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Music Pupils Are Presented
in Piano Recital
The Spelman College Music Depart
ment presented its piano pupils in a re
cital on February 11 at 7:30 in Howe
Memorial Hall. The audience was small
but appreciative, and the informal atmos
phere made the program even more en
joyable.
Priscilla Van Williams began the pro
gram with two numbers by Ornstein, Ber
ceuse and Hunting Song. Saar’s Minuetto
Classico, as played by Mary Vincent, was
a charming number and well done. An-
nabelle McGregor played Prelude by
Handel and Ciaconna by Pachelbel with
precision and control. Juanita Davis has
a delicate touch that is enviable. She did
a beautiful interpretation of The Fauns
by Chaminade. Before audiences large
and small Mr. James and the Spelman
Glee Club are equally at home. Some
times one wonders which appeals more to
an audience, Mr. James’ delicate control
of the voices, or the beauty of the songs
they sing. On the recital the Glee Club
sang Little Lamb by Dett. Selections by
Tenah Burleigh. Alice Clement, Helen
Stoddard, and Mildred Cuthbert followed.
A1 ice Clement showed a technical ability,
and Helen Stoddard interpreted Nocturne
by Grieg with feeling. At the end of the
program Amelia Meyers and Helen Stod
dard played a two piano duet, Valse in D
flat (Minute Waltz) by Chopin-Sutro.
The student piano recital is one of the
many contributions that Mrs. Maise has
given to the Spelman community. To her
belongs the praise that this one has been
a success.
A Holiday Surprise
The Administration added just the right
touch for fullness of joy in a perfect holi
day by granting permission to each dormi
tory to have its own party at home, do its
own decorating—and the fun w r e had all
day long in anticipation and varied prep
arations. Early in the morning a girl
emerged from Morgan carrying a precious
jar of potted ferns. Her mirth overflowed
in some measures of “Here comes the
bride.” Every girl in hearing or sight
caught the spirit, and what a gay throng
accompanied the ferns to their destina
tion! This infectious mirth was evident
from time to time all of that glorious sun
shiny day. Decorations were done with
care and real interest. Many went to the
movies in the afternoon, but when 7:30
came no time was lost of every precious
minute of games and dancing until the
five delightful parties ended with empty
punch bowls and a delicious sense of hav
ing reached the end of a happy, happy
Spelman day.
CAMPUS MIRROR
Mrs. Maise in Recital
Franzetta Williams
A large and appreciative audience
heard our own Mrs. Maise in a recital
sponsored by the David T. Howard
School. Thursday, February 2. 1939, at
Big Bethel Church.
The program was opened with a group
of beautiful selections: from Gluck. 0 del
mio dolce ador, Purcell, Nymphs and
Shepherds, Brahms, Sapphic Ode, and
Strauss, To You.
The second group included the well-
known and loved Ave Maria by Bach-
Gounod with the violin obligato played by
Mr. D. S. Days, and Farewell, Ye Moun
tains from the opera Jeanne d’Arc by
Tschaikowsky.
The next group was devoted to more
modern composers and included Iris by
Wolf, Spring Came by McArthur, The
Hills of Home by Fox and Will o’ the
W isp by Spross.
A group of spirituals including Po’
Mourner s Got a Home at Las’, Hold On,
City Called Heaven, and My Lord’s Done
Been Heah, the first arranged by J. Rosa
mond Johnson, the second and third by
Hall Johnson, and the last by Mr. James,
formed a fitting close to the recital, each
selection of which was sincerely and sym
pathetically interpreted.
Mrs. Maise was ably assisted at the
piano by Mr. Johnson Hubert, well-
known pianist and teacher at the David
T. Howard School. Mr. Hubert played as
a solo Magnolias by Dett.
During the program Mrs. Maise was
presented with several beautiful bouquets
of roses which made a pleasing contrast
to her green-figured taffeta gown. Her
encores brought much praise.
Key Thoughts From Chapel
Speakers
Maude Johnson, ’40
One of the feelings most shunned by
many individuals is feeling the responsi
bility of being classed as Christians. Most
of them define Christianity in terms of the
forsaking of certain heartfelt desires; but
a newer definition on our campus now
might find expression in the words of
Philip Brooks, “Be sure of God and other
things will find their place.”
Conditions of life continually undergo
a change; religion must be re-adapted to
changing conditions so that it embodies
satisfying truth. Mrs. Milner’s criteria
for attaining adulthood, given with ample
illustrations, are the criteria of a Chris
tian :
(1) See that you lack intellectual
pride.
(2) Do not worry about financial mat
ters.
(3) Do not demand justice for self.
(4) Do not dominate.
All development is gradual; attain
these gradually.
Josef Hofmann
On the evening of January 27, at 8:30
P. M., Josef Hofmann, w’orld renowned
pianist and one of the most eminent of
present-day musicians, was presented in
a recital at the city auditorium, in Atlanta.
A small group of Spelman students.
Martha Wright. Alma Stone, Amelia Mey
ers, Gladys Forde and Grace Days, were
among the audience who listened enthu
siastically to Mr. Hofmann’s skilled in
terpretations at the piano.
Mr. Hofmann’s program was well varied
in content and included works from Han
del. Scarlatti. Beethoven, Chopin. Schu
mann, and Liszt. Several well-known
shorter pieces were played as encores
when Mr. Hofmann was called back again
and again to the stage as a result of the
insistent applause of the audience.
The group from Spelman, all piano
students in the department of music, felt
a great musical enrichment as a result of
hearing this talented artist.
“Religion is power,” says Dr. Newton
Fetter. Power varies itself. Each time
that evaluation of religion causes skepti
cism over some statements, there is an
unconscious development of “It” hatred;
super-human strength is power. But
“power stands for that sort of religious
insight which leads us to know our fail
ure to do that which is beneficial to the
community.”
“What does religion mean to me?”
Such a challenging statement from Dr.
Boddy roused even the Doubting Thom
ases amongst the university assembly to
do some straight thinking. “Religion
means a life full of significance, a power
that generates passion to see and to un
derstand causes that are lost and values
that seem to have no realization, and it is
like a companion to a lonely soul.”
How many of you who are clamoring
for a new 7 religion have accepted the long
tried principles on which lives and insti
tutions both noble and helpful have been
built? “Accept the religion and then
make it practical”—Dr. Bader. Campus
trivialities are a religion, such as: punc
tuality to class, attitude in dormitories,
and taking the long cut to spare the cam
pus grass. Religion has lost its intangi
bility; God works through persons; you
are the influencer.
As a closing summary to the group of
related chapel talks. Dr. Moreland ad
vised each person to take inventory of
himself. Just what is your philosophy of
life and what is its dominant motivation?
Everyone has creativeness, mental or
manual. Let your philosophy have a
continuity and serve an ideal. 1 (trough
these mediums you arrive at communion
with God.