Word: backing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...investigating this copious stream of propaganda coming in by the back door, it is only natural to question the motives of the speakers. Those inclined to a leftist point of view will have the answer pat. Manning is the leader of an upperclass church, the Episcopalians being the cream of the wealthy fashionables of New York, and so he inevitably bespeaks their strong Anglophile sentiments. They will see in the college presidents the tools of their gold-plated corporations, serving to present the demands of unbridled-capitalism in the best light. Maybe this view cannot be dismissed in every case...
Need of Bucking Back...
Attempts probably will be made during the week to develop a bucking back to assist Goldthwaite, who to date has held the position by himself, but no conspicuous stand-out is in line. Both Camp and Durwood are possibilities, but neither shows the bucking skill demonstrated by the lighter ex-Milton player...
...situation in the forward wall, the ends seem to present the best all around material all appearing very close to even. There are a couple of 180-pounders in Barnes and Jenks at left end, while Forte is holding his own against Morgan and Heyburn, recently converted back from blocking back on the right side. All of these are potential varsity material and it seems likely that the one who comes along best will find a berth next year...
Both the scherzo, which is the offspring of the minuet, and the variation form can be traced back to the very origin of instrumental forms in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The combination of popular dances-minuets, sarabandes, allemandes,--represents the first attempt to write instrumental pieces involving more than one section, the germ of all later large forms...