The San Francisco call., 1896-12-21

turned away because of the lack of room
The afternoon was a beautiful one, and
frienos of the institution had come from
all sections of the immediate community,
as well as from Oakland and San Fran
cisco,
A long programme of purely sacred
music was rendered, and each selection
was received with much applause. But
few encores were responded to because OF
the length OF the performance. 1t was
delightful afternoon with such masters as
Verdi, Schubert, Liszt, Marsh, Smart,
Wieniawski, Handel, Gounod Capoccl,
Himmel, Sherwood, Bach, Corey and
Haydn.
A feature of the exercises was the sing
ing and playing of Miss Gussie Mast, the
marvelously clever and versatile per-
former whose renditions have marked
each concert at the institute for the past
four or five years. Besides singing three
difficult solos, she rendered two equally
classic piano and pipe-organ selections;
Miss Mast possesses rich, well cuitl-
waited soprano voice, with an unusually
wide range. She gives promise OF oeeom-
ing a worthy successor of Miss Christine
Labaraoue, the blind lady singer who, after
grad uating from the institute, took de-
gree from the State University, and who
should be familiar to all who are IN touch
with the State school.
The piano quartet of Miss Helen Mesow,
Miss Lena Erickson, Master Charles Co
ceres and Master John Fish, all OF whom
are under 13 years of age and who had
never performed in public before, was
much appreciated.
Another piano quartet, "HaIleluiah
Chorus" arranged by Professor Otto
FIeissner, the musical director OF the in
stitution, was well rendered by Misses
Kate Stollb berg and Hattie Young and
Masters Eben Gay and Lucien Baciga-
Iupi. The other SELECTIONS on the pro-
follows: Pilgrim Chorus from LON bardl'
(VerdD; piano solo, "Serenade" (Schu-
bert-Liszt), Thomas Morrison: organ solo,
Allegro Moderate in D (Smart), Miss
Lily Smith; soprano SOLO, 'Fhe Lord Is
My Light (Marsh), Miss GussIe Mast;
violin solo, Russian Airs" (Wieniawski),
Miss Madeline Beckhausen; piano solo,
"Impromptu, op. 50, No. 4 (schnberth
Miss Gussie Mast; organ solo, ''Medita-
tion" (Capocci), Master Thomas Morri-
son: barytone solo, THE Battle Prayer
(HimmeD, William Brooks; piano solo,
"The Nun and the Fountain" (Sherwood),
Miss Lily Smith; 4 ave Maria" soprano,
violin, organ, piano (Gounod- -Bach),
Miss GussIe Mast and Miss Lille
Smith, and Messrs. Henry Heymain
and Otto Fleissner; organ solo 'Nazarel b"
(Gounod), arranged by George E. Whit
ney, Miss Gussie Mast; chorus, Great Is
the Lord" (Haydn). The audience joined
with the chorus in singing the doxology.
By request from a number of the au-
dience, Miss Mast sang The Holy City"
Immediately after her organ splo.
The school will close for the Christmas
vacation on the oath. Exercises will be
resumed on January T.
For Starving Indians.
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 20.-The citi-
zens of Berkeley are taking deep and
active interest in the cause of the starving
millions in India ana have organized for
the systematic collection of ''corn and
coin" for the unfortunate Asiatics. A
'famine fund.- committee has been organ
lied and at the suggestion of President
Kellogg of the State University the follow
ing FIVE gentlemen will be asked to consti-
tute board of managers for the fund, it
being the purpose of the projectors to ex-
tend their work of collecting over the en-
tire coast with Berkeley as the center of
activity:
Mayor Sutro of San Francisco, Hon.
Horace Davis, Captain Goodall, J. j. Val
entine, president of Wells, Fargo e. Co.,
and Frank NJ. Wilson of Berkeley. Sew
eral of the gentlemen named have already
been consulted as to serving on the board,
and have cheerfully accepted the trust.
W. w. Clark of Berkeley has been chosen
general manager of the fund, and in out
lining the system of collection which will
be adopted he said to-day:
eve have had 100 subscription blanks
struck off, which will be placed in the
hands of responsible parties for circula-
ton.
All banks of commercial standing will
be constituted as repositories for these
funds. All funds subscribed through the
collectors or banks will be drawn on and
forwarded in money or food. The work
of collection will begin at once. We have
about $500 on hand now, and we hopes to
soon have $4,000 and as much more as pos
sible."