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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...completely unmaterialistic, although it has been pointed out that a men with a millionaire wife has no real need for being materialistic. But in this case, the spirit is not superficial. He has one abiding interest in life--music. That is why he is so impatient with musicians who discuss with him the positions he might get. That is why recently, when he heard indirectly that an orchestra he was guest conducting was in financial peril, he returned his salary. These are superficial examples to be sure, but they illustrate an essential part of his personality...

Author: By F. BRUCE Lewis, | Title: Charles Munch Becomes New Conductor of Boston Symphony This September | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

Asked this week about his appointment to the special committee, Mather declined to discuss the new group until its first meeting today. But he added that he was "very happy that the committee has been appointed. It will be a good thing for the University's," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Committee to Sift Geography Meets Today | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

Edwin O. Reischauer associate professor of Far Eastern Languages, and Benjamin Schwartz, instructor in regional Studies will discuss the future of such a program within the social and political structure of China...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red China Is Topic of HLU Talk Tonight | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

Wilbur and Ben Ames Williams, author of "House Divided" and "Leave Her to Heaven," will lead a debate on literature. At the same time; Harley Perkins, the Boston artist, and Ernest Morenson. French sculptor, will discuss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Will Hold Two-day Forum on Art | 5/10/1949 | See Source »

...Nice. There, or on his Normandy estate, he still lives and works, "ensconced in his materialism," so his friend Andre Gide has said of him, "like a wild boar in its wallow." Now 68, he is busy on a new novel, which, as usual, he declines to discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Freethinker's Dilemma | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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