Since Barbara Louise Smith, 19, has the best soprano voice of anyone in her class at the University of Texas' College of Fine Arts, it was only natural that she should win the starring role in the college's annual full-dress opera. Last October she was cast as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, rehearsed conscientiously. Then, only a few days before last week's performance, she was summoned to the office of the dean and told that she must get out of the cast. Dean E. W. Doty was very sorry, but certain legislators in session right there in Austin had...
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