Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08

Music In the local public schools seems
to be attaining the object of the ambition
| of many years. A May festival Is to be
given Thursday and Friday, May 10 and II.
| in Convention Hall, by the pupils of the
! seventh and eighth grades of the first nine
| divisions. More than 100 voices will make
| up the chorus, of which at least $50 will be
| bass voices Of the boys of the eighth grade.
| Rehearsals of the various parts are now
| being held for the purpose of shading, and
| 1t is found that the teaching in the sep
arate schools has already proceeded so far
| that the entire program can be sung with
| out the aid of notes.
Miss Alys Bentley, the director of music,
| has prepared the program with view Of
| developing a taste for the really beautiful
! and significant in music, and as a means
! of offsetting the attraction of the cheap
| vaudeville ragtime. Besides q, number of
| folk songs of various nations and some Of
| the most appealing school songs, the chorus
| will present the 'Largetti" of Beethoven,
| arranged by Edmund SULLIVAN Kelly; the
| Bridal Chorus from 'Lohengrin.' sew
| eraI unison songs, "Hark! Hank! the Lark, "
| Schubert; My Hearts in the Highlands"
! Jensen, and Soldiers Song" Raft the
| Holy, Holy" of Handel, 1.-The Lost Chird, -
| by Sullivan, and group by American COM
| posers-Loomis, Clayton-John and Constant
| Tippett.
| Many of the numbers will be unaccom-
| panied, but two pianos will be used for the
| larger selections.
| Mr. Louis A Simon will deliver an ad-
| dress on Modern Office Practice" before
| the George Washington University Arch-
tectural Club at its next meeting, April 20,
| Mr. Clarence w Whitmore Mr.. Karl NJ.
Block, Mr.. Adon D. Phillips, Miss Char
lotte Reinke and Miss Margaret Mcmahon
OF the senior class OF Columbian College will
contest for the Davis prizes in the assem-
bly, hall of the college on the evening Of
April IS Each contestant will be allowed
to declaim an approved selection and the
awards will be made by committee of
| three persons not connected with the col
| lege and appointed by the presidents coun-
Gil The prizes consist of three gold med
ais and they are given each year in accord
auce with the wish of Isaac Davis, LID.
| of Massachusetts. the founder, for excel
| lence in elocution at public contest.
| The George Washington University cata-
| Iogue for the next academic year was is
| sued last week. 1t contains the schedule of
| classes which will go into effect with but
! few changes, and announces several read
| justments and alterations in regard to the
| various courses especially the engineering
| branches, which have been considerably
| amplifed. Several departments will be re-
| moved To the Van Ness building when the
| present term Closes and it Is hoped that
| next year the work VIII be greatly facili-
| tated by the addition of half a dozen new
| instructors.
The Smith College Club held its annual
| dinner Thursday evening, April 5. Under
graduates and alumnae OF the college were
| invited to attend, and ii Is understood a
| characteristic Smith meeting was the re-
/ suit Mrs. Charles Summer Halves 14Sg
| Chaplin street, had the general manage
| ment.
| Experiments in various lines are being
| made at the University of California and
not the least attractive is the formation of
q symphony orchestra made up OF the best
| professional musicians of San Francisco.
| A series of symphony concerts is to be
/ given yearly In the Greek Theater. DR. j.
| Fred Wolfe, creator of the great Bach festi-
walls al Bethlehem, Pa. is the motive force.
| Since his acceptance of the newly establish
| ed chair OF music at Berkeley he has or
! ganized university chorus of 300 student
| singers, a student orchestra, and now has
| arranged for this departure in aea-
| demc life. The university has appointed
| Gluiio Minetti concert master, and more
than seventy of the best solosists and play
| ers of chamber music have joined the or
! chestra.
The opening midwinter concert In the
| open air was given February Is, and at the
! second, March /, three times as many peo-
| pie gathered In the Greek Theater as had
! ever heard symphony In California. Six
concerts IN all VIII be given In the present
| series.
Gunston Hall was the scene Thursday
| afternoon Of an excellent musical recital
! Mrs. Amalie Baush. The program. which
/ was varied and yet of a distinct excellence
| tested the powers of the young musicians
| with selections from Verdi, Merkei Chopin,
! Beethoven, Schumann, and, in fact. all the
great composers. was given with general