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...vision of the House Plan, culture hoist with its petard...
...ashore there were more mass meetings. There was no more talk of Communism; one Communist agitator that suddenly appeared was beaten up and kicked out of town. But the men meant business. In the morning the acting Commander-in-Chief Rear Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson signalled the battleship Valiant to hoist anchor and lead the line...
...seemed certain that the rest of the fleet would follow. But on the Valiant boatswains piped themselves blue in the face. The crew remained below decks. Officers had an anxious huddle on the quarterdeck. Conscious that the eyes of Britain were on them, they attempted to hoist anchor themselves. Forward they found two pickets of thick-necked sailors standing guard over the winches. The sailors were respectful...
...Unfinished Symphony: a "synchoric orchestra" of dancers which was meant to parallel the instrumentation of the score. Then Miss St. Denis, surrounded by young men from the West Side Y. M. C. A., appeared as "The Prophetess" in a dance-drama to the music of "Mars" from Gustav von Hoist's suite, The Planets. Many an observer found its symbology muddled and "arty," wondered what was meant by "the Cosmic Consciousness . . . realization of the Unity of Life . . . Summit of Illumination...
Gloucester. Three Choirs Festival, Sept. 6-11, in which the choirs of Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford compete. British Composers Gustav Hoist, Sir Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan-Williams will conduct their works...