PA+GL srxvz m TAE MICMGAN -DAILY TUESDAY", SEPTEMBER tl, 1954 PAGE STXTEET~ TUE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1954 ........ ... ..,s..= . .. ._......... .,.? . ,.. NegroUniversity Invited Into Scholarship Trust $500 PRIZE: Don Harris Wins Award For Ballet 'JohnHenry' Musi ScPIATAGORSKY GRANT: Adds Several1 'U' Cellist Wins Award at Tanglewood ''is For the first time in the history of American education, a Negro college, Fisk University in Nash- ville, has been invited into the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. July 29, Courtney Smith, Ameri- can Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, requested that Fisk University name an administrator who would begin representing the campus in the coming fall competition. Before then, Negroes had been limited in competition for Rhodes Scholarships, since the awards were only made at outstanding white or interracial institutions. Fisk U niversity President Charles S. Johnson commented that the progressive movement on the part of the Rhodes Scholar- ship Trust will be an encourage- ment to exceptional men alreadyl studying at Fisk and an incentive to outstanding high school gradu- ates who wish to compete during college matriculation. i STUDENTS OF MICHIGAN. Welcome Back and Best Wishes for a Successful Year For a DESIGNED HAIRCUT and a 3 DELUXE SHOE SHINE in modern comfort, toned surroundings try U. of -M. BARBERS , 715 North University Stop in at for your FREE Hi-F- Test Record 300 SOUTH THAYER STREET A . Don Harris, '52SM won a $500 award when his ballet "The Leg- end of John Henry" was perform- ed this summer in Louisville. The award was given by the Louisville Orchestra in conjunc- tion with a grant by the Rocke- feller Foundation. Each year, 40 works are commissioned from mu- sicians in the United States and foreign countries. Ten awards are given to student composers, and it was one of the student awards which Harris won. Part of the award entails four performances of the work by the INew Funds Aid AtomStudy Twenty University faculty mem- bers were granted $70,800 with which to conduct research utiliz- ing some form of atomic energy, according to Ralph A. Sawyer, di- rector of the Michigan Memorial- Phoenix Project. The Phoenix Project is a pro- gram of study of the peacetime ap- plications and ramifications of atomic energy. Its activities in- clude the current sponsorship of 92 research projects, including the 20 new ones, in departments throughout the University. General grants will enable Har- ley H. Bartlett, director of the botanical gardens, to continue his research on the post-glacial chron- ology of the Aleutians. His work, begun in 1948, depends to a large extent on the radio-carbon dating of archeological specimens and or- ganic samples from various sites. Henry J. Gomberg, assistant di- rector of the Phoenix Project, and Sylvester E. Gould, research as- sociate, will press their research on the control oft richinosis through the exposure of pork to radiation. Having proved the meth- od successful in earlier experi- ments, they will consider now its commercial feasibility and after- effects. Prof. Felix G. Gustafson, of the botany department, will study the entrance of radioactive cobalt and zinc into plants by way of their leaves. His experiments have in- dicated the possibility of applying necessary nutrients directly to the leaves-a technique that would be of great value in sandy areas where plant food is washed away before it is absorbed by the roots. The Housing and Home Finance Agency has approved a loan of $750,000 to John Carroll University, at Cleveland, to be used in con- structing a dormitory. Louisville Orchestra, as well as a recording of the piece. The first performance was conducted on July 3 by Robert Whitney. The last performance took place two weeks ago. Sylnphony Performs Work On July 10, Thor Johnson and the Cincinnati Symphony Orches- tra played the ballet on a program of American music. The recital was given in connection with the 33rd national convention of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, tie national music fraternity. The Cincinnati performance was done with dancers as well as the Orchestra. R o bin Squire, '54, did the choregraphy and danced the female lead, the role she took when the ballet was performed here last May during the Midwest- ern Music Symposium. Jim Stas- heff '56SM danced the title role in Cincinnati and Ann Arbor. Other roles were taken by dancers from the Ann Arbor production as well as some from Louisville. On the day of the Cincinnati performance, Stasheff sprained his wrist during a rehearsal, and it was feared that he would be un- able to dance that evening. Even with a bandaged wrist, the lifts in the ballet were thought to be too strenuous for safety. As the time of the recital drew nearer, Stas- heff removed the bandage and de- cided to assume this role. His per- formance drew critical plaudits for a fine job. Harris Background Harris started playing the piano at the age of six in his native St. Paul and when he entered the University in 1948, had a firm background and a deep interest in music.r While on campus, ie wrote a number of musical works in addi- tion to carrying a full-time pro- gram. "The Legend of John Henry" is his first orchestral work. His in- terest in music led him to write many concert reviews and feature articles for The Daily. Harris concluded his Masters program this past June and is now tentatively enrolled in the Uni- versity working towards his Doc- torate. During the summer, he studied composition at the Berk- shire Festival in Tanglewood, Mass. with the noted composer Lukas Foss. With the money of the Louisville award, Harris hopes to be able to spend some time in Ann Arbor just composing. At present he is interested in doing some violin work and further dance works. As for a goal in mind, all Har- ris has to say is, "more music." To Faculty Dean Earl V. Moore of the School of Music has announced the ap- pointment of 13 new members to the School's faculty for the fall semester. Music Education instructors will be Edythe Albert and Sally Mon- sour. Miss Albert taught Music Education at Bemidji State Teach- er's College in Minn. and Miss Mon- sour held the same position at Rol- lins College in Winter Park, Fla. Two School of Music graduates, Patricia Arden '53 and Lois Gau- ger '54, will be instructors in piano this fall. Paul Bryan, '48SM, a member of the music faculty at Duke Uni- versity and Edward Chudacoff, '51 SM, will be instructors in Theory and Theory-Composition respective- ly. Chudacoff recently completed a year in London on a Fulbright Scholarship. Don Krummel, '53SM and Rob- ert Preston, a teaching fellow in the School of Music will be instruc- tors in Music Literature. Curtis Graduate Eugene Bossart, a graduate of the Curtis Institute will be on cam- pus this fall as a lecturer in Vocal Literature and Accompanying. Aft- er private coaching of artists from the Metropolitan, La Scala and the New York City Opera Companies, he became exclusive accompan- ist for Christopher Lynch in 1946 and held that position until 1950. From 1950-52 he was accompanist for Gladys Swarthout and appeared as accompanist and soloist on the Firestone Hour from 1946-1952. Clyde Carpenter, a graduate of Northwestern University and the Eastman School of Music in Ro- chester, N.Y., will be an instructor in French Horn. He has played the French Horn with the Rock- ford, Portland, Evanston, Wilming- ton and Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestras. He taught previously in the Kansas City Conservatory Frances Greer, soprano of the Philadelphia and Metropolitan Op- era Companies, will be a lecturer in Voice. Miss Greer is a graduate of Louisiana State University and hast oured extensively throughout the United States and Europe, Florian Mueller, a graduate of the American Conservatory of Mu- sic in Chicago, will be a lecturer in oboe and wind instruments. He was the first oboist with the Chi- cago Symphony Orchestra from 1927-1954. James Salom, '52SM, a member of the International Symphony Or- chestra, will lecture this fall on percussion. instruments. He has taught previously in Chicago and New York and was the head of the music department in the cen- tral High School, Valley Stream, N.Y. Camilla Heller '55SM won the $125 Piatagorsky award this sum- mer at the Berkshire Festival in Tanglewood, Mass. Every year the music faculty of the Festival gives a $250 'cello award out of the fund established by cellist Gregor Piatagorsky. This year the award was split be- tween a cellist from New York and Miss Heller. W h i 1 e at 'Tanglewood, she played first chair in the orchestra for four weeks out of the six week season, performing under such conductors as Jean Morel from New York's Julliard School of Mu- sic and Charles Munch, conductor of the Boston Symphony, as well as numerous student conductors. Chamber Groups Some of her spare time was spent in chamber music classes and participating in a quartet that performed Beethoven's Quartet op. 71 and Mendelssohn's Octet for Strings. Miss Heller, a native of Apple- ton, Wis., has been playing the cello for 11 years. She started play- ing while still in grade school, un- der a teacher from the Lawrence College Conservatory. Her musical background was fur- ther enhanced by her family, all of whom played musical instru- ments at one time or another. Her oldest sister plays the violin, a younger sister the viola, a brother the bass fiddle, her mother con- ducts and plays the piano and her father plays the flute. Five of her summers, from 1948- 52, were spent at Interlochen and for the last two summers sheh as been studying and performing at Fall Elections To Be Topics Of Discussions Highlighting the Positive Citizen- ship course this fall will be the discussion of elections and their importance in American politics. .Mrs. Charles A. Fisher, super- visor of this extension program in Ann Arbor, announced that spe- cialists from the political science department and from the Institute of Social Research will lecture about the coming fall elections. Coordinating the course is Ralph T. Jans, lecturer in political sci- ence and research associate in the Institute of Public Administration. Members of the political science department to speak will be Prof. Henry L. Bretton, Prof. George A. Peek, and Prof. Ferrel Heady. Gerald Gurin, study director of' the Survey Research Center will be one of the lecturers. The role of American politics will be discussed at the first lec- ture on- Thursday, September 30. Congressional campaign issues, foreign and domestic, is to be the subject of the following two lec- tures. Other topics to be dealt with are state election candidates and campaign issues, public opinion surveys and a summary and analy- sis of election returns. Sessions of the course, which meet at 7:30 p.m., on Thursdays in the School of Business Admin- istration will be followed by a question and answer period. A 1 CAMILLA HELLER ... winner of famed Piatagorsky award Tanglewood. At Interlochen, she played in the orchestra, the cham- ber groups and was soloist on sev- eral occasions. Her greatest inter- est in the cello came from the sum- mers spent at Interlochen. Campus Performances During her stay on campus, Miss Heller has performed in numerous composer's forums, scholarship quartets and last winter appeared with the Toledo Symphony Orches- tra, playing Boccherini's concerto for cello and orchestra. A cello major, Miss Heller is the pupil of Oliver Edel. At the end of October, she will be giving a recital, a graduation requirement in the School of Mu- sic, accompanied by William Dopp- man '56SM. Her plans for the future are still indefinite, but she intends to keep on playing the cello and someday hopes to play professionally or Naval Reserve List Openings Lt. W. F. Danielson of the Naval Security Group Division 9-12 an- nounced that this unit of the Naval Reserves has 25 openings in a pay status for naval reservists who have transferred from other areas and students who are inter- ested in joining the program. The reserve division enlists men between the ages of 17 and 18 2 who may work their way up to communications technicians rank while fulfilling military require- ments. Division members will meet in uniform each Tuesday from 71:30 to 10 p.m. at North Hall and will receive a full day's pay for each meeting attended. Men already in the Naval Reserves may be placed in pay status immediately by transferring to this division. Meetings consist of classes in military training which promote advancement in rating. Men may obtain further infor- mation by contacting Lt. Daniel- son any Tuesday evening at North Hall. perhaps teach. Other plans also include recitals and the possibili- ty of remaining here for a Masters program. "What I'd really like to do," said Miss Heller, "is to be able to make a good recording and play a great deal of chamber music." Music School Professors See Europe Two School of Music professors are now at opposite ends of their Fulbright studies; one has just left for Europe and one has just returned. Prof.Wiley Hitchcock is now starting a year's study abroad in the University of Florence, Italy. A professor of Music Literature, Hitchcock plans to make research trips to Italian libraries to study. the oratorio in Italy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Prof. Louise Cuyler has returned from a year in Brussels, where she studied the music of the Low Coun- tries in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. While in Belgium, she became interested in the Stellfield Library in Antwerp; a library that is one of the three greatest private col- lections in Europe. During the course of the summer, the Univer- sity1 purchased the Stellfield col- lection for $100,000 with the aid of the Michigan Alumnus Fund. Appoint Ingram Hosptal Chaplain The Rev. G. Steven Ingram has been appointed assistant chaplain at University Hospital. He replaces Rev. Richard J. Leh- man, assistant chaplain in resi- dency at the Hospital for the past year and who has just been ap- pointed full-time chaplain at the Gowanda State Homeopathic Hos- pital, Buffalo, N.Y. s. j . . I THE MUSIC CENTER WELCOMES YOU TO THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ' ' 4. I: d t. ~: *;... * Classical Record Department " Radios, Phonographs and Combi- nations " Television " Popular Record Department * Tape Recorders " Radio and TV Service THE NEXT PLAY IS FOR CHESTER ROBERTS Gifts for All Occasions 1; Accessories for your room ('-U, FAVORITE MEETING PLACE FOR U OF M STUDENTS Largest Jazz Selection in Ann Arbor! WIDE SELECTION of CLASSICAL LP's am/Ina h GREETING CARDS Largest Selection of Cards on the ('amnus f I 1