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Here Kohn developed his interest in teaching and scholarship as there was so much time for "sitting and reading." But he had a good chance to watch the coming of the revolution, as the prison camps were "not so strict." "You could go into the local town, and the people were good-natured." This was before "Lenin came and stopped the people from being easy-going." ("Too much efficiency is harmful...
From Red China's Premier Chou En-lai last week came a sweeping order formalizing the obvious: all Christian missions, schools and hospitals supported by Americans are taken under strict Communist control. Other provisions: ¶ Missions that cannot support themselves may call on Peking for subsidies (or shut up shop). ¶ Missionaries who "oppose the People's Government" will be dismissed, and those charged with "crimes" will be punished. ¶ Missionaries who are "not reactionary" may stay on, but only in subordinate positions...
...such serious musicians as Dr. Peter Herman Adler, the conductor who worked with him in The Great Caruso, the case of Mario Lanza is a peculiarly American tragedy. "Opera singers are like wild animals," says Dr. Adler. "They must be trained, kept in strict discipline. In Italy, there are a dozen opera houses for young singers to train where they can be in the right artistic atmosphere. Where in America can a young singer go but these two opera houses in New York (the Met and the N.Y. City Opera), to sing once or twice a week in minor roles...
...Christian philosophers who still rely on strict, logical proofs of the existence of God, a British Jesuit has a bit of advice: save your breath. Says Father Vincent Turner in an article in Britain's highbrow Roman Catholic quarterly, the Dublin Review: "Traditional theistic argument no longer cuts...
Christie's attitude toward audiences on performance days, however, is stiff and strict: no one may enter the auditorium after the overture has begun; evening dress is a must, however embarrassing to midafternoon commuters. Says he: "I refuse to pamper them." One concession: a 90-minute interval after Act II for dinner in nearby dining halls, where hungry operagoers can order chicken, Scotch salmon or cold lobster, buy choice wines from London caterers...