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Orchestras composed entirely of women are no longer novel. In 1896, the Women's String Orchestra Society of New York was organized, played for seven seasons with success; a Women's String Quartet was acclaimed, in Manhattan, in 1897. There have been innumerable famed women composers, instrumental virtuosos, of every nationality-Clara Schumann, wife of the great German composer, Robert Schumann; Mrs. Chazal, English composer, pianist; Carlotta Ferrari, foremost woman composer of Italy; Teresa Carreiia, Venezuela. Ethel Leginska has frequently been given public attention when she conducted orchestras (TIME, Jan. 19). A woman, Saint Cecelia, is the patron...
...odds as shown by comparative scores favor the 1928 players heavily. With a record of seven victories and two defeats to their credit, they easily outshine the visitors who have only two victories to balance a long string of defeats. Andover defeated the Crimson by a 35-32 score, and the Tech Freshmen by the more decisive count...
...final test before the Yale game is awaiting the University basketball team when it meets the Connecticut Agricultural quintet at the Hemenway Gymnasium tonight. With both teams at the end of their seasons, each with a string of victories and notably few defeats to their credit, a hard and fast game is promised. If the University comes out on top in this contest, the outlook for a victory in the annual battle with Yale on Saturday will be most promising...
...visitors tonight have an excellent record to back up their calims for a victory. The strong Springfield five which gave the University a close battle, has twice met defeat at their hands, while the Army was pushed to its utmost to win by a one point margin. A string of nine victories and only three defeats sums up the visitors accomplishments, as opposed to nine victories and two defeats for the Crimson...
...University basketball team will invade Princeton tonight in an attempt to add the Brown Bear to its string of victims. With only two defeats so far this season, both at the hands of intercollegiate League teams, Columbia and Dartmouth, and with only three games to be played before the Yale encounter next week, the five has been aiming to take tonight's game in its stride, and if it continues the form it has shown in the last three games, the recent athletic supremacy of the Brunonians should be broken...