Eastern Illinois University The Keep April 1950 4-5-1950 Daily Eastern News: April 05, 1950 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1950_apr Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: April 05, 1950" (1950). April. 1. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1950_apr/1 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1950 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ershoppers sing tonight Eastern State News "Tell the Truth and Don't Be Afraid" EASTERN ILLINOIS STATE COLLEGE . CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1050 candidates seek offices in election tomorrow ' I .. o Polls open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Nikoloidi, Greek coritrolto, 53 positions to be filled - ONE HUNDRED thirty-three student candidates will be ppeor for concert Monday night vieing for positions in the annual spring elections be held between 9 53a. m, and p. m. tomorrow under the clockto ELENA NIKOLAIDI, Greek contralto of European fame, Old Main. 4 · in SA announces will appear at Eastern next Monday night in the Health Only girls vot(\ for Women's League candidates. Only Education building. The program is sponsored by the Char­ men vote for Men's Union candidates. All may vote for boards. program leston Community Concert organization. There will be six write-in's for in­ 1 Miss Nikolaidi was born in a small town near Athens, dependent positions on the Stu-. • program, featur­ Greece. One of five children, Elena inherited her musical Eastern invites 800 dent Council. A'flVE Society for the Preser­ gifts from her father, who was an When voting for independent independent teacher arid professor ances of wor s for voice and or­ representatives to the Student and Encouragement of high school seniors ' of Byzantine music. chest;a. Council, vote for three men and op Quartet Singing in Within a short time after When she was fifteen she sang for 'College Day' three women. or 8 p. m. tonight in the her first appearances in ma­ for the directors of the Athens I Following is a list of positions ucation building, has jor cities of the United States, "COLLEGE DAY," scheduled for and candidates : sed by the group. conservatory and. was awarded a Thursday, April 13, is expected Men's Union: President (vote · six-year scholarship. enda will include "Fan­ to bring from 70 0 to 800 high for one): C. J. Doane, Jack Ho­ the Trumpet Trio ; the Soon after her graduation from school seniors from a hundred well, Don Glover, Bill Sargent. rrl s (international theme the conservatory, she appeared at cities to the Eastern ca pus, ac­ Vice-President : Ken Brauer, After Dark" featuring cording to Dr. William H. Zeigel, Richard Allison, John Wilson, the Athens Lyric theater in "Car­ Quartet; "Honey," "Ken- director · of admissions and guid­ Gaydon Brandt. men" and "Samson and Delila" be", "Y ona, from Ari­ ance. Freshman representative (vote d Bill Reid, the poor with internationally famous sing- Eastern's 16 departments will for two ) : Tom Kirkwood, Glen y Lauder. ers. arrange tours, demonstrations, Curtis, Stanle:r- Cornelison, Vic ted are "I've Been Lis­ She has sung a widely var­ exhibits, and activities to fami­ Breininger, Norman Patberg, Dave i the Singers ; "Dry ied repertory of operatic liarize prospective students with Cohrs, Bob Ziegel, Paul Foreman. eaturing the Singers and roles-Amneris, Eboli, Azu­ their offerings. This year each Sophomore representative (vote Davisson, tap dancer ; cena, Orpheus, Delila, Erda, visitor will be able to visit two for two ) : Morris Jacobs, Bernard features will include the and her most famous part, departments in which he is inter­ Elder, Richard Davis, Jerry Rob­ ts Quartette, The J or­ Carmen. ested and consult with faculty inson, Ed Soergel, J. D. Anderson, and the Jacksonville members in individual interviews. Jim Cody, Herb Wills. Following her 1948 debut in A Gay Nineties Revue Junior representative (vote for New York, Miss Nikolaidi was en­ E ac' h department is assigning the program. two ): Frank Pitol, Ken Sedgwick, ude gaged to sing over the ABC coast­ student guides for high school Jim Dukas, Charles Blakely, Don red by Phi Sigma Epsi­ to-coast network on the "Carnegie groups. Rothschild, Jack Whitson, John rnity, the affair will be Hall" program, and also appeared Miss Nikolaidi's concert sche­ A tentative program has been Schnarr, Larry Mizener. of its kind for the year. on the "Voice of America" pro­ dule for the 1949-50 season announced as follows: \Vomen's League: President n prices are 75 cents gram, which was beamed to was entirely sold out. 8-8 :45 a. m.-Registration. (vote for one) : Nancy Worner, r and 50 cents balcony. Greece, at the request of the De­ Speaking of Miss Nikolai<li, 8 :45-9 :15 a. m.-Sp ecial enter­ Mary Cole. 'I not be reserved. partment of State. ' Jerome D. Bohm of the New York tainment, auditorium, Old Main. Freshman representative (vote Herald Tribune After her first orchestral ap­ said, "In 20 years 9:15-9:50 a. m.-General assem­ for two) : Barbara Christman, pearance with the New York Phil­ of music reviewing and in twice bly. Welcome by President Robert Helen Vacketta, Marilyn Macy, emphasis week harmonic-Symphony orchestra at that number spent in listening G. Buzzard and college deans. Nancy Hampton, Eleanor Schwartz. us to most of the world's best singers, New York's Lewissohn stadium 10-10 :50 a.1 m.-Visits in de- Sophomore representative (vote I have encountered no greater lecture series last summer, she was engaged to partments of first interest. for two ) : Betty Worland, Juanita s sing Clytemnestra in a concert ver­ voice or vocalists." · 11-1 p. m.-Lunch at · college Rhodes, Nancy Baird, Wilma Jean week, sion of "Elektra" under her com­ Originally scheduled to appear cafeteria. Consultations, campus Yost, Marilyn Newlin. 'ng Monday and lasting patriot Dimitri Mitropoulos in at Eastern in February, Miss tours, recreation. Junior representative (vote for Friday, is featuring a Carnegie hall. Nikolaidi was obliged to advance 1-1 :50 p. m.-Visits in depart­ two ) : Janet Finlayson, Carolyn lectures by representa­ In Europe, Miss Nikolaidi has her performance date because of ments of second interest. Petty, Joan Madden, Rosemary Catholic, Jewish and Pro­ appeared with such noted conduc­ the coal shortage and resulting 2-2:45 p. m.-General assembly. Van den Ende, Jean Ann Hel­ faiths, sponsored by the tors as Bruno Walter, John Bar­ college shutdown. The Eastern Illinois School­ merich. board. birolli, Mitropoulos, Hans Knap­ Students will be admitted to the masters club and Pi Delta Kap­ Student-Faculty Boards: Ap- are pertsbusch and other distinguish­ performance on presentation of pa have assisted in planning the portionment (vote for four) : Bet- ed batonists as soloist in perform- their recreation tickets. April i3 program at Eastern. ( Continued on page 7) onday, Reverend Father J. Duncan, chaplain to • lie students at the Uni­ Publications board of Illinois, spoke on "Reli­ to meet tomorrow a Colleg� World." PrisOners sof e from mobs 1n old tunnel Jerome W. Grollman, as­ PUBLICATIONS BOARD will OLDTIME COURTROOM trials Rabbi in the United He- meet at 9 a. m. tomorrow in room 14 of the new annex, accord­ sometimes got out of hand. Und er the city ing to Dr. Francis .w. Palmer. Prisoners were frequently onery and thought nothing of making a " jailbreak at the first opportunity. Senior announcement If the defendent was particu­ orders to b.e taken larly unpopular he stood a good chance of being roughed up by until April 5 the crowd while being taken to 1 and frem the jail by a deputy. • SENIOR ANNOUNCEMENT or­ Sometimes a lynch mob would ders are being taken under the disagree with the judge's verdict clock in Old Main during float and decide a different fate for periods. the criminal. Orders will be taken until April 15. Evidence of these more rugged times is the old tunnel, which Announcements, co sting 12 runs underground from the court­ cents each, are to be paid for when house to the jail, on Seventh ordered'.' stree't. Prisoners were ferreted back Classes to be dismissed and forth through the tunn�l be­ tween courtroom s ssions. Hence at noon Friday · they were protected from a hostile 1 2 mob and were at the same time CLASSES WILL be di smissed at at St. Louis, thwarted in any attempt to "make gregation 12 noon Friday, Good Friday, Scientific Know­ a break for it." "Does according to information receiv­ Difficult to Accept Even though the tunnel is no ke It ed from the office of the dean. Faith?" at a session yes­ longer used for its original, more . TUNNEL RUNNING between the courthouse and city jail All classes will resume at 8 colorful purpose, it is still in ex­ afternoon. in Charleston is reminiscent of days when good trotting a. m. Monday. cellent repair. Its maih function a morning, Dr. Sherwood today is carrying steam pipes horse was harder to find than a wife. The tunnel is now used erly secretary for Asia · Shortening of the Easter vaca­ · from a furnace on Eighth street, YMCA, spoke on "Has Re- tion was made necessary by the · for steam pipes and drying clothes. Prisoners were once . ed?" need to make up class time lost to heat the jail and courthouse. The old tunnel also comes in handy spirited through it s dark recesses to and from the jail and were followed by a during the coal shortage shutdown for drying clothes.