Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Pianist William Kinderman gave a concert featuring pieces by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven. He was assisted by Donald Riggs on the clarinet for the Brahms piece "Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano".
Ladislas Segy, a well known scholar of African Art, loaned the College over thirty artworks from his own gallery. They were displayed in the Holland Union Building from September 9th through the 29th.
A six-man band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, performed in the College Cafeteria for the enjoyment of the students. The band played a mixture of Country Western, Blue Grass, and Rock and Roll.
Black-belt Rich Garnish, along with a team of six experts, gave a demonstration of Okinawan Isshinryu Karate in the Social Hall. The demonstration was concluded by a lesson in self-defense. The program was offered as a prelude to the upcoming karate class being offered for gym credit.
The Cultural Affairs Committee of the College presented Charles Gordone's Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place To Be Somebody. Key issues in the play were racial identity the strength of the human spirit.
The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. Members of the student body and the faculty performed such pieces as George Philip Telemann's "Concerto for flute, horn, bassoon, and harpsichord", Bela Bartok's "Three Dances...
Eighty-one prints by contemporary artist Marky Bulwinkle were displayed in the Holland Union Building. Most of the artworks were woodcuts, and all works were vibrantly colored and full of life.
Marcel Marceau, who was the director of his own school of pantomime techniques in New York City and unsurpassed in his field, performed for the college in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium.
The Imaginary Invalid, a play by Moliere adapted by Miles Malleson, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. This play, which was set in Paris in 1676, featured a chronic hypochondriac whose entire life was centered around his imagined illness, much to the frustration of those around him....
The Department of Music presented the second Noonday Concert of the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. Students and faculty performed Gabriel Faure's "Piece", Georg Philipp Telemann's "Air", selections from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Suite in G major", Pietro Domenico Paradies...
The College Choir and Collegium Musicum performed with the Heinrich Schuetz Singers of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges in an Anniversary Concert at 8:30pm in Roberts Hall on the Haverford College campus. The concert celebrated the 450th anniversary of Josquin des Prez, the 350th anniversary of...
George Rouault's Miserere, made up of twelve original etchings, was on display in the Holland Union Building. An early 20th century European artist, Rouault's works featured clowns, corrupt judges, the passion of Christ, and the misery of war.
The College Choir, accompanied by the Amado String Quartet, presented An Evening with Mozart at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They played Mozart's "Benedictus sit Deus", "String Quartet in C Major", "Four Nocturnes: 346, 438, 549, 437", "Regina Coeli", and "Placido e il...
An exhibition of artwork done by the students of the college was on display in the Holland Union Building. Photography, block prints, silk screen prints, drawings, paintings, and macrame were all present in the show. No one college group sponsored the show, and all students were invited to show...
Seven one act plays, in which the only actors were freshmen, were presented to the college.
The Department of Music presented the third Noonday Concert of the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall of Old West. Students and faculty performed Max Reger's "Maria Wiegenlied", James Hook's "Sonata for Three Flutes", Franz Joseph Hadyn's "Allegro con Brio", George F. Handel's "Rejoice...
Collegium Musicum presented the medieval opera The Play of Daniel in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The story of Daniel is told in the Old Testament, and the play depicts his encounter with God when his angels were sent to save him from the lions' den. He then went on to predict...
The Mermaid Players presented the closing performances of two plays: The Bald Soprano and The Lesson, both by Eugene Ionesco. The Lesson was given in conjunction with this year's Public Affairs Symposium, which dealt with the issues of contemporary education. The play...
An exhibition of 38 drawings by contemporary American artist Jerry Kunkel was on display in the Holland Union Building. The pictures primarily featured landscapes; however, these landscapes were dotted with the presence of such things as household items, artist's materials, and other random junk...
The Music Department presented the fourth Noonday Concert for the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. The program featured students and faculty playing music such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Divertimento No. 1", George F. Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga", Georges Bizet's "...
The Chapel Choir presented a sacred concert at St. John's Church in Larchmont, New York at 9:15am. They sang an assortment of psalms and hymns including Nicaea's "Holy, Holy, Holy", Sweelinck's "Orsus Serviteurs du Seigneur", Morlet's "Out of the Deep", Pepping's "Herr, neige deine Ohren",...
The Jose Limon Dance Company presented a four-part modern dance performance in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on Saturday, February 19th. The performance of "The Exiles" and featured the story of the flight and remembrance of Adam and Eve from Milton's Paradise Lost, set to music...
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and College-Community Orchestra in a concert at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Singet dem Herr'n" and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Mass in C Major".
On Wednesday, February 23, One The Aisle, Inc presented The Fantasticks to an enthusiastic crowd. The play is based on the story of young love as it grows and fades over the seasons. The couple featured in the play must deal with the meddling and scheming of their fathers, causing many...
The Rimers of Eldritch, a play by Lanford Wilson, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The play concerned the decline of a small town and the subsequent moral and immoral behavior of the residents. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran February 25-26 and March 3-4,...
