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Clarinet-playing Bandleader Woody Herman, who has managed to go modern after starting out as a swingster, refuses to admit that the clarinet has lost caste. "Brother, the clarinet still sounds as sweet and ridey as ever," he says. "The big fault lies in the lack of new men. Guys...
"It is urged, that this maintenance of separate schools tends to deepen and perpetuate the odious distinction of caste, founded in a deep rooted prejudice in public opinion.
"It is not difficult to see why the antidemocratic elements raise the cry: 'The church is not a democracy but a theocracy!' Theoretically, a theocracy is government by direct action of God; practically, theocracy is government by a priest caste . . . Advocates of the theocratic theory are well aware...
The Schwalb plan marks the realization that art can only be furthered by legislation. It is this enlightened idea that puts the Schwalbians and the H.D.C. in the same camp, despite the emphasis of the one on economics and the other on aesthetics. Perhaps the virtues of both plans might...
There was good reason for Evangelist Graham to smile, for seldom in his crowd-filled career had he met with such enthusiasm. Madras was clogged with out-of-towners seeking rooms; one group of 100 rode the train from Hyderabad four days and nights, and one man walked 400 miles...