, , t ft tt Volume XXXV Z-79 HARTFORD, CONN., NOVEMBER 22, 1938 Number 9 DR. ADAMS ADDRESSES SCHEDULE CHANGE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT PI GAMMA MU ELECTIONS OBSERVERS PRAISE PLAN The varsity basketball game At a meeting of the Trinity SEABURY SOCIETY ON with Bard College, scheduled for ADDS NOVEL EQUIPMENT Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the FOR STAGING OF COMING December 9, has been cancelled. national honO<rary fraternity of the ITS FAMED NAMESAKE In its place, Arnold College has Student-Built Mouse Maze W'ill social sciences, the following can­ THEATRICAL PRODUCTION been carded for the opening game Be Used for Observation didates from the Senior Class were The Life of Bishop Seabury Is and Photography Jesters Ready for New London Colorfully Depicted at on Tuesday, December 6. selected for admission: William Performance as Ticket Club Meeting H. Gorman, II, Baltimore, Md.; Campaign Begins DR. HUTT ENTHUSIASTIC Paul S. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa.; FOUNDED ACADEMY SERVICES HELD HERE IN and Edward G. Mann, Hartford. N. Y. CRITICS INVITED The advantages of a center stage COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE presentation over the conventional PEACE MEETING HELD method form the nucleus for the J es­ ters' ticket campaign which has re­ FOR YOUTH SOCIETIES cently commenced. The J esters feel that "The Late Christopher Bean" is in a better state ofpreparation than most of theh· recent productions have been two weeks be­ fore the opening n.ight. Although the Thanksgiving recess interferes. with the rehearsal schedule, as doeSJ another play being given at Connecti­ cut College in the same hall, the Jes­ ters will rehearse on Sunday, Novem­ ber 27, and give a dress rehearsal on Friday, December 2, which will bEl open to students and faculty of Con­ necticut Co llege for Women. On Saturday, December 3, the first performance will take place in New London, to which the Connecticut students and faculty are invited free. Tickets for others may be obtained at 75 cents. Another eire s rehearsal will occur on Friday afternoon, December 9, at the Hartford Club, before the Sopho­ more Hop. At 7 that evening, some of the play may be broadcast on Trin­ ity's radio program, if permission can be obtained from the royalty holders and from Connecticut College. The second performance wiU be in the ball room of the Hartford Club on Satur­ day, December 10, for which there are a few reserved seats at a dollar and a half, regular seats at a dollar, and student tickets at 75 cents. The quality of the seats in the au­ ditorium will be greatly enhanced for both seeing and hearing the play by the use of the center stage. The re­ served seats will be within two feet of the stage, and at a level of one foot below it. The center stage will also be much nearer to the far end of the room than the conven­ tional stage. The lighting will prob­ ably be indirect. The regular doors Bishop Seabury p·roved indeed a William Strickland~ Visiting Organist, States Opinions on in the rear of the hall will be used true warrior of the Episcopal Church for the entrance to the stage as well despite the prejudices of the British Music, Says that Quality is More Important than Type as the audito1·ium. bishops for without his efforts the "Yes, I should be very glad to tell all. It's about the time that I played five years behind the times." For the last two weeks the play great American Episcopal Com­ you about myself," said Mr. William the organ at Grace Church in New Nevertheless, this statement seemed has been observed in rehearsal by sev­ munion might never have had suffi­ Strickland, guest organist from St. York-but it isn't very exciting." fairly radical and needed a definite eral amateur actors and coaches, and cient impetus to reach its present Bartholomew's Church, New York, "The night before Easter, Mr. explanation. (Continued on page 4.) status. when asked for an interview last Mitchell, my superior, warned me that The explanation, he said, was very ROBERT W. THOMAS, '13, Friday, before his recital in the Col- the best way to make myself unpop- simple. He liked any kind of music, DIES OF HEART ATTACK lege Chapel. "I will tell you all that ular with the world in general was no matter what type, the only require­ ORGAN CONCERT FINALE ! can, but my life has been a very to forget to ring the chimes on Easter ment was that it should be good FEATURES HUGH PORTER Robert W. Thomas, '13, vice-presi­ dull one." morning. I was determined not to music. dent and secretary of the Orient "I went to the choir school at the make such a gthasf.ly mistake and "Why," he asked, "should one criti- Famous Organist of Collegiate Insurance Company, died suddenly Cathedral of St. John the Divine when planned to stay up all night." cise certain music merely because it Church to Give Last Organ last Saturday night in New York I was a young boy. I first came in "At two minutes of eight the next is of a particular type? Music, like Recital November 29 touch with St. Bartholomew's when morning, I awoke to find a white- art, should be praised or criticised City. He was stricken while attend­ . 0 n Tuesday, November 29, Hugh ing a theatre. I was ten. Every year the choir went faced choir boy in surplice bending not for its characteristics but for its p orter, orgamst. and choirmaster of Mr. Thoma was born in Center­ down to St. Bartholomew's to sing over me and shouting, 'My God, sir, quality." the Co 11 egra· t e Ch urc h of S t. Nicholas, ville, Md., in 1888 and graduated from Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion', and it do get up!'" And he proceeded to explain his will give the final concert of the Fall Trinity wJlere he was a member of was while on these excursions that I "I did finally ring one verse of one method of determining whether a series of organ recitals in the Col- St. Anthony Hall. In 1915 he entered first became acquainted with the hymn." piece of music was good or bad. lege Chapel. Mr. Porter's program the London and Lancashire Insurance church where I now work. Part of The conversation turned to more "When I listen to a selection, I ask will be as follows: group, but upon the entrance of the my education was obtained at Trinity serious topics. We questioned him myself two questions: First, what did Adagio-Allegro, Concerto 10, Handel United States into the World War School. At sev.enteen I left school about the organ itself, about his hopes the man set out to do; and second, did Ch ora1 e p re1 u d es . .. ., . B ach he joined the army. He was com­ and got a job." for the organ and for music in gen- he do it? If I feel reasonably sure Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland missioned a second lieutenant while As he talked, his personality made era!, and discovered that he had some that he accomplished his purpose, I Gottes Sohn ist kommen in France as a member of the 101st itself evident and we found it very very interesting ideas. can call the music good and can enjoy Es ist das Heil Machine Gun Battalion, and was cited easy to converse with him. When asked what kind of music he it In the last few years, I have Prelude and Fugue in D Major .. Bach in dispatches for his duty in the "Mr. Strickland, can you remember preferred, he replied that he had no heard some very good jazz and am Choral-Improvisation- Argonne offensive. any interesting experiences that you preference and then proceeded to very m:uch interested in jazz." "In Dulci Jubilo" '. Karg-Eler1J At the time of his death he was have had in your occupation as an astound this writer, who has always "However, the type of music that Adagio from the Symphonie Gothique agency secretary of the London and organist?" been a little skeptical about organ- I am most interested in is contempor- Widor Lancashire Insurance Company and "I am afraid not. I am not very ists, by declaring that he liked jazz ary music, especially American con- Triptyque from L'Orgue Mystique vice-president and secretary of the good at telling anecdotes, and besides very much. He even went so far as temporary music." No. 26 ............ .. Tournemire Safeguard Insurance Company, in ad­ I have never had the organ break to claim that his favorite jazz band T'he:re were certain relatively un- Primavera from Harmonies of dition to his posts with the Orieht down on me. But wait just a minute, was Duke Ellington's. "Which," he important but interesting questions Florence . Bingham Insurance Coma>any. maybe I can tell you something after added, "I realize is probably about (Continued on page 2.) Pageant of Autumn ...... Sowerby Page Two THE TRINITY TRIPOD November 22, 1938 ~be ~rinitp ~ripob l CAMPUS OPINION ] To the ~~~~~~~C~!~~N l HffiE AND lliffiE J The following letter was received -~----~----~----' TRINITY COLLEGE, Hartford, Conn. The question: What do you think from a young man, aged 19, whose With Turkey Day not far away, we Published t~enty-six times dnrina' the year. of T.hurman? home is in Liege, Belgium. Several would do well to look around and take Dan Cruson, '39: months ago he commenced his two count of those things for which we 1938 Member 1939 I do not approve of a bantam cock years of corrwulsory service in the may be thankful so far as our 14ssociated C'oUee;iale Press as the college mascot.