•XVut H am pshire VOL. 30. Issue 44. ' Z 413 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, APRJL 30, 1940. PRICE, THREE CENTS Prom Committee Chairmen Senior Canes The Senior canes are at The College State Symphony Makes Shop and may be purchased at the usual price. Let’s have every Senior carrying a cane and make this tradi­ tion a success. Fifth Appearance Here Richard Johnson, Chairman, Orchestra Organized as Cane Committee. University Doctor Government Project; Ends Service Here Earl V. Clay, Conductor ’Cats Barely Edge The Federal Symphony Orchestra Oberlander Accepts Post of the Works Projects Administration Maine Nine 2-0 in with Insurance Company; for New Hampshire will make'its fifth appearance at the university on Wed­ Opening Ball Game Former Dartmouth Star nesday, May 1 at 8 P.M., in Murkland Wild Pitch and Squeeze Dr. Andrew J. Oberlander, Univer­ auditorium. sity physician, will become an assist­ Organized in 1936, the Federal Bunt Account for Scores; ant medical director of the National Symphony Orchestra was one of the Hersey Glitters a I Bat Life Insurance company of Montpelier, first government - sponsored music Pitching a first class brand of ball Vermont, on July 1. The appointment, units to be developed in the state. It throughout, Buck Jordan shut out the of Dr. Oberlander will make three has participated in several hundred Maine nine, 2-0, here Saturday after­ doctors connected with home office of performances and is recognized as the noon in the opening game of the 1940 the company. finest group of its kind ever to be season. He allowed four bingles and Dr. Oberlander, who was born in established in New Hampshire. Long and Successful Musical passed up one man. Jordan was in Chelsea, Mass., graduated from Dart­ Earl V. Clay, conductor, received danger in only one instance when mouth college in 1926. While at Dart­ his training at the New England Con­ Whitten, the Bear shortstop, doubled servatory of Music, where he special­ Career Credited to Seger Ellis mouth he starred in football as a ball­ ized in choral and orchestral conduct­ by Sumner Fellman to lead off the second round, but that carrier and pass thrower and was was as far as he got as Buck got the named on the All-America football ing. Later he played in the Boston While the University of New Hamp­ next three men on routine outs. Symphony Orchestra under the direc­ shire has its share of swing-fans, it is Committee Decides team for 1925. He later acted as as­ tion of Dr. Serge Koussevitsky. probable that the majority of the stu­ Larson Tallies First sistant football coach and assistant Included in the program will be dents are unfamiliar with the facts on Songfest Rules The Wildcats put the game in the professor of physical education while Beethoven’s D Major Symphony No. concerning the orchestras which pro­ Members of the committee in charge ice box in the sixth when Swede Lar­ he took a medical course at Ohio 2; Hispania Suite by Albert Stoessel, vide the music to which they listen so of the second annual Senior Skulls son opened with a single between third State university. an American composer; and Carna- appreciatively. In consideration of this Songfest met recently to discuss rules and short; Sparky Adams laid a per­ Former Football Coach val Romain by Hector Berlioz. fect bunt down the first base line and fact, we offer here a few facts on for the contest which will take place He served as head coach and assist­ The public is cordially invited to at­ Seger Ellis, who is of particular in­ May 16 and 17. The group included three Maine men tore in to cover the tend the concert. Admission is free. ball leaving the bag open. The be­ ant professor of physical education' at terest to students of this University Louise Edson and Marjorie Callahan, Wesleyan university until January, The program: because of his engagement for the representing the Women’s Glee Club, wildered Maine pitcher picked it up Hebrides Overture Mendelssohn Nathan Babcock and Max Campbell, and threw it to the unoccupied base 1934, and received his M.D. degree from Symphony No. 2, D major Beethoven Junior Prom, Friday evening. the Yale School of Medicine in 1933. Adagio molto—Allegro con brio Ellis has been a well-known figure of the Men’s Glee Club, Vic Tyson, allowing Sparky to reach second and (Continued on page 4) in the musical world for more than a president of Skulls, and Professor Larson, third. Mann by then was rat­ After an interneship in Cleveland and decade now, both as a talented pianist Bergethon. tled to the extent that he uncorked Letchworth Village, N. Y., Dr. Ober­ a wild heave and Larson tagged up the lander entered private practice in Lens and Shutter Club who for many years was one of the The‘"competition is t>pen to all fra­ Reading, Mass. He came from there most popular recording artists in the ternities, sororities and dormitories, first marker and Adams pulled up at Shows Phenix Pictures country, and as a successful discoverer and will be held out of doors from 8 third. Lou Cryans came through on to his present position on campus. of talent who first brought out such o’clock in the evening to the finish of a perfect squeeze and Adams closed Dr. Oberlander is a member of the The new exhibit at the library fea­ the scoring activities for the day. American Medical association, a mem­ tures the photos of Richard Phenix, figures as the Mills Brothers, popular the event. Each group will sing two junior at the University, which were Negro quartet who were starred for songs from memory without accom­ New Hampshire muffed a chance to ber of the New Hampshire Medical several years with Bing Crosby; and paniment. Two cups ,will be awarded, blow the game wide open in the third. society, a Fellow of the Massachusetts taken in Panama during Christmas va­ Medical society, and a member of the cation. The display is sponsored by Kahn and Chaplin, writers of such fa­ one to the winning men’s groups, and After Jordan had grounded out, Hall the Lens and Shutter Club. mous hit songs as “Until the Real the other to the women's group which drew a pass, Jack Hersey, who lined American Student Health association. He was chairman of the New Eng­ One of the pictures shown was taken Thing Comes Along,” “Shoe-Shine comes out first. The cups will be re­ out three solid hits, smashed a hit to by the man who took “Skis Over Sko- Boy,” and “Rhythm in My Nursery tired when there is a three-time win­ center sending Hall to third, and Clark land section of the latter organization, ki” which was a part of Duncan Mac­ Rhymes.” In addition to his perform­ ner. was purposely passed filling the bases. and diplomate of the National Board Donald Little’s collection shown re­ ing and managerial career, Seger can The student song leaders are sched­ Mann bore down however, and Lar­ point with pride to his work in the son and Adams went out on weak taps of Medical Examiners in 1935. cently on campus. uled to confer with Professor Berge­ He married Madeline Chase of “Storm in Panama” is one of the movies, such as his featured role in thon on Wednesday, April 30, in Murk- to the shortstop and pitcher respec­ more vivid of the photos. It shows a “One Rainy Afternoon,” with Francis land Auditorium immediately after the tively. Everett, Mass., in 1927. They have small cabin huddled among bending Lederer, Hugh Herbert, and Ida Lu- concert. Professor Bergethon will give (Continued on page 3) two sons, nine and seven years old, palms, and other tropical vegetation. pino, a few years back. a short course on song leading. Son of Wealthy Banker respectively. The photo is so clear that the rain­ Son of a wealthy banker, Ellis g^t drops themselves show up distinctly. his college education at the aristocratic Speakers Awarded CONVO Another is the “Market Place’ taken University of Virginia, where he be­ Radio Club Elects in Panama City showing natives gan his musical career as a singer and Prizes at Finals A required convocation will be held among their stores. Two other par­ featured pianist with the University Officers for Year Anna Karanikas of Goffstown High on Thursday, May 2, at, 1:15 P.M. Jn ticularly beautiful studies are “Sun­ Glee Club. Returning to his home The recently organized Radio Club, School, Frederick Manley of Madison the Women’s Gym. Lucien Price, ed­ set” and “Sunset Serenade.” in an effort to gain official recognition High, and Leo Redfern of Berlin Mr. Jordan and Mr. Hammond, town of Houston, he began broadcast­ itor of the Boston Globe and noted for judges for the Lens and Shutter Club, ing over the local radio station, and as a campus organization, elected offi­ High, carried off the three first prizes the Uncle Dudley editorials, will be soon had achieved some fame through cers and named a list of proposed fac­ of fifteen dollars each in the finals of will judge the exhibit in the library on his piano playing and improvisations ulty advisers at the regular meeting the twenty-eightth annual Interschol­ the speaker. Saturday, May 4, at two o’clock. on his own musical themes—an ability held last Thursday. Officers chosen by astic Prize Speaking Contests spon­ which later enabled him to write such the group to hold positions until next sored by the University of New songs as “Prairie Blues” and “Senti­ fall are: program director, Ray Doyle; Hampshire held Saturday night at 8:00 Government Research Office mental Blues,” which became, after he technical director, Sidney Dimond; in Murkland auditorium.