University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Zelma Watson George, Ph.D., famed singer, | lecturer, actress, and educator, presented a program of Negro Spirituals in Washington i ! Hall on December 2. Mrs. George illustrated in song the importance of the Negro Spir- ituals in the historical, cultural, and sociologi- cal development of the Negro as a person. Mrs. George graduated in voice from the Conservatory of Music in Chicago. She also holds degrees from the University of Chicago, New York University, and the University of Southern California. She played the title role in Gian Carlo-Menotti ' s The Medium in Cleveland in 1949, and was invited by the composer to play the role on Broadway. She has had experience as a case worker and probation officer, and was Dean of Women at Tennessee State University. Mrs. George is now Secretary of the Board and Executive Committee of the Council on Human Relations, and Treasurer of the Uni- versity of Chicago Alumnae Club of Cleve- land. Players, Incorporated, of Washington, D. C., presented Shakespeare ' s King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing in Washing- ton Hall on January 8 and 9. The Players, a drama troupe composed of former students of the speech and drama de- partment at the Catholic University in Wash- ington, are now in their seventh season of touring the country. All of the members of the group have had professional experience in the theatre, television, or films. Their present tour includes 150 performances in 30 states and Canada. The Reverend Gilbert V. Hartke, O.P., founder of the group, who directed Much Ado About Nothing, is the head of the speech and drama department at the Catholic Uni- versity. The president of Players, Incorpo- rated, Robert B. Moore, who directed King Lear, is resident director at Saint Michael ' s Playhouse in Winooski, Vermont. Dr. Jose- phine McGarry Callan is the group ' s drama coach. Visitors

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Hubert H. Humphrey. Democratic Senator from Minnesota, addressed the Academy of Political Science on December 5. Senator Humphrey gave a sharp criticism of Republican for- eign and domestic policy. The Minnesota senator said that the GOP is not very familiar with Communist tactics and Soviet strategy. They have allowed foreign policy to become sloganized. Humphrey stated that Germany, Japan, and the East are the crucial areas in foreign policy today. He fears that Republican foreign policy has underestimated the possibility of continued Communist penetration in Europe, particularly in Germany. With regard to domestic policy, Senator Humphrey attacked the farm and security programs of the Republican Administra- tion, citing them as failures . He appeared convinced that the Republican farm program of flexible price supports would be the main issue of the 1956 campaign. He also indicated that there was evidence that the Administration was misrepresenting the facts about workers fired from government positions as security risks. Visitors On November 25, Notre Dame was treated to a colorful exhibition of Slavic folk songs and dances by the Duquesne University Tam- buritzans. The tamburitza is one of the old- est musical instruments known to man, and it is the forerunner of the mandolin and the guitar. It supplies the accompaniment for the singing and dancing of the Tamburitzans. The Tamburitzans, now in their nine- teenth season, are all undergraduate students at Duquesne University. The managing direc- tor of the group, Walter Kolar, has been asso- ciated with them for seventeen years. He is also the director of the Tamburitzan School at McKeesport, Pa., which he established to stimulate interest in Slavic culture and music. The Tamburitzans began practicing in August, and toured the northern part of the country before returning to Pittsburgh to be- gin the school year. All of the proceeds of the concerts are put into a scholarship fund for deserving students.

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55. ual jn- His Beatitude Maximos IV, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received an honorary Doctor of Laws de- gree, awarded by Father Hesburgh, October 20, 1955. The ceremonies took place in Sacred Heart Church. Under the Holy Father, Maximos IV is the spiritu shepherd of approximately 150,000 Milkites of the Byzan tine Rite of the Catholic Church. The Milkites use the Arabic language in their liturgical functions. The juris- diction of Maximos IV extends to all the faithful of his church living in the lands of the old Turkish empire (as of 1894) and Egypt. Approximately 20,000 Milkites have emigrated to the United States. They are served by priests subject to the local American bishop. For the seventh straight year, the Juilliard String Quartet occupied an important posi- tion in the Notre Dame Concert and Lecture series. On January 31, the group appeared in Washington Hall and featured string quartet compositions by Mozart, Beethoven and Bar- tok. Quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School of Music, New York City, the ensemble is composed of Robert Mann and Robert Koff, violin, Raphael Hillyer, viola, and Claude Adam, cello. The Quartet has been acclaimed unique among groups of its kind because of its consistently youthful and fresh approach in chamber music interpretation. In addition to playing the traditional chamber music, the Juilliard String Quartet has brought to the fore the contemporary composers whose mas- terworks had remained inaccessible due to their immense technical difficulties and new- ness of musical language. 28