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Nancy Waite sang the part of Venus last night with great dignity and assurance and with a beautifully pure, cultivated voice. John Darr played Adonis capably; Miriam Silverman played the role of Cupid with much verve. The orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Holmes and assisted at the harpsichord by Claude Chiasson, performed valiantly throughout, and the music, characteristically Restoration in its use of dissonance and minor modulations, came out excellently. Lastly the dances designed by Miss Katherine Schroeder and executed by the Radcliffe Ballet, lent a colorful and decorative setting to the performance...
...Nickerson Homer D. Peabody D. Donald Peddie W. Bruce Pirnie Francis C. Powers Gerald D. Roscoe Roger S. Schafer John P. Schwede G. Robert Stange Charles H. Stern Lonsdale F. Stowell Philip Thayer Class Day Committee Douglas L. Anderson W. Russell Bowie, Jr. John F. Brooks John W. Darr Sheldon Dietz Henry Doerr, III Donald A. Donahue Richard D. Edwards Nelson R. Gidding Charles Gilfix, Jr. Sherman Gray Lewis B. Harder Richard S. Hartwell George H. Hanford George G. Haydock David O. Ives Robert A. James William F. Ketchum Harry K. Mansfield Leo Marx William D. McSweeney Robert B. Nichols...
Miss Nancy Waite 1G., will play the role of Venus, and John W. Darr, Jr. '42 that of Adonis. Dean K. Morse '41 is president of the musical society, and William K. Headley '41 is vice-president...
...composer with an individual style of his own, and to relegate him to a name in Purcell's biography is to slight his gifts as a composer as well as to lose some fine music. The revival at Lowell House of Venus and Adonis, with Nancy Waite and John Darr in the title roles, the Radcliffe Ballet, and the Pierian under Mal Holmes participating, should be an event of interest and entertainment to all music lovers, especially to those who miss as sorely as I do the lovely minor music of the seventeenth century...
...result of the Quartet trials held last fall, about 60 men were selected for the concert list from the 250 members of the club. Officers of the club are David D. Henry '41, president, Charles P. Berger, Jr. '41, vice-president, and John W. Darr '42, secretary. The club boasts four talented accompanists, William W. Austin 2G, Edgar H. Sparks 1G., James J. Lawlor, Jr. '44, and John E. Reynolds '44. The managerial staff consists of Robinson Murray, Jr. '42, manager, Elwood Gaskill, graduate manager, and Edward Brooks, Jr. '44 and James D. Lowell '44, assistant managers...