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...paring process of candidates for the University and Jayvee crews has resulted in a slash of the crew squad from eight to four combinations it was announced last night by Coach Whiteside. Today the four crews, from which it is expected that the first string oarsmen will be gleaned, will commence the last extensive workout period in the Newell Boathouse tank before the shells have been shipped onto the Charles...
...masks and face-painting, costumes, and a whole intricate play of gesture have complex, traditional significances (stooping, for instance, means passing under a lintel, i. e., entering another house). The singing is accompanied by one musician producing whining, squealing sounds on the Hu-ch'in (bamboo bow-and-string instrument), by others tapping wood blocks, striking cymbals, plunking rudimentary banjos. Their approaches to harmony are painful to western ears; their rhythms are often complex syncopations, recognizable by jazz enthusiasts...
...with the U. S. S. R., preservation of secret dye formulas. He has, however, plenty of time for relaxation, which he divides between a home on Park Avenue, and another in Leipzig. Riding, music, are his hobbies; generosity his outstanding characteristic. To satisfy his riding urge he keeps a string of horses in Manhattan. He is said to have been the patron of the violinist Benno Rabinov. His spending takes the form of lavish entertainment, maintenance of a hospital in Leipzig, and now, donations to his company...
Play started with a rush. The Cadet first string line, Wing, Brandt, and Haskell, skillfully managing the strange ponles, showed perfect team work in outscoring the Harvard riders, 9 to 1 1-2 in the first three chukkers. Each of the Soldiers scored three goals. The Crimson players were unable to make headway, although the line-up of Crispin Cooke '32, E. K. Jenkins '31, and W. F. Luton '32 was stronger than that of the previous game...
...that the Harvard and Radcliffe Choruses, conducted by Archibald Davison and Wallace Woodworth, will assist the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a festival of the orchestral, choral, and chamber music of Johannes Brahms at Symphony Hall, in Boston, from March 21 to 26 inclusive. Also assisting will be the Burgin String Quartet, Arthur Schnabel, pianist; Margaret Matzenauer, mezzo-soprano; Jeannette Vreeland, soprano and Fraser Gange, baritone...