Northwood University - Northwood Yearbook (Midland, MI)

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Vincent Price —Artful Speaker His collection has grown to such prominence that it was featured in a nationwide television pro- The mad scientist on many a late, late TV movie, Vincent Price, when seen in the light of day, proves to be a literate charmer with a message about modern art. “Pollock and Picasso are reporters of our times,” he told an appreciative Northwood and Town and Campus audience. “‘Art today can’t be peaceful, because our times are not peace- ful.” Mr. Price started his own collection at the age of 12, when he bought a Rembrandt etching. gram. He finds the appreciation of art is growing along with other cultural areas, and says, ‘“‘We must support the arts in this country.” As an art consultant and buyer for a large mail order house, Vincent Price urges the buying of paintings as an investment. “4 painting pays you back for its price, every time you look at it.”’ 115

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Vote on Folk Singer: Britten, Great She came from England and gave us a pro- gram of folk songs—some as old as 600 years, and one as recent as the Big Train Robbery of a year or so ago. The verses of the latter song follow the “‘folk here” through his masterminding of the crime, his rescue of colleagues from prison, and the current frustration of unsuccessful Scotland Yardsmen in pursuit. Miss Britten presented lullabies which, she pointed out, tended to reveal the basic impa- 114 tience of parents and nurses faced with infants who refused to go to sleep. Quiet tunes, but deep - feelings behind the barely polite words. She gave us songs of rebellion, songs of love and courtship, songs of marriage and regret, songs of growing old, songs of soldiers’ depar- ture, songs of lonely girls left behind, in fact, stirring songs of everyday and age. For the memories she aroused and those she left to linger with us, we thank Miss Kay Britten.

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Gracie Fields captivated her Midland audience which presented her with a standing ovation. Miss Fields, musical star of the English stage is often referred to as “‘Queen of the Stage.”’ Brought here by Town and Campus of North- wood, Miss Fields offered a performance simi- lar to those she had done during the war for enlisted men. Northwood entertained the artist at a recep- tion following the show.