Word: conductor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...left end, I have chosen Robert (Bob) Bennett, of Michigan. Here was a leader whose work throughout the season marked him as the most agile and at the same time the most aesthetic conductor of cheering in the country. Fast down the field and sure in his handling of grunts, Bennett at the same time combined a certain finesse of gesture with a lightness of touch that rivaled even Nijinsky, the famous Russian cheer leader. I have seen the Michigan leader, apparently boxed by substitutes on the side lines, leap high into the air and with a deft gesture...
...Pierian Sodality will be an excellent opportunity for Freshmen to get into the social life of the College and to meet upper classmen. In addition, they will come in contact with the Music Department and reap the benefit of association with musicians of note and of working under a conductor who has acquired experience here and abroad as a follower of Dr. Karl Muck, of the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
...work of the Pierian Sodality during the past year has been so successful that the organization is to continue the practice of employing a professional conductor. This was tried more or less as an experiment and the Pierian unquestionably showed the benefits of experienced guidance...
...advisability of turning the University orchestra over to a professional conductor, however, is distinctly a debatable point. It is much more in keeping with the spirit of such an organization to have a member of the University at the head of it. Professional coaches, of course, are a necessity in nearly every field of amateur endeavor, and the Pierian is no exception to this. It should by all means have a professional coach, but on the concert platform it should be led by one of its own members, even at the risk of a less finished performance...
...practice of employing a professional conductor is contrary to the spirit of amateurism in all collegiate activities...