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...accurately ghosted the performances of other jazz improvisers. He did this by listening to their phonograph records, carefully transcribing what he heard into a musical score, then playing his score on Imperial's perforating machine. Today Imperial issues pianola rolls by such jazz artists as Fats Waller, Ted Baxter and Pete Mendoza. All are ghosted by J. Lawrence Cook...
...HAROLD BAXTER...
...more than capably assisted by a cast of able youngsters, each of whom does his best to steal scenes from an incomparable scene stealer--and they come awfully close every once in a while. Roddy McDowell--the youthful Huw Morgan of "How Green Was My Valley"--and Ann Baxter give the old maestro quite a run for his money. And there's a wonderful portrayal of an unstereotyped Nazi officer to round things...
Major social functions of the Varsity Club center about the annual fall dinner, and spring luncheon. These dinners have been highlighted by famous speakers from Harvard and other colleges. The roster has included President James B. Conant '14, of Harvard, James P. Baxter '26, President of Williams College, Tad Wyman, head football coach of Princeton, and Fritz Krisler, former Princeton coach now working at Michigan...
...Baxter, who recently returned from Great Britain where he was working for Colonel Donovan's Office of Strategic Services, spoke on his impressions of "England in Wartime." According to the Williams President, "England is today making the maximum effort. There is very little slack left and the British need us. They have a great respect for the quality and leadership of American officers...