Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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towards the whole person. The Howard University Cultural Scries opened its first season October 10, with the presentation of Grace Bumbry. The Series, designed primarily for students, is held in Howard's Crampton Auditorium. The 1962-1963 Scries presents: Grace Bumbry, soprano, whose appearance at Howard w'as her first performance in America since her White House recital of February. 1962, has appeared throughout Europe, including performances with the Haris Opera and at the Bayreuth Festival in West Germany. The National Symphony Orchestra (November 10) under the direction of Howard Mitchell — is a favorite in the Howard community, performing in concert each year with the Howard University Choir. Dr. Harold Taylor (December 3) is considered to be one of the most provocative thinkers in the field of American education. In his lecture. America as a Creative Art. he emphasized the importance of individual worth and potential, which he feels is in danger of being overlooked in our mass society The performance of Peirre I.uboshutz and Gina Nemcnoff (December 8) piano concert was enjoyed so much by the Howard audience that the performers were obliged to give an encore. Their repertoire included Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Strauss, as well as many scores written especially for them. Roberta Iglesias and his Ballet Espanol (January 3) have thrilled the audiences of three transcontinental tours with their fiery and torrid artistry. His flamenco duct with Rosario Galen will never be forgotten by the Howard audience The Turn of the Screw” (February 10) a new' opera, by Benjamin Britton, was an immediate success when it premiered in New York City. In the Howard performance, will appear the original cast which includes Patricia Neway, winner of the America Theatre Wings Tony Award, as well as Critics and Donaldson Awards. Based on Henry James' famous horror talc, this unconventional opera is melodrama set to exciting music. Dame Judith Anderson (March 23) will portray two of her greatest roles, Medea — '62, a condensa tion of Robinson Jeffers' drama and Lady Macbeth, the Shakespearean role for which she received television s 1961 Emmy Award for the best performance by an actress. Miss Anderson is a star of stage and screen, and is considered one of the world s great actresses. Basil Rathbone (April 4) has been one of Hollywood's and Broadway's best and busiest performers. His readings are rich in drama which is inherent in the works of Poe. Doyle, Shakespeare. Browning, and Housman Mr. Rathbone is a living example of his belief that poetry rather than being read, is something to be performed. When this season of the Cultural Series closes, it will close with the hope that the 1963 1964 season will be even more successful. A scene from Turn of the Screw 20-

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Peace Corps Trainee Group. Howard University. 1962 Last summer the Howard University campus was the scene of the nation s first inter-university consortium for Peace Corps training. Between June 22 and September 7, 1962, Howard University offered special training to nearly one hundred Peace Corps volunteers. These trainees, whose average age was 26 years, and 70 percent of whom were at least college graduates, were being prepared for Peace Corps assignments in Cyprus, and in several West African countries Senegal. Sierra Leone. Togo, and Niger. The Cyprus trainees were being groomed primarily for work in geological mapping and in agricultural adult education. The West African trainees included three mam groups: English teachers, preparing to teach English to French-speaking West Africans; doctors and nurses scheduled for hospital and clinic duties in Togo and in Seirra Leone; and group of expert fishermen who were preparing to assist the Togolese to increase their protein diets by applying commercial fishing methods to the abundant fisheries resources of that country. Training was offered by a staff which numbered over one hundred persons. Students attended classes from 6:30 A M. to 9:30 P.M.. Monday through Friday, and half-a-day on Saturdays. Included in the program were language studies, technical studies, area studies, health and medical training, and physical conditioning. Dr. F.mmett E. Dorsey, chairman of the Department of Government at Howard, was Coordinator for the Project. H. Naylor Firzhugh, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, was Assistant Project Coordinator. Instructors in the program were drawn from Howard. Georgetown, George Washington, Maryland, American, and Johns Hopkins Universities, through an Inter-university Consortium. Howard was represented on the Consortium Policy Board by Vice-President. William Stuart Nelson. Dr. Vincent J. Browne was Executive Director of the Policy Board. -22-