Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-03-29

ence, music, art, and literature.
Jose Limon, considered by critics
as the leading male exponent of the
dance, made his debut as a men,
Der of the Humphrey eidman
Concert group. In 1887, the Ben
lnington School Of Dance offered
Mr.. Limon a fellowship for the
creation of an original dance work.
Out Of this work came Dansas
Mexicanas, which still ranks as one
Of the finest works in the Limon
repertory.
In 1941-42 Limon was guest art
| list of the season at the Studio The
atre.
The Jose Limon all-star company
includes guest artists Pauline kon-
err; former Jooss Ballet star, Lucas
Hoving; Betty Jones; Ruth Cur
rier; and concert pianist, Simon
Sadoff.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers are re-
nowned for their performance of
/ the Negro spirituals. This group
/ of 16 students have toured the ma
ton in concert this year and appear
weekly on nation wide NBC net
work program.
Thomas Munro, curator of edu-
cation of the Cleveland Museum of
Art, will speak at convocation
Thursday afternoon, April II, at
2 o'clock on Building an Ameri-
can Culture" Following the con-
vocation, there will be an unwilling
of the painting Madonna and
Chile" which is copy Of the ia
NOUS madonna and Child" which
was owned by the secretary of the
Duke of Wellington. The painting
was presented to Fisk by Mr..
Charles E. Haydock. The Haydock
family have owned the painting
for over 100 years. A companion
painting to this copy now hangs
lin the Little Church Around the
Corner in New York City.
A tea at a o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon will feature the formal
dedication of the Winold Reiss Art
Collection to Fisk. Winold Reiss
came to the United States in 1913
from Germany to study and paint
the American Indian. Mr.. Reiss'
paintings of the Blackfeet Indians
gained international fame. Reiss
is widely known for his murals;
studies of Swedish Swiss, and
Black Forest peasants. He devoted
a number of years to the study of
the American Negro. He drew a
collection of Negro types as he
found them in Harlem and on Hell
ena Island, S. G. His portraits of
many famous Negro artists, sing
.ers, writer's, scientists. and educat-
.ors can be found in the book The
New Negro. Mr.. Aaron Douglas,
chairman of the Fisk Art Depart
ment was a student of Mr.. Reiss.
The Charles Waddell Chestnut
Collection will be dedicated Friday
morning, April IS, at 10 o'clock.
Chestnut was one of the most out
standing figures in American Ne
gro literature. He was the first
Negro to contribute to the large
magazines like atlantic Monthly"
His writing in the field Of litera-
ture through his short stories and
novels won for him the Spingarn
Medal in 1923 which is given to the
American Negro who contributes
the most outstanding achievement
lin any field. Sterling A. Brown,
an outstanding speaker and lee
turer and professor of literature
at Howard University; Miss Helen
Chestnut; and Mr.. Robert Hayden
of the English Department at Fisk
will be speakers at the seminar
which will deal with Charles w.
'Chestnutt's Place in American Lit
'erature."
| DIR. Preston Valien, DR.. David
Granick, DR.. Jitsuichi Masuoka, DR..
Inez Adams, and Mr.. Donald Wyatt
will be speakers at Friday after
noon seminar on ASPECTS of the
Present theological Conflicts Be-
tween East and West"
The creative writing class of
Fisk will give a reading of work
| lin progress Saturday morning,
April IS, at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Otto Luening, professor Of
music at Columbia University, and
a leading American composer, will
be speaker at a seminar on "Con-
temporary American Music" at 10
O'Clock Saturday morning.
A seminar on "The Place Of Sci
ence Research in the Small Uni
versity Program" will be given
Saturday afternoon with DR.. Percy
Julian and DR.. Franklin Mclean as
speakers.
The 100-voice Fisk Choir will
present a concert Saturday evening
under the direction Of Harry E.
Won Bergen, concluding the Festi-
val program.