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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that U.S. aid will unquestionably keep Spain safely anti-Communist. But the threat of Communism in Spain is pretty weak. For Spain remains, despite the blurbs of Franco, Farley, and "Life" magazine, a complete military dictatorship. Whether this dictatorship is more or less strict than it was ten years ago is not the issue. Franco's army of 400,000 men keeps "order," and the General is supported by a single recognized political party. Serious opposition is promptly and inevitably imprisoned or liquidated. All of which adds up to Fascism...
Fine is highly esteemed by Koussevitzky and has been closely associated with him as a student of conducting at Tanglewood. Not long ago, Koussevitzky called him in unexpectedly to play the piano solo in the Martinu Concerto Grosso. During the rehearsal, Fine, who was reading the work for the first time, made a mistake. Koussevitzky mistook his grimace for a smile and stopped the Orchestra. In the thick Russian accents which defy reproduction, the Conductor announced, "When we make a mistake in this Orchestra, we don't laugh; we weep!" Koussevitzky was so impressed with the epigram that after...
...acting conductor of the Glee Club several years ago and conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Fine has been encouraging the performance of rarely heard contemporary and older music, a responsibility he feels strongly. Under his guidance, the Music Club has been revived since the war for the best years in its history...
Bill Tighe, veteran righthander who gained fame two years ago when he pitched a no-hitter in his first mound appearance, will start for the Terriers. A slender senior from Ashland, he finished the 1948 season with 30 straight scoreless innings...
Spokesmen for Yale asserted that the Shostakovich incident "had nothing to do" with the decision not to reappoint Marsalka. Assistant professors get reappointments for three year terms, and those may or may not be renewed. Marsalka was informed over a year ago that his appointment would not be continued after it expired this year...