The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-17
ARTISTS CONTESTS WILL BE FEATURE OF BIENNIAL TODAY Young Professionals From All Over Country to Par
 ticipate in Events MEETING FORMALLY
 OPENED LAST NIGHT Reelection of Mrs. Ochsner Forecast by Developments Yesterday.
 Delegates and Prominent
 Visitors Entertained


 1 Thirteen young professional artists will compete for the championship in the young professional contests, this morning at the Jefferson theatre. and which will feature the second day of the biennial of the Ma tional Federation for Musical clubs now 1 being held in Birmingham. Each of the contestants comes as a winner of prize | from the district they represent, and the contest will be marked by the appearance 1 of the genius of the young America. l The contest, which is given under the ldirection of the young professional and student extension department of the Ma tional Federation of Musical clubs will begin at 9:30 o'clock. Those who will take part are: Miss Dorothea Neebe of Philadelphia, piano; Miss Marie Song haey of Lansdown, Pa, voice; Miss Caro- line Powers of New York, violin. all first district winners; Miss Frances Stovall of College Park, Ga, piano; Miss Jeanne Alexander of Lynchburg, Va. violin, sec ond district winners; Solon Robinson, piano, Kansas City. Mo. Miss Daisy Webb, Muskogee voice, third district
 
 Wis, piano; J. Edward Johnson, Daven- port, la, voice; Graham Harris, Chicago, violin, fourth district winners. Miss Julia Rebeil, Tuscon. piano; Miss Cora Thoe, Springville, Utah, voice; Owne Bartlett, Said Lake City violin, fifth district win ners.
 The second days programme of the biennial of the National Federation of Musical clubs will begin with an attend ance of more than 200 registered dele gates While the report of the credentials committee has not been made, more than 200 delegates have registered, and others are expected to come in this morning.
 WHOLE NATION REPRESENTED
 Artists from every part of America are attending the convention. and discus sing informally and in business sessions the leading musical problems of the day.
 This afternoon at ? o'clock, reports of national officers will be heard at the Tut wiler, followed by the reports of chair .menof department committees. At Al o'clock Miss Sylvia Snding, soprano, and Thuell Burnham, pianist, will give joint recital at the Jefferson.
 The feature of the evening will be the concert to be given by Marie Stapleton- Murray, soprano, the Zoellner quartette, and the combined choruses of the Music Study and Teble Clef clubs with Robert Lawrence as director and Mrs, Edgar Stillman Kelly at the piano.
 Yesterday was devoted by the delegates to preliminaries, and the meeting of the national board. changes in the bylaws, which are to be submitted to the con- vention for approval were discussed and adopted. The changes do not necessitate any important changes in the operations of the affairs of the federation, accord-' ing to the president Mrs A. J. Ochsner
 FORMALLY OPENS MEETING
 The convention was formally opened last night, with addresses of welcome by Mrs. Charles Henderson of Mont gomery, on behalf of the state, and Mrs. Houston Davis, chairman of the local biennial board, on behalf of Birming- ham, and response by Mrs. A. J. Ochs- ner, president of the national federation.
 Following the opening exercises, a re- cital was given by Mime. Carrie Bridewell, contralto, and Frederick Gunster, tenor, both home coming artists.
 The Tutwiler hotel, where the business sessions of the convention are being held, presented busy scene yesterday. Dele gates were arriving all day, and being registered and presented with creden- tials. Mrs w. l.. Murdoch is in charge of the registration desk and Mrs. Walter Beasley in charge of the credentials desk
 Members of the national board and oth- CT delegates to the convention are en- thusiastic over the outlook for the bien- nal. Mrs. A. J. Ochsner, national presi- dent. said last night that it would be certainly the most successful conven- ton that the federation has ever known and would do much to stimulate interest in music throughout the south.
 TO REFLECT MRS. OCHSNER
 The reelection of Mrs. Ochsner as president of the federation was forecast yesterday when the Alabama Musical organization. in session here, indorsed her for the office, and promised the sup port of the entire body for her in the election. If there is any other candidate to be offered to oppose Mrs. Ochsner her name is not being freely talked among the delegates to the biennial, who seem to be unanimous in their approval of Mrs. Ochsner for reelection.
 The delegates to the convention were guests at an informal luncheon at the Southern club yesterday, and at from o'clock to o'clock they were intro- duced to Birmingham people at a recep- tion at the Country club. Special cars left the Tutwiler at 3:30 o'clock carrying the delegates to the club, and returning at o'clock.
 The national officers are registered at the Tutwiler. and the artists who will take part in the young professionals con test are being entertained in the homes of Birmingham people. Practically all of the young professionals had arrived last night. The national officers. who were also indorsed for reelection by the state organization, are:
 Mrs E. L. Bradford Albuqderque. N. M; Miss Adelaide Carmen. Indianapolis. Ind; Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Chica- go Ill.,. Mrs. James o. Dickens Mobile, Ala; Mrs. William G. Gilfllan, Memphis, Tenn: Mrs George Hail, Providence, R. l.. Mrs. George Harvey, Chicago, Ill.,; Mrs William A. Hinkle. Peoria. Ill.,; Mrs. William Jamison. Los Angeles. Cal; Mrs. Julius Eugene Kinney. Denver. Col; Mrs. Wilhelm Middleschulte Chicago, H.. Mrs. J. S. Morris. Waupen, Wis; Mrs. John R. McArthur, New York city; Mrs. Albert J. Ochsner. Chicago, Ill.,; Mrs. George O'Berne. Chicago H.; Mrs. A. C. Potter, Oneida, N. Y.; Mrs. w. D. Steele, Seda- lia, Mo-; Mrs. Frank S. Seiberling, Ak ron. O.; Mrs. Ella Smith, Columbus, O.; Miss Carlotta Simonds, Duluth. Minn.; Mrs Louise E. Wager. Oak Park, Ill.
 HARRINGTON WILL INSPECT CAMPS Alabama National Guard camps located