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C A M P l S M I R R () R
Atlanta-Spelman-Morehouse Chorus
Atlanta-Spelman-
IMoreliouse Orchestra and
Chorus Concert
In late April, all the musical groups on
the several campuses of the Atlanta Uni
versity System joined to give the Seven
teenth Annual Spring Concert under the
general direction of Kemper Harreld.
The concert opened with the National
Anthem. The first group of selections
sung by the chorus were Lo, a Voice
From Heaven Sounding, by Bortniansky;
Thanks Be to Thee, by Handel; He
Watching Over Israel, by Mendels
sohn: and The Rising Tide, by William
Grant Still. Power and strength were
expressed in the selections by Handel
and Still in contrast with the warm, melt
ing melodies of the other two composers.
The chorus also sang three of Deems
Taylor’s arrangements of folk songs.
Very enjoyable was the contralto solo
in Waters Ripple and Flow, of Czecho
slovakian origin, by Pattie Jean Moore.
Spelman College Glee Club sang Gre
cian Landscape, by Jenkins, and The
Sleigh, a Russian song. The Morehouse
College Glee Club sang The Star, by
Rogers, and The Road Is Calling, Walter
Clement. Both Glee Clubs were well-
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Sale Hall Recital
The Morehouse College Glee Club, as
sisted by the Atlanta-Spelman-Morehouse
Orchestra, was presented in concert in
Sale Hall. Friday evening, May 5, under
the able direction of Kemper Harreld.
Soloists on the program were Lonza
Ford, who sang The Hills of Home, by
Fox; Cleophus Lumpkin, who played
Scenes From an Imaginary Ballet, by
Coleridge-Taylor, and Vernon C. Smith,
’33, who added an unusual note with his
trombone solos: Schubert’s Serenade and
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.
Clarence Henderson sang Schumann’s
Two Grenadiers and W / ithout a Song.
The Glee Club included in its selec
tions, My Heart Commends Itself to
Thee, by a sixteenth century composer,
Lasso; The Star, by Rogers; A Brown
Bird Singing, by Haydn-Wood; The Road
Is Calling; and Doivn to the River. They
also sang a spiritual, Joshua Fit the
Battle of Jericho, and a folk song, Po’ OF
Laz-rus. The young men are to he highly
commended for their performance, and,
moreover, for giving time to the work of
the Glee Club when so many of their
group must be “speeding up” their col
lege careers because of the war.
The orchestra played Minuet, by
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The Juniors of Morehouse
and Spelman Colleges
Entertain the Seniors
On the evening of May 13 the Juniors
of Morehouse and Spelman Coll eges held
their annual Junior-Senior Prom. The
event had been a long anticipated one
and so the gala affair began with the
atmosphere tinged with spirits high.
Morgan Hall dining room was the
place in which the prom was held. The
theme of the decorations was that of an
open garden. The center of attraction
was a miniature house and landscape
done for the Juniors by Mr. Benjamin
Bullock, member of the faculty of Spel
man College. The beauty of the little
scene will be a lasting memory in the
minds of many who were there.
Music for the evening was furnished
by Hayes and His Orchestra.
The class officers of Morehouse Col
lege are: Guy Darnell, President;
Charles Sanders. \ ice-President; Hobart
Kornegay. Secretary, and Harvey Beech.
Treasurer. The class officers of Spel
man College are: Madeline Patterson,
President; Gussie Turner, Vice-Presi
dent; Althea Palmer. Secretary: Imo-
giene Lockett. Treasurer. Dr. Henrietta
Herod is the faculty advisor of the
Juniors of Spelman.