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New String Quartet Formed
At Spelman and Morehouse
A string quartet, made up of .stu
dents and faculty members of Spel
man and Morehouse Colleges, made its
first appearance before the student
bodies of these colleges this week in a
brief program of chamber music under
the direction of Professor Kemper
Harreld, who plays first violin. Other
members of the new musical organi
zation are Mr. Willis Laurence James,
second violin; Richard B. Durant, a
junior in Morehouse College, viola;
and (Jeraldine Ward, a freshman in
Spelman College, 'cello.
The organization of a string quartet,
which is regarded as the most exquisite
of all musical forms and for which
much of the finest music has been
written, has long been Professor Har
reld's ambition. This has been made
possible this year by the coming to
.Morehouse College of Mr. Durant, who
has studied the viola for the past two
years at the Juillard Institute of
Musical Art of New York City, and
the enrollment at Spelman College of
Miss Ward, who is an accomplished
student of the violincello.
In its first chapel appearance at
Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, the
ensemble played the first movement of
the Quartet in F (American Quartet)
by Anton Dvorak, a composition that
contains Negro thematic material simi
lar to that used in his famous “New
World' ’ Symphony, which was fol
lowed by “ Canzonetta ’ ’ by Mendels
sohn and “Sorrow Song,’’ a Negro
melody by J. E. Stewart. As an encore
the quartet played Tschaikowsky’s
melodious “Andante Cantabile.”
Never before has the University sys
tem itself been able to present such
a finished group of musicians. ’We
should be proud for anyone to hear our
string quartet, and they shall have
the opportunity to be heard on their
proposed concert tour in the early
spring.
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THE CAMPUS MIRROR January 15, 1936
A Most Interesting Night
Virginia L. Bronson, ’39
With chuckles of delight and broad
smiles, a group of about twenty-five
Spelman young ladies climbed into tin*
buses of Spelman and Atlanta Univer
sity on December 26, 1935, for a ride
into the city of Atlanta. This planned
ride was offered to all students of
Spelman College for the purpose of
seeing and enjoying the many beau
tifully lighted Christmas trees of the
city. '
As we were told to dress warmly
and to wrap ourselves in blankets for
this trip, many girls brought with them
hot water bottles which we all used
to keep us warm. Different colored
blankets were seen all over the buses,
and even the crackling of newspaper
could be heard as some of us changed
our positions (newspaper was used
under our sweaters to keep out cold.)
We traveled over many streets, see
ing many Christmas trees lighted with
attractive bulbs. On some of the streets
in the residential section of the city,
we saw gaily colored bulbs artistically
arranged to form different objects.
We sang songs, laughed, and talked;
we were so happy. The cold wind
whipped into our faces and smarted
our eyes, but to us it was merely some
thing to make our ride more memor
able,
Just before the driver turned the
bus to bring us on the campus, he car
ried us to a place where several peo
ple were standing gazing in awe at
some objects. Several cars were parked
nearby. Naturally we were curious to
know just what they were staring at
so intently. When we reached the spot
we saw that it was the representation
of the birth of Christ, shown in ob
jects: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the
manger. There were also the wise men,
shepherds and the bright eastern star.
Softly, ever so softly, Ave heard SAveet
music that seemed to come from no-
Avhere. All of this scene Avas, and is,
etched indelibly in my memory and Avill
forever he cherished, as one of my most
precious experiences.
All of us (I think) were a hit awed
by this lifelike presentation, and came
happily hack to the campus to remem
ber and to refer to that night as one
of the most interesting nights during
the Christmas time.
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Carol Singing On The
Campus
May me E. Martin, ’37
The night before Christmas, a group
of snugly clad students from Morgan,
Morehouse and Packard Halls, who
were going to spend their holiday va
cation on the campus, proceeded to
Rockefeller Hall where they received
lighted ('.indies and song-hooks for the
Campus Carol singing.
The group marched to the beautiful
ly lighted Christmas tree located in
front of Sisters Chapel. There they be
gan singing songs of praise to the
Babe that was horn in Bethlehem,
whose one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-fifth birthday the whole of
Christendom was about to celebrate.
The singing around the tree includ
ed: “The First Noel,’’ “Hark the
Herald Angels Sing,” “Joy to the
World,” “O Little Town of Bethle
hem,” and “It Came Upon the Mid
night Clear.”
As the group continued its march,
“Silent Night," Avas sung in front of
Reynolds Cottage, the home of Presi
dent Read; then it proceeded hv
Rockefeller Hall to Morehouse Hall
singing the spirituals, “Mary Had a
Little Baby," and “The Glory Man
ger. ’ ’
After lingering awhile and singing
other carols the group Avent to Up
ton Home via Packard and Morgan
Halls as they sang, “Joy to the
World," “It Came Upon the Midnight
Clear,” and “Silent Night.”
About this time everybody Avas feel
ing the stings of old man Winter;
thus, after delighting the campus dwel
lers for an hour or more Avith the spirit
of Christmas, Avith “Peace on Earth,
Good Will to Men—this group ended
its mirth making with “Jingle Bells”
and put up their candles and song
hooks.
Several times through the night
other carolers came on the campus
singing, tarried at our lighted tree
and went away still singing as they
Avent.
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