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Two hundred and fifty Wilmette public school pupils will take part ini the annual spring concert to be giv- en by the combined junior high school boys' and girls' glee clubs and the Wilmette school orchestra Friday. night, May 19, in the Howard school gyrmnasium,l Miss Mary McKay, music sup ervisor in the'local schools,ý announced this week. The glee clubs are under the direction of Mrs. Agnes Clark, while, Mrs. Catherine Wagner has, charge of the orchestra, The program partiall.y repres.ents the musical experienice that is off ered ýWilmette youth- by the public schools. The numbers in the* concert were se- lected on the basis of con.trast as to type of musical expression. This was done for two reasons, first, in the twoô previous years programs were bulit around a particular period or nationality; and, second, economy prevented the' purchase of musi c ex- cept that earned by the participating organizations. Before 1932 the entire proceeds f rnnr11tit-affual concert were tised for the purchase and repair of in1- struments which are loaned to the children. Ther e are. many calls for instruments, and these calîs cannot be filled. "Your attendance at these school concerts is an investment in the cultural and participating eiçpe- rience of Wilmette's school citizens as well as an encouraging recogni- tion of their attainment," states Miss Mary McKay. The programin s an- nounced as follows:. Processional-Mar Raicoczy March, ire; .Schuber John Charles Thonmas, popular Aimerican baritone, zviII gizve a pro-' gram of songs a<mdopera arias ow Sýunday afternoon at the Auditor- ium theater. His concert is being given for the bene ft of needy Itai- ian babies in the cïty. Tennessee Pianist to Journey Here and Play Blanche Sherman Merriman, tai- ented pianist, is making her annual pilgrimage north f romi her home in! the mounitains of Tennessee to pre- sent two mornings of music at Ev- ney S ilber 'of Wilmette, pianist. Glenn Dillard Dunn, Chicago music crit ic,* gave the following rèview of Mr. Silber's program: '*Sidney Sulber signaled himself out of Sunday's crowd of music makers by playing the piano with rare dis- tinction. and individuality. lie is an artst of- ripened powers whose ap- proach to the music of Chopin, while sufficiently traditional to ýatisfy the pedanit, is colored by his own gif t of imaginiation,, even to the. revivifying of s0 hackneyeda work as the B fiat. mintor-Scherzo. This is prefaced with a deeply felt account of the F sharp mnajor Nocturne, a glitt.erinig delivery of the neglected A fiat Waltz, Opus 64 and'a charmting version of the Ai Minor Mazurka, Opus 67.", GIVE CHILDRIEN'S CRUSADJE 'Mrs. Willard -Rugg of Evanston is active in the int erests. of. the Apolloli Music club which ivill present a1 festival performnance of the Childfen's C-rusade at Orchestra hall the even- ing of May 1 9. The central part of the work will be carried by a chorus of 500 junior bigh schooI children and the soloists will be Mabel Sharp Herdien and Olive June Lacey. sopranos, Arthur Kraft, tenor, and Theodore Harrison, baritone. The Little Symphony orchestra, George Dasch, conductor, iwill assist. baritone, arrives. in Chicago this Sunday morning, to sing a recital in the afternoon at the. Auditorium theater,, under the auspices of the Royal Italian Consul General and the Italia.n Womani's, club. Edwin McAr - thur, pianist, is the assisting arist. It was oiily by, chance that Mr. Thomas chose to study music rather: than, medîcine as his forte in life. Born in, a small .town: in Pennsyl- vania, f heson of a Methodist preach- e r, young Thomnas ' first entered the field, of music through light and comic opera. He became one of the highiest paid singers in ý that field, and later through the advice of a friend, tIried out for an operatic role, in'Brussels. .Attaining success at one bo4und,,Mr. Thomas has continued in opera, becoming one of. the .few Americani artists who are received. unreservedly aliroad. His popularity in his native country is unequaled. and he is in constant demand for op- era and'concert performances. *The prograrn on Sunday, whichi without doubt will include several arias as encores, is as. follows.: I, Invoc(azione di Orfeo.;............ Peri, Vittorja.mi~ ore . .....Carissimi Star Vicino...........Rosa Der Schinied......... ...... Brahmis Der Ton ..............Marx Viennes,--e Dance May Night. .Friedmùan .Pai igren .Ir Uii.in Wr. McArth'tr III n du Coeur n. Triste. rng.. . i,- .frion 'Mskd Pêssard Duparc Sadero W" Verdi TschaikowskY suite...... arr. Clark a. March of the Tin Soldiers b. Humoresque c. Kamarjnskia The Orchestra. A ]Dream Boat .Passes by,. Lenare, Combined Glee Clubs Evening Belis................. Abt TheLinden Tree.......Schubert Good-Night, Pretty Stars. G. Schurnann Combined Glee Clubs (treble voices) iv Nocturne .......... >............. Behr Flute solo, Ruth Ebeling Clarinet solo, H{oward Moulding Meilodv in P ............ Rubinstein Forest avenue. MNrs. «Merrimian, who was educated .abroad and was a protege of, Mrs. Theodore Thomas, has appeared in EVanston. on several previous occa- sions.. -Patronesses ninlher programs are. . Charles O0. Barnes, Mrs. Frank Parker Davis, MNrs. Thomas H. Eddy, 'Mrs. Robert H. Gault, Mrs. Jamies A. James, NiMrs. John H. S. Lee, Mrs. Edwin S. Milîs, .Mrs. Ir- through NBC: Mondays at 10 a. m., WEAF; Saturdays at 10:30 a. mn., HAVE BUSINESS MEETING WEAF. These broadcasts were The North Shore Chamber Music discontinued. by former Secretary of association held. its annual business the Navy Adams shortly before the meeting last Tuesday evening for, end of the last' administration. the discussion of next season's plans. *The Tirne for Making Songs. . Rogers ~1ous.................Charles Bob 1)White Dfrom Golden Buggy Caha -'y Wolf6 Nocturne.................Curran, 'When 1 Think upon the Maiden. . Head Young -N.,S. Pianist 1in Chicago Recital. Clara Maas of Wilmette, pianist,. will, appear in recital the' evening of M~ay 26 in the recital hall of the Cos-. borough. aboard the Duchess of Bedford. Just before her de par- ture for Europe Iast .rummner she gave a private recital at the Geor- giai for her friends. Mrs. Green is o5v residing in RogersPark. TIBBETT AT WORLD'S FAIR Lawrence Tibbett and the Chicago Symphony orchestra will furnish the musical part of the evening program at A Céntury of Progress, on Sat- urday, May 27. . the program will be-, ginat 8 o'clock.