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Gardner Read, Jr., 21-year-old Evanston stu- dent, r.eached an important Iandmark iii bis career as a composer last week upon the presentation of one of bis works by the Chicago Symphony o rchestra on its regular program at Orchestra hall. Hc is believed to be o ne of the youngest, if lt -the youngest, composers whose works bas ever been included in a Chicago Symphony pro- gram. Mr. Ikead camehome -from the Eastman school of music at Rochester, N. Yý., wbere he is a junior, to hear the perfoDrmance of- bise composition, "Sketches of City Life," on Tbursday evening and again, Friday afternoon of last week. This work, tbough stili, in manuiscript. form, was presented Iait spring at the E~astman school. It is in three parts, entitied "Fog," "Nocturne in a Deserted Brickyard" and- "Prayer of Steel," taken fromn the poems of Carl Sandburg. Mr. Read, who is tbe son of Mr. and Mrs. GarnerRead Jbean 15 wok ini compoition while a student at Evanston High schooi, where lie received his diploma in 1932. Outsidc of school bours he studied organ with Archer Lambutb, piano with Miss Lora Bell and barmony witb Theodore Lamms, and *on scholarships in com- position for two summers at the National High school camp at Interlochen, Mich. He bas beld scholarships for tbree successive years at East- man, symphonilc poem, *Mountain ýSkcches" n "Sonata in A Minor» for piano, wbicb was piayed by Mrs. G. Bunn Gu,,.t of IEvanston last summer at A Century of Progress. Hcelbas also compietcd a number of smaller works, including chamber ensembles, songs, piano and organ numbers. He is now prcparing bis first symphony and is pursuing bis training aiso as a,,conductor. own, sumnuer Night's Dream" at the Auditorium theater' is led by Nini Theilade, a 19 year old Danish girl who was discovered by Max Reinhardt four years ago and was featured1 in bis presentation of the play ini Oxford, England, last ycar. The ballets, none of- Whic h are in formai toc dancing style, wcre. arranged and rehcarsed by Theodore Kos- loif, a veteran1Ë the Russian ballet, who bas been associa ted with DeMille's cin.1ema studios for fovr- teen, years. Tbe dances are said to be, a free com- binaion of character, classical and modern styles, wit, çm pbasis. on facial ex~pression, and tbey rep- reent a, method that Reinhardt caîls "plastic pantomime.", There are nine ballet and pantomic episodes., N.ý S. Chamber Music "Dduo"p Concert S ùnday The *North Shore Chamber Music association will bave its next concert on Suiiday afternoon, December 9, at 4 o'ciock at the Kenilwortb club. The artists will be Amy Neill, violinist, and Agnes Conover, pianist, who wiii present'a sonata pro- gramn. * = *1 = E = i * le ban Ruth Page and her associates will give a special ail-ballet program on Friday evening, November 30, at the Civic Opera house. She wilI givc the world-Premiere of two ballets, 'Hear Ye I Har... Ye!" and "Gold Standard," both of which wîll bc dirccted by Rudolph Ganz. She wilî aIso present, a -reviv al of two favorite ballets, Ravel's "Bolero" and "La Guiablasse," which will1 be conducted by Leo Kpp The opera, for -this coming'Saturday nPight wili be "Aida," and the cast Wili incèlude. Eleanor La Mance, Elilda Burke, Frederic Jagel -and Teoôdor Announcement is made that Hope Hampton will make ber. first Chicago appearance- in grand opera in Chicago Monday nigbt, December 9, Wben sbie will sing, the titie-role, in, a revival of Massenet's "Manon," to be sung in French. Miss Hampton is a celebrity' of thé American stage wbosc activi- tics have not brought ber to Cbicago in person, altbough she bas oftcn been what the newspapers regard as "first-page çpy." Shc iiad a motion- picture career in Hollywood just before the per- fecting of the sound-track device wbîch gave birth to. the word "taikies." The sulent motion-pictures in whicb Miss Hampton appcarcd werc made under ber personal direction, and set a new high in spectacle and magnificence for the screcn of that oChicago Art Institute Exhibi»ts Are Popular During the years 1933 and 1934 wbich were the yéars of the two great exhibtions of world master- pieces ini painting and sculpture, nearly, tbrce mil- lion visitors entereçl the doors of the Art Institute. of Chicago, the officiai art building of A Century of Progress exhibition. That these exhibits have- donc mucbh to reveal to the public a worid of in- terest and beauty to whicb it heretofore had. been somewbat indifferent, ivili be one of the. enduring benefits of the exhibitions. In f act so evident is this that no less a person than the Curator of Paintings of the Louvre, Paul Jamnot, recently ecpressed bis opinion that the midwest. metropolis would eventually become the cultural and artistic center of America. Éclix Borowski, of the faculty of Northwestern University, will holci two successive courses, re- spectively on the History of Music and Modeni Music, on the McKinlock Memorial Campus. Chii- cago.