Southern Illinois University - Obelisk Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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Music Department Pref sents Annual uRl6SSlLll1.l. Ur. Vllinn traditional Holiday Mood on Campus Changes From the Gay to the Aesthetic Presentation ol' The lXlessiali by George Frederick llandel added a note of soleinnity to tlie gaiety of Christmas week activities. Directed by Dr. Klauritx liesnar at Slirioek Auditorium, the produetion involved the musical talents ol' nearly two hundred persons of the Southern lllinois Oratorio Cliorus and Syrnpliony Orchestra. Soloists were Kay Fuller. soprano: Dorotlu l,. Clarlx, eontralto: Q lrarles Nlefool, tenor: Ylanies XY. XleEnery. lwaritoneflmass. ends tlie lioliday prograin xxitli tlie reading ol' tlle fliristinas story liI'fJll1 ltulce.

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Shortly after appearing at the party, Santa CD1 C. C. FranldinD gave another command perform- ance at a holiday assembly. His C0-star in a modern version of Whldwas the Night Before Christ- masu was Ken Rueinski. Santa Claus Joins Holiday Merry-Makers Wlith the Student Center Christmas party in lull swing, Carroll Cox demonstrates to Carolyn Bernhard the acquired art of devouring a L lTlCllLi.l apple whole. The lesson was completed hy the time Santa lnide his And a Round Little Belly Thur Shook XVhen Ile Laughed Like a Bowlful of jellv ln a gay mood, play the life-sax at the Student Christmas party

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Serving Carbondale and Southern in thc line of entertainment are three groups, the Lectures and Entertainment committee, Little Theatre, and the Carbondale Community Concert Asso- ciation. These organizations have brought hefore the univer- sity audience classical anti jazz concerts, comedy and drama. Bliss Eleanor Steber, lyric soprano, opened the season for the Community Concert Association with a Presentation of operf atic and semi-classical selections. VVith swift fingers and quick humor, Miss Ethel Smith, first lady of the or- gan, captivated a ca- pacity audience in Shryock Auditorium, as she presented her two-hour concert.