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-t! s MERO: Tb All the Friends £ dupporters of Highlander - The firet big event in the celebration of Highlander's Tenth Anniversary is something to brag about and 1s reason enough why you should receive the clippings below. Sponsored by Highlander's Washington Committee the affair is & chillenge to all the friends of Highlander everywhere to go out and do likewise or at least as near likewise as possible. at =? Washing ton Times-Herald 7 May 11, 1942 74 5,000 Hear | Paul Robeson | In Folk Songs Program includes Foreign Compositions By GLENN DILLARD GUNN Five thousand musi¢ lovers gath- ered in the Riverside Stadium last + Aight lo near Paul Robeson in a program of folk songs. For many yeats it has been the practice of this great artist to limalt his recitals to the songs of his own race. Having the greatest, voice of the present in point of sopority and a gift for the lyric address‘ that is notebly eloquent, Robeson has done hia share to make this simple and moving art loved by all the peoples of the world, Washington sponsors for the Rehesen concert included: Mrs. H. Stone, Justice and Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, Mrs, Hugo L. Black, Mrs. Francis Biddle, Senator Abe Mur- fasck, Mr and Mra. Edward Keat- jing, Mr. James B. Carey, Mr. and maid ket & afucdentiy Mr. Clarence Pickett, Mr. Fred §. Walker, : Dr. Frank P. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard D. Reilly, Mr. Maury Mav- erick, Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Honorable Thomas H. Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Fillman, Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. Ganson Pur- cell, Mrs. Clark Foreman, Mrs. Charles Edward Rhetts, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Durr, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams, Honorable J. Warren Madden, Mr. Telford Tay- David FE. Lifienthal, Miss Hilda Smith, Mrs. Decca Rommily, Mr and Mire. Michael Straight. Weshington Hews Mey 11, 1942 Robeson Great in Riverside Benefit Show That was more than a recital at Riverside Stadium last night. It was a revival meeting, a coun- try hoe-down and a Basin-st blues session. all rolied up in one bundie. ; i : F 2 i [love 3% se y = gs ee 2 eye erode riety bafaee rtstie oO Sf 71 29 a ie ees jor, Lieut. Barry Bingham, | | Tt was a big night sor a rd fight = soldiers, and another from workers fm a German concentration camp. Washington Star May 11, 1942 Is Laid Aside for Old Folk Tunes teagle, Tenn. Mr. Robeson and NE audience always have a friendly a end Engels “Chassidic Chant.” The final numbers were Ross’ “Tennessee Valley,” “Evekicel Saw de Wheel” and “Joshua Pit de Battle of Jericho” arranged his a rangement of “Belm in GUeaa" | A note of patriotism underlay Mr. Robeson’s talk about these and was carried out further in encores which consisted of & stir- Fing setting of “The Bill of Rights,” ® song of the Soviet Red Amy changed by a With his great dramatic ability, Mr. Robeson aroused his audience te _ cheers and wild epplause. Voice Fills Arena. . His magnificent voice with tu ke quality and resonant ¥ depth filled the large arena as- sisted Mttle by the amplification system which was not clear or pow- erful. genuine feeling which he puts into his singing Is doubly effective because of its naturalness and the strong personality of the artist. His versatility as a linguist was demonstrated when he sang German and Hebrew. in Ruslan, ” at