Word: strings
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...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...
...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...
...program will include an overture to the "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day" by Handel, arranged for strings and oboe; dances from Bach's "Suite in B Minor", arranged for strings and flute, a suite of dances of Milhaud: variations for string orchestra by Byrd: and three movements from "Symphony 2 in D" by Haydn...
Cadet Murrell, whose steady line-crashing last fall was an effective complement of Cagle's flashy runs, will try grips in the 175-pound class with C. D. Newhart '31, substitute tackle on the 1929 University eleven; and in the unlimited class, Parham, second string Army tackle, will engage Captain Nathaniel Warner '31, center on the second University football squad. Both men now weigh about 190 pounds, and an interesting encounter is expected...
Sense-training is gained through auto-education. Similar methods are applied to the development of the more delicate senses. A child is given two crude, one-string fiddles, one with frets, one without. By comparing noises made on both, he can soon fit in the missing frets, play the second fiddle. Children who can read are encouraged to act each sentence out in dumb show. The system tries to make all of a pupil's acts coordinate with all his senses. Through ideological gymnastics, an intellect is developed by the exercise of attention, comparison, judgment...