Word: heard
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last time Alexander Fell Whitney was heard of, John Lewis nominated him to head up U. S. Labor when & if C. I. O. and A. F. of L. reunite. Last week in Cleveland able, white-topped Mr. Whitney showed how he runs his own Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen...
...graduation: Torby Macdonald in the 220; Gene Clark, Dave Simboll, and Bob Nichols in the two-mile; Don Donahue, Maze Fernald, and Roger Schafer in the hurdles; Partlow in the broad jump; Marshall MacIsaac and Steve Madey in the vault; Downing and Howle Mendel in the shot and Nat Heard in the discus; and Big Bill Shallow in the hammer throw...
...such stars as Frankie Newton and Albert Ammons taking part. While the recording wasn't too good on both the records, the playing on the ten inch was enough to persuade me. Recommended are the trumpet solos of Newton and the trombone solo of Higgenbothem . . . As to Harry James, heard at Adams House last Monday, almost everybody was musically disappointed. James, while having smoothed his style somewhat since last hearing, still plays very stiffly himself and his rhythm section sounds as if it were descended from the proud line of Pinocchio. On slow tunes, things were much better, the band...
...University. From the outset student opinion has been nearly unanimous in his support. Eighty per cent of the undergraduate concentrators in Fine Arts petitioned the Administration to reinstate him. But not a word of explanation, let alone any hint that the request might be granted, has been heard in the Fogg Museum or University Hall. Probably this plea too, will fall on deaf ears...
...unusually interesting selections: Beethoven's "Sonata for Horn and Piano" op. 17; the Brahms "Clarinet and Piano Sonata" op. 120, no. 2; and the Mozart "Quintet for Winds and Piano." The Mozart Quintet is a charming example of his later style, and the rather sombre Brahms Sonata, though occasionally heard in the arrangement for viola, is seldom played in the original version...