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...lies the latest issue of the "Harvard Guardian," as chock-full as its prodecessors with exciting stuff. The leading feature of this issue is "Sorokin and the Dangerous Science. It consists of three articles by distinguished members of the faculty, discussing the three volumes of Professor Sorokin's "magnum opus...
...seems to be no fatal drawback for a pianist to lose his right hand. There have been written for the left hand alone four good pieces with opus numbers by Reger; two finely conceived and well-placed selections of Skriabin, opus 9; etudes by Moszkowski, Saint-Saens, Berens; and also Brahms has set Bach's Chaconne in D minor for violin alone as a study for the left hand...
...Polezhayev's ship comes in when Lenin gets to the helm. He sees his seven-year magnum opus on plant physiology put through the government-controlled press ahead of propaganda leaflets. When he lectures Baltic sailors on the color red, "the foundation of the life of plants," he gets a big hand and a valuable loaf of bread, is elected their deputy to the Petrograd Soviet. Lenin himself calls him on the phone, says he is proud of him. Old Polezhayev's heart begins to run down; the doctor warns him to rest, stay at home. But Polezhayev...
...this year is to be no exception, for their first concert, which takes place in Paine Hall tomorrow evening, is composed entirely of eighteenth century music. The works to be heard are Mozart's String Quartet in F major (K. 590), Carl Stamitz's Duo for Violin and Cello, Opus 19, No. 1, and the same composer's Quartet in B flat major for Oboe and Strings...
Unfortunately, this worthy offering coincides on Saturday afternoon with another excellent recital, that of the popular English pianist Myra Hese. Her varied program includes a Sarabande, Minuet, and Air by Purcell, Schubert's Sonata Opus 143, Schumaun's "Papillons", and Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonats. The latter is one of her particular triumphs...