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Monday night mght and andall andall amall all enjoyed a revealing reveahng time It Itturned Itturned Iturned turned out that not only are arethese arethese ar arthese " these musicians University Umverslty grad graduates graduates graduates uates but that they obey the theStrlCtLSt thestrictcst thestrictest , StrlCtLSt strictcst rult rules rults . < ; governing their theirlives theirlives theirlives lives They are to a man prohl prohi prohlblttonists prohibitionists prohlbitionists blttonists bitionists as the writer likewise likewiseis IS They do not smoke or drmk drink drmkand drinkand drinkand ; and the majority majonty of them dechn declin dechned declined declincd ed coffee coffeeThe The observation was scintel scintellating < ; scintellating c In tel tellatlng latlng lating as displayed by the ease easewith easewith easewith with which the leading tt-nor tt nor ttnorquoted t tenorquoted - nor norquoted quoted Shakespeare out of the theblue theblue theblue blue . sky .ky ky His lhs rendition of the thepassage thepassage thepassage passage about the man never nevermoved nevermoved nevermoved moved by the concordof concord ofsweet of sweet sweetsound sweetsounds sweetsounds sound sounds . was entrancing We Wetalked Wetalked Wetalked talked of the past and the ban bantone bantone bantone tone found companionship with withtht withthc withthe tht- tht thc thtminister - minister niinister in reminiscing on onJuhus onJulius onJulius Juhus Julius Amberg next to Secretary Secretaryof of War Patterson Mr Amberg Ambergof of Grand Rapids Mich Much a weal wealthy wealthy wealthy thy and powerful lawyer gave gaveOswald gaveOswald gaveOswald Oswald Lampkins hi his " academic academicstart academicstart academicstart start by procuring procunnb procurlip , a lirfe 1 I ire ure . , { , , schol scholarshlp scholarship scholarship arshlp arship for him in 111 the thL thc Clllcago Chicago ClllcagoAcademy ChicagoAcademy ChicagoAcademy Academy of MusIcMo.t MusicMost Music MusicMost Most Mo.t Mot . fa fascinating < ; c111atmg was the man manager manager manager ager s restrained restramed recital of presi presidentlal presidential presidential dentlal dential and royalLommand royalcommand royal command Lommand per perormances perfonmances performances fonmances ( ormances of the singers s1Oher sinkers . The TheJubilee TheJubilee TheJubilee Jubilee Singers Smgers appeared appt'ared apptared : ' befure before befurebreat beforereat beforereat breat , , reat audiences at Windsor Wmdsor Ca Cas Castie Casle ! . tle tie , Lady Astor s Home and all alt allkinds altkinds alltinds kinds of queens queen , > and "tatesmen tatesmen statesmen "tatesmenNever statesmenNever " statesmenNever Never a dull moment in any of oftheir oftheir oftheir their toursIn toursIn tours toursIn In religious affiliations afflhatlOns two twoare twoare twoare are Episcopalians Episcopnlians two Congrega CongregatlOnists Congregationists Congregatiomsts tlOnists tionists two Baptists and dnd dOd one oneIS oneis oneis IS a Methodist united umted on the thefundamentals thefundamentals thefundamentals fundamentals of Christianity ChnstIamty ChnstIamtyThey ChristianityThey ChristianityThey They greatly appreciated apprecI'lted apprecIlted apprecvuted ' the thewelcome thewelcome welcome of Vernal < ; saying aYlng th that thatthey t tthey they felt comfortable in 10 the thesplt.ndld thesplcndid thesplendid splt.ndld spltndld splcndid . hospitality hospltahty of the cHi citi cHizens citizens citizens zens When departing departmg from u us usto usto . to return another day we hope hopesouvenirs hopesouvenirs hopesouvenirs souvenirs were handed to each eachof eachof eachof of the singers smgers singern We know they theyw1l1 theywill theywill w1l1 will prize the photograph depict depictmg depicting depicting mg ing Frank Murphy Governor of ofMichigan ofMichigan Michigan signing the CIvil CivilRights CivilRights Rights Bill for negroes negroe < ; with the theauthor theauthor author of the measure the wrtt writ wrtter writen writer er en at hi his < ; sideAmong sideAmong side sideAmong Among t the h e splendid select selectFisk selectFisk [ Fisk singers smgers putting puttmg on a first firstclass class concert Monday was Os Oswald [ wald Lnmpkins Lnmpkms Lampkins baritoneOswald baritoneOswald baritone baritoneOswald Oswald Oswald , ! is S w well Il known now tomeas to me t ; ! as _ S I ! a o 0 i Mlch Mich While a Central High HighSchool HighSchool HighSchool School ; student ctudent there I assisted assistedhim assistedhim assistedhim him in his h1S early years of mU musical musicaltraining musicaltraining < ; lcal lcaltrammg trammg training Once sometimes tWice twicea a year my church in 10 Mlchlgan Michigan Mlchlgangave Michigangave Michigangave gave the freedom to sing smg in 10 bene beneht benefit benefit ht fit concerts for and by himself himselfThe himselfThe himselfThe The auditorium wa was . always fill filled filled filled ed to capacity and he greatly greatlycharmed greatlycharmed greatlycharmed charmed the hstLnersHe listenersHe listeners hstLners listenersHe He was equally at home in inclassicals inclassicals inclasslcals classicals as 8S in m spirituals splrttuals A com corn complete cornplete cornplete plete two-hour two hour - - concert was eas eastly easily easlly tly ily and naturally filled fllled with Ius his Iusmusic hismusic hismusic music every time bme Thus did didLampkins didLampklns didLampkins Lampkins Lampklns lay the foundations of ofhis ofhis ofhis his career for this was during the thegreat thegreat thegreat great depression deprecsion ; of 193036 193036when 1930 36 36when 36when when money was scarce scarceI I have watched his develop develop- development developmeat development - - ment meat with pardonable prtdeFisk prideFisk pride prtde prideFisk Fisk sends out only musicians musicianswho musicianswho musicianswho who have attained atta1l1ed high higli higd dlstmc distinc dlstmctlon distinction distmction tlon tion in 10 their craft All Oswald s sa sassociates sassociates like likehim likehim likehim a soclates associates < ; therefore are him soloists of merit In their theirown theirown theirown own right - | ' |