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Madison College Library Harrisonburg, Virginia OCT 20 * Vol. XXXV Madison College, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Friday, October 17, 1958 No. 4 World Famous Symphony Orchestra Stratford Players S.G.A. Brings To College To Give Varied Program At Madison To Present Comedy The Stratford Players, here at Washington D. C.'s famous National Symphony Orchestra will Madison, will present for their fall Ralph Marterie And Band appear on Madison's campus at #:00 P. M., on Friday, October 24. production the delightful and su- Conducted by Howard Mitchell, the orchestra has been captivating spense-filled comedy "The Chalk Ralph Marterie and his famous orchestra, which was selected audiences throughout the world. Garden" written by Enid Bagnold on as the number one instrumentalist band by the Down Beat Ball- Founded by Hans Kindler in 1931, November 21 and 22. room Operator poll, will be featured in a musical concert on Thurs- the orchestra is now preparing to en- Enid Bagnold is the author of three day night, October 30, in Wilson Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. ter its 28th season. The program plays and seven books one of which for Friday night which will consist was made into the movie "National of Mozart's Symphony No. 35 in D Velvet." Her most recent best seller Major, "Haffner"; The Suite from the is "The Loved and Envied." Ballet "Petrouchka", by Igor Stra- The plot of "The Chalk Garden" is vensky; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony centered around Miss Madrigal, who No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, is diversi- has recently been released on good fied enough to interest everyone. behavior from a life imprisonment This music is available for listen- sentence for murder. She becomes a ing in Harrison Hall music rooms so governess of Laurel, a sixteen year that anyone interested in obtaining old girl who deeply resents her an idea of what the concert will be mother, Oliva, and goes to live like may do so. As Madison has with her dominating grandmother, invested quite an amount in bringing Mrs. St. Maugham. The wealthy the orchestra to its campus, it is the grandmother tries to grow flowers in faculty's wish that the ensemble be her garden not knowing that there is met with a large turnout chalk in the soil. Miss Madrigal tells The National Symphony is more HOWARD MITCHELL her that nothing can grow in a chalk than a great musical organization. It 1935. Leaving Philadelphia, he went garden. Mrs. St. Maugham thinks is hailed, not only for its perform- to Washington and became first cel- she "is refering to the flowers, but ances of the masters of the old world, list under Hans Kindler. Mitchell actually Miss Madrigal is refering to but it also contributes generously to served as assistant director beginning Laurel, the daughter Oliva, and the the creation of contemporary Ameri- in 1941, and succeeded 'jans Kindler 3taiosphere in which •% she is living, can music. i ■ wmmtm v as permanent conductor. in 1949. "tThe governess's past "swells like NThe value of featuring excellent He has been repeatedly praised for a mushroom cloud" all through native music has been recognized, as his "distinguished services to Ameri- the play, and the cloud develops Mr. Mitchell has been honored by five can music." According to the New flame within it when the judge national awards; one of which he York Herald Tribune, he is a "serious who once sentenced her comes to won for three successive years, a feat and most competent artist who posi- unmatched by any other conductor. lunch. Will he reveal her secret? A tively destroys the silly myth that suspense filled drama with nine de- Rich, lustrous, unforced sound Is musicians born and bred in this coun- lightful characters keeps the audience consistently produced by the orches- Well known orchestra leader will present his band in a program of try cannot offer competition to the guessing at Miss Madrigal's fate. tra, which ranks among the world's semi-classical and popular music for the student body. foreign maestros." finest in recision, intonation, dynamics The purpose of The Stratford Play- This is one of the S. G. A.'s recre- From the field of cutting single and virtuosity. At the end of this season, the Na- ers is to promote an interest in all tional Symphony Orchestra will make phases of dramatics. This includes ational projects for the year and will discs, Marterie has moved to the top For some, this will be a "once in a a good will tour of Central and South not only acting, but also back-stage take the place of the annual S. G. A. of the ladder in long-playing albums. lifetime" opportunity. No admission America. According to the President work such as; make-up, props, and dance which was canceled due to A steady market has grown for him will be charged the students of Madi- of the National Symphony Orchestra lighting. Membership is issued by conflicting i schedules. Dress for the with collections such as "One Night son College; and tickets for those Association, the Orchestra is expected invitation to those who show a keen concert will be school clothes. Stand," "Trumpeter's Lullaby," outside the college may be purchased to perform in approximately 20 cities interest in dramatics and have pro- "Strictly Instrumental," "Dancing on for the nominal fee of $2.00. Tickets costing 90£ can be pur- in Central and South America. duced work of high standing. chased in the post office lobby; they the Down Beat," "Marterie Moods," Howard Mitchell, a Nebraskan, Judging from the past record of the The officers of the Stratford Play- must be bought before the concert be- plus many others. first went to the Peabody Conserva- Orchestra, the October 24 program ers for the 1958-59 session are cause tickets will not be on sale at Marterie started his career as a tory in Baltimore, then to Curtis In- should be well worth an hour or so as follows: President — Joanne the door. Serving as chairman of the bandleader during his tour in the stitute of Music in Philadelphia from of even the busiest Madisonian's time. Snead, "Vice-President—Judy Vought, concert committee for the S. G. A. navy during World War II. Asked which he graduated with honors in What better way is there to broaden Secretary—Diane Waldrep, Business is Beth Morris, and chairman of the by the Navy to organize a band to one's cultural outlook than listening Manager—Marilyn Miller, Publicity— ticket committee is Winnie Lee play at military installations and to some of the world's greatest music, Marydel Stockdale, Recorder of Points Brown. civilian Bond Rallies, he quickly or- Local Theatre Posts ganized a unit. Playing to thousands played by a world-renowned orch- —Eldon Layman. Their able advisor This successful band will play such College Team Scores estra? is Dr. Mary E. Latimer. of servicemen throughout the nation recent hits as "Pretend," "Crazy Man started him on his way and when he The management of the Virginia Crazy," "Caravan," "Blue Mirage," was discharged his first band became Theatre every Saturday evening "Skokian," "Tricky," and "Shish-Ke- a reality. His popularity is applauded about six o'clock posts the results Men's Fraternity, Sigma Delta Rho, bob." by all age groups. of the week-end football games on the boxoffice window of the theatre giving the results of the state's Plan Numerous Activities For Year colleges and universities and the Sigma Delta Rho, Madison's local men's fraternity is well Noted Author To Speak top college teams of the nation. Ed. Purcell, the manager, stated under way toward a year of promising successes. The fraternity, that he has been doing this since comprising some nineteen or twenty men, has outlined the year's At Wednesday Assembly he came here in 1950, because he activities and under the leadership of John O'Neill, the new pres- realized there was no local Sun- ident, will most assuredly help the men students of Madison to Adventure's her middle name and Lydia Davis' pursuit of it day morning paper and that not become a vital and important part of our college. only the citizens of the community, has been hectic, hair-raising and certainly far from humdrum. The but the students of the several local lively author comes to Madison College on October 22 at noon to colleges always came by to see recount some of her more exciting experiences before the Noon how their favorite team came out Assembly. in that week's game. Fortunately for this attractive, ener- her time writing in New England, So, if you are interested and are getic woman, the whole Davis family locale of early American witchcraft. downtown on Saturday night or shares her love of excitement. In Lydia Davis was born in New Zea- Sunday, just look at the Virginia fact, all the Davises—Doctor Tom land and studied law at the Univer- Theatre's boxoffice window and see and sons Bobby, Timmy and John— sity of Otaga there for three years if your team made you happy or are a paripatetic lot, having wandered until she "gave up in disgust at all unhappy this week-end. in such unlikely places as New Zea- things legal," and switched to train- land, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, New ing as a nurse in the Dunedin Hos- Caledonia, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Rapa pital. In 1940, she secretly married Island, Peru, Central America, Alaska Thomas Davis, a young medical stu- Notice and the U.S.A. dent who is part Polynesian and part LYCEUM NUMBERS FOR 'It's been said of Lydia Davis that Welsh.

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