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Thompson's instrumental music, while less abundant than his choral work, has also been well received. His second symphony, written in 1932, has been performed over five hundred times, most recently by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. "The best thing about it all," says the composer, "is that my pieces are played over and over again. I'm fortunate enough not to have to worry about getting the usually elusive second hearing...
After some reflection Mr. Thompson stated his basic philosophy of composition. "As a composer, I always feel an intene obligation to communicate directly to my audiences, of course without sacrificing my own desires to theirs. My greatest ambition is to try my very best to speak as meaningfully and as broadly to listeners as the past masters have. I am very honored to find out that my music can be appreciated even by people 'like...
Rambling on to the 12-2 shellacking the varsity received at the hands of Springfield Tuesday, Shepard noted that, "Springfield is perennially one of the three or four best teams in New England." He felt that the varsity has a good chance to pick up an important win this afternoon, if the Pennsylvania coach does not start his number one hurler, righthander Dave Weed. Otherwise, he feels the Quakers will hold a slight edge...
Both the Midshipmen and the Quakers are traditionally patsies in a league dominated by the Crimson and Yale. Navy, whom the varsity meets today, lost to Dartmouth--the third best team in the league--by 8-1, and should not offer terribly much opposition. Penn, however, held a powerful Yale team to a 6-3 margin Wednesday, and will put up a good fight on its home courts, although the Crimson must still be considered a fairly solid favorite...
Other private schools, which have a tradition of admissions at the eighth or seventh grade level, find many of the same problems, slightly altered, that Harvard does. The record of a child who has reached the eighth grade is an uncertain thing at best. A boy who starts prep school this early and does not do well scholastically will be outdistanced further and further as outstanding "new boys" come in to his school...