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...musical highlight of the evening was Ursula Oppens' fine performance of the Beethoven Second Piano Concerto. Miss Oppens' command of the instrument is now familiar to Cambridge audiences; her phrasing last night was beautiful, revealing a through understanding of the music. Only occasionally did exaggerated rubato obscure a cadence or mar an elision. Her musicianship showed through especially in the pedalling of the second movement and throughout the cadenza of the first. The orchestra, despite an irresistable tendency to rush, supported her quite well. The soloist herself took command when the Adagio turned into an Andante in restoring the original...
Navy optimistically took a two run lead in the third, but this edge was cancelled by a three-run Crimson effort in the fourth. John Dockery's line drive double was the highlight of the rally, Harvard added three more unearned insurance runs in the seventh...
...highlight of yesterday's performances was a new NCAA record in the 200-yard freestyle set by Yale's Steve Clark. Clark, who already shares the NCAA mark in the 100-yard free, set his new standard yesterday with a time...
William G. Saltonstall '28, who resigned as principal of Philips Exeter Academy to direct the Peace Corps in Nigeria, will highlight the current week-long recruitment drive at Harvard with a speech on Peace Corps activities at 8:15 p.m. tonight in Lowell Lecture Hall...
...famous defense of Charles Dickens' Scrooge, first prepared "in a moment of desperation" for a Signet Society dinner, has become a highlight of the Winthrop Christmas show...