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Students and teachers of B e thany- Pen i e l Col lege have made a n u mber of rad i o a ppea rances d u r i ng th i s c o l l ege yea r . T h e Roya l P l ayers of the A i r, a n o rg a n i z a t ion of express ion students under the d i rec t ion of H a r l a n Menden h a l l , began a se r i es of b roadcasts over KFXR N ovember 1 7 . The f i rst p l ay p resen ted was "The Robbery'" by C l a re K u m m e r . Other p l ays presented wee k l y were " Fenne l " by J e rome k . J erome, a n d "The G roove" b y George M i d d l e ton . P l ayers who a ppea red i n these dramas were Esther C rooks, E I i za beth Dobson, E I i zabeth H e r re l l , H a r r i s C reec h , Ray C rooks, E rnest Askren, a n d H a r l a n Mendenha l l . W i l l o Mae Cal l away and Th e l ma I saacs f u rn i shed the m u s i c a l background for the p l ays . I n December, P res ident B rac ken accepted an i nv i ta t i o n to present a n ed uca t i ona l prog ra m a t W N A D , T h e U n ivers i ty of O k l ahoma rad i o sta t : on a t Norman, O k l a homa. Dr. B ra c ken add ressed the rad i o a ud ience on " Mora l Educa t i on . " A m u s i c a l prog ram of the fol l ow i n g se l ec t ions was presented : The co l l ege ma l e q u a r tet presen ted two n u m bers, " Fo r God So Loved the Wor l d / ' and " Co m i n g Home" f rom " La rgo" of the " N ew Wo r l d Symphony. " Two songs, "Oh, Savior H e a r Me" and " Come U n to Me/' were s u n g by Mrs. W. B. Dobso n . A l a n S m i th pl ayed the v i o l i n s e l ec t i on "Ave M a r i a " by Schubert-W i he l m j . P rofessor Wa l ter J . H i l d i e presen ted two p i a n o se l e c 足 f ions, "A Ma j o r Nocturne" and " C Major E tude" b y Rubenste i n . A l a n B. S m i th , p rofessor of v i o l i n , a p 足 peared as guest- a rt i s t of the Ponca C i ty M u s i c C l ub, F e b r u a ry 1 , a t Ponca C i ty. Mr. S m i th was a ss i s ted by Helen H e l w i q , p i a n ist, of B l a c kwe l l . M iss R u th Lang p l ayed the accompan i ments. The Ponca C i ty Music C l ub i s one of the best known of the Sou thwest and i t is a n honor to be i nv i ted to a ppea r before i t . Mr. S m i th ' s p rogram opened w i th t h e f i rst move m e n t of the Bach "A M i no r Con 足 certo " and c l osed w i th the Schubert足 Wi l he l m j a r rangement of the "Ave M a r i a . " Among other n u mbers, M r . S m i th p l ayed the " Sonata in A Major" by Handel and "Menuett" by Popo ra - K r e i s l er.
MRS. A .
1< . BRAC KEN
Chairman, Fac u l ty Program Commi ttee
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