Word: halled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This week Mrs. Roosevelt resigned from the D.A.R. because of its refusal to let Negro Singer Marian Anderson perform in Constitution Hall...
...years ago, the music-lovers and critics of the world's musical capitals have counted it a privilege to hear her sing. Last week it looked as though music-lovers in provincial Washington, D.C. might be denied this privilege. Reason: Washington's only large concert auditorium, Constitution Hall, is owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are so proud they won't eat mush-much less let a Negro sing from their stage...
Last January, when Contralto Anderson's manager tried to book Constitution Hall for a concert in April, D. A. R. officials said they were sorry but the hall was taken. When alternative dates were suggested, the D. A. R. frostily replied that all the dates were taken. Sympathetic protests began to pour in from all sides: last week they reached peak proportions. Among the most impressive: that of the American Union of Democracy, in which Walter Damrosch, Deems Taylor and a Who's Who of prominent musicians. churchmen and journalists hoped "that this amazing action reflects the opinion...
Freshmen will be excused from their regular classes on Saturday, March 4 between nine and ten o'clock in order to attend the annual meeting on the choice of a field of concentration. At the meeting, which will be held in the New Lecture Hall. Dean A. C. Hanford will preside, and 'Professor Roscoe Found and Assistant Professor Paul H. Buck will address the class...
Ballots will be issued only on the presentation of membership cards for identification. The polling places in the House dining halls, the Freshman Union, Dudley Hall, and Phillips Brooks House will be open during lunch and dinner hours. Nathaniel H. Batchelder, Jr. '39 is in charge of the election. All members are urged to vote...