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Leopold Stokowski, the platinum-blond maestro of Philadelphia and Hollywood, has lately been experimenting with Army bands. His conclusions (to abolish the clarinet, to send bands playing into modern battle aboard tanks and trucks) last week came in for criticism in Congress. Said Ohio's Representative George H. Bender: "Picture the possibilities. As the tank dips into a sharp and unexpected hollow, the cries of anguish from the perturbed saxophone players would probably frighten the enemy to a quick and decisive retreat, unless the soldiers themselves would first throw up their guns in anguish to shut their ears. Having...
...Vermont had two seats, each representing 176,214 people-a difference between districts of 40%. But if a seat were transferred from Vermont to New York, the difference would be not decreased but increased to 46%. So no transfer should be made. In short, Dr. Huntington aims not to abolish inequalities, which is impossible, but to keep them to a mathematical minimum...
...reducing the maximum prices of suites, the masters hope to abolish undergraduate suspicion that wealthy students can buy their way into the Houses. Occasionally in the past, although turning away many applicants for moderately priced rooms, the masters have been forced to give their most expensive accommodations to the first bidder, even if he was on probation...
...same time E. Langdon Burwell '41, treasurer of the Student Council and president of Phillips Brooks House, stated that the Council had voted to abolish its traditional policy of soliciting funds only at registration...
Recently Mr. Schock, 75, became concerned about the future of 1) his business, 2) his money. Though married, he is childless. Moreover, he believes that the system of inheritance is unChristian. "If we abolish all inheritance of property and if we fixed a limit to earning power," he often said, "we would be able to solve all our economic problems. . . . After reasonable provision for women & children, a man's estate should go to the general welfare...