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Show Dixie College Sets Fine Arts Festival Dec. 13 The annual Dixie College Fine Arts Festival is scheduled for Dec. 13, 14, and 15. Chief attention will center around speech, music and the fine arts with those respective respec-tive departments of the college sponsoring parts of the program. Invitations to exhibit paintings and sculpture have been extended to a large number of artists. A generous response is anticipated by the sponsors of the festival, and items for the art exhibit already al-ready are coming in. Programs in the music department depart-ment will feature, piano, vocal, and instrumental numbers in solo and group work. Dance .numbers will be furnished by the college physical education department.Out standing artists from the colleges and universities of the west will be guest speakers on various programs. pro-grams. The Fine Arts Festival play, "The Rivals" has been in rehearsal for several weeks. This old favorite, authored by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Sher-idan, offers numerous excellent characterizations and splendid comedy co-medy situations. It will be presented pres-ented on Thursday and Saturday nights, Dec. 13 and 15. Highlight of the festival will be the Fine Arts Ball on Friday night, Dec. 14. At the ball the painting purchased from the exhibit by the college student body will be unveiled un-veiled and presented to the school by a senior girl who will be selected sel-ected to represent the "Spirit of the Fine Arts." Selection of the "Spirit of the Fine Arts" will be done on the basis of the activities of senior girls in the field of the fine arts at Dixie College and in the community. com-munity. Members of the committee responsible res-ponsible for the festival are S. Ralph Huntsman, chairman of the art department and chairman of the festival; Myrtle Henderson, chairman of the speech department; depart-ment; William E. Purdy, director of vocal music; Carlyle Marsden, director of instrumental music; LaVora Murray, director of women's wom-en's physical education activities; A. Karl Larson, director of the division div-ision of social sciences; Gloria Hafen, student body president and Rexine Gardner, chairman of the Dixie College sociability committee. |