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THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

VOLUME XLI

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1951

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NUMBER 18

‘The Deluge’

. . . . Tonight, Tomorrow
Met Opera Star Sings . . . . Wednesday
SEC Tourney Begins . . . .

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Metropoln Opera
Soprano Will Sing

Program Scheduled
Wednesday Night
In The Coliseum

By Ed Coffman and
Dorman Cordell

Elena Nikolaidi. Metropolitan Op-
era contralto. wil present a concert
in the Community Concert Series at
Memorial Coliseum at 8:15 Wednes-
day night.

The Greek vocalist made her
American debut in January. 1949. A
New York music critic hailed her as
the greatest vocalist in the last 20
years at that time. Before coming to
America she starred in the Vienna
Opera.

Miss Nikolaidi was born near Ath-
Greece. When she was 15. she
sung for the directors of the Athens
Conscryatory. and was awarded a
six-year scholarship. In her final
year at the Conseratory'. she made
her official debut as a soloist with
the State Orchestra. Dimrtri Mitrop-
oulos conducting.

SOON AFTER HER GRADL'A-
TION. she sang in “Carmen" and
“Samson and Delilah" at the Athens
Lyric Theatre. In 1936. Mitropoulos
recommended her to the Greek gov-
ernment for a scholarship to study
voice in Vienna. She won an inter-
national voice competition. which
entitled her to a public recital, soon
after her arrival in Vienna.

Bruno Walter. then director of the
Vienna State Opera. granted Miss
Nikolaidi an audition. and immedi-
ately engaged her for the role of
Princess Eboli in "Don Carlo" in
1936.

Since then. she has sung the op-
eratic roles of Amneris Eboli. Car-
mcii. Delilah. El‘da. and AZUf‘l'lla.
She. has sum; in Frame. Dresden.
Munich. Cairo. AlChalltll'lll. and Bu-
dapest.

HER MOST OI'TSTANIHNG pcr -
formant-e in this country has been
as Cly'tt‘miieslia ill a CUIiCtI‘l \‘lr—
siou of Richard Str'auss's "Elt-ktra."
With the New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra. directed by
Mltropouios.

Since her arrival in the
States. she has been kept bu \‘ by
concert tours. recording (lL' age-
ments. and apm-aranccs in thi. liari-
ing opera houses oi the country, Ai-
thouzh she was \ii'tualiy air un-
known when she armed. she soon
won marrow from lllt‘ critic and
the l)lll)ll(' throughout ll‘i'.’ nation

The pro"rain of Miss Nikolaidi‘s
concert “:3. not made a\aiiable to
the Kernel.

UK ‘BridgePS’ Play
Other College Teams

Melbourne Mllls
senior. and Judy
Sciences Junior arc the first place
wninr-i's ii. Uit: l‘Ithlt‘lil Union
Bridut Ttillllilrllltl.' lit-lo last week.
Sr'ctzlld third .ii.l(' fraternity. had been scheduled
for thr meiiiims of March 6-7 in the
GillilllUl Theatre.

Purpose of the concert. "Themes
and Variations." was to portray the
«yoluiior; of Jazz in a historic sketch
of (‘1).lf‘llil2fl. swing. and the latest
pl .i\(“ of “bop." Many of the ar-
i.‘:.urr.c..t- for the concert were
\Hllltll by present and former stu-

 

(it-l ts of [llt‘ Uniyeisity Three of
llmsf- ..ii an ..cnients had been writ-
itil n. studims inducted into the

\l‘l‘dif this past semester.
Ilia >r.s til' en by Deair A. D. Kir-

\Kl‘i. aid Dr. Edwin Stein. Music
Lu-par'trmut tor the cancellation of
lllt' ("illt't‘l'l are based on a news

feature li}tl)t‘lil'lll‘.l in Monday's issue
of The l.(')illl:.’ltill Leader. The fea-

ture. written by Helen Deiss Irvin.
ltlfllllf'\ llll"‘l1flll sessions” currently
tunic lll'lfl in «moral Short Street

bars as being connected with the
proposed Phi Mti Alpha conc cit The
article was interpreted to mean that
the University was sanctioning not
only the concert of modern music
but also the afternoon "Jazz sessions"
at the bars in town.

Plll ML ALPHA membcis lia' e
complied “lll‘i the Uniycisity' s .irdl. -
ment on the cancellation. "l irker
Baggarly. president of the fraternity
and director of the concert. said.
“There is no connection. lllllt‘liil or
unofficial. between the _]u7.l. sessions
at the down town bars and Phi Mu

Alpha aiid its concert "

In a statement issued lll The
Leader the following day. l)l' Ed—
ward Stein. head of the Nillslt‘ De-
partment. arid A. D. Kii'waii. dean

of students. said;

"A story on the front page of The
Leader oi Feb. 19 might line the
erroneous impression that the Mtisic
Department of the University has
been won over by the adiociitcs of
"jaw“ or “hop" and i~ (‘llf’xlll2':l”lll"
yudci' and more tit'llt‘l'tlllw acceptance

in (ultuial circles of this strange
malady.
"NOTHING COULD BE farther

front the truth.

“Recently some ineiribers of Phi
Mu Alpha. the music fraternity.
L’.C.‘l(‘(l that a historic sketch (ltplt‘l-
ing the background of modern "lam"
music be conducted at the Guigilol
Theater. The University Music Dc-
[)lll'lllll‘lll gave its consent to this.
with the understanding that it “as
ll) be a serious and dignified stinl
and three member « oi the music in. -
ulty an'eed to paitiiip .rte.

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"lt n‘rw appears that some of :hc-
students who proposed the lll'lllt'i‘l
are performing in Illi‘ taproom of
the Drake hotel. Ill the Zebra bar.
and in other establishments iir lllt'
city. According to The Leader star-x,
tlrt-sc istzlblishmcnts are being il't‘-
(mented by large groups of Univer—
sity students. and the inference is
that this is all done with the ap—
proy'al of the Ullll'f‘l'\ll\'.

“‘JAZZ‘ )ll'slt' ll.\.\‘ no part in

  

the 1‘: “..i ll‘. moat im. Althoti: hit
~ pl: id topiously .rt L'sniyei ll."
(lilllf'l'z thc University faculty d0t‘.‘
lint lJt‘lll up it is a fit :~tll)Jt-‘it for scr-
ll‘rl .st'idv The University has izo
(gl\.l'lt‘l inil‘i it. students or others

\tlio ijt‘it‘l "ya/.2" to fine lllllsll‘.

"it i it tlll“\'. li«i\\(‘1't'l‘. to attempt
to dimin- Illi‘ tastes of its students
an? the povpie of the Common-
'y'.'i-.i.ih To this end the L'iiiwr'sitv
‘ rorrrrniztrd to ll pioiiam

    

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ll tin \~. “.1 of lllt‘ Lll'i‘ill music's.
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mi \ rl‘. 1\.i.i {lit substitution of linhi
'ilul f:r1.'.ls'lt (ompositioii for these.
Nu lllllllllt‘l' of the music faculty
phn. ..i any "y.t.v’/‘ l).|ll(l. or has
“\rl 3~luytli lll iiiiv liar orchestra
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stilrlu its ll. any t..proorn or bar in
tin 'Il‘ oll‘ :‘ i-itics.
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(utniizus to the ruin 'nut l'niteisiit‘
official. '.."c b.iiii .ii. siinlciits
front (‘nc Short Strut hats. bu: .rc-
coitiili: lit .‘yli'- s‘.li.i'!r ll Holmes.
(itaii of “ointii. "\ntlriii; lri- been
tl‘lllt‘ as \tl ” lltui: lllfiiw utill that
she 'tiu-ts the cowl !.ltl:‘l‘it‘l.[ of
students not to “Tl/Lil :ln bar."

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l.3:3>t..r..l lll tl‘. Flat lit. .\.,rli.i .1Ill<
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posci' .it the I‘t‘tljiltlly (‘ullcnc lllll>li'
stuff. ‘\\;ls to 11.1w bun. featured on
the cost-c1". pinumni

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the L'lll\‘t\l~.l\'s posniwi. ill the llldl—
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caused the coi.r~.:t to or c.lr.ce'.w,-.

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should ll"~ to l‘i.l\t‘ .t '.\.ih the L11L<
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is considtred serious enough to be recognized by both Artur
Rubinstein .uId jascha lleiietz in interviews with Kernel writers
duringr then recent visits here.

The fact that a type of music is played in places entirely dis-
C(lllllt'tlt'd \\ith the University should not prevent its being pre«
sented seriously and historically in a dignified concert on the‘
campus. lazy. and bars are not synonomons.

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lege should find a plaice for both the “music of the great masters"
and the music which is an inherent part of our modern culture.

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3 Another chapter has just been
‘ written in the musty annals of lib-
E eral education. Of course I am rc-
jferring to the very recent contro-

versy over the jazz idiom and its
‘ place in our culture.

Dr. Daniel A. Politic, editor of the
Christian Herald. will speak to the
Canterbury Club at 4 pm. Wednes-
day. at the SUB.

This is one of a series of weekly
Lenten talks.

A great deal of comment. confusion, and general uproar seems
to be revolving around the cancellation of the Phi Mu Alpha jazz
concert. originally scheduled for March 6 and 7.

The whole unfortunate affair stems from a news article which
appeared on the front page of Monday night’s Lexington Leader.
The story definitely left the reader with a wrong impression of the
concert. L'K‘s vicvv on the subject. and the position of Phi Mu
Alpha. ‘ +

The facts themselves were accurate enough, but they were

It seems that a downtown paper
3 printed an article linking the music
fraternity. Phi Mu Alpha. and the
University Music Department with,
‘certain commercial enterprises on
Short Street. Now even if the ar-
ticle did lack a factual basis. it made

 

 

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_ ' . _ . _ . _ . up for its shortcomings in its color— #7..
mixed Indrscrmunately. The story of the yazz concert. a dignified. editor. It should not be taken as a reflection of the views of the Kernel. The ful nature. I ' The
formal program. did not belong with the account of how paidh (f ‘lzij’zllgitgtligl::lr;tu‘ {'32:} LIZ: 01:19:21: )l‘mm‘fl to the Kernel editor, but I’m-i The stand taken by certain short-i Brownie
union musicians preside at “bop“ sessions in local bars on Saturday .‘,;_.l_' L ' __‘,- L I ' E 283%? “might has”? “ff.“l' ”ma Howkeye
j .. . ' ge econno isaricean

aftemmm 011‘) fl“ "f the 31-0F50 Panmpants m the Plan“?d The I ea der Sto 1 with this musical idiom, not the: all of its ramifications. The whole Camera
concert plav in the Short Street hats and they do so as private ry t music itself. Yet when a group of 9 situation has taken an hysterical Flash Model

' ' students are energetic and re-‘ and juvenile twist. The concert

 

citizens. just as many other UK students work on Saturdays.
The Leader story also left a clear but entirely false impression
that the University “sanctioned” and “blessed" jazz. hop. and stu-

The following is the text of a let-l
ter which I sent to the editor of the
Lexington Leader. and which. at
this time (Tuesday afternoon), has
gone unpublished: .

sourcet'ul enough to prepare a ser- planned by Phi Mu Alpha has been
ious concert in this interesting cancelled and the inquisition is in
and relatively unexplored field of progress. 11 would suggest that
music, Mrs. Irvin exercises the bad music by Richard Strauss be banned

Stop in and let us show you
Kodak's newest and least ex-

dent jam sessions in bars. The Fine Arts Building was put on the
same plane with the Zebra Bar and the Drake Hotel Tap Room.
\Ve refer to the lines about “the Chamber Music Society of Lower
Short Street. a migratory flock that roosts now in the Fine Arts
Building at the University. again in some Short Street bar.”

The result of this jumbled mass of fact and comment is the
cancellation of the jazz concert by the “mutual consent" of Phi .\Iu
Alpha and University officials.

The Leader followed by running a UK policy statement form-
ulated by Dean A. D. Kirwan and Music Department Head Edwin
Stein. in its Tuesday edition. The paper also carried the story of
the cancellation. and. finally. at the very end.’ got around to regret-
ting its “ambiguity" in Monday's story.

“'e here at the Kernel and most of the other students we've
talked to see no reason why the concert should be cancelled. The
University had given its permission—not its blessing—to the hold
ing of the program. \Vhy should a distorted story in the down-
town paper cause it to withdraw this permission or cause Phi .\Iu
Alpha to drop its plans? ' II I Q‘ "I”

The statement carried in Tuesday’s Leader and elsewhere in
today's Kcmel should clear the University of any connection with
the Short Street bars and correct any false impressions given to
those outside the University. The cancellation of the concert only
seems. in an indirect way to strengthen the connotion that UK is
in the wrong.

It is regrettable that a stniggli