modate those not able to get into the auditorium at the first 
presentation); “The Chimes of Normandy,” by Planquette; 
and on May 2, 1928, the perennially popular “Mikado” by 
Gilbert and Sullivan, was given at Carnegie Music Hall. 
The orchestra is heard in several public performances each 
season in well selected programs featuring one or more well- 
known soloists. All these choral and orchestra programs are 
free to the public. A notable feature the past season has 
been the series of five historical piano concerto recitals, 
which have been attended by large audiences. Each season 
also brings a series of illustrated program talks on the con- 
certs given at the Mosque by the visiting orchestras, and the 
summer term of six weeks in June and July is featured by 
another series of six lecture recitals by the directors. In this 
connection it is interesting to know that P. M. I. was the 
first music school in the country to broadcast programs. 
An important feature is the arrangement with the Uni- 
versity of Pittsburgh for the exchange of credits whereby 
students can make music the major subject and receive from 
the University the A. B. degree. : 
All the affairs of the Institute are managed by the three 
directors, Dallmeyer Russell, William H. Oetting and 
Charles N. Boyd. This board is further supported by an 
advisory board consisting of Mrs. D. M. Clemson, Dr. 
Charles Heinroth, of Carnegie Institute; John A. Bell and 
Frank Milton Hunter. 
THURSTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL 
The Thurston Preparatory School, the pioneer private 
preparatory school for girls in Pittsburgh, was organized in 
the late eighties by Miss Alice M. Thurston and sent its 
first graduate to college in 1894. The Thurston school has a 
high standing in Pittsburgh and is also well known in educa- 
tional circles elsewhere. Many of its graduates have entered 
college and a number of these girls have won high honors in 
these higher institutions. 
For a number of years the school had its home on Penn 
avenue in East Liberty, but it soon outgrew its environment, 
and a specially planned fire-proof building was constructed