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rector of educational activiti-es of station WAAF and well knoown as a radio syndicate. writer. Mrs. Harvey'>WiJl be assisted by, her daughter, Miss Bettie Marine' Hiarvey, à talented young pianist opf Rockford college, and Wal.tér Patt Hillig, tenor, ,formerly.withthe Bos- ton Englisb Opera company and now with WAAF -ami other ChÎcago radio studio6s.ý Mrs* John Loring Cook wiIl act as. acconýmnist for Mr., Hillig. The following program bas been ar- ranged for the afternoon:* ."Because" .....Guy D. Hardélot "Send My Love wlth these Roses"- ......... .............. ...Burke Walter Paul HiIIig *'The Girl wIth the PlaxenHir.. «The Entulfed Cthedrar' .... Debussy Bettie Marine Harvey "For You Alone".... ....... .. .Geehi "Behlnd the Mirophoner.ll-adds-s bY Mrs. Efle! Marine Ha.rvey "The Dreani'. aria from "Manon" "We n - T 1il gh t .Corn. es" ..... TarnIIe,' Walter Paul Hillig There Wili Be No Opera at Ravinia This Summer Ravinia park, wor1d's greatest stim- flot given up the idea of continuing, the summer opera next year. He bas *been unable to obtain a sufficient guaranty fund for ,this season. * Under' the guidance of Mr. Eck- stein, Ravinia rose from a modest be- ginning until it becarne world fa- mous. The greatest singers of the past wit h the symphony; they sang at.both the Tuesday and Thurs- day-Fridayseries last spring ai the, Washington Bi-Centennial progran when: the first performance cf Car- penter's Song of Fait b was given. This *week they. sang. songs. .from )Bach, JByrd, Cain, Gretschaninowv and Strawvinsky. The >orchestra, played Hander's Overture in D major, Mo-I zart's Symphony in G minor, the Good Friday Speli from Wagner's Parsifal and.Stock,'s transcription of Bach's Passacaglia, ami Fugue in C. Frîday the ever-popular pianist, Jose Iturbi m-rakes -his fifth,,appear- ance with the* orchestra playing. Mozart's Concerto in E flat major and Wiener's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 'called rranco-American. The programi also includes Schu- mans Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Opus 52 and Ravel's Orchestral Frag- ments from "Daphnis et Chloe." SSaturday night the 'orchestra plays a popuflar programn consisting of Mendelssohn's Fingals' Cave Over- ture, A London Sympliony by Wil- liams, Wolf-Ferrari's O ver t ure, "Secret of Susan ne"; Powell's Nat- chez on the. Hi, and Grieg's Suite, *'Sigtrrd .Jorsalfar." - -gA.j- e- John McCormack returns to Chi- cago Sunday afternoon, April 9, in Orchestra hall in a popular request prograni to be given at populari prices, according to an announce-1 ment recently from H. E. Voegeli,q manager of Orchestra hall.1! On the accasion of bis recent visit in February Mr. McCorrnpck ex- uy. irea , RO~C ke, organist a tnte Churcb of the Transfiguration -(Tho Little Church 'Arôund the Corner). Besides the Lincoln ode,. Madison bas set to music Mrs. floover's- poem, "Recoliections of -a Piece of ýWood." which she .wrote wbile. theý White flouse was .being reroofed. It is the saga of 'a piece Of plie1 froni the Maryland huils,.which became a rafter in the 'White House, served its pur.. pose for a century, then was tomn out and thrown away to be burned, its ashes scattered by the winds -to its native soi!. .Othérs 0f the White House pieces set to music by Madison, are "IMy Shepherd- Is the Lord on Iîigh," a poem written by John Quincy Adamis; one of George Washington's two lcnown poems, entitled "My Poor e-, tistless erwr ten in 1847; "La- fayette, Champion of Freedoni," a poeni written by Dolly Madison, wif e of President Madison; "The Great Adventure,» a musical setting of Theodore Roosevelt's prose, and tbree poems by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, 'tWatch Fires," "The Open Dooe" ami "The Quest." University Chorus to a tone quality and an ensemble pre- cision that is spectac ular. And already thev have achieved recognition. They biave been invited to sing with the Chicago Symxphony orchestra in Milwaukee at a special concert April 3, Mr. Stock conduct- ing, when they will sing four Handel numbers with the orchestra, one of The heart ani sou! 'of à nation speaks through its folk-music. Ger- inany bas its poetic lieder; Italy its gay insouciant songs heard ini its city streets and through the countryside. Who bas flot, feit. tbe speli of the Hungarian Gypsy. melodies with their bôld and exciting'rhytbms, or tapped out the beat of the Spanish bolero ? The .folk-music in ai! cases translates the definite 'national ,characterist.ics into song. In Anglo-Saxon England the, songs are. coiistrained and have thereb.y lost strengtb, wbile. in Amer-: ica we possess. as ýyet no, national music, Some maintain the niegro, spirituals express 'our folk-inusi.., But what real meaning have n egro spirituals to %thé people of Main e? No more significance than the' song the cowboy sings ýas he rides over the ~plais.s Others asrt that the mod- ern jazz is truly national music, but if that expresses the American "heart and soul," wbat a sorry spectacle! No, this nation as yet has produced n o music which can. be said to em- brace those characteristics common to all its people. We are stili too poly- glot a nation. to speak. as a u~nit rnusically. This may explain our musical short- comings, but it gives small comfort, and does îîot resign us to renaining musical we must cease to regard mu- sic as a cultural frili, and look upon it as one of our everyday necessities. One effective rucans to this end is the frequent hearing of good mu~sic. Song Cycle WiII Be Given This Sunday "The Golden Thresholçl," a song engagements wiii gïve the ne ar 1 the. Threshold miajor we under lis lerabad ated -on a Lotus m Green on the 4 I.