Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

Speakers, Singers and Sleepers A napping of finger , typical of a olgate audience, rippled through the a emblage as Dr. . J. Hylancler, a si tant professor of Botany, rose to speak in Memorial Chapel. The popular faculty member, who had just returned from the West, began his talk. His listeners w re oon lo t in his tales of Death Valley. Another ear of enlightening chapel programs had begun . Lending further impetus to uch an au picious tart, the Utica J ubi! e ingers, appearing for the eighth time from "way down in ole' Mi i sip," were next to enchant the chapel– goer with their humorous egro folk ongs of the outhland. Their rendition of "Chicken" will long be r memb red by tho e who heard it. A week later Mr. W. L. Hindman, instructor in politics, a ailed the lack of popular interest in the affairs of our country. The Concert and Lecture ommittec then pre ented its attraction, Eva Jcssye and her Negro choir. The noted group of singers who won fame in Ge rge Gershwin's r cent opera, "Porgy and Bess," was highly lauded. Dr. J. . Keene, in tructor in religion, followed with a vivid de cription of the political condition of Turkey today . In a Thanksgiving Vesper Service, the well-known Dr. Bernard lausen 'l5, always popular at Colgate, put his listeners in the proper spirit for the coming holiday with a tirring religious program. The pre entation of Eli sa Landi, star of stage and creen, marked the second uccessful program of the oncert and Lecture Committee, a she brilliantly illustrated the difference between tage and creen acting. Another Ve per rvice was held before the Christma holidays, at which time the Reverend Rolland N. Dutton reminded his audience not to forget the meaning of the Yuletide. 122