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There were two Boston premieres in the Ballet Theater's program for Monday. The first of these was Agnes De Mille's "Fall River Legend," which is "suggested by" the story of Lizzie Borden, who "took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks." It is an interesting theater-piece, but made so mostly by the miming of Nora Kaye and the sets of Oliver Smith...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE DANCE | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

...system to give instructions to the rooters. Every time the team comes out of the huddle, the rooting section omits a mighty rear. On a close play, everyone stamps his feet, creating thunder before the rear. Cheers are frequent, and one tradition soaked cheer, the venerable "Axe Yell," is reserved all year long for a crucial point in the Big Game. When it finally comes, the whole stands fall into a hush as 7000 rooters boom out the tones of this famous chant. The inspired team immediately rushes to some great deed such as a first down or possibly...

Author: By Edward J. Back, | Title: Stanford Cultivates ' School Spirit' and Rallies In Drive to Become 'The Harvard of The West' | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...game, its symbol, the axe, is presented to the winning team by the Governor of California. Forged in 1899 in the shape of a medieval battle axe, this weapon has had a stormy career. One month after its unveiling on the Stanford campus it was captured by California and carried off to Berkeley. Many years later, when it was beng removed from the vault of an Oakland bank, it was seized by a group known as the immortal six and brought back to the Farm. Another theft returned it to Berkeley until 1930, when 21 stalwarts from Stanford stormed...

Author: By Edward J. Back, | Title: Stanford Cultivates ' School Spirit' and Rallies In Drive to Become 'The Harvard of The West' | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...some of the smaller, more flexible funds made bigger overall profits. A small ($2,000,000) company, Axe-Houghton Fund "B," run by a husband & wife team, Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Axe of Tarrytown, N.Y., led all other stock funds with a total value of $30,638 for the original...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENTS: How to Keep a Buck | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...psychologists did not attempt to cure the Faculty, however, and none of the Clinic's patients hit the headlines with axe murders. In fact, the new project's combination of therapy, teaching, and research turned out to be a very good one. The students made willing and interested guinea pigs, and the patients--sent to the Clinic by other agencies; the Clinic takes none directly--got the benefit of the staff's newest researches. The Clinic has built up a considerable reputation for its work, which ranged from research in hypnotism to experiments in the psychology of jokes. Since...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: Circling the Square | 6/4/1949 | See Source »

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