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Anniversary * Two important announcernents were made this week by the man- agemnent of the Chicago Symphony orchestra. The opening gun in plans * for the celebration of the orches- tra's :fimte th anniversary, next sea- son, and -announcement of a new series of, symphony concerts with outstanding vocalists as gueýst art- ists-a' Sunday. afiernoon series. On their trip abroad last summer Pr. Frederick Stock and Henry. E. Voegeli visited many European cap- A tais and talked withmany of the world's greatest composers. The plan was to have a number of.works written expressly for the fiftieth year, of- the orchestra and to be played during that-season for the first timne anywhere, The resuits of the plan. are announced at this timne. Pledge CompostIonls Alfredo Casella of Italy, Reinhold * Gliere of Russia, Zoltan Kodaly of Hulngarty Nicolas Miaskowsky Of' Russia, Darius Milhaud of France and William Turner Walton of Eng- land have -ail pledged themselves to write compositions ini honor of the orchestra's fiftieth anniversary and to be> given their -%vorld premieres during the forthcomning season. The announcement further states: "It is desired by the Orchestral association that the United States be' - 4~... .... '44~ Board'to Meet The midwinter board meetings of the Illinois Federatiotn of Music Clubs will be held at the Chicago, Womran's club J'anuary 28 and 29 .with Mrs. Ira L. M4cKinnie, »resi- dent, presiding, it is announced. by _Mrs. Frank P. Whitmore of ICenil- worth, the Chicago district president. A meeting of the board on Sunday alternoon from 3 toý 5 o&cloclç will be followed at 6 o'clock by a recep- tion' and supper to which: ail mem- bers of the federated clubs and their friendà are invited.* Plan Luncheon, MondaY Thé'Monday morninàg ession from 9 to 12 o'clock wil be followed by a luncheon at 12:30, the club,"Piresi- den ts, memibers of the Chicago dis- trict,. departmental chairmeni of the state residing in Chicago, and the board of directors acting as hostess- es. In charge of the arrangements ar~e Mr. George Ný Oberne. first vice-president; Mrs. Ro y d o n J. Keith, second vice-president; Miss Emma Menke, fourth 'vice-president, and Mrs, Whitmore. of Kenilworth. Sunday evening the reception corn- mittee wiil be composed of Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt of Glencoe, Mrs. Charles H. Elliott of Gl encoe, Miss Sadie Rafferty, Mrs. William H. Knapp. Miss Grace Seiberling, and Mrs. Herbert Alden Seymour, ail of. nb.alA Rx- 'LI 1- - -- - WUI Dfleiate Nuniber "The winning composition is to be dedicated to the Chicago Symphony orchestra; the' original score to show such dedication and to become the property of the Orchestral Asso- ciation with right of performance.1 by the orchestra or orchestras now or i the fii*urpinnnki hw + . i the great 'celst, in the Monda y evenzfrg ti the ai he will give the flfst pie dedicated to the artt at. cof rh scftool. That night by Tibor - Haraanyi*,, portunity for use of that most gor- >U i geous of ail musical instruments-Music rroject U i the human voice. Even when used in the symphony season, th~e use is Concerts Available limited by the very niature ofth wnyiv uis;oteIlr programs. It is seldom. therefore. 1Tw -fieuiso h 1 **'..4*4flg5VVU, ÂvALs. Kaii erriamn, *Mrs. John Haatstaedt, Mrs. Aima K. Anderson, Mrs. Esther E. Turk- ington, Mrs. Winifred E. Adiins, Mrs. Gail Martin Haake, Miss Lelaý Hanmer. Mrs. Louise B. Flood, Miss Hattie Krause, Miss Anamay Wales, Miss Aima Grambauer, Miss Emma Ewen, Mrs. Grace Kirschbaum, and Mrs. F. W. Mohîman. Mirs. Merritt M. Ranstead, Chi- cago, is in charge of reservations. inning song written by Att of Qlencoe will be ence Tennyson, with tt the piano 'and Mrs. playing the violin oh- re j.m play ers. and, Orel ý's Capric bi;;ato.,