Word: quartet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prospects for a fine mile relay quartet are excellent with such men as F.E. Cummings '31, N. P. Hallowell '32, J. W. Fobes '32, E. E. Record '32, R. J. Boches '32, V. L. Hennessy '30, and W. C. Rowe '31. From this group at least three exceptional quarter-milers are expected. Hallowell, R. C. Aldrich '31, and G. N. Barrie Jr. '32 appear to be the leading men in the half mile, but have sturdy opponents in Boches. A. M. Vinton '30, and several others...
Further attention to Harvard players has been marked by the appearance of J. G. Douglas '30 at end on several of the "All-Eastern" teams, and the prominence of the "Sophomore 4" in sports reviews in which the quartet, composed of W. B. Wood Jr. '32. E. A. Mays, Jr. '32, B. D. White '32, and Charles Devens '32, takes its place beside the immortals of former years. George, Trevor, a recognized critic writing for the New York Sun, compares the Sophomore quartet to the 1929 edition of the Notre Dame horsemen and adds that while football history is studded...
Outside of the occasional concerts given in Boston and Cambridge by the various string quartets which tour the United States, students in the University seldom have the opportunity to hear the works of composers which many regard as the highest developments of musical composition...One quartet has played in Cambridge thus far this year, the Stradivarius group, which plans to give several more programs during the term...
...Lener String Quartet comes from Budapest. Its members are Jeno Lener, first violin, Joseph
...years to the cult of chamber music. Now the Lener is one of the world's first string organizations. In Manhattan last fortnight its tender, lush playing of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven won noisy approval from the audience, superlatives from critics; made recent performances by the London String Quartet seem over-fastidious, bloodless by comparison. The Roth Quartet, however, also from Budapest, remains for most critics unrivaled for its flawless finesse...