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...electricity will tend to concentrate in the material which offers least resistance to its passage, and valuable evidence concerning the relative conductivity of the rocks that comprise the area can be gained by observing with suitable devices the distribution of current. A convergence of flow lines into a good conductor can be readily detected, and even the effects of better conducting material at considerable depth can often be estimated with a fair degree of assurance. Of course, all masses of rock in the earth that are good conductors are not necessarily bodies. Barren graphitic slates rock beds soaked with salt...
...Stekene, Belgium, Conductor Van Hove de Saint-Pol put his orchestra through the paces of a brisk number, brought it to an abrupt end and ordered a funeral march. Whispering complaints, his players fumbled for their scores. But Saint-Pol hissed them quiet, tapped for attention, led the march through and dropped dead...
...famous European musician who is the first to serve under the Lamb gift has visited this country several times on concert and lecture tours. On one of these trips he acted as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is held in high repute in his native land, serving as musical advisor to the Rumanian court on several occasions. He has also conducted orchestras and given concerts in Paris and other foreign cities...
...TIME will review the performances of the German Grand Opera Company in the next issue. *;Composer-Conductor Honegger's tour takes him to Cambridge, Mass., Boston, Manhattan, Chicago, St. Paul, Kansas City, Detroit, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Buffalo...
Frank W. Buxton, as managing editor and conductor of the editorial page, succeeds Mr. O'Brien. In 1923, Mr. Buxton won the Pulitzer prize with his editorial, ''Who Made Calvin Coolidge...