Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Webb Tilton as Frenchman Emile du Becque. Benny Baker played Seabee Luther Billis. ■ rom the call of Bali Hal came an invitation to watch one of Rogers and Hainmerstein’s greatest. For four sue sive performances capacity audiences filler the Hall of Music to hear Janet Blair and Webb Tilton sing and dance the colorful tale of an island in the South Pacific. Janet Blair as Ensign Nellie Forbush, U.J W

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Here we witnessed the dignity of ballet and opera, and rose to the enthusiasm of a pci The Hall of Music Provided Entertainment and Culture f urdue University’s reknowned Hall of Music, with a seating capacity of over six thousand, provided students and townspeople alike with the finest offerings of drama, variety, and ballet. 24

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Sautcr-Finnegan’s sounds were cnjoyably received. Victory Varieties ... F rom jokes to grand opera—the auditorium series was planned for the low brow, the high brow, the sedate, and the lighthearted. The Hall of Music bore witness to many fine performances during the year. Anyone and everyone could find programs in which he was interested and could find enjoyment. Flathan Milstein, violin virtuoso. gave a concert in the I fall of Music. Also seen there during the past year were the popular Sail ter-Finnegan orchestra and the dramatization of the Trial Scene from “The Caine Mutiny. We thrilled to the music of violinist Nathan Milstein. The “Trial Scene was a triumph of dramatic ability. 26