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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regard to his blindness, it would seem that what hampers him is not being unable to see the piano; after all, most good pianists can play blindfolded with very little practice. And since Templeton has spent his entire life in darkness, he has developed a very sensitive touch that enables him to overcome this mechanical handicap. But what undoubtedly must have bothered him is the lack of visual perception of life around him. All musicians, whether they play swing or classical music, draw their inspiration from things that happen to them in life, that they can see and comprehend...
This at first may sound a little far-fetched, but think it over, and you will see that there is no reason why the oral sense can't be developed just as fully as the ocular--why judgment by sound isn't just as good as by sight. Naturally it takes a very keen ear and a certain natural sense of psychology to do this, but Templeton can and does...
Hector Dowd is a fairly dependable Junior flinger, George Smith has good posibilities, and John Corny has pitched before. But that's about as far as it goes. Coach Coakley's starting nine, however, is not definitely decided, because wide-open fights are still being waged for several positions...
Last night Skip declared, "We're not as good as two years ago when we won the New England championship but you can never tell what will happen...
Returning with four men of last year's Varsity 150-pound crew, this year's light weight boat looks like it should give its opponents a good stiff run for their money. Last year's boat was only defeated when it was cut out of Henley finals in England, so a large returning group should mean a great deal. It seems fairly conclusive however, that the light weights will not venture upon foreign waters this year. The boating: Bailey, stroke; Turner, seven; Pierce, six; Gifford, five; Hazard, four; Crocker, three; Koeniger, two; Gilkey, bow; and Larner...