Word: aikman
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...Walter Aikman was a wonderful Lord Chancellor last night; his voice is rich and his tongue facile. Clifford Lefebre was carefully ingenuous as Strephon, and Claire Wilson sung a polished Fairy Queen. From there on down the cast shaded off to the standard gulping of first-night amateur G & S productions, but the choruses were vigorous and the ensembles clear and accurate; Russell Ames' directing was largely responsible for the accuracy. The Canterbury Players are no D'Oyly Carts and Aikman is not Martyn Green (though he comes remarkably close), but their "Iolanthe" is fine...
...soloists are uniformly good. Polyna Stoska of the Metropolitan Opera gave a rich voice and the appropriate gypsy-like gestures to the part of the Magyar princess. Raymond Smolover is almost as effective in the title role. Walter Aikman and Frederic Gwynne are both outstanding; Aikman for his perfect diction and gestures as "the swine king," and Gwynne for his witty characterization of the country lawyer, replete with lifted eyebrows and sly smile. Gwynne's facial antics keep the audience's attention for several scenes, and his sole in "Ninana" is delightful, despite his untrained voice...
...local talent comes from Harvard, Radcliffe, Longy School, Boston University, and the New England Conservatory of Music. Other members of the supporting cast are Adele Milhendler, Claire Wilson, Walter O. Aikman '51, and Paul Tibbetts...
Miss Adele Milhendler of Longy School is the feminine lead. Other members of the cast are James Perrin '50 and Walter M. Aikman '51. Miss Milhendler and Perrin both sang in the Lowell House production of "Dido and Aeneas...
...Eliot House Committee has elected the following as officers for next year: Roger V. Pugh '51, chairman; Walter M. Aikman '51, secretary; and Frederick A. Fortmiller '51, treasurer. On the Committee for the Class of 1952 are: Charles C. Cabot, Jr, C. Major Close, James S. Fleming, and John W. Sears...