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Only in Tokyo did the rising young conductor fall flat. He returned there between Western triumphs last year, was signed by Japan's prestigious NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corp.) Orchestra to a six-month, $10,000 contract. Proudly, he got up on the podium to display the sweeping conducting technique...
During the Thirties strongly worded criticisms of the elective system also came from the University of Chicago, which had pioneered a program of General Education based on "great books" and installed a special faculty to teach the new undergraduate courses. Robert M. Hutchins, Chicago's Chancellor, branded Mr. Mr. Eliot...
The junior year was slightly less exciting. Only the continuing program of construction stirred the Cambridge scene. The Busch Reisinger Germanic museum was dedicated in January, and work on a new high-voltage laboratory was begun.
"The Academic Year," on the other hand, is a fairly competent and intelligent account of interesting moments, precisely because it dares to be selective in an album committed to blurry tries at comprehensive summary. Still, selectivity can be carried too far: just look at the Faculty sketches. Even granting that...
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has begun a period of transition that could last another three or four years until things settle down. Before his resignation last spring, Fritz Reiner, 74, built the Chicago into one of the best-disciplined orchestras in the world. Chicago's new man, who will...