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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 12 May 1928, p. 23

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May 12, 1928 WINNET KA "TALK Marbles' Champion to Defend Crown at Meet Tomorrow Among the entrants for the Play- ground and Recreation board's Marble tournament to be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the Stolp school grounds is Roger Palenske, winner of last year's senior tourna- ment. After winning out in the village tournament, young Palenske was en- tered in the North Shore divisional meet, won third place there and fin- ally placed third in the state meet held at Soldier's field, Chicago. Two divisions will compete in to- morrow's meet, the Junior and Senior classes. The Junior classes will in- clude all contestants below the sixth grade and the Senior class includes pupils in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Competition will begin at 9 o'clock under the direction of Glen W. Gathercoal of the Recreation staff. The Junior class division will contest first. Prominent among the entrants in this class is Harold Borre of Logan school, who won first place in last year's tournament. Both' the "big 'ring" and" "iat" games will be used, the choice of the game to be played lying with the contestant. Noted Viennese Quartet to Present Concert on May 13 The noted Rose String quartet of Vienna, presented under the personal auspices of Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, founder of the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, Wash- ington, D. C., will give a free concert at Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Sunday afternoon, May 13, at 3 p.m. Following is the program to be given: Quartet in. (1918)... 1. Grave--Molto animato 2. Calmo Franco Alfano 3. Allegro deciso Quartet in D Minor (1826) ............ Franz Schubert 1. Allegro - 2. Andante 'con moto-- ("Death and the Maiden") 3. Scherzo 4. Presto Quartet in Three Movements (1927) John Alden Carpenter The James Simpson theater of the museum, in which more than 1,000 seats are available, will be used for the concert. The general public is invited, and no admission charge will be made. Artists widely known in Europe compose the quartet. They are Arnold Rosé, first violin; Paul Fischer, second violin; Anton Rusitzka, viola; and Anton Walter, violoncello. The Field Museum concert will be the only Chicago appearance of these musicians during their present American tour. Mary Esther Winslow in Recital at Roycemore Mary Esther Winslow, pianist, was heard in a program at the Roycemore school in Evanston last Friday eve- ning. Miss Winslow played the fol- lowing numbers: Tambourin, Rameau- Godowsky; Cradle Song, Brahms; Die Fledermaus, Strauss; Night Winds, Griffes; Clair de Lune, Debussy; Spanish Dance, De Falla. Miss Wins- low has just finished a busy season of professional engagements and is preparing a heavy program for next year. Miss Winslow is a member of the Columbia School of Music faculty. Miss Sybil Freeman of Dayton, Ohio, has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Leon Allen of Melrose avenue, Kenil- worth, this last week-end. She was joined by her mother early this week and together they motored north to Leland, Mich., where they have a sum- mer home, Wilmette Boys Witness N. U.-Indiana Track Meet Twenty boys from Wilmette schools were guests of Northwestern univer- sity at the Indiana-N. U. track meet last Saturday at Dyche stadium. The boys were chosen by the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board staff from the most promising athletes in the public schools. 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