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Philip H. Rhinelander '29, until last spring Director of General Education at the College, has been tentatively appointed Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal., it was learned yesterday...
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...
Conductor Attilio Poto's conception of the symphony seemed good, emphasizing both the power and the humor of the music. The Brandeis chorus showed off wonderful soprano and alto sections; the men were somewhat weaker in tone quality. The best of the soloists was tenor Carl Nelson, whose voice was throaty but well-handled. Baritone Edmond had a fine voice but made a false entrance in the solo quartet near the end of the symphony...
...Trolley Song (Dave Brubeck Quartet; Fantasy 45 r.p.m. single). One of Pianist Brubeck's and Alto Saxman Paul Desmond's most popular numbers, unmasked. One side of the disk has the finished product; the other shows how it was put together in rehearsal. "Hard to keep up," murmurs Dave as he fingers a tricky accompaniment figure. "Listen,'' he warns his combo. "If I'm going to play this, boy, I want you guys in on the beats you're playing as hard as you can play . . . umpeta-pah, umpeta-pah . . ." The bass man thumps...
Desmond (Fantasy). Alto Saxophonist Paul Desmond, who is usually heard with Dave Brubeck (TIME, Nov. 8), teams up with two other combos on this plaintive and appealing disk. On one side, he infuses his pure, sensitive tones into a handsome vocal fabric (by the Bill Bates Singers). On the other is a quintet, including amiable Trumpeter Dick Collins and Tenor Saxophonist Dave Van Kriedt, who composed such originals as a prelude (Baroque) and fugue (But Happy...