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24 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- (Continued on Page 32) 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 (Continued on Page 25) 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.