Word: alto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Definitions of liberal education abound--they range from the cultivation of gentlemanly tastes to the development of a certain frame of mind. All of them, however, emphasize the mature consideration of ideas. As a tool for developing this mature consideration, whether at Oxford or in Palo Alto, nothing has proven more fruitful than the writing of papers. In this light, it is disgraceful that a student of the humanities or the social sciences can go through a complete college year without writing more than two or three course papers...
...human voice was always man's most expressive musical instrument, and until a few centuries ago it was also the most flexible. Then part singing was invented, and in time the singer's voice became corseted by custom into one of six categories: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass. Like any set of muscles restricted to less than full capabilities, the human voice became the slave of the restriction. Individuals once even went to such extremes as castration to break out,* but occasionally a voice comes along that needs no adjustment to make musical news: the thrilling...
...best white alto saxophonist," wrote French Musicologist Hugues (Le Jazz Hot) Panassie, "is a Chicago musician, Boyce Brown . . . He has voluminous sonority, a trenchant attack and a hot, mordant intonation." He got his first horn when he was 14, and he played in combos all over, even played at the Palace on a bill that included Eddie Cantor and George Jessel. In 1952 Boyce was working in a Chicago nightclub called Liberty Inn, and developed the habit of dropping into a nearby church in the early morning after work to listen to the cool music of the organ. Then...
Rhinelander's appointment to the post, which corresponds on the undergraduate level to that of Dean Bundy here, still requires official approval by Stanford's governing body. Stanford President John E. W. Sterling, reached in Palo Alto yesterday, said he "could not yet confirm" the appointment but disclosed that Rhinelander has visited Stanford within the past month...
...wishing to belittle Mr. Curtice's way of life, where "platoons of subordinates jump when he twitches," we would like to point out that we have a subordinate who jumps and twitches with no provocation. RUSSELL E. WILLIAMS Palo Alto, Calif...