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Princeton, Bryn Mawr
Render Joint Concert



Continued from Page One
The Motet, Blessing, Glory, Wis-

Sebastian Bach, was beautifully

sung and showed the work of Mr.
Willoughby to its best advantage.
The timing and phrasing were
extremely well done, and the choir
seemed to. enjoy singing it. The
piece is really intended for a Bou-
ble chorus and is based on the old
hymns: Was Frag Ich Nach der
Welt and Wie Schone Leuchtet die
Morgenstern. ,The middle part
was sung by a mixed chorus of tem
with a sustaining chorale for the
rest of the choir.

To give the choirs -a. rest, the

flat by Johann Christian Bach. In
contrast to his father’s music,
Christian’s style is graceful, ele-

the Italian. Although the orchestra
had apparently not rehearsed it
very fully, they conveyed through-
out its feeling of a forceful ques-
tion and answer, alternating be-
tween the strings and the winds.
The oboe was well done and car-
ried. much of the work.

The Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme is one of the finest. of
The
orchestra, beginning with oboe and
strings ‘alternating against a very
rhythmic bass, delibefate and ex-
citing, built up great suspense for
the choral -which came in con-

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trapuntally with a measured dig-
nified dopfinating iti
Throughout the whole cantata the

soprano

orchestral parts were a contrast in
The bass and
soprano duet can be criticized on

the basis that the bass overwhelmed
the soprano. The contrast in voices
was so great that it was almost
humorous rather than effective.
The final repetition of the chorale
was in harmony rather than couh-
terpoint and did not have the in-
itiak heavy bass or the lovely un-
derlying lyrical bass of the second
exposition. This was well sung
and seemed more a final statement
of the praise. The first was an
emotional working up, the second
repetition a more ‘loving call, and
the last a glorious exhortation. ©

After excerpts from incidental
music to plays by the great 17th
century English composer, Purcell,
the choir sang Sir Hubert Parry's
setting to Milton’s ode, Blest Pair
of Sirens. Parry has a typical
English quality in his work, and
it is significant that he chose Mil-
ton for the inspiration of one of

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his best works. This was sung

with very evident pleasure by the
Bryn Mawr girls if a little less

happily. by: Princeton. The color-

ing was well done and the great
climaxes forceful.

The cho‘rs were, T think, better
than the soloists: or the orchestra
though some members express their
more individual singing to the dis-
advantage of homogeneous choral

work. Princeton gave an excellent
performance, and it seems a shame
we sing with them so seldom. .
The greatest criticism of the
concert appeared to be its length.
It seemed to me that the solo re-
peats were ‘not so well done that
the aria da Capo must be enforced:
And instead of the two orchestral

more and shorter intermissions.
Both of the selections ‘were well
worth listening to, and it seems a
shame that so much divided at-
tention and growing ..unrest_ les-
sened their value in the eyes of
the audience.

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i STARRED IN “YEARS. WITHOUT. DAYS’ |

Republican’s Political Machine Operates
|. Unchallenged by Staunchest Democrats





By Joan Gross, ’42
‘and
Elizabeth Crozier, ’41.

Last week’s encounter with Mr.
Lacy Gaines was quite unsatisfac-
tory, from our point of view. We
had failed to uncover a dramatic
political machine. At least, we had
failed to pin anything on the Re-
publicans. Assuming that some real
and: horrible truth would be re-

crats, we called on Miss McCrystal
ex-Democratic Town Committeewo-
man.

Miss McCrystal has a dress store
next to Woolworth’s. When we
reached it, the door was bolted, the
lights were: out and a sign was
posted -over the latch: “Store will
be open evenings until Christmas.”
A face peered down upon us from
the second story window.



hopefully. The face receded into
darkness. For a long moment we
‘contemplated the lingerie of Miss
McCrystal’s window display. Then
a door swung open and white-
haired Miss McCrystal appeared
, questioningly on the threshold.
| When we explained our mission, she
ushered us into her house with an
air of political secrecy. We were
encouraged.

We opened fire with a challenge.

“Miss McCrystal?” we ventured



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Was it true that the Republican’s
controll all Aut 200 of the 1,000
votes in Bryn Mawr? Miss Mc-
Crystal blandly verified this, but
added ruefully that when Governor
Earle was elected about 100 extra
votes swung Democratic. It devel-
oped that this wavering faction of
voters consistently follow the con-
trolling party, attempting to land
political jobs.

Miss McCrystal’s duties as

{Democratic Committeewoman are

chiefly concerned: with the mechan-
ics of election. As for issues, real

political issues, Miss McCrystal
could uncover none.’ She thought
for a while, then mentioned an occa-
sional case’ in which a Democrat
was refused a. township office.

As far as Miss McCrystal was
concérned, the Republican adminis-
tration was entirely satisfactory.
This view baffled us, coming from a
staunch Democrat; we were expect-
ing no less than embittered denun-
ciations of the present machine,
“Tf there is something I. want
done,” said Miss McCrystal, “I just
go aid-see Torn Hammonds and he
usually takes care of it for me.”
Mr. Tom Hammonds is Republican
Commissioner, but then, we suppose
it’s all in the spirit of amity and
cooperation.







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