Students Enjoy Sophisticated Entertainment n chapel the usual introductions and announcements concerning upcoming Artist Series events almost always ended with the exhortation"... and we encourage you to attend." To the inexperienced or uninformed student, this verbal invitation to cultural exposure might sound akin to the proverbial coaxing a mother gives when administering castor oil. The Artist Series, however, proved not only to be healthy for the student's cultural diet but also extremely palatable to his senses. Under the organizational hand of director Dick Walker, Campus Activities Office provided the college with five major events. These events were sources of dates, suits and ties, fancy dresses and high heels, and polished countenances; students had an opportunity to accustom themselves to the decorum and dress befitting the sophisticated entertainment they enjoyed. Most of the events emphasized the Nielson ond Young musical talents of a variety of artists. In January the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra presented a concert under the direction of renowned conductor Charles Wendelken-Wilson. April brought in two musical events, Nielson and Young, a piano duo, and Adrian Van Manen,a tenor soloist. Nielson and Young appeared with the Concert Chorale. The Gregg Smith Singers, featuring soprano soloist Rosalind Rees, presented a multifaceted program of music from four centuries. The focal point of the presentation was their unique spatial presentation which featured members of their group literally spaced throughout the aduitorium enveloping their listeners in sound. Another unique evening produced John F. Schurman in Eccentric Preacher, a one-man stage performance of Charles Haddon Spurgeon's twenty year seminary reunion.
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