Word: directness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Davison will take his sabbatical leave of absence next year but will resume his position with the Glee Club after he returns. Last night was the last big concert he will direct for more than a year. During his absence G. W. Woodworth '24, assistant conductor of the club, will assume Dr. Davison's duties...
...friends, members of the bombing squadron at the above mentioned affair, we wish to rectify. We refer to the bombing account which tended to impress that the bombers' marksmanship was a bit poor. The fact is but one small 50 Kilo (110. 25 Ib.) bomb was dropped-a direct hit- the finish...
...College in Philadelphia, trains and conducts the Mendelssohn Glee Club so well that Conductor Leopold Stokowski frequently engages it to sing difficult choral works with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Like blond-mopped Stokowski, Bruce Carey conducted last week without a baton, bringing out the Mass's mighty effects with direct, compelling gestures of his two bare hands. During intermission Festival directors met to discuss ways & means of perpetuating Fred Wolle's idea, to keep Bethlehem the U. S. headquarters for Bach. So satisfied were they all with the performance of Conductor Carey that they engaged him to be Wolle...
...deferred by luring the Macon to Lakehurst for inspection by Congressional committeemen. It might then be many weeks before summer thunderstorms over the Southwest would permit the Macon to cross the continent. However, canny Captain Alger Herman Dresel of the Macon was equally intent on getting his ship direct from Akron to the Pacific without delay...
...controls. Since the robot first appeared, Sperry engineers and airline operators have been busy improving it. Last week the robot was presented again, this time by United Air Lines. Two years of practice had given it the feather-touch of the expert pilot. Instead of jerking the controls by direct mechanical force, the new robot eases them by hydraulic and pneumatic action. Also it is lighter and more compact than the old robot, since it utilizes the same gyroscopes that actuate the artificial horizon and directional gyros on the instrument board. It weighs 75 Ibs., occupies a box about...