Performances, Films, and Exhibits

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Fri., Apr. 12, 1940

The Dickinson Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ralph Schecter, performed a program of six pieces for their spring concert at 8:15pm in the Old Gymnasium. The musicians played Gluck's "Overture ('Iphigenia in Aulis')", Schubert's "Symphony No. 8 ('Unfinished')", Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance...

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Fri., Dec. 6, 1940

The Dramatic Club performed You Can't Take it With You in the Carlisle High School auditorium on Friday, December 6, 1940.  The play was directed by Dickinson Law School's Harold Bernstein.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Thu., Jan. 16, 1941

The Dickinson Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ralph Schecter, performed a program of five pieces for their winter concert at 8:30pm in the Old Gymnasium. They began their program with Mozart's "Overture ('Impressario')", then playing Schubert's "Symphony No. 5", Shostakovich's "...

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Mon., Dec. 15, 1941

The Dramatic Club gave its first performance of Vivacious Lady in the Old Gymnasium on Monday, December 15.  This was the first play held in the Old Gymnasium; the Dramatic Club built a stage and created a curtain for the performance.

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Thu., Feb. 26, 1942

A film entitled This Amazing America, sponsored by Greyhound bus lines, was shown in chapel on Thursday, February 26, 1942.  It featured scenes from noteworthy places in North America.

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Thu., Apr. 23, 1942

Tau Delta Pi, honorary dramatic fraternity, performed a variety show in the Dickinson Little Theater to benefit the Red Cross.

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Wed., Dec. 9, 1942

The Dickinson College Religious Association sponsored a concert by two blind musicians, Luigi Boccelli and Harry J. Ditzler, in the college chapel on December 9, 1942.  The people of Carlisle were invited to attend the concert.  Boccelli, a tenor, sang a variety of classical pieces.  Ditzler, a...

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Sat., Jan. 9, 1943

The Dramatic Club performed a variety show entitled "Campus Capers" in the Dickinson College Little Theater on January 9, 1943.  The show, which was almost entirely written by students, featured a melodrama, a duet, a dance routine, the Rockey Rocketts, and a quiz program.

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Mon., April 12, 1943

Four Dickinson students performed a skit entitled "Only 10%" at a war bond rally held at the Carlisle Courthouse on April 12, 1943.  Mr. John C. Hepler and Winfield Peterson directed the skit, in which Jo Ann Wilson, Estelle Mumford, Christine Myers, and Edith Ann Lingle performed.  The rally...

Event Type: Community Events, Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Thu., Nov. 9, 1944

Earle Spicer, a ballad singer, gave an concert in Bosler Hall on November 9th.  The program included "Barabar Allen", "Tit Willow", and "When I was a Lad".

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Thu., Oct. 11, 1945

The College Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Robert Schecter, played during a chapel service on October 11. They played the prelude and postlude of the service.

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Thu., Dec. 13, 1945

Two Christmas plays were presented on December 13 and 14 by the Little Theater group.  The first play was "Solitare" directed by Joy Cameron and the second play was "Guest at the Inn" directed by Helen Meals.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Thu., May 16, 1946

The Little Theater of Dickinson College, under the direction of John C. Helper, performed three one-act plays at 8:00pm in Denny Hall. Performed May 16-18, the featured plays were The Dear Departed, If Men Played Cards as Women do, and Caravan.

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Thu., Dec. 19, 1946

The Dickinson College Little Theater and the Dickinson College Combined Choirs presented The Coventry Nativity Play, a medieval production, at 8:00pm in the Alumni Gymnasium. This was the first public performance by the Little Theater after the Second World War.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Sat., Jan. 25, 1947

Baritone singer Nelson Magill performed at 10:30am in Bosler Hall. Magill was accompanied by Ruth Bailey on the piano for his four-part program.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Tue., Feb. 25, 1947

Osan Marsh performed a piano recital during Chapel Hour at 10:30am in Bosler Hall. Marsh played an assortment of pieces by Chopin and Liszt.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Wed., Apr. 30, 1947

The college music clubs combined to perform in a concert at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. The combined choirs opened the show, singing Stainer's "God So Loved the World" and Sibelius' "Onward Ye Peoples". Wayne Wolford then sang Handel's "Honor and Amen" and Bury's "There is a Ladye". The "Varsity...

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Tue., May 5, 1947

Paul Robeson performed in Dickinson Chapel on Tuesday May 5, 1947.  Robeson's featured a number of songs, including "Water Boy," "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," and "Ol' Man River."  After singing, Robeson performed the closing soliloquy from "Othello."

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Tue., Oct. 21, 1947

Pianist Ozan Marsh performed a program of five pieces at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.

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Thu., Nov. 20, 1947

The American Primitive Art Exhibit featured paintings from the mid-nineteenth century by American amateur artists and schoolgirls.  It also featured three "wooden Indians."  The exhibit ran from November 20th to December 6th, 1947.

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Thu., Dec. 18, 1947

The College Choir, under the direction of John Steckbeck, performed a carol service during Chapel Hour. They sang a program of thirteen songs: Bortiansky's "Cherubim No. 7", Leontovich's "Carol of the Bells", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "Joy to the World",...

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Thu., Apr. 1, 1948

As a part of their 1948 tour, the College Choir performed at 8:15pm in the First Methodist Church in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. They sang "In Autumn" from Woodland Sketches, MacDowell's "To a Wild Rose", Sibelius' "Onward Ye People", Waring's "Onward Christian Soldiers", Wilhousky's "Were...

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Thu., Apr. 15, 1948

Lee Cronican gave a piano concert of eight pieces at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. The first half of the performance featured pieces by classical composers while the pieces after intermission were written by contemporary composers.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits
Thu., May 13, 1948

The College Choir, accompanied by pianist Jean Eshbach, performed for its spring concert at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. They sang a program of eighteen songs: Sibelius' "Onward Ye People", Waring's "Onward Christian Soldiers", De Falla's "El Pano Moruno", Speaks' "Morning", Bortiansky's "Cherubim...

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Thu., Nov. 11, 1948

Jacqueline Marcault gave a piano recital at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee, Marcault performed a program of  five pieces.

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