Word: customs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago what is considered by many to have been the greatest swing band ever assembled. Such stars as Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Chu Berry, and Israel Crosby were members of the band during the nineteen thirty-three period. Goodman, following his custom of copying only the best has recently made recordings of "Wrapping It Up" and "Big John's Special" that are note for note copies of the Henderson Deccas...
...Writer Levine had collaborated with the general, explained: "Krivitsky doesn't write English and Levine did his translating." As for Krivitsky's name being Ginsberg, the Post said: "That's quite true, but Trotsky's name is Bronstein. It's just an old Bolshevik custom." The Post added that it had checked through the U. S. Embassy in Paris and the State Department in Washington and was satisfied that its author was the real Krivitsky...
...custom whereby alumni wear exhibitionist costumes at commencement reunions originated at Yale. Mr. Sargent found. "The depth of puerility," said he, was reached at Harvard's '38 commencement, when some alumni marched in barrels as economic royalists...
...various Freshman dining halls a questionnaire which, when carefully filled out by any first-year men who have comment to make on the courses they are about to conclude, will form the basis for the Crimson's 1939 Guide to Freshman Courses. This Guide, as is the custom, will be sent to each new Freshman next September in an effort to help the neophyte to avoid the pitfalls of Freshman year which can so easily be dodged if a measure of thoughtful advice on instructors and courses is forthcoming. It has been for several years the Crimson...
...damaging to Latin American relations so vital in an era of Nazi economic penetration. America's "hands across the seas" must be supplemented by American minds. By offering to establish an institute at Harvard, the Brazilian government is making a step, important not only in itself, but as a custom that may find favor with the rest of South America. It has wisely offered to bear most of the financial burden, leaving to Harvard the sole responsibility of providing a few rooms for the library and for lectures. The hand is extended, and by shaking it warmly Harvard will serve...