University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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skating, an informal dance, and the judging of the snow sculptures, Friday night; skiing and the Naiads ' water ballet, Saturday afternoon; and the ball, Saturday night, at which Dorothy Hur- lock ' 46 was selected as Carnival Queen. The winning snow sculpture was Pi Beta Phi ' s Skitrooper. This year, the Quadrangle, the non- sorority girls ' club, has been dissolved, and all non-sorority and non-fraternity students have formed a new group, to be known as the Independents. This has been done to provide representation for about 200 students, who otherwise would not have a representative voice on campus. The Poetry Reading Club has been revived and reorganized. This group is the spiritual descendant of a small group of poetry lovers who held their first meetings in the Fall of 1942. The Club has resumed activity under the influence of Miss Horrigan, Dr. O ' Donnell, and Miss McNamara. The annual Glee Club Concert, given as a Social Union program, was presented on Friday, February 16th. The Statettes and the reorganized Statesmen were featured . The following week-end, the Roister Doisters sponsored the revival of the Interclass Play Competition. In this the freshman class took the honors for their presentation of New School for Wives, directed by Maija Honkonen. The mem- bers of the cast were presented individual copies of Thirty Famous One-Act Plays ; the award was made by Professor Rand. Under the leadership of Doric Alvi- ani, the foundation for a new tradition on campus has been laid. The Concert Series. It is hoped that, in time, interest will demand an increase in the number and the variety of programs. On November 29th, Donald Dickson, well-known baritone soloist, presented the first concert in the series. Percy Grainger, piano virtuoso and composer, was the guest artist for the second program on February 14th. The third concert, on April 10th, featured Anne Brown, known to most people as the original star of George Gershwin ' s classic opera Porgy and Bess. Miss Brown is well remembered by the juniors and seniors for her perform- ance at a Social Union Program two years ago. It should not be necessary to add that her concert was well appre- ciated. During the course of the year plans were made for the revival of Fraternity Chapters. There are at present eleven fraternity men on campus, who represent only four of the houses. The Dramatic Workshop, this year, presented two plays as part of the Fine Arts Series. The first, on January 4th, entitled Be Sure Your Sex Will Find You Out, was a satire about women and the crushes they often develop for certain movie actors. The second, Num- ber 10, was given on January 18th. This was a romantic incident in a hospital. The Dramatic Workshop, English 89, is a scheduled course in which students learn directing, casting, costuming, make- up work, and set designing. The plays are presented as a class exercise. 12

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