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SU Voices Offer Traditional Music
Messiah To Be
Sung by Choirs
by BILL DANSBY
The combined Southwestern Uni-
versity A Cappella Choir and Chor-
us will present the Christmas por-
tion of Handel's THE MESSIAH
this Sunday December 8 at 4:00 p.
m. in hie Lois Perkins Chapel. Tills
great work will be conducted by
Dean John D. Richards using dis-
tinguished soloists and small orches-
tra.
THE MESSIAH has become a tra-
dition at Christmas all over the
world and will undoubtedly be per-
formed thousands of times in many
languages during the holiday season.
It was performed last year here at
Southwestern for the first time in
several years and was an enormous
success. The presentation this
year should be even better with the
addition of the orchestra and the
larger chorus.
Singing the soprano solos will be
Mrs. Corinne Douglass, wife of
Professor Tom Douglass and mated
singer in this area, as well as Mrs.
Ann Hooper Harrison, new member
of the voice faculty who has sung
with some of the major symphonies
in this country. Miss Carolyn Coop-
er, sophomore voice student from
Houston, will provide the mezzo-so-
prano solos and William Neill, voice
student at the University of Texas,
will sing the ♦ enor.
Mr. Neill recently won first place
in the upper college men division of
the auditions in Norman, Oklahoma.
The final soloist will be baritone
Wendell L. Osborn head of the
Southwestern voice department who
was a soloist in last .year’s perfor-
mance. Professor R. Cochrane Pe-
nick will play the organ and Pro-
fessor Thomas Douglass will be the
cancer tmaster of the orchestra.
THE MESSIAH is by far the most
popular work of George Frederick
Handel although he wrote many ope-
ras, oratorios and orchestral pieces.
He is said to have written THE
MESSIAH in 23 days, which shows
the genius of such a composer. He
was truly inspired because on com-
pletion of the “Hallelujah Chorus”
he called his manservant and with
eyes filled with tears exclaimed “I
did think I did see all heavens be-
fore me and the great God Him-
self.” It was upon hearing this
chorus in 1743 that King George II,
so moved by the music, arose to
hear the rest of it and thus began
the tradition of standing during its
performance.
This concert will no doubt be one
of the high ponts of the Chrstmas
season here at Southwestern and
everyone is urged to attend.
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VOLUME LV11
Georgetown, Texas Friday, December 6, 1963
Second Production Slated
Number Eleven'
Mask and Wig Continues Productions
Through 'Cry, The Beloved Country"
Cliburn's Recital
By LANNY NAEGELIN
The second major production ol
the season for the Mask and Wig
Players is CRY, THE BELOVED
COUNTRY, adapted by Felicia Ko-
mai from the novel by Alan Payton.
Production is set for Alma Thomas
Theatre on Thursday and Friday,
December 12-13. Curtain time is
8:00 .p.m.
Set in South Africa, where racial
tensions are closely matched by
those in the United States of Amer-
ica, CRY, THE BELOVED COUN-
TRY deals with an abstract idea
that has been often preached but
seldom practiced - the idea that all
men are sons of God and possess
certain rights despite their color or
creed. A supposedly Christian na-
tion has continually torn down the
traditions of a conquered people. In
return the conquerors leave nothing
for the broken tribes to build on.
As Fattier Msimangu says, - M T ire
tragedy is not that things are brok-
en. The tragedy is that they are not
mended again.”
The play expresses ttyf theme that
when fear by the few of the many
and fear by the many of the few
takes over a country, then even the
smallest incident can change the
lives of many people. When a man
is taught that he is inferior to other
men because of the color of his
skin, there is likely to be a break-
down in his personality and conse-
quently in his ethics and morals.
This grows, not out of whom he was
bom, but what he has become be-
cause of the actions of a so-called
civilized people.
The plot ‘deals specifically with the
families bf Stephen Kumalo, a
black Christian priest, and James
Jarvis, a white planter, whose son,
Arthur, is murdered by Kumalo’s
son. The suffering and the revela-
tions which come to these two men
develop into a mutual understand-
ing and a hope that suggests that
some day the problems inherent in
racial differences will be solved;
that the time will come when no
man is counted inferior even before
he is born.
The universality of the play’s
theme transcends the fact of the
play’s locale. It is not restricted to
South Africa; not even to the racial
problems of blacks and whites in
the world. The audience will surely
note the relationship between the
main incident of the plot and the
events in Ddlllas three weeks ago.
The Christian - Moslem hatreds of
the age of the Crusades, the treat-
ment of the American Indian in the
19th Century, and the present-day
Catholic - Protestant, Christian -
Jew, Texan - Latin American in-
tolerances, arc but other evidences
of the prevalence of the race-creed
differences which have confronted
and still confront mankind.
To emphasize die universality of
the play, its staging is conventional
and non-realistic. The formal setting
of levels, steps and ramps can sug-
gest to an imaginative spectator,
any time and every place. The col-
ors and projections in light are in-
tended to show psychological rela-
tionships. The stylized makeup, with
its masks neither white nor black,
implies that the problem is not re-
stricted to one color or one creed,
but tiiat men are much the same.
A large cast is required to tell
this story. In the leading role of
Stephen Kumalo is Fred Kandeler,
a newcomer to Mask and Wig Play-
ers. James Jarvis is portrayed by
Jim Colley, recently seen in . THE
COTTON PICK. Two narrators, one
white and one black, are portrayed
by Stewart Slater and Bill Springer.
Other major roles are performed by
Ronnie Cookston, Ann Alloway, Bob
Neubauer, Jerry Pennington, Joe
Aranki, and Angus Hendrick.
Also in the cast are Ken Bu rifle,
Hill DeWolfe, Bill Niles, Glen Pay-
sse, Linda Simmons, Rita Wobb,
Judy Mayfield, Carmen Matheny,
Van Phillips, Judy Stone, Cray
Cooke, Sandra Pennington, Stephen
Bcncld.
The play is under the direction of
Angus Springer. Drexel Riley, auth-
or-director of THE COTTON PICK,
will be heard as the Voice of Ar-
thur Jarvis. The setting was de-
signed by Stewart Slater, the light-
ing by Van Phillips._
Pictured above are Fred Kandeler (left), who plays
the lead role of Stephen Kumalo, and Jim Colley, who
will portray James Jarvis, in the second Southwestern
dramatic production of the 1963-64 season, CRY, THE
BELOVED COUNTRY. The play is set in race-torn
South Africa and is due to play here next Thursday and
Friday, December 12-13._
Set For Tonight
AUSTIN — Pianist Van Clibum,
at 29 perhaps the most , legendary
name in the international concert
field, will be back in Austin this
week to give local audiences an-
other sample of his exciting key-
board talents.
The young Texas pianist will be
performing this evening at 8:15 p.m.
in Municipal Auditorium, one of two
Texas spots where he is scheduled
to appear during his current tour.
While the Friday night concert
will mark Cliburn’s second Austin
appearance - he was soloist with
The University of Texas Symphony
Orchestra in 1958 — it will be his
first here in the role of a recitalist.
For this solo appearance, he will
offer a program composed of Inter-
mezzi No. 1 and No. 2 and Ballade
in G Mlror, No. 5 — all by Brahms—
Beethoven’s popular “Appassdanata”
Sonata in F Minor, - Samuel Bar-
ber’s Sonata, Opus 26, and Chopin’s
Sonata in B Minor, Opus 58.
When Clibum was last in Austin,
he was riding the initial wave of
popularity churned up by his win-
ning the Tchaikovsky International
Piano Competition in Moscow in the
spring, of 1958.
Scientist-Historian Bar-Sela Omn Plans For
Challenges Minds at S. il.
Prof. & Students
Attend Chemical
Society Meeting
Attending the Southwestern Re-
gional meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Houston Dec. 5-
7 are seven Southwestern University
students and their professor of
chemistry, Dr. Joseph Rose.
Included are Miss Lynette Corni-
tius, junior; Lee Fry, junior; Jim-
mie McDonald, senior; Miss Sandra
Murphree, junior; David Price, soph
omore; Frank Rodden, senior; and
Richard Sweet, sophomore.
Dr. Ariel Rar-Sda, scientist-lec-
turer - historian, was guest speaker
on the Southwestern University cam-
pus Dec. 3-4.
“Chance Favors the Prepared
Mind” was the topic for Dr. Bar-
Sela’s address at 10:00 a.m. on Tues-
day, Dec. 3, in the Alma Thomas
Theatre. A Science Seminar featur-
ed Dr. Bar-Sela at 4:30 p.m. on Dec.
3 in the Fondren Science Hall. Spon-
sored by Invitation to Learning, Dr.
Bar- Sela spoke in the Faculty
Lounge on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at
7:09 p.m. on the topic “Why Did
Not Hippocrates Use Penecillin?”
Dr. Bar-Sela's explanation for this
was that as the Greeks’ reasoning
was so logically sound that they fail-
ed to see the impor ance of simple
methods. He spoke also of opinions
and theories of several different
Greek philosophers, including the
concept of the four liquids of the
body. Dr. Bar-Sila's lecture was
summarized by the fact that every
reality can be analyzed by scienti-
fic observation. This statement of
opinion triggered a vigorous discus-
sion and question - answer period
at the end of tne speech.
Twelve Students
Become Members
Of "Who’s Who"
WHO’S WHO
Selected this week for member-
ship in WHO’S WHO IN AMERI-
CAN UNIVERSITIES AND COL-
LEGES, 1963-64, are twelve South-
western University students.
They are Beverly Bigham, An-
thony Cecil, Constance Cooper,
Marcus Fang, Fred Kandeler, Re-
becca Sue Mays, Stan Mendenhall,
Jack Fhilbrick, Diana Reed, P a t
Tanner, Marcella Wichman, and
Linda Wilson.
Christmas dinner
by GEORGIANNA WYNNE
Preparations are being made for
a seated dinner, an event to be held
in the Union Building on Saturday,
December 14, in the evening. The
dinner will be a dress-up affair in
celebration of the holiday season.
Dinner music and entertainment will
be provided, and the entire student
body and faculty are invited. There
will be no charge for this special
dinner, and no meal served in the
Commons that evening.
Seating will be accomplished by
reservations which may be made in
the Union Bldg. On Saturday, Dec.
7, 8-12 a.m.; Monday, Dec. 9, 8-12
a.m. and 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.; and
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 8-12 a.m. and 1:30
-5:00 p.m. Reservation tickets will
be issued at tire table in the Union
Lobby^t the above times.
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