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...offerings-a rambling Sonata by Henry Eichheim; a conservative Quintet by John Alden Carpenter; a hard, austere Trio by Roy Harris; a crafty Sextet by Edward Burlingame Hill. Critics preferred the things they had heard before-the earthy string sextet of Bohuslav Martinu, a Czech; the chromatic, well-knit Triptyque of Alexandre Tansman; the Canticum Fratis Soils of Charles Martin Loeffler. Carl Engel, one-time music librarian in Washington, asked Composer Frank Bridge if he considered any of the new works worth $500. Composer Bridge, a dry Briton, answered, "Well, Carl, don't forget the American dollar has been...
Raymond Vail Ingersoll, Borough President of Brooklyn, who has acted as an arbitrator in labor disputes for the cloak & suit and the knit-goods industries, who served as chairman of New York's minimum wage board when Frances Perkins was New York's Commissioner of Labor...
...difference. They are always on the lookout to sell it again. Da, da [yes, yes], Persia is fundamentally sound!" It was this fundamental of Persian policy which made oil such a pleasing subject of converse last week at Ankara. The stronger the two nations become, the more firmly they knit bonds of Moslem unity across the Near and Middle East, the stronger will be Shah Riza's hand the next time he feels like tearing up an oil contract. Dictator Kemal for his part was anxious to talk Persian oil for the Turkish fleet. He was said in Ankara...
...involves Eliot House's second claim to fame, Victor H. Kramer '35 who incidentally (in case he hasn't told you) was Chairman of the Model League's local committee on arrangements. It seems that Victor happened to see that one of the delegates from Ecuador was engaged in knitting during one of the League meetings. Never before having seen a young lady knit, Mr. Kramer immediately dispatched one of the Radcliffe ushers with a note to the delegate from Ecuador. The reply came back, "Mrs. Roosevelt does...
...Technical School. In former years, the Tech men have always come out on top, but this year there is a good chance that their streak of winnings will be broken. The Jayvee team is exceptionally strong this year; all the men have had experience together, and form a well-knit unit...