Word: batons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana State University upper classmen seized freshmen, sheared their locks from their polls. Infuriated, the freshmen raided Baton Rouge High School, seized students, seized lady teachers, dragged them forth to the school yard, sheared some of their locks from some in their polls, "to get even...
...evening of the performance operagoers flocked into the hall and expectantly waited. Who would conduct? Ernst Knoch would take the baton, it was generally believed. The orchestra tuned up. Then out of a door, tripping gaily, baton in hand, came Mr. Waghalter. His resignation was withdrawn...
This evening in Jordan Hall a song recital by Tom Williams, baritone. His programme includes songs by Buononcini, Gretry, Rhene-Baton, Chausson, Richard Strauss, Griffes, Glazounov, and Gretchaninov...
Writing of Tosca, Deems Taylor, famed critic, declared: "This performance suffered chiefly from a hearty disinclination on the part of the singers to do more than sing. Mr. Franchetti kept the tempo satisfactorily vigorous, but his baton had unfortunately no control over the histrionic part of the performance. Everyone on the stage took plenty of time in moving about and husbanded all his energies for the high notes. The passionate transports of Mario and Tosca were about as exciting to watch as a slow-motion picture of a wrestling match...
...Government of Cuba, through its Charge d'Affaires at Washington, Arturo Padro, formally invited the New York Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Walter Damrosch, to appear in a series of concerts at Havana in January...