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...Leopold Auer, 81, unrivaled violin teacher: "Like my friend, Pianist Hofmann, I have just become a U. S. citizen. By birth Hungarian, I became in 1883 a Russian subject, in 1895 hereditary Russian nobleman, and in 1903 Russian State Councilor. As soloist to the Tsar, I succeeded the great composer-violinist Wieniaw-ski, but my chief pride is that my pupils have included Elman, Zimbalist, Heifetz. I have lived in the U. S. since 1918, following the Russian Revolution...
...season, the University cross-country team nosed out a 27 to 28 victory over the Hanover runners yesterday. W. L. Tibbetts '26 and E. C. Haggerty '27, who crossed the finish line first and second were given a hard race all the way in by Dalrymple and Auer of Dartmouth, and were at times led by them...
Captain Tibbetts' time, 28 minutes, 28 seconds, was by far the best done this year, and makes the record for the course. Haggerty crossed just two seconds later, and Dalrymple and Auer followed in rapid succession. R. G. Luttman '28 finished fifth, while McDonough, Conant, and Wolfe took the next three places for Dartmouth. The last men to count in the scoring were L. J. Novogrod '27 and C. A. Gordon '26 for the Crimson...
...invading Indian runners will probably be Conant, McDonough, Wolf, Heywood, Auer, Dalrymple, Mullin, Mason, and Keith...
...Walter Damrosch was born in Breslau, Silesia, came to the U. S. when he was nine. His father, also a conductor, was a friend of Liszt, Wagner, von Billow, Auer, Rubinstein; he led an orchestra in which Walter made his first public appearance-as a cymbal player. The youth was so nervous that he could not lift the cymbals. Later he played in his father's orchestra with the second violins to learn how instrument players follow the conductor's beat. Recently he owned the largest private music library in the world, presented it to the New York...