Evening star., 1924-06-08
OPERA CLUB TO GIVE
FIRST PERFORMANCE
"Carmelita" Will Be Presented by
Maryland University Talent
Wednesday.
UNUSUAL SUCCESS FORECAST
Thirty Singers and Dancers to Take
Part in Play.
From 4 STAN Correspondent.

Z rom y SlSH correspondent.
COLLEGE, PARK, June Car
melita," which will be the first pro-
duction of the recently organized
University OF Maryland Opera Club,
wifi be given Wednesday evening at
o'clock in the auditorium. 1t will
be ono of the big features of. COM
mencement week, which will be
ushered in tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock when Bishop George w.
Davenport of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church will preach the bacca-
laureate sermon.
Rehearsals for "Carmelita" have
about been completed and those in
touch with affairs are freely predict
ing that it will be an unusual sue
cess. Thirty students, singers and
dancers will take part. Anne SteWart
is prma donna of the production and
Marie Massicot and Katherine Baker
have leading singing roles.
Other principals are Edward Bar
ron, Douglas Burnside, Harry Stew
art and Jack Bowie. G.. ID. vivanco.
one of the dancers, is directing the
keyser, Rachael Atkinson, Josephine
Blandford, Julia Behring. Edward
Evans, Park Slipley and stewart
Whaley.
The cast will be supported by the
student orchestra. The produSti2h Is is
entirely a student affair ana is
financed by the opera club members.
No admission will be charged.
Dance to Follow Opera.
The Junior senior dance Will toi-
low the opera Wednesday evening.
the latter beginning at 10 o'clock in
the gymnasium.
other events for commencement
week are as follows:
1,hursday-9 o'clock. interclass track
and field meet; 1880. lower class lunch
cons: 1:sO. senior luncheon: $50. senior
tea dance to undergraduates; g. CLASS
exercises.
with address by President Albert r.
Woods; II, inspection of laboratories
and shops by visitors; l. to l, ira
ternity and sorority receptlons' o' a:So'
lacrosse. Varsity vs.. Alumni; -:oo'
base ball. Varsity VS.. Alumni D, an
nual meeting of Alumni ASsoclatlon'
6. presidents dinner to alumni; 8,
presidents reception; 9. commence
ment ball.
Saturday-ll commencement eXer-
ciscs, with address by Albert 3 COOK:
state superintendent or scho9is oi
MARYLAND; |. presidents buhet lunch-
con to visitors.
Aubrey Wardwell of Washington
will deliver the valedictory ADDRESS
AT the graduation exercises. During
his four wears at the university ne
has been among the most active pro-
moters of public speaking, having
represented the institution in one OF
the state oratorical contests and nav
ing served as president OF the Pub
lie Speaking Club.
a +, Hirst, who is candidate for
the governorship of Wisconsin: is
graduate of the University OF Mary
land of the class of 1902. He resigned
his position as chief engineer of the
Wisconsin highway commission to
enter the gubernatorial race. In 1922
the university conferred upon him
the honorary degree of doctor of en-
gineering.
Speaking Club OMcers.
At recent meeting of the Public
Speak king Club the following officers
were elected for the 1924-25 term:
r. J. Van Doren, president; & w. II;
Brightman, secretary; Thomas Kelly,
treasurer: Hugh Reading, sergeant
alarms, and Joseph Macko, critic
Plans are being completed for the
summer school, which will open June
25 and continue until August 3, in
elusive. June % will be given over to
Registration, and classes will begin
the next morning. Students may
register by mail until June Is, but
after that date they must apply in
person. Information may be had by
communicating with j. +. Palmer. ex-
ecutive secretary. at College Park.
A conference on teaching of music
in the high schools will be held in
connection with the summer school,
June so and July /, under the
Joint auspices of the state depart
ment of education and the College OF
Educa ton of the university. The
state supervisor of music. the state
supervisor of high Schools, the super
visor of music of the Baltimore City
schools the director of the summer
school and others will assist in the
program.
"Kempy," the Nugent comedy, which
was SO successfully produced recent
ly by the Masque and Bauble Club
in the auditorium at the university.
was repeated Monday night in the
armory in Hyattsville, before large
crowd.
Walter Bromley. recently elected
president of the Students Assembly
for the 1924-25 term, and L. E. New
emer plan to attend the northeastern
states Y. NJ. c. A. conference, which
begins Thursday at Silver Bay, Lake
George, n Y