Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1941-42 The thI acan: 1940/41 to 1949/50 3-27-1942 The thI acan, 1942-03-27 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1941-42 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1942-03-27" (1942). The Ithacan, 1941-42. 13. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1941-42/13 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1940/41 to 1949/50 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1941-42 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. :,·. atan X-472 Vol. XIII, No. 13 Ithaca College, Ithaca, N. Y., Friday, March 27, 1942 -----------------------------:-------- -------------------------- . T p p . Radio Broadcasts Dramatists O re~ent . rem,er Commemorate I. C.'s Dr. V. L. F. Rebmann Direct:s Student Production Of Faust 50th Anniversary Requiem Sat:urday Evening , ---------- Fifty years ago, in 1892, Mr. W. Director Confident Of Grant Egbert organized the Ithaca IH ouseman Elected To Conservatory of Music. Subse- Entire Music Department Overcoming ~ifficulties quently, the schools of Drama and , Participates Hea d Cl aSS Of 43 Physical Education were added. Production of Johann Wolfgang For over a quarter of a century Goethe's Faust by the Drama De- A Junior class meeting was held the school prospered under the Daum, Matz, Moyer, and partment marks. a· milest0~e in on March 17th at which officers direction of Mr. Egbert. In 1925, Schneider Soloists American collegiate dramatic en- were elected, plans for the future the Ithaca Conservatory of Music deavor. Not only will this be the discussed and reports on the Prom and affiliated schools was granted first presentation of Faust. i~ this given. a charter by the Board of Regents Tomorrow evening, Saturday, of the University of the State of country in ten years, but ,t is the The officers elected were: Presi­ March 28th, at 8: 15, the Ithaca New York . Ten years ago, the initial production by any American dent, John Houseman; Vice-presi- College Chorus and Orchestra, un­ tudent group, in the knowledge name was changed to Ithaca Col­ s dent, Bud Wheaton; Secretary, lege. As Ithaca College, with Dr,. der the baton of Dr. Victor L. F. of the department. Marion Ernst; Treasurer, Ginny Leonard Bliss Job as president, Rebmann, director of the Music Before the war, Faust was the Bevin. the school has continued its pro-· Department, will present the Man­ most frequently presented plays on The members of the Junior class gress. zoni "Requiem" of Guiseppi Verdi the European continent; Gounod's seemed well satisfied with the re­ This year, Ithaca College is cele­ in foster Hall of the Ithaca High operatic adaptation the most often suits of their Prom, which, they brating the Fiftieth anniversary of th School. repeated musical drama. In e felt, was oni of the finest and its founding. On Friday evening th t United States, however, e lateS most colorful affairs at Ithaca Col­ March 20, the first in a series of ·commemorating Ithaca College's performance of it was given by the lege.. A small s·upply of favors half-hour radio programs com~ 50th Anniversary celebration, the professional Seattle R_epertory Play- still may be had for the price of one memorating the founding of Ithaca "Requiem" will have three Ithaca ers on the one-hundredth annlver- d o II ar each • College was broadcast over WHCU. College alumni among its soloists. sary of Goethe's death . Th ere- Margaret Daum, soprano, who has fore, the forthcoming production, . The class plans to ~ave a da~ce These programs are being organ­ ized, written, and directed by mem­ sung in the Metropolitan Opera coming 11 0 years after the great inf the_ ~ear future wf 1th th~d ofb1ect DR. V. L. F. REBMANN popular season; Jean Schneider poet-dramatist died, should prove o raising money or a e ense bers of the radio course at Ithaca College. The series will be con~ '43, alto, of Atlantic City; E. Luke to be an interesting venture, at bond to be donated to the school Matz, bass of West Chester, Pa., 'interested in the to be used as part of a loan fund eluded on Sunday, April 26, with Cook Elected President Ieas t , f or a II those . Th d • I an hour progrgm. formerly with thP. Philadelphia theatre and literature. in ten years. e once 1s a so Of Next Year's Juniors Opera Company; and Wilmer R. , d I to Shake- meant to be a grand send-off party. The program on March 20 in­ Considered secon on Y for those not returning for the third cluded a selection by the cornet Moyer, tenor ,of Cooperstown, are spore's immortal tragedies,. F~uSt semester as well as those who end double quartet under the direction At a meeting held Wednesday the soloists. was the result .of nearly a hfeti:~ their college days this May. Th~ of Mr. Craig McHenry.-. Those in evening at 7:30 the Sophomore The entire Music Department of thought and effort. Based P orchestra will consist of volunteer the cornet choir were: William class elected Bob Cook as President will combine to form a chorus of on an old legend, faust was ~~!- musicians who are willing to do­ Carney, Earl Bailey, Ralph Asmus, for their Junior year, to succeed 143 and an accompanying orches­ ten to picture . all of mankm s note their services. Henry Carr, Moses Sherman, Cea­ Nick. Morano. Other officers elect- tra of 61 in presenting this work. personal experience; and today , sar Struqlia; Ernest Ortone, and ed were Dominick DiSarro, Vice- . president· Eleanor Rushby Secre- Verdi, one of the greatest 19th the character of Faust-undoubted- --------------- Edward Timbrell. Also on the pro­ ' y T ' century composers, wrote this ( Continurd on page 2) tary; an d Jane oung, reasurer. "R . ,, f II . h . ===~~:::!'::=:":~, gram were ,Dominick DiSarro, vio­ · h' · d , equ1em , o owing t e ancient linist, and Robert Ludlum, bari­ FO II owing t IS meeting, uring d f th C h 1· M f h 1 . h I d' or er o e at o 1c ass or t e . tone. The. continuity was written w h1c p ans were 1scussed for ID d , f th d h f Frosh Plays by Jed'n Douglass. Joseph Short, having a Junior Prom next year, ea ' in memory ~ e eat ~ th e new o ff1cers. h e Id th e1r· f'1rs t fAlessandro Manzom, one of Italy s alumnus, was in charge of pro­ . · I t' oremost poets. Well Received duction. 0 ff ICIO mee ing. I The March 27th program, being Dean Director Of Freshman written by Joan McGovern, and under the direction of Marilyn Mil­ Twenty-one Ithaca College Students Company , len, will bring Mr. Leon Sampaix and Miss Elizabeth Mann to the Donate Blood To Red Cross The Freshman Repertory Com- microphone. Twenty-one Ithaca College stu- ' pies of the donor and patient. pany, under the direction of Mr. Sigma Alpha Iota sorority will be dents have donat~d their blood to: This blood "storage system" is William Dean, got off to a good the guests on the April 10th pro- the Red Cross Blood Bank. The called "bank" because it starts out start last Friday and Saturday eve- gram which is under the direction students are: Don Sutton, Al Small, with a quantity of donated blood. nings when they took command of Gloria Hoffpauir. The program Alberta Palmero, William Beal,- As this "supply" of blood is with­ of the Little Theatre stage. For I will be written by Claire Roberts. Harold Levens, Carl Randal, Merle drawn for the use of patients, the their initial offerings to the col- On April 17, an original play Fqrd, Charles Miller, John Cox, "bank" must be repaid with a lege audience, they presented ''The will be presented. The play, based Mike McKillop, Shep Frood, Ray deposit of new blood. Flattering Word" by George Kelley, on the life of Thomas Edison was Steele, Rodney Pierce, Harry Kin- Blood for the "bank" is collected. and Stephen Vincent Benet's ''The written by George Charles and will sey, Gene Baldwin, Jeff Nichol, from voluntary donors who have Devil and Daniel Webster". Both be enacted by the members of the Lloyd Johns, Van Goodsell, Robert been tested and found free from plays were well received and sev- Radio class under the direction of Kiel, and David Stone. Their do- blood disease. This blood is col­ eral members of the casts made :.:_~-- ------ Juan Doerner. Jane Young is nations have been made at the lected in jars containing a vacuum more than adequate impressions. MR. WILLIAM DEAN writing the continuity. Tompkins County Memorial Hos- and a chemical which prevents Of the two shows Benet's play ___________ The program on April 24 will pital here in Ithaca. clotting. This blood is then placed in a refrigerator or blood "bank" was definitely the better produc- have as its guest, the local chapter How "Bank" Works tion, from the acting, directing, and yard, who did a good job as the of Phi Mu Alpha fraternity. This for a limited time and is available technical standpoints. Playing the male lead, and was capably as- program, written by Rita Foley will Because of the necessity of hav- during this period for "whole role of Mr. Scratch, the Devil in dis- sisted at alternate performances be directed by Bettie Clark. ing ready for immediate use in blood" transfusions.