Word: bit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, as he moved through the maze of flowery welcomes and formal functions that are the lot of leaders of friendly nations on state visits to the U.S., Batlle Berres found time to do a bit of plain talking...
...Abandonment of the old Harvard Yard to the freshmen, elimination of that historic bit of ground as a real center of college life, has grieved many good Harvard men. But the fact is that long before the houses came, the pattern of college life about the Yard, which was only Harvard's individual variation of the pattern of life on all the other college campuses, had faded out of existence. There was no pattern of college life...
...Music, received its first performance. It is an avowedly academic exercise in a traditional style as taught to Paris Conservatory students. A suave theme forms the basis of a strict contrapuntal texture that Yellin handled competently. Some of the harmonies, however, are questionable, and the piece ends a bit too abruptly...
...vehicle, and showed a skillful blend of enthusiasm and musical excellence. Bruce MacDonald was a charming Point, whose pleasantly intimate manner with the audience, especially in such numbers as "I've jest and Jibe," was thoroughly captivating. Playing a tricky "tragic clown" role, he managed to convey a bit of pathos without spoiling the essentially comic nature of the part...
Miss Peterson's brilliant soprano was set off nicely, in an effective bit of casting, by the relaxed lyrical voice of Margot Sproul as Phoebe Meryll, whose demureness gave individuality to a role which the more exciting female parts might well have eclipsed...