. A complete program of Christ- nas entertainment is being planned by station, WUOM and the University Broadcasting Serv- One Act Plays To Get Final Performance The final performance of the speech department's second bill of one-act plays will be given at 8 p.m. tonight in the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. pen to the public at no cost, t1 plays are staged and directed by students in advanced theatre classes. * * * THE FIRST PLAY on the bill is "Love's Light Wings," an original script by Evelyn Aronson. Direct- ed by Arthur Prosper, the cast in- cludes Margaret Paton, James Reason, Pollee Thomson, Stan Challis, Lilias Wagner and Jac- queline Weber. "Helena's Husband," directed by Verne Weber, is the second play on the bill. Included in the cast are Marilyn Begole, Elaine Lew, Nafe Katter, George Cre- peau and Stowan Robertson. The last two plays on the bill will be the "Rising of the Moon," directed by Shirley Loeblich, and "The Monkey's Paw," directed by Laird Brooks. ice will issue a special schedule these programs to the public no cost, beginning tomorrow. * * * of at HEADING THE list of seasonal works of the great masters to be broadcast will be the traditional performance of Handel's "Mes- siah" at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12. At 8:39 p.m., Dec. 15,.the Men and Women's Glee Club Concert, under the direction of Marguer- ite Hood and Philip Duey, will be heard. Presenting a program of special holiday music, the Glee Clubs will sing several num- bcrs separately, and merge for a group of special arrangements. Another outstanding musical event of the holiday season will be the University choir's special Christmas program under the di- rection of Maynard Klein; to be broadcast at 8:30 p.m., 'Dec. ,16. The premiere American perform- ance of "Saint Nicolas," by the young English composer, Benja- min Britten, will be featured on this program. THROUGHOUT THE next few weeks, the Classical Concert pro- grams, heard over station WUOM-, FM from 7 to 8 p.m. every day, will present a series of Christmas mas- terpiec'es. Featured in these broad- casts will be Mozart's "Requiem," Schubert's "Ave Maria," the "Mass in B Minor," by Bac, and a group of Christmas Carols by the Rob- ert Shaw Chorale. On Dec. 7 and 14 a special studio originated program fea- turing a piano duet by Barbara Holmquist and Estelle Titiev will be, broadcast. Copies of the program schedule can be obtained by calling or writing the University Broadcast- ing Service. By RALPH MATLAW Someone once asked Arthur Nikisch whether he could tell which of the Brahms symphoni'es he liked best. Nikisch replied that he al- ways preferred whichever one he happened to be conducting. In much the same way it is very hard to decide which of the Songs of Auvergne one likes best, except that is is usually the one that is being played. These songs, first issued about 17 years ago, have now been reissued in an album (Columbia MM-758) after many years of zealous urging on the part of devotees and of station WQXR in New York City. Despite the age of these records there is only one side in six which cannot equal current recordings. The settings for soprano and orches- tra of these songs is by Jean-Marie Canteloube, the French composer who based much of his music on songs of Provence, Auvergne and Longuedoc. Madeleine Grey, to whom the songs are dedicated, is the soloist and Elie Cohen conducts the orchestra. PART OF the magnificence of this album can be attributed to the settings and performance, though, of course, the main share is that of the music itself. Canteloube's orchestrations set the spicy rhythms and rich Auvergnat melodies against a picturesque, colorful back- ground, and thereby enhance the power of the music. Madeleine Grey, one of the most famous interpreters of Ravel (Vox Album 186-Trois Chants Hebraiques et Chansons Medecasses), knows better than any- one how to handle these songs, and sings them with a boldness and ap- parent lack of restraint that would prove disastrous to a less com- petent singer. The perfection of her performance lies not only in superb musicianship, but in the simplicity and calculated daring of her voice. Few singers would venture to sound so earthy, but Miss Grey achieves through this artful simplicity the acme of singing style. By means of such an approach the core of a song can be reached im- mediately, and then communicated much more forcefully. The sing- ing problem is similar to the one with which Alexander Kipnis copes so well in his albums of Brahms' Deutsche Volkslieder and Volkskin- derliede (Victor M-522, M-751). Miss Grey's singing and the sensi- tive accompaniment of Elie Cohen and the orchestra combine to bring to these songs an immediacy and potency that are unforgettable. This is the folk-song at its best; the artistic projection of rich material in inimitable settings. AUVERGNAT SONGS may be similar to texture and content to other folk-songs, but in these records they have an appeal found in no others. They contain a tremendous range of feeling, and combine simplicity, pomp and stateliness in the same manner as William Walton's score for Olivier's Henry V and Milhaud's Suite Provencale, both of which strongly resemble the Songs of Auvergne. The similar- ity to the Milhaud work is seen especially in the traditional bourr~e Ound' onoren gorda? (Where shall we stay), Passo pel prat (Come by the fields) and Lo Calhe (the quail). Some of these songs are inco- rated into the music in the fifth act of Henry V, at the meeting of the kings of France and England and the subsequent scene between Henry and Katherine. The concluding madrigal in Heny V has the same sort of abandon found in the exhuberant Malurous qu'o uno fenno (Un- happy he who has a wife). A MORE SEDATE mood is seen in the Bailero, a plaintive shep- herd's song of upper Auvergne. Miss Grey starts this with a tone quality that is shocking at first, but she maintains it throughout and thereby establishes the true quality of the song. N'ai pas ien de mio (No friends have I) is wistful, yet not unhappy. Miss Grey's singingl of La Fiolaire (The spinner) is a marvel of vocal agility and goodl taste. There is a tender and charming lullaby (Bresairola) and a rhap- sodic song entitled L'Antoneno. In songs such as La Fiolaire and L'aio de rotso (Water from the spring) the music is extraordinarily sugges- tive. The last side of the set, although every listener works out his own order of these songs, is the rousing and passionate Passo pel prat.1 LISTENERS have exhausted superlatives trying to describe this album, but nothing they say can possibly equal the pleasure of hearing1 this music. The only trouble with these records is that they are insidi- ous. Once you start listening you will not only play them over and over, but you will also try to compel everyone to hear them. Vote Tuesday and Wednesday ..... I s rv i\ i I ti TIME WORRY GAS Do Your BANKING By Mail DI MAGGIO LEAVES HOSPI- TAL-Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankee slugger leaves John Hopkins hospital at Baltimore, Md., on crutches and with a cast on his right foot. He.- un- derwent an operation for re- moval of a bone spur on his right heel and was returning to New York to finish recuperating. .'U' Museum Will Present Watercolors 'Americana' Displ y To ExhibitDesigns Designs ranging from circus carvings and weathervanes to dolls and textiles will bq in the "Amer- can" exhibit which will open Sunday in the University Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hall. The fifty original watercolors which will be on display here through December from part of a collection of 22,000 designs com- piled in the late 1930's at a WPA project for unemployed artists. ALL DESIGNS are executed to scale in a special watercolor tech- nique. Color, texture and form are so faithfully rendered that many of the objects have extra ordinary tangible qualities. "Eye-fooiers" are especially numerous in the reproductions of textiles, among them woven coverlets made in Kentucky in the 19th century and embroid- ered and quilted bedspreads from Maryland and Maine, museum officials commented. Also included in the exhibit will be designs of toys, woodcarv- ing, painting, ceramics and tole- ware, chalkware and paintings and woodcarvings from the Spanish Southwest. THE EXHIBIT which is being circulated by the American Fed- eration of Arts is taken from the' Index of American Design, Na- tional Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Speak to Me BLIND RIVER, Ont.-W)-The bellowing voice of a high-powered public address system guided two [ost hunters through six miles of wild Algona bushland to. safety. One of the searchers, rigged up his loudspeaker on a hill. Then he called the hunters by name and asked them to fire a shot if they could hear him. The sound of a shot came back. He "talked" them to safety in 16 hours. T ruman Seeks Cheap,Quick HousingPlan Parley Centers on Construction Codes WASHINGTON-(IP)-President Truman and the government housing chief today talked over plans to get more roofs over American heads as quickly and cheaply as possible. Housing Administrator Ray - mond M. Foley said after the White House conference that they had. discussed ways to get quick aid from both Congress and pri- vate industry to boost production and cut prices. LATER, T HE Governnent's Housing and Home Finance Agen- cy saidit was making progress in a plan to standardize building codes and materials. This plan, Foley explained, is to help private industry by making available to it technical know-how worked up through government research, Foley's talk with Mr. Truman today centered around a four- point program which is to be of- fered to Congress probably in Jan- uary: 1. Federal aid for low-rent housing projects for low-income families. 2. Federal loans and grants for slum clearance. 3. Federal aid to farmers for rural homes and repairs. 4. Federal sponsorship of a long-range housing research pro- gram to help private industry. FOLEY SAID that in addition to the legislative program, the Gov- ernment will make a nation-wide effort to win cooperation of build- ers, lenders, labor and other in- terested groups to stimulate more home construction at lower costs and rents. 'The housing legislation being planned is similar to the twice- beaten Taft - Ellender - Wagner Bill, named for .Senators Taft (Rep., Ohio), Ellender (Dem., La.) and Wagner (Dem.,,N.Y.). Ellender has announced he will revive such a bill as soon as Con- gress meets. THE GOVERNMENT'S stand- ardization program depends on co- operation among technicians of private industry, contractors, builders, and even universities, Foley said. One specific problem already attacked is the uniform plumb- ing code. A committee composed of representatives of the Na- i l i i f M Art Cinema's O'Neill Movie To End Today Local audiences have one more chance to see the Art Cinema League's presentation of "The Long Voyage Home." The film will end its current run at the Architecture Auditorium with showings at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. today, wtih tickets available at the Auditorium box office. FOUR OF Eugene O'Neil's short plays have been skillfully blended into this full length motion pic- ture, under the direction of John Ford. The film, portraying tales of seafaring men, features an out- standing cast, which includes Barry Fitzgerald, Thomas Mit- chell, and John Wayne, among others. The Student World Federalists have joined the Art Cinema League in sponsoring the showing of this motion picture classic. "The Long Voyage Home" is being shown in pursuance of the Art Cinema League's policy of offering high quality American and for- eign films for local entertainment. All This and Fire Too St. - Joseph, Mo. - (WP) - Fire Chief Leo Urbanski asked the city counselor's office to draw up a new ordinance defining the duties of firemen. The existing regulation requires the men to rise at 6 a.m. to "bed, feed and water the horses." The departmenthasn't owned a horse in 26 years. STATE DRUG COMPANY Photographic Department Party Picture Service 900 SOUTH STATE ST. Phone 4344 Again this year the Department of Speech will present its tradi- tional children's play at 3:40 p.m. Friday, December 3, and at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., Saturday, December 4, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. This year's production, "The Emperor's New Clothes," by Char- lotte Chorpenning, features a Chi- nese setting and colorful Chinese costumes. THE PLAY is the story of two adventurers, Zar and Zan, who wander into the village of the Royal Weavers, only to find that the weavers are, being undermined in the king's favor by the wicked minister of the Emperor's ward- robe. Directed by Prof. William Hal- stead, the play will feature Clar- ence Stephenson, Margaret Pell, Franklin Bouwsma and James Reiss in the leading roles. The cast will also include Don Hall, Lucille Waldorf, Elaine Lew, Edward Pfluke, Ted Heusel, Jose- phine Henderson, Mary Karoly, Donna DeHarde, Marilyn Scheel, Presley Holmes, George Crepeau, Dick Entenmann, Jim Reason, CHINESE ADVENTURES: Speech Department'To Give Traditional Children's Play DouglasSinn, Jerrie Wolfe, and Phyllis Zieve. PLAYING THE PART of the weavers will be Young - Sook Chang, Ed Dworsky, Helen J. Gould, Nick Katsarelas, Elizabeth Klaver, Marjorie Letzgus and Adri- anne Volberding. Betty Jo Faulk, George .Fox, Don Hall and Janet Taylor will play the parts of the citizens. Tickets for the three matinee performances will go on sale at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre box office at 10 a.m., Wed. Childrer are advised to order or buy their tickets before show time so thai they may be certain of being seat- ed. Telephone orders will be ac- cepted. Grover Cole ExhibitsVases 'U' Professor Shows Work at Syracuse The pottery of Professor Grove: Cole of the architecture college is currently being exhibited at the Thirteenth National Ceramics Ex- hibition in Syracuse. Prof. Cole, who was awarded the coveted Founders Prize in the Michigan Artists Exhibitiion ear- lier this month, is also currently represented at the Schaefer Gal lery, New York and in the Con- temporary Crafts Exhibition, Phil adelphia. Prof. Walter J. Gores and Pau Haller Jones of the architectur college are also represented in th Syracuse exhibition along with two Michigan alumni, Stanley Young and Joan Franz. First time under any , eee;:: Why worry about when you're going to find time to do your banking? Take advantage of our facilities and do your banking by mail. Come in and consult us about any of your banking problems. ANN ARBOR BANK 101 S. MAIN 330 S. STATE Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The new R OYA L PORTABLE! ANOTHER KINGFISH? Russell Long Plans To Take Huey'sIdeas Back to Senate BATON ROUGE, La. - (AP) - Louisiana is sending to Washing- ton a 30-year-old Senator with S some of the ideas that helped to pack the galleries when Huey P. Long took the 'Senate floor. The new Senator is Russell Bil- Here's a Multitude of RADIO n-PHONOGRAPH COMBINATIONS Child's Ray-Dyne Phonograph and Radio Combination $39.95. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Child's Ray-Dyne Phonograph $29.95. 4 Child's Ray-Dyne Table Model Phonograph $9.95. (Continued from Page 4) by the department of speech: 8 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Adnfission free to the public and doors of the theatre will open at 7:30. No tickets are required for admission. Saturday Luncheon Discussion Group: 12:15 p.m., Lane Hall. U.W.F.: Informal discussion, 7:30 p.m., Sun., Nov. 28, Kalama- zoo Room, Michigan League. Everybody welcome. Coming Events Women's Research Club: 8 p.m., Mon., Nov. 29, Rackhamr Amphi- theatre. Dr. Louise Cuyler will speak on "Problems in Transcrib- ing 16th-Century Music." Intro- duction of new members. Graduate Outing Club: Meet 2:15 p.m., Sun., Nov. 28, Northwest entrance, Rackham Building, for ice-skating or hiking. Sign the supper list at Rackham Check- room Desk before noon Saturday. Sociedad Hispanica: Social hour, 4-5 p.m., Mon., Nov. 29, Interna- tional Center. liu Long, Senator Huey Long's eldest son. RUSSELL WAS 16 when his fa- ther was killed. Typically, he says that one' of the first things he plans to do after reaching the capital is to press for an increase from $60,000,000 to $600,000,000 in Federal contributions for school lunches..i The new Senator has advocat- ed a modified form of the "share-the-wealth" plan which his father had begun to develop into a national movement... He says he believes in his fa- ther's conception of a nation "with nobody too rich nor too poor" but that he is willing to let it be brought about gradually. * * * HE ADVOCATES a form of ca- pital levy but at a moderate rate on large accumulations of property only. He would partly offset it with reductions in the higher- bracket income taxes, to encour- age production. Russell Long gets 'along bet- ter with newsmen than any other member of the family in public life. He will talk for hours about his father, whom he is determined to vindicate against his critics. Russell's first full-fledged po-. litical campaign came less than a year ago. Then his resemblance to his father in features and speaking manner helped elect Earl Long Governor. Film Series To Be Shown A series of educational films Sfrom the Andio-Visual Education 1 J f k 1 i 1 t tionaa Association o i naster Plumbers, the United Associa. tion of Journeymen Plumbers, the U. S. Public Health Service and the National Bureau of Standards has developed a uni- form plumbing code for hous- ing. The Housing and Home Finance Agency is preparing three educa- tional booklets explaining the standardization program. One will go to home buyers, the second to architects and designers, and the third to contractors and builders. Also, model building codes will be worked up for communities to adopt. Wearable as a Suit, Low-Priced as a Dress.. TheS I' 111 South 4th. or 1116 South U. ' S' 1* 1 ~ e ~. ?. by Everett Esch 35.00 Magnavon Radio and Record Combinotion, Portable $49.50. I RUST CRAFT Greeting Cards and Wrappings OFFICE EQUIPMENT SERVICE COMPANY & jRi Ph. 2-121.3 Ph. 2-9409 Zenith Table Model $24.95. ai 4p4 1nee i Az s " W - o4 iASOCIATD 21 6 ~1947, r ..v..+. "Yippee, l soloed!" Wkv byNot Start Fs-r of Handmacher's '49 styles .. . the versatile Suitmaker Dress ... a sure success for Spring.. . wonderful now under furs. 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