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Tuesday, May 4, 1954 THE NEBRASKAN 5' .? S; " AS'1 .3 4 '1 5 S j H I lunday receives Basil Rathbone, 500-Voice Choir, Orchestra Present 'King David' By CYNTHIA HENDERSON Staff Writer A capacity crowd at the rr forraance of "King David" Sun day evening was left wih a memorable impression of one of the- most dignified programs of the year. With the incomparable Basil Rathbone as narrator, David Foltz, chairman of the music de partment, superbly conducted the 500-voice choir and 75-piece orchestra in an hour and a half program filled with realism, ef fect and intense feeling. USUALLY OVERLOOKED, the orchestra proved itself an outstanding star. The great weight of the score rested on the percussion section and the Eng lish horn. Instrumental pieces as the "M arch of the Philistines" and the "Fanfare and Entry of Goliath" were particularly ex cellent So well coordinated were he soloists, choir, narrator and orchestra that it is difficult to recognize one over the other. Eonny Crocker, 13-year-old Lin coln boy sang the plaintive Song of David the Shepherd." with control and quality. Three Men To Lecture This Weel Johnson, Arndt, Abra ms To Spea k Current events, English and chemistry are topics for a series of lectures this week. Dr. Walter Johnson, chairman of the department of history at the University of Chicago; M. H. Abrams, professor of English at Cornell University and Fritz G. Arndt, professor of general chem istry at the University of Istanbul, Turkey, mill be the lecturers. "AROUND THE World with Adlai Stevenson" will be discussed in a convocation at 11 a.m-, Thursday in the Union Ballroom. Dr. John son, who is the speaker, served as co-chairman of Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign and last year accompanied him on his world tour. Dr. Johnson is the author of sev eral -books, including "William Allen White's America." He traveled around the world two years ago to investigate the operation of the Fulbright schol arship program. e e ABRAMS WILL speak on "The Poet as Creator: A Root Metaphor in Critical Theory," at 7:30 p.m., in Love Library Auditorium. Thurs-' day and Friday he will also pre sent lectures for advanced under-: graduate and graduate students in English and philosphy. Arndt will discuss "The De velopment of the Synthetic Heac tions of Diazoalkanes," at 4 p.m. ' Wednesday in Avery Laboratory. . Arndt is a native of Germany and has taught at Kiel University, Ottman University of Constanti nople, University of Breslau and Oxford University. In 1934 he as sumed the chair in general chem istry at the University of Instan buL Dates Named For Summer School Session Four summer sessions will be held at the University beginning June 9 and extending through August 18, Dr. Frank Sorenson, director f the summer session, announced. The eight weeks session will be held from June 9 to July 30; the six weeks session, June 9 to July MS; four weeks session, June S to July 2, and the post session from July 21 to August 18. EUErVG THE summer session three World Trouble Spot For ums will be held: June 17, July 1 and July 15. On June 21 and July 12 All-University Public Affairs Clinics are scheduled. Pre-registration tests begin at 1 p.m. June 7, and classes begin June 10. Summer commencement will be held July 30. Marearet Goldsmith. New York City, appeared as an ex ceptional dramatic soprano MaHW Loean-Amundson, con tralto from Omaha, and Frank Barger, tenor from Denver, eacn allv well-suited - for their parts and performed with professional excellence THE SYMPHONIC psalm by Arthur Honegger, based on the drama by Rene Moiax, portrays the life of David from his selec tion to be kins as a boy. his reign, his sorrow in later life and his death. The 27 pioces roncprn the five different sta tions in the life of David, who wa: a shenherd. leader, war rhif nronhet and king. '"The nancA Rpforo the Ark" is per haps the most thrilling and com plicated selection of the psaim. Basil Rathbone commented after the performance, "This ,as been one oi we nnesi experi ence in my professional career, working with such an outstand ing conductor and such a 'me orchestra, chorus and soioisis. 'I ilk j J Cotairw LmrMn Journal MRS. RHEA KEELER Keeler Wins DKG Award At Convention Mrs. Rhea Keeler. assistant pro fessor of vocational education at the University, was granted a $1,000 Delta Kappa Gamma So ciety scholarship at the 18th an nual Rho state convention. Delta Kappa Gamma is a na tional honorary society for out standing women educators. The award was a special silver an niversary grant given by each state association of DKG for study beyond the master's degree. Mrs. Keeler plans to continue graduate work toward a doctor's degree in educational psychology and guidance at Colorado Stale College of Education this summer. Twenty Initiated By Phi Beta Kappa Twenty seniors were initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary, at a ban quet Sunday. They are; Barbara Adams, Holland Ahrens, Bert Bishop, Edson Bridges, Jane Calhoun Weaver, James Collman, Jean Davis, Ronald Dobry and How ard Doty. Others are John Eule, Jr, Michael Greenberg, Diane Hin man, Joan Holden, Beverly Jackson, David Kauf, J met Steflen, Shirley Wear, Harriett Wenke Campbell, Donald V.'enz and Mary Zimmerman. Speaker was Dr. Walter Wright, sponsor, who sooke on j'For Its Own Sake." Ag Y Groups To Hold Talent Show Tuesday A talent show sponsored bv Ag YM-YWCA will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Ag Union. First, second, and third place winners will be announced and a trophy awarded to the first place winner. Judges will be Mrs. W. V. Lambert, Mrs. T. H. 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Three cash prizes will be awarded totaling $600 to persons writing the three best original essays on the question. $300 ill go to the first place winner, ?200 to the second and J100 to the third. v Rules for the contest are: 1. All entries must be post marked on or before midnimit, Mav 18. Entries should be mailed to Writers' Workshop, P. O. Box 187, North Postal An nex, Boston 14, Mass. 2. Any student in the United States and its possessions who attends a college or university is eligible to participate, em ployees and their families ex cluded. 3. In order to qualify for the prizes, each entrant is required to enclose fifty cents to htlp cover the cost of processing en tries. 4. Entries should not exceed 500 words. 5. Essays will be judged on the basis or oiiginality, sincerity, and aptness cf thought. The ie cision of the judges will be final. In case essays of equal merit are received, duplicate prizes will be awarded. 6. 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