Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music - Opus Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW SEPTEMBER: Students returned on the second. Instruction began eight days later. Student Council election was on the twelfth; new officers: President, James Bowers; Vice- President, Kenneth Hughes; Secretary, Mary Louise Houk; Senior councilman, Donald Holzhausen; Junior councilman, Paul Brown; Sophomore councilman, Jerry Mohler; Freshman councilman, Louis Mader. Receptions were held for the new stvidents by the campus organizations. OCTOBER: Conservatory Orchestra Concert at the Murat Theatre opened the Community Fund campaign. All-school wiener roast was held at Cumberland, Indiana, on the seventeenth. Six weeks ' exams. Hallowe ' en was celebrated by formally initiating the new students with stunts, followed later with dancing and refreshments, in the Student Hall. NOVEMBER: Drama Department began their 1941-42 series of productions. Barber of Seville appeared at English ' s on the Martens series. Symphony season got under way. Philharmonic Quartet, Joe Lewis, and Harriet Peacock presented program at Peru, Indiana. Maennerchor, with Leon Zawisza as soloist, presented program at the Athenaeum. Thanksgiving vacation began on the nineteenth. Sigma Alpha Iota, Mu Phi Epsilon, and Phi Mu Alpha joined in holding a Noel Fest. Myron Rosen ' s recital at the World War Memorial. Children ' s Concert at the Murat. Second six weeks ' exams. An inter-fraternity post-Thanksgiving dance at Carr ' s Hall was sponsored by the sororities and fraternities. Pop Concert at the Murat. Murat. DECEMBER: Ballet Russe at English ' s. Indianapolis Symphony in Fort Wayne and South Bend. Emanuel Feuermann, ' cellist, with the Symphony at the Murat. Benjamin Parronchi in recital at the World War Memorial. Christmas Concert at the Murat on the eleventh. The Matinee Musicale-Maennerchor presentation of the Mes- siah at the Murat on the sixteenth; the Jordan Opera Orchestra provided accom- paniment. Conservatory Christmas Formal at the Hotel Severin. Hertha Glaz, contralto, appeared with the Indianapolis Symphony. Philharmonic Choir sang at Terre Haute, Indiana. Tri K club had an exchange Christmas party. JANUARY: Indianapolis Symphony Pop Concert. Symphony in Bloomington, Indiana. James Hosmer in recital at the World War Memorial. Amparo Iturbi appeared with the Indianapolis Symphony. Alfred Mirovitch appeared on the Jordan radio hour. Symphony on ten-day tour. Gregor Piatigorsky, ' cellist, in recital at Eng- lish ' s. Final exams on the nineteenth. Richard Foster in oboe recital at the Odeon. Ezio Pinza, basso, appeared with the Symphony. First semester ended the twenty- fourth; second semester began the twenty-seventh. Entire Conservatory partici- pated in all-city project for benefit of infantile paralysis campaign. FEBRUARY: Symphony Pop Concert. Reception in the Student Hall in honor of Skip- per ' s and Mrs. Skipper ' s golden wedding anniversary. Voice Department re- cital at the Odeon. Mary Spalding and Mildred Boyl appeared in a joint recital at the Odeon. Another Pop Concert on the fifteenth. Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, at English ' s. Symphony at Bloomington, Indiana. Leon Zawisza in recital at the World War Memorial. Lotte Lehmann, soprano, appeared with the Symphony. Symphony on an extended tour. Westminster Choir Concert on the twenty-second. Elizabeth Madison presented voice recital at the Odeon. MARCH: Dorothy Maynor, soprano, at English ' s. Lou Ellen Trimble presented voice recital at the Odeon. First six weeks ' exams. Harold Triggs and Joan Moore, duo-