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Perhaps the best example of the group's fund-raising problem occurred when they went to the Ford Foundation for support. Attracted by the project, but suspicious of the group's ability to carry through, Ford offered to put up the entire sum needed, with only one string attached: they would have to see a verified list of speakers before giving money...
Darius Milhaud's Symphonic No, I pour Petite Orchestre, ("Le Princemps"), the program's second work, hardly deserves to be called a symphony. Its three movements last barely three minutes in all, and the Orchestre is limited to nine players (string quartet, harp, and four winds). But like much early Milhaud, the music, for all its pretensions, is pleasant and quite lyrical. And it received a very lyrical performance. Mr. Lazar conducted with a deft touch, and his small group of players responded with a spirited and humorous reading that pleased the directors as much as it did the audience...
Among this year's new, bestselling toys: ¶Chatty Cathy, a 20-in., blue-eyed, freckle-faced doll that talks, made by Mattel. When a string on Cathy's back is pulled, she can say "Will you play with me? "Tell me a story," "PIease brush my hair," "I love you," or any of eleven different sentences in random sequence. List price...
Charles D. Ravenel '61, of Eliot House and Charleston, S.C., was elected First Marshal yesterday by the members of the senior class. First string quarterback on the football team for three years, Ravenel also played on the baseball team and served on the Undergraduate Athletic Council...
...today's match includes two sophomores and five juniors, Ed Greitzer, a junior, will start in the 122-pound division, followed by classmate George Doub, wrestling at 130 pounds. Estabrook holds the 137-lb. and in the 147-lb, class will be Steve Astor. The two other first string juniors are Ernie Edmundson in the 167-lb, bracket and Red Grant, wrestling the unlimited-weight class...