The Spectrum VOLUME L. STATE COLLEGE, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, k EBRUARY 8, 1935. NUMBER 18 Ballet Thrills Enthusiastic Crowd Annual Charity BEGINNERS GET DANCE Koch, Singer, With Brilliant Interpretations INSTRUCTION AT IrM Ball Scheduled That the collegian uninitiated To Entertain Repeated Curtain Calls Indi- to the practice of dancing might Debate Teams cate Approval of learn the fundamentals lof the For Next Friday Audience modern step is theipurpose of the At Assembly newly - formed dancing classes Decorations Will Portray Enter Contest created by the YMCA and True to the tradition it has estab- Noted Dramatic Baritone To YWCA. Beginners' instruction Charitable Projects of lished in all other cities in which it Sing Classical and Op- Six two-man debate teams are in ballroom dancing will begin eratic Series Sororities representing NDSC in the Red has appeared, Col. W. de Basil's Tuesday at 8:00 p. m. with Fran- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo drew River debate tournament at Concor- ces Wright teaching. Raymund Koch, dramatic baritone Featuring posters on the philan- a capacity crowd at Festival hall dia college Friday and Saturday. The lessons will be continued who has appeared with such noted thropic activities of the various sor- last Wednesday night. The audi- They are competing against squads weekly for five weeks with the artists as the New York Symphony orities on this campus, the Charity ence evinced much interest in the from 16 other colleges of North Da- YMCA gymnasium as the meet- Orchestra, will sing a series of se- ball sponsored by the Panhellenic kota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and performance and, if applause may ing place. Both boys and girls lections of a classical and operatic council, will be presented Friday Wisconsin. be taken as a criterion, derived are offered this instructional ser- nature Monday, February 11, as a evening, Feb. 15, in the Field house Speaking for the local college are much enjoyment from the ballet as vice by the "Y" groups. regular convocation program. from 9:30 p.m. until 1 a. m. Sigurd Melstad, Isadore Levine, was evidenced by the repeated de- Mr. Koch comes to NDSC enthu- Grant Heimark, Gerald Stevens, mands for curtain calls after each Displays, featuring the charitable siastically recommended by editorial Donald Erickson, Howard Kilbourne, number. works of the sororities, will be post- comments in cities where he has ed along the walls of the dance Floyd Van Horn, Otis Glendenning, From its repertoire of over thirty Commission Court given concerts. "Mr. Koch is un- floor. Simple decorations have been Woodrow Gagnon, Lloyd Flem, and works the Ballet Russe presented doubtedly an indispensable musical arranged with .emphasis on indirect Neil McCabe. Alternatives are Al- three numbers. The first, "Les Syl- Selects Officers treasure," is the opinion of the Chi- and colored lighting effects. vin Nordlund, Henry Swenson, and phides," was set to Chopin's music cago Evening American, while the Leading the grand march, which Ray Cruden. and through its beauty brought New York Telegram praises him will form at 10 p. in., are Betty Colleges sending teams include back many pleasant memories of The first student commission court with "a vivid dramatic sense helps Bickert, who is president of Pan- River Falls Normal, River Falls, old ballets. Such ballerinas as IrMa will be held in the faculty and him to vitalize whatever he essays hellenic, and her guest, Earl Jen- Wis.; Aberdeen Normal, Aberdeen, Baronova, Tamara Toumanova, and alumni rooms in Old Main today at to sing. He has scored successfully nings, Alyce Connelly, secretary, S. Dak.; Mayville State Teachers Titiana Riabouchinska, delighted the 4:00, at which offenders of the traf- in the operas "II Trovatore" by and James Coleman; Hermione Han- college; Jamestown college; Moor- audience with the nocturne and fic rules on the campus will be Verdi, "Faust" by Gounod, "Lohen- son, treasurer, and Merlin Haugen, head State Teachers college, Ham- valse, and were augmented by Ro- brought before the court and fined grin" by Wagner, and in others of followed by the senior and junior line, Macalester, and St. Thomas, St. man Jasinisky, who gave a virile for their offenses. equal prominence. members of the Panhellenic council. Paul, Minn.; Carleton and St. Olaf, solo mazurka besides participating Gerald Stevens has been appoint- Not confining himself solely to The chaperons and honored guests Northfield, Minn.; Gustav Adolph-us, in a valse with Irina Baronova. In ed judge by the commissioner of this type of work he has performed will complete the line. Following St. Peter, Minn. "Scuola Di Ballo," a comedy by the judiciary, and Cathryn Ray has as a soloist with the Chicago Sym- the march, formal dancing will con- Forming the discussion point of Goldoni, the comedy vein reached selected Maine Shafer and Orville phony Orchestra, St. Louis Sym- tinue until 1 a. m.. Music will be the tourney will be: Resolved that its most uproarious point with its Goplen to act as clerks. phony Orchestra and the Cleveland furnished by the Crystal Ballroom the export of munitions to foreign finely developed art of pantomime. Members of the commission act- Symphony Orchestra. orchestra and their trio. countries should be prohibited. The final number was "Le Beau ing as policemen have been very At his appearance at Festival hall The committees in charge of the In this year's tournament no win- Danube" set to the music of Johann successful in capturing a large num- Mr. Koch will present a program in ball are: Vernetta Hidde, Eleanor ner will be selected; it will be con- Strauss with a Viennese garden as ber of offenders who will be brought three groups, the first to consist of Isaacs, and Cathryn Ray, decora- ducted entirely as a round robin its setting. before Judge Stevens today. "Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves" tions; Constance Hsilrnan_and Mary discussion. Dean Paul Rasmussen, Since taking over the' remainder - Court will be held every two by Haendel, "Der Tambour" by Clemens, programs; Audrey B'oe, Concordia college debate coach, is of Diaghileff's ballet company in weeks with fines deducted from Wolf, and "The Legend of the Sage Hermione Hanson, and Jane Nich- managing the event. 1931, Col. de 13'asil's Ballet Russe de registration cards. Bush" by Massanet. The second ols, tickets; Alyce Connolly, Amy Monte Carlo has made 1423 per- Fines are imposed for cutting series of songs includes "Field Be- Glaser, Helen Engle, music. formances altogether. Of these, 118 across the campus and parking cars loved" by Rachmaninoff, "The Goat" Tickets for the ball, from which Musical Phantasy were presented in the Covent Gar- in the wrong places. the proceeds are given to the com- den Opera House in London, 16 in by Moussorgsky, "Far on the Road" munity chest, can be obtained from To Be Presented the Theatre de Monte Carlo at by Ipolitoff-Ivanoff, and "Dubinush- the various representatives of each Monte Carlo, 12 in the Grand The- ka" by arr-Bromberg. With Dob- sorority and also may be secured in By LCT Players atre de Licia in Barcelona, 18 in Students Promote son's "Cargoes", then "Sea Fever' Dean Dinan's office. the Theatre des Champs Ely-sees, by Ireland, "The Green Eyed Drag- "Clock Shop," a one-act musical Paris, and the remainder in U. S. Interior Murals on" by Charles, and "De Glory fantasy by John Goleden, will be A., Canada, Mexico, and European Road" by Wolfe, Mr. Koch will com- FORMER EDITOR TELLS plete his third group, bringing his OF ARIZONA WEATHER given for the first time this season countries with a total of 3,205,367 For Science Hall by a group of LCT players in the spectators in attendance. entertainment to a close Little Country theater Friday after- Bertha Hagen, Fargo pianist, will The California poppies are begin- A new project, that of decorating furnish the accompaniment ning to blossom on the southern noon, Feb. 22. Students and facul- ty members are invited to this open- the interior of Science hall with slopes of the Baboquivari mountains Eide Norena Will murals, is being promoted by a in Arizona and in a few days should ing performance, which has been arranged primarily f o r Fargo's small group of students backed by cover the country with a riot of various faculty men who have al- Gamma Tau Sigma color, writes Gale Monson, last year's school children, said Alice Bender, Appear In Lyceum director of the production, in an- ready discovered that Leo Hencara, editor of the Spectrum, in a letter nationally known artist and deco- nouncing the play. The first rendi-, Eide Norena, world famous sopra- Lays Tennis Plans to Professor Stevens of the Botany rator now living in Fargo, will do Department. Mr. Monson is engaged tion will be given at 3:45 p. m. on no and member of the Metropolitan Feb. 22. the work at very little cost to the in grass range work for the federal Opera Company, will appear at Positive assurance that there will Taking the leading roles in this institution. government and reports that on the Festival Hall, Thursday, Feb. 21, at be ample opportunity for tennis musical comedy are Marm Houg- "I am planning to make my home last reconnoissance party the ther- 8:15. This will be the fifth per- players to pursue their practice of urn and Dorothy Hawkinson, who in Fargo." stated Mr. Hencara," and mometer stood 80 degrees above formance in the lyceum series. the game right here on the campus will personify Hans and Gretchen am willing to cooperate with any zero. Miss Norena was born in Nor- was given.