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...pieces by Mozart--"Laut Verkunde" and "Die Maurerfreude"--were not performed in an outstanding manner; clarity and precision were lacking. The motet, "Non vos relinquam," by Byrd, should probably have to tempi, although the remarkable voice registrations, involving a very high tenor, were brought out well when the wind obliged. Even the Maelstrom, however, could not have drowned out the rhythmic and almost percussive phrases of the Preger "Sanctus," a work of dubious musical worth, and even less liturgical relevance. Completing the serious part of the program were Dvorak's charming "Maiden in the Wood," and Milhaud's "Psalm...

Author: By Bert Baldwin, | Title: Glee Club Sings | 5/11/1956 | See Source »

...team began with easy wins over Byrd Park and Country Club of Virginia before moving onto the North Carolina courts. In the first day's match, the Crimson dropped a close 7-6 encounter, which was not decided until the final two matches, both three set affairs. The identical situation arose on the scond day when the varsity bowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Team Beaten Twice By Powerful North Carolina | 4/10/1956 | See Source »

Members of the Subcommittee besides Humphrey are Senators Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), John Sparkman (D-Ala.), John O. Pastore (D,R.I.), Stuart Symington (D-Mo.), Alben W. Barkley (D-Ky), Styles Bridges (R-N.H.), Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.), Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa), Leverett Saltonstall (R-Mass.), William F. Knowland (R-Calif.), and John W. Bricker (R-Ohio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local College Professors To Speak on Disarmament | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

...idea for a Southern manifesto was conceived by South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond, who enlisted the powerful aid of Virginia's Senator Harry Byrd. At a caucus of Southern Senators, Thurmond produced mimeographed copies of his own arm-waving call for nullification. The caucus pushed Thurmond aside, ordered the paper rewritten by more temperate Senators. The final version was written mostly by Georgia's Senator Richard Russell, with amendments by Florida's Spessard Holland and Texas' Price Daniel and polishing by Arkansas' highly polished J. William Fulbright, a liberal hero. At that point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Southern Manifesto | 3/26/1956 | See Source »

...ranks. Six farm belt Republicans (Colorado's Allott, Kansas' Carlson and Schoeppel, Nebraska's Curtis and Hruska, Wisconsin's Wiley) who had voted for flexible supports on the other basic crops, ran for cover and plumped for rigid props under wheat. Five Senators (Democrats Byrd of Virginia, Neely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The First Harvest | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

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