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...university, founded 150 years ago by Green Mountain General Ira Allen, has nine self-perpetuating trustees, nine elected by the Legislature. When the Legislature meets next fortnight, it will have to decide whether to 1) let the university go out of business, 2) take it over as a 100% State university, or 3) approve a plan proposed by a special committee whereby the State would appropriate $500,000, alumni would raise $250,000 and the university would be authorized to borrow $1,000,000 more to pull itself out of its hole...
...Alley did its bit for China by contributing a theme song for United China Relief. Three of the Alley's top tunesters (Composer Arthur Schwartz, Lyricists Edward "Yip" Harburg and Ira Gershwin) wrote Honorable Moon in one evening and Radio Singer Connie Boswell launched the song on a national hookup last week. Refrain...
...tell whether a "take" (trial recording) is any good. Victor's mastermind is twinkling-eyed Leonard Joy, who has been in the game for 15 years. Last week his latest bossing and conducting job was on the counters: an album of songs and dialogue from the Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin musicomedy, Lady in the Dark, recorded by the star of the show, Gertrude Lawrence (6 sides; $2). Between this one and Decca's earlier album by Hildegarde, there was no contest vocally: Hildegarde has the voice. But glamorous "Gertie" Lawrence still has what it takes on the stage...
...book, Winged Warfare (Harper & Brothers; $3), West Pointer Arnold and his coauthor, Colonel Ira C. Eaker, were careful not to get out on the limb Billy Mitchell was sawed off on. In a 260-page discussion of the use of air power, closest Arnold-Eaker got to the limb were a few paragraphs carrying the unmistakable implication that a separate air force was inevitable...
...Oriental fairy tale, a glittering dream of a circus that turns into a mild nightmare. It has blandishing music, including a poignant song My Ship, by the German refugee composer Kurt Weill, who scored the productions of The 3-Penny Opera and The Eternal Road] and droll lyrics by Ira Gershwin such...