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...home one afternoon last week and practiced three hours on his violin. That evening Fiddler Einstein was to play in a concert for the benefit of his scientist friends in Berlin. Old Mr. Lewisohn made his servants tiptoe through the halls, kept mousey quiet himself, not once attempting to entertain his ever-so-important guest with the German folk-songs he dearly loves to sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fiddling for Friends | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

...high spots. Beulah Bondi, in the straight character role of a withered New England wife, gives one of the best performances of its kind that has been seen in some time. The picture, for all this fine individual work, is a coordinated whole, a tragi-comic performance which will entertain the audience from beginning to end, and remain in the memory...

Author: By S. H. W., | Title: "CHRISTOPHER BEAN" -- University | 1/12/1934 | See Source »

...first in a series of three musical programs with which Leverett House is to entertain its members will feature Ralph L. Kirkpatrick '31, who will give a clavichord and harpsichord recital at 7.45 o'clock, January 16 in the Junior Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEVERETT MUSIC SERIES | 1/11/1934 | See Source »

...teams will meet four member teams of the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association Saturday afternoon. The Varsity A team will be host to the Neighborhood Club, while the Varsity B men will cross racquets with the M.I.T. Faculty, also on the University courts. The Freshman C and D squads will entertain respectively the Newton Y. M. C. A. and Tufts College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR SQUASH TEAMS TO SEE ACTION TOMORROW | 1/5/1934 | See Source »

...past nine years, President Roosevelt ate Thanksgiving dinner with the Warm Springs patients. He was in fine fettle, cracking little jokes at his critics and the Press. Introducing Julian Boehme of Atlanta, an amateur magician, the President announced: "I am going to ask him to entertain us with a number of things we have never been able to solve. Perhaps he will put on something about the gold standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Dec. 11, 1933 | 12/11/1933 | See Source »

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