Word: pierian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...girls pay dues to the Radcliffe Orchestra, which has its own officers, and the Pierians pay dues to the Sodality; no one pays dues to the H-R O, which is administered by "the Board," consisting of Pierian's officers, the Radcliffe President, and the conductor. The Radcliffe dues are never spent because all expenses for the concerts are paid by Pierian dues, concert profits, and the Pierian Trust Fund. Thus the Radcliffe group has accumulated $209 in its bank account, and this year reduced its dues to $.50 per year...
...Pierian Sodality's constitution reveals another complicated relationship between the Sodality and the Radcliffe Orchestra. If the combined orchestra separates, Pierian will pay Radcliffe the percentage of its treasury which is "equal to the percentages of Radcliffe members in the Harvard- Radcliffe Orchestra, not to exceed...
Since its inception, the joint orchestra has been able to undertake more ambitious projects than either group could manage separately, and has still carried on some of Pierian's previous activities, although it no longer serenades...
Following Pierian's tradition of visiting women's colleges, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra travelled to Colby Jr. College in February, 1943. Although a 'Cliffie reports that the girls were taken along as "excess bags," she later adds that "a glad and gleeful time was had by all." Wellesley and Groton School were also destinations of the combination's travels, but in February, 1948, the Pierians asserted their freedom by giving a concert with the Mt. Holyoke College orchestra, or so the first page of the program says. Radcliffe girl's names appear in the roster on page three...
...Pierian usually sponsors a joint choral-orchestral concert as a highlight of the year's schedule, following the pattern of joint concerts started in 1943. Boston's Chorus Pro Musica, the Brandeis University Chorus, the Glee Club and Choral Society have all joined with the orchestra in recent years, as have the Lexington and Framingham Choral Societies. This year's performance of Haydn's Creation was a renewal of association between the three Harvard musical organizations after a separation of four years...