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. ory What has long been the dream of bistory-mninded jcitizens who have' wished for some central place where there could be gathered for preservation not Ôily reminders of other days of the 'north shbore but antiquitieés f rom al "oveèr'the wold as been realized tbrough the generosity.and itrst..of 'Les- lie L. Cookce of Winnetka. Wben the large new building of, New Trier ,Town- ship Higb school was nearing completion the. school administration set aside a large double roomn to bouse thé tiny, nucleus of what was bopeci would some day become 'a, history museuni. It was a pet idea of Dr. Laura F. Ullr-ick, head of the scbool social science department. She recalled 'having seen ,tbe -first few history objects gatberedý for, a similar project at the University of Illinois swell until an entire building was necessary to bouse them.. The first objects that were gathered were. principally the work of students aithte school such as miniature replicas, of Roman bridges and aqueducts, stage- craft, models, etc, notwitbstanding.the enterprise of tbe school. in such a project as publishing a book of linoleum block prints depicting the earlýy history of the townsl»p-anything approaching a compre-. hensive museum seemed decades in, the future.. Mr. Cooke has always had a hobby for collectinig tigespecially relics that .depict the life of American aborigines. Constantly on bis wide travels be was picking up idols, war implements, peace- pipes, and ail sorts of objeets that reflected early or pre-Columbian civiizations initbis continent. lui time bis collection numbered thousands of articles. .Not least interesting among them were the relics exbibited in the Maya Temple at A Century of Progress Exposition. This.entire collection bas been placed at the serv- ic o teBo ard of Education of New Trier High schol a a lan xhiitio ofthefirst rankfo the new muscum. Here it is being installed as rapidly as the task of' cataloguing and arranging. will permit. It is hoped sufficient of the niaterial will be in 'place to permit its exhibition for the first tume on "open bouse night," Friday, May 3. ilie effect on the school of Mr. Cooke's striking generosity bas. been electrical. First it was neces- sary to finish the decorating of the rooms in fitting manner and the placing of adequaté exhibition cases to bouse the relies. The striking significance about the decorations is that under the supervision of MISS Catherine Murphy, assistant art director of the high school, the work is to be a student project. Ai The board of directors of the University Musical society have announced engagements of a brilliant array qf celebrities to participate in the Forty- Second Annual May festival, to be held in Hill audi- torium, May 15, 16, 17, and 18.ý The list includes six" stars neyer before heard. in Ann Arbor,. and six former favorites. Newcomers. include Helen Jepson. Maximn Pantellieff, Myrtie LIeonard, Ruth Posseit, Wilbur. Evanis, and,, Mary Moore, while those who have been heard. on previous occasions include ýGiovanni Martinielli, Josef, Lhévinne, Paul Althouse, Ethyl Hayden, Theodore Webb and Paul Leyssac. The. Festival programn as a, whole is under theý musical directorship of Dr. Earl V. Moore, whio ,will present'the University Choral Unionjin several outstanding choral1 works, including M'oussorgsky's "Boris Godunof" given in Englisb, the original, ver- sion being used; "King David?' by Honeggr, Mich will also be sung,;,andý the world premiere of. How- ard Hanson's songs f rom the "Drum Taps"' will he given. Juva Higbee, supervisor ýof music in -,the Anni Arbor Public schools, will direct the Young People's chorus, of more than 400 voices.,in a mris- cellaneous programn at one of the afternoon con- certs, ixcluding the world preniiere of the work by Dorothy James of Ypsilanti, entitled: "Jumbles» WiIl Deluver Lecture:- Seres on Church Mlus»c A series of lectures on "Churcb Music in History and Practice" is being given by the Rev. Canon Charles Winfred Douglas in the Anderson Memorial chapel of. Seabury-Western 'Theological Seminary; Evanstoin. The lectures are being held in the evenings at 8 o'clock on the following dates: May 3, 7, 8, 9, 10,1 14, and 17. The subjects for the various nights are as f ollows: Music of the Eucharist Before the Reformation, Music of tbe Eucharist Since the' Reformation, Office Music Before the Reformation, Angelican. Office Music, the Liturgical Hymn, An- gelican Eclectic Hyminody, and A Century of 'Re- f orm. Illustrations during the lectures will be igivenl partly by means of phoniograph records and partly throughi the assistance of the A Cappella choir of Northwestern tiiverç.ifv. Oliver Seth Reltz. con- The North Shore Musicians club will meet with Mi-s. Ralph Horween, 654. Garland avenue, Win- netka, on Tuésday afternoon, May 7, at 2:15 o'clock. The assisting bostesses wilI be Mrs. Clifford Ives*. Mr.Howvard L. Storch of Wilmette and Mrs. Lawrence S. Marsh of Witinetka.'. The. following 4 program will be given:- Nuüits d'Etolles W i1d Geese .. . . . . . . .. . . . . Regrets de Manon......... marjorie Day Ern.au Akely at the piîano. Nocturne in C. Sharp Minor ...... > Interrnezzo, Opus 119, No......... .... Frances Anderson ..... Diehu ss .Guion MaSsenet .Chopin Brahins Inquelle TrineMorbide . . . .Puccini Les Silhouettes ...11...1...1..........., Carpen ter The Slecp that Flits on Baby's Eyes....... Crpenter Cobwebs..................Williams AÀ'ifred a .J. *Berml nghan Dorothy L. Pound at the piano. IV. Air from Concerto in A MinÔr... ....... Goldmark Allegro- from Concerto 1ih D Major - .Mozart Caroline Harnsberger Gevilla Neukranz at the piano. .V. Chinese Alother Goose Rhymes..........ist What the Oid Cow Said The Mouse 0f What Use Is a Girl? Baby 19. Sleeping Pat-A-Cake The Old Womnan Loveliëc,,t Of Trees............ Duke, ADream..................Grieg Marjorle Shermaný Electa Austin Gamron at the piano. VI Excerpts 'from "Madame Butterfiy'l. Pucini Evelyn La, Salle. Wilniette EBoy to Appear in Concert Friday Night The six winining :pianists in the Student contests.. of the Society of. An.ieric7an, Musicians will appear in'a concert undér the direction of B3ertha Ott on. Friday eveniing,. May 3, at 8:15 o'clock at Kimrbal Hall, Chicago. Amnong these ýwiwiers, %vijl be Dli7id Geppert ýof Wilmnette, a freshman at New Trier 'High school, who will play four rnimhers--"Scier zo" f rom Soniata Opus 2, No. 3 by Beethoven.; "Hark, Hark, thé Lark" by Schuhert-Liszt; one ofbis' own composi- tions. entitled "Merr.ories," an.d "Etude, Opus 10, Art [xhî'bit An exhibition of notable Chicago artists is. on, at the Davis store in Chicago (eighth floor gaI- leies). The works being shown (ail oils) are, by, JosephAllworthy, Claude Buck,. Frank an 1d.Eliza- beth Peyraud, Mrs. Walter Knawiec, Rudolph Ingerle, Fredeni.ck. Tellenider, â nd Julius- Maessel. The artists will be Helen Hedges, -soprano, (Mrs. Herbert MW. Stoetzel of Glencoe) ; Margaret Gent, contralto; Eugene Dressler, tenon, and Raymond Koch, baritone, Helen Hawk Carlisle wîll be the. piano accompanist. Their prograin of solos, duets, and quartets, chosen, from the music that audiencées love to bear, will be given in a spring-like garden setting. Festival 'on Englarmd The elev'enth Hasiemere Festival. under the di- rection of Arnold Dolmetsch will be held in Hasie- .mere, Surrey, England, from July 22 to ,August 3.Following the custorn, concerts daily -will be featured using- music from the. Middle Ages to the lSth century.- useum Ai-m