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Show Miss Jane Pace Honored At Fine Arts Ball The Various Arts Were Portrayed In the Three-Day Program Miss Jane Pace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Pace, was presented as the "Spirit of Fine Arts", Friday night at the Beaux Arts ball as the climax of a three-day three-day program devoted to literature, music and pictorial art. Miss Pace, who is president of the Beaux Arts Guild, was elected to this honor by class and club officers as a result of her outstanding out-standing scholarship and participation partici-pation in student activities. As part of the ceremony, she presented pre-sented the picture, "Snow-Fed Stream," by Rose Howard Salisbury, Salis-bury, to the student body. President Presi-dent Jack Rencher received the gift in behalf of the students. The picture is one of the annual an-nual selections contributed by the Festival committee to the college. The ceremony was directed by Mrs. Louise Tolman. The Misses Emma Young, Vivian Prince, Viola Jameson, Alice Thompson, Joyce Adams and Laura Lytle acted as escorts to Miss Pace. Friday .afternoon, Professor B. F. Larson, head of the department depart-ment of art, B. Y. U., gave an in-( in-( Continued on page six) Beaux Arts Ball i i (Continued from first page) j spiring illustrated lecture on Utah artists and their products. He cave a short survey of the development de-velopment of art in general and in Utah, and then showed pictures pic-tures to depict Utah's art talent. Ralph Huntsman was among the toup honored, as were several sev-eral of his students during the past few years. The college music department furnished "the program that accompanied ac-companied the lecture. Mrs. Louise Tolman directed a colorful color-ful dance, and Marion Woodard gave a reading. Thursday night, and again Saturday Sat-urday night, the dramatic department depart-ment of the college, under the direction di-rection of Miss Myrtle Henderson, Hender-son, presented the play, "American "Am-erican Passport". The theme was timely; there was plenty of life interest; the characters all did themselves justice. Jack Rencher, student body president, deserves special mention. Not only did he do his heavy part in a masterly manner, but this is the fourth successive Festival play that he has participated in. In fact he has been an actor in every play produced under the direction of the Festival committee. Professor J. W. McAllister, Professor Pro-fessor Earl J. Bleak and Miss Ruth Falck contributed generously gener-ously and well, through their departments, de-partments, throughout the entire Festival. Worthy of particular ! mention was the cantata, "The j Wreck of the Hesperus", with a j large chorus, the soloists and the j orchestra all doing exceptionally ' well. The Festival had opened Wednesday Wed-nesday evening with the reading of the poem, "Dauber", by Pro- fessor Joseph F. Smith of the i University of Utah. ; The Festival committee, with : Ralph Huntsman at the head, de- ! serves a great deal of praise, not j only for the fine program pro- j duced, but for their many hours of untiring effort in making the event a success. j The art exhibit has been visited I by several hundred people, and I it will remain open until December Decem-ber 20. |