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...whim had so worsened that now, night after night, Civil Servant George "conducted" whole orchestras on his phonograph, laid grandiose plans for philharmonic "festivals," hired and fired entire woodwind sections. He also attended every major concert in the ungenerous hope that the conductor would drop dead and he, George Conway, could snatch the baton from the dying hand...
...Hubbard's tale is subtitled A Ridiculous Novel, and so it is, in a farcically amusing way. It tells how Psychiatrist Durrant-Atwill, displaying zeal above and beyond the couch, arranges the kidnaping of a famed British conductor on his way to a continental music festival, enabling George Conway to palm himself off on the foreign orchestra as the great man himself, and to scourge the players through many a furious rehearsal. It ends happily ever after with Uncle George not only promoted to Assistant Secretary to the Ministry but also appointed official "guest-conductor" to Europe...
Parents of several Freshmen admitted to Leverett House have offered to help subsidize the soundproofing of the dining hall, the CRIMSON learned yesterday. John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, stated that there are definite but incomplete plans already drawn up for the project...
...system of non-Honors Senior tutorial "requires a good deal of thought and elaborate planning," John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, commented. The new program, he said, represents a significant change in University policy, and needs "a summer's thought to work out." The problem of housing space for additional tutors might be alleviated, he added, by drop-outs during the summer...
...Masters, Finley and Conway indicated, approve of the idea of a tutor or "adviser" for Seniors not participating in the Honors program and are "looking into things" concerning such a plan...