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a#zd l:lA~rKlqYIq, VOIdlME LXIX, XIrMlllqlt 25 TIIUIINI)AY, APi~IIJ 20, 1939 MOUNT VIqlINON I{ECOI{I), VOLUME XLll, N['Mi=tER 34 COP MEET School m u st- in the 'held last They SUPerior ratings Hedge livision, anti flute solo awarded It Girls Glee Were SUperior in C~mpete in the in Iowa City, ?he 'band was from Mount finished does ng in the Very strong. ~Visor of 'music Said, and is COntest. al Ways rlon WOn five 0ntest, the t:his year. he SUrviv. as ~he or- lru to the and, Ohio. SUCCess :rfOrmed the first 'Pearance. Class C Will Vernon on. ttee at for B~CaUse adjourn_ OVer Dro,bable Itlve eOru_ nd try_ for the Here Will Climax Acting Career At Cornell I{Olll,:lVF iIAIITVN(I ~{o,t)ert Hartung, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. }ial'tting, will eliinax a career o1' more than thirty acting p'lrts, wheu he does the role of t'be Stooge Mam~ger ill "Our Town" Fri- day and Saturday, April 28 and 29, at tbe ('ornell IAttle Theatre in the Armstrong' Hall of Iaine Arts. Bob started his little theatre work iu Mount Vel-non, when he was the co-founder of the first little theatre ever formed in Mount Ver- non, tile SUnlluer that 'lie wits ill the eighth grade. This theatre, held in a (tou,ble garage, was for the fun of the chihlreu and the bone- fit of ('amp Good tIealt:h. Bob directed the pl'tys and other pres- ent-day college students were the young actors. The project gained much publicity .because of the age of the nleul,l)ers, the S/IPCesN of the season, and the talent displayed. Throe cents adulission ',','its ('barged for each performance. Bob did outstanding dramatic work ~while he was in ,higd] school and received recognition at the Iowa State Play Production li'estival for (be most outstanding' artistic Performance in his class. Bol) became connected with the ('ornell Stunimer Theatre six years ago aud has continued his work with directors Albert qnd Berlha Johnson throughout ,his college career. At tbe ('lose of bis second t~ol'nell SUlnUler ¢]~heatre season, I{ob spent a month wittl the I,akeshore Thea- tre Group at \Vestford, Mass. He received a seholarshi1) lice{tuNe Of outstanding tbcatre work, wbic,h enabled him to have tills months study "~nd professional cxperience. The award was granted t)y the Na- tional IAttle "Pheatre Mowmlent. During l/ob's study under Prof. and Mrs. JoE.:.:-in, he has done. notewort:;y work in both the act- iP.3" and the directing fields. A,nlong bhe most ianportant roles arc: Mio in "VVinterse.t," Marchbanksin in "'Candida", and Tou.'hstone in "As You lake It." He directed major productions: "i>, ~yond the Horizon" and "The l~lu(, Bird", and studio produetious, "t)p 'O Me Thum,b" and "Kiss in Xai::tdu." He was direetor-managei' of the li'riday af- ternoon ,matinees the Iir:;t semester of the current school year. ]~vel-y town has its philosopher, genial, 'whimsical. steeped in the joys and sorrows of hunlanity, such is the clmraeter of the Stage Man- ager of "Our Town" and Hob Her- tung of OUt" town 1)Fill!':: [lie ellltr- actor vividly to life. Memorial Service Held Here Monday HENRY PFEIFIPER " Memorial services for Henry Pfeiffer, who died Thursday ,morn- ing in New York City, were ,held Monday morning in the chapel. President Burgstahler delivered the address, and the c~hoir sang "Adoranlus Te." IIenr~ Pfeiffer began his career as a clerk in a corner drug store in Cedar 10,tlls Iowa Within three Years he had purchased that drug MUSICIANS FROM 5 COUNTY TOWNS WILL PLAY HERE Linn County Music Festival Will Occur Friday Mount Vernon will entertain the lAnn county Music f(,sliwtl, spon- soretl by the lama county school nlaster's ('hlb oil 10riday afternoon, April 21. The nlusicul progranl, ~lli('h will be l)resented in the high school auditoriu~m, will begin at 1:110 o'clock. i Visitors '.'.'ill come froul Albur- n(tt, Springvilh~, IAsl)on, Pale, Vie- la. The Mount Vernon higb school urI'h (,st re, the blind, tile ulixe 1 C}lol'us and the girls (.,borus will llFesent tile local s:'hool in the pro- graln, l)atricia Mitchell will prot)- ably play q flule solo, Rich:lrd l,'uller supervisor of iuusic ill the Mount Vernon so:heel announces. The progranl is primarily for the purpose of exhibiting ,niusical tal- ent in the IAnn county schools. In t'he evening at 7:;/0 o'clock a illusieal progranl of tbe nlassed }ulnd anll lllassed (,horus will tm I) reselltc(l. q'he t)ublic is invited to allend each progranl. Cornell Symphony Will Present Free Concert On Friday When the Corne ll Symphony Or- ,chestra presents its annual concert tomorrow evening in the chapel ut 8 o'clock, seven Mount Vernon young people will .take part. They are Geraldine Bryant, violin, Ann Culbertson, violin, Margaret Keyes, fhlte, Suzanne (lutes, l,'reneh horn, Edwin Rogers, trumpet, Ro:i)ert Bl.yan