'Pad/U L� al't (fottef)e �iDter �e",§
Bulletin
Drama-Music Festival Will e Held May 7, 8, 9 and 10 Plan s
By
Karl
for
the
Festival o[
Weiss
tilu.
iastic
a three·day festival of' great musi c ,
drama, and painting, The dates are s
C.
�
superb
a
the college,
dedic:atory
address
e ert
tour
t.axing
undertaken
de::;pite
co mmit ments.
radio
young man.
Mr.
talked
has
aboul
been
more
than
an.
Thomas is
his
campus.
Final1y
at
and
last,
th e
Board 01' 'l'rustees has decided to
Preliminary Approval
Has
Loan
E astvold reported that the
Dr.
planned
o Uler building that has come to the
I·lousing
ami
J"inance
Home
Agency, Officee of the Admin istrat
or, Division of College Housing, had
assist-
received application [or loan
proceed with the e rection of a new anee under Title IV ol the H ousing
Still a dor mitory to h ouse one hundred and never- twenty·five stu den ts .
R. Durkee, R g.
Act of 1950. Mr. L.
ional
thflles� (:onsidered a veteran in both
include a gr eat worship service on
the
radio
and coneert
worlds.
Re pr esentative for Was h in g
He
he is currently starring in the na-
Karl F;. We i ss of the faeulty.
9 th and
t for May 7th, 8th, and
and
College
ton. D. C., h ad notified Dr. East The minute::; of the Board of T ru s. o s ['ollows: "We are pleased tees as of October 23,1952, on page v id a z and a mas choir pregented several has appeared in more t ha n 500 con · 5 to a d vi se you tha t YOUI' application l ti es 5. r o u on 27, authori ed and fine anthems under the direetion of e er ts from c,oa�t to coast. In radio or a loan under the provisions of directed the Executive Committee ( Eastvold, president of
gave
presenting
again
are
year's
la�t
to
rear:tion
we
May
cation of the new building. Dr. S.
now formul a ted . Because of the enfe'(h'al,
Sunday,
fourth, was given over to the decli-
Musie are
D ra ma and
of
afternoon
The
annual
A n \\" dormitory [or Pacine Lu· theran
o.:ert here as part of a li mited con-
in thanks.
tiecond
New Dormitory Bu,ilding for PLC
t ionally
Art Display
known
network
program,
of the
Act of Boa rd to be a p la nn ing com- Title IV of the Housing 1950 has been given p relimin ary ap· seek o u t ways and m ean s
mittee to
l um of �F ami liar Music," and is pro val and a re�er vation of funds addition to the se programs, "A b of lil1ancing new dormitories, and Department pre�ented an intermittently heard as guest star to ma k application to thc c1uly au- in the amount of $450,000. Prelim· two pric e ranges of sev en - fi fty and exhibition of the works o[ outstand- of the " Voi e e ot' Firestone," "Chi- thorized agenCies of the Fed eral inary approval is based on the eo1lege'. eli gibility as an institution ten dollars and will go on sale the ing Korthwest artists. This e xhibi - cago Theater of the Air," and othGovernment for a. loan towar cl the ers. In re e ent years his fame has of higher learning, need for t\:le fafirst week in Apr i L tion was loaned by the Henry Galerection or dormitories on the camMa y loth.
the morning of Sunday,
In
Tirkets for the f esti va l will be in
the Art
/
been co n s i d e I' a b I y enhanced ler i es in Seattle and was beal� tifullY pus at the eal'liest possible mothrough the popularity of his many nncler the directIOn ot ment. A contract w as m ade with recordings. His Welsh folk tunes Berore presenting the program George fioskm;, head of the college architects, Lea, Pearson ftnd Riehand traditional melodies recorded for this year, it may be of interest Art Department. Then, too, there ards, Tacoma, �Washington, to draw ' to review latit year's festival which were splendid science and li brary by Victor have be come colle ctors plans for thiH dormitory on August items among reeo"d connoisseurs, upened on May first oE last year di s plays. 5, 1941. A new contract was drawn Last Year's Festival Irra Petina
displayed
with a recital by the grea t Metro-
This
was
the
event
first
by the College with the architects
Drama
This Year's Drama.Music
. Considerable I<'riday afternoon and evening will on Decembel' 28, 1945 Festival on study an d o done been given be has again work and Drama to yel' Both the college and the North-
politan mezzo-soprano, Irra Petina.
which
and
cility,
under the
prioz'it)'
de-
will
F inal approval
fense cr iteria,
be subject to a review of the full the required
application including exhibits.
All
fo ur
copies
of
your
preliminary applic a t . ion a.r e return·
ed herewith for completion o[ the
�:����
e ring ,
financial
legal
and
Dr. Eastvold reported tha t he had
sel'Yed as a part of' the dedir::ation west gained widespread recognition an outstanding stage personality plans for thi s dormitory. . met witll four representatives of the ' USIC' [ es t·Iva 1 0f� tlle new Cllape I - 1\1 [rom the initial effort of last y ar ' s will be on the campUH. As we go to The architects h a v e prepared Federal Gov€l'I1ment. at Seattle, ' ' ,'peec S il n IIIIdmg. do wn the West press the selection is not finaL Derwent
sketches for four separate and com-
and
Up
festival.
Clarence
Coast and baek to the Atlantic Sea·
t.he Deld uf drama were presented. Clarenee
the
Derwent,
Shake spear'ean
nowned
world-re-
campus
our
gave
ancl
that
c;hal'lnin.g"
a
afternoon
I'e>;ur ne
lJis
of
Tl1an� yeaI'. in hi s [Jl'ofe�sion. That he
evening male
supported
was
student
east
in
'cnUy r e ceive d
by
Sleep
The p lay was
Prisoners."
llel'artment
a
of
magnil'i
and beautifully pro-
or t.he
the Drama S ectio n
luC" d b)
of
peecb
of
Pac-ilk
Lutheran Colleg . Saturday. the third c lay
fe�ti\'al,
.' ea ttl
the
n·HS. : rriy cl in t.he mom ing
he arse
with
Pac:ifie
th
Lut.heran
�
soloi ' t.s
Co llege
to re-
H ne l
t he
chorus.
Satllrday afternoon a superb SYI1l
progra�m un der the
phonil orship
Fritts of
Byarcl
('o ll e !! e f a l'ui ty
the
a sterl i ng per·
rr11 ve
o� C
formanc
(:ol1lluc:t
St anley Chappel was
01 Dr
pre�ented. It.
Fl'ancl( ' s
sal'
:::3y m
rJations. That evening the
phonil'
orchestrQ
continued
symphonic
pro gr am
Fred riclt L, 'e
with in
p li m nting u::; on last yea r' s eHort,
e ve n t ,
we have planned the second
annual festival! Executive Committee
An
Exe cuti ve Committee eonsist·
ing of Dr. Eastvold, preti i d ent 01' th e Dr. Ph ili p
('ollege;
of the Knorr,
of
a
whi ch
par e a
Sociology
was
of
t he
De·
pr e.
a p ro g r am for
1953. The n
a.ftl'r
progr a m discussinn wi th
t.he
On
Thurs d ay evening,
May
fine
Mr,
Chapp le, again will present a full 8v J mp honic Dr.
program
Chapple,
in
a�
the
af1.er-
d il'eetor
of
American and guropean recognition
Lutheran
ollege fac ulty. The evening closed
as
with a great Bach ehorale in whic'h
profoundly
Combined MUSical Forces
Saturday eyenlng we shall again
thiS gre a t auditorium and pre
experience a thrilli ng close t.o the
ent su(,h a fes t iv al was by God's and bleSSing. Therefore,
pianist,
eratic fields, and lends much to the
ware th . at the opportllnity to dedi
grate
musician,
high qualit.y of the Festi val .
Dedication
cate
an informed
and edu cat or in symphonic and op
the audience was invited to jo in , how vel',
C hairman ; �-Ir.
Mol-
Olai Hag-
Kenneth
, Seeretary ;
Er ickson,
In addition to til mittee, the the
Board
Treas urer .
Executive Conl-
['o llowi ng members were
prescnt:
of Dr.
years be[,ore coming to the Univer- lege, also joined in the meeting.
Malmin
\ ere,
PastaI' F, J.
H. L.
of the Evangelical
dated June 23, th e
01'
Lutheran Chm'ch on pa ge. 556
1950,
offieial
document,
wnich
authorized the bol'!' wing of a sum of money not to e xceed $500,000 for
defraying (he
of
COSL
sai d do rmi tory .
Lett rs
of a pp rnval
erection
of
tnr t.he dorm-
itory were reael rrom Board iI'lembel' Ed
Mor k e n ,
the
N orthwestern
from Dr. S,
Gen see. Idaho; and \ SieJ'ke.s, President r District
of
tile
American Luth ran Ch ul 'eh . Both
of 8 (:hoo l of Martin Korgore, .\Ir. Ch ris Knu tzen, these men were ab,;pnt beca.n e 01 P<lstOI' A, ·W. K elson . Mrs, Catll· other appointment". It was also 1 • Genter 0[' Northwes f music, both a.s rine Ne��e, Mrs. Arnold Anderson, portell tilat tlle faculty of the Col· and O. Da vi d son K. an art and as an educational force. Pastor leg-e had, on February 7, 1953, 'Voted rvIl'. Kenneth He wa.s condudor of the St. Louis Dr. S. C. E astvold. unanimousl y In favor of proc eding fanager of the Col two .Jacobs, Plant ['or Ol'chestra Philharmonic with til buil ding f a do rmitory on
sity. Dr. Chappl e has achieved both
We
on
hairlllan FOB>; ci ted the minutes
of the C orporation from the report
Yiusie, hag made that s ch ool a vital
the orch e stra
Pa e i f i c
noon
l�lf;:l. The
eness; :'loTI', Arne Stra nll
Chapple
under the able direction or Gunnar the
12,
University of Washington
.vlr.
half or lhe evening \\'as given OVf'r to t he f s ti val choms, Singing Uaeh
of
o'c-Iock
Febl'llary
c,hairmall:
tel', Vi ee
noon.
�'nham or the music:
with
F'oss,
Dr.
Thomas L. Thomas will bo present·
twelve
following melll bers of the Executive
11-15::1. 7th,
a.t
Committee were PI' S lit: Dr.
Thomas L. Thomas to Sing
ist wi th the orchestnl. The la tier
Brahms
Offiee
Thursday.
instructed
to formula te the program tor
1953
eran College met in the President ' s
\Ve is s were a.g<t in av
MI'. poi nt ed eo-rliredor8 and
12,
Authority Given By The Corporation
Board of Tl'Ustees of Patific Ln th
en
fll-culty ner forme d as baritone solo·
and
February
tire music ane! speeeh faculty, M r. Karl and
loan for an additional dormitory might lJ
cont.inue with rurth r b uil d ing .
Met
The Ex e c uti ve Committee of Th .
De
to
government that a s cond
and tllLl,; tile studi8S 1H!.v e applied fOr �in the not distant tu· ( ure should it becom advisabl to
E xecutive Committee
and lVlr.
�'1l1sic
c1e�ignated
wag til e
to carry out the prCJ-
continued with much fruil�
lIr. Karl, dircetor
De p artment :
direeto
,
grams,
Dr.
Mrs. Anna Bnge, final!·
Speer.:h
Weiss,
E, Olson ,
Helati ons ;
Public
head of the
part men t
The one grea t hindranc:
la ek of fund.
E. Hauge, d ean
Pastor Ho�'
coilee;e:
tUrector
cial bo okkee per :
Symphony.
�Washington, on an earlier date, and
that there was clear evidence
[01' ninety'six beds; and .June, 1950, i ng pro gram. [or ninety·seven beds. I\lmost all The I�ederal Goverument had ap. of the people who have had to df' proved the dormitory to be used with the mr:.n and women on our temporarily for men and ultimately, . eampu� in the IJositiong of deans at thE; di3cr Lior.. or tho '\)lleec, f r and house mother and '�\dminigtrawo men . It seem",d to ldl c;oncerned tor' have h;td a part in discttssing that. the most pressing need is to these variot,� plans ['rom til!:<) to find more ho using for men on t.he time, campus. It also was reported by the
of letters from
and urgillg' tha t it become a yearl
of the of th . e
'olmtry':; ma j or orches·
one of the
with hundreds
pa rtmell t;
Seattle Symphony
Oll
So
presenting
"A
l"rye's
Christopher
in fou nding such a. program of art.
and illdividual� and other schoo ls, com
actor
president of Aetol"s I;:quity, wati on
scherr!es dated J uly , 1941, ror
that eighty b ds' Deeember 1945, l'�or . ' , . , On Saturday , the Seattle Sym· Ule loan would be provided shOUld Co llege was lau ded for its cour a ge eighty-three beds; Feb ma l'y, 1946. phollY, under the direct.ion of Dr. the College carryon with the bUild-
On I:<'riday, May Hecond, of last board the name of Pacific Lutheran
ear. two outstanding programs in
plet.e
Symphony
Festival proper. The festival chorus,
we
now
lelt it fitting tha t the festival period
being
trained
by
Professor
Frederick L. Newnham, will present
Dpon
motion
made
by
seconded
by
Pastor
t he ba ' Is of a loan from the J!'ed r
al Goyernment. It w a
al 0 reported Pastor th . a t se venty-one men on the camp Davidson, members of the Board of had met and sixty·nine had voted Trustees present, but not members by ballot in favor of e recting the or the Executiye Committee, were dormitory as soon as possibl e. seated a s members of an expanded Boara Action Taken Executive Committee, with full A motion was made by Dr, Martin authority to aet w i t h ortieial stand· KorgOl'e, and seconded by Mrs. ing upon a1\ matters which should Arnold Anderson, that the Board come before the meeting of the Ex· wholeheartedly support the dormi. ec-utive Committee. The motion was t ory b uilding pI' gram , and that th e unanimo u sly carried. Executiye Committee and President Molter
and
The cha.irman of the Board ruled of the Co l lege be a utho rized to take \\. i t h the Sympho ny Orchestra, Brahms' gI'eat oratorio. "The Ger· that the committee present had full the necessa.ry srep s toward com gnlti tuae. Dr. P [1 u egrr was asked t o ed i n eoncert. iYLr. Thomas, with man R eQueim. " Mr. Newnham will authority to act in he matter of pleting the loan a.rl'angemen ts witil preaeh the sermon. The Choir 01 pr obably more return engagement� �in g the baritone tiolos, and Dr, proceeding with the financing a.nd llie J< ederal Government, and that thp. \Ves( sang and a great congl'e- to his (',redit than auy other young Chapple will conduct t.he combined planning and erecti on of the new the bui ld ing should start as soon as hcmld dose w i th
we
('ould
as rvic e in which
xpress
our
boundles�
Thomas
L. Thomas
ga.tion joined in l ifti ng our hfllHtg a r tist in America, wi11 give his con -
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