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...Like many another householder who was still immersed in autumn renovating, the President found that only three rooms of the White House were ready for occupancy. So he spent the weekend on the Sequoia dedicating a bridge near Cambridge, Md. and cruising the Chesapeake, planned to go this week to his mother's place at Hyde Park. There he hoped table discipline would help him take off a few extra pounds acquired on the Houston...
...There are the gravest difficulties in having an election at any other time of the year than autumn or in the first six weeks of the new year." he began. "You find in nearly the last forty years the only exception to that rule was when I was Prime Minister in May, I think...
...essential functions in order to allow the election to take place. Therefore. I have long since come to the conclusion that you must rule out the spring and summer months because of financial business. You must rule out August and September because of the holidays. You are left autumn, but in no circumstances must you run into any interference with Christmas trade...
...imported singers are so sure of their Wagner that they needed little rehearsing. But the San Franciscans who sing the smaller roles have been drilled tirelessly all autumn. More difficult still has been the task of training an orchestra which has never before played the Ring. Five players had to be brought on from Manhattan, four to play the special Wagner tuben, one the drums. To start the spadework a month ago, Conductor Artur Bodanzky sent two of his assistants from the Metropolitan Opera. For the past fortnight he has been on the job in person, rehearsing as much...
...Kendall College, made a reputation at Texas Christian where he functioned from 1929 ;o 1934. At Ohio State, Schmidt's methods have been nothing if not thorough. He made his players practice six weeks in winter and all spring, brought them back to Columbus three weeks early this autumn, divided the squad into four groups, held workouts from 9 a. m. until sundown. Most Big Ten coaches abide by tacit agreement not to run up one-sided scores against each other. Not so, Schmidt. Superficial characteristics of his strategy are complex ground plays, frequent passes. His 18-year coaching...