Word: holmeses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The eleven Communists had been indicted and found guilty under the Smith Act. The law, passed by Congress in 1940, and never finally tested by the U.S. Supreme Court, made it a crime to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Government, or to conspire to commit such...
Malcolm H. Holmes, band director, explained his earlier decision by saying, "I'm getting too old to die for dear old Harvard in a riot," but undergraduate and alumni pressure at both Harvard and Dartmouth have brought about a change in band policy. Homes expressed great confidence in McCarter's...
"Frankly, they're a bit of a nuisance," Band Director Malcolm H. Holmes '28 said yesterday afternoon, "and I'd just as soon let them have their side of the field to themselves."
Walter J. Skinner '48, newly elected manager, tried selling the records at a dollar apiece. He got exactly $18. With this he bought stationery and sent out letters to alumni. From the return of $300 he bought more stationery, sent out more letters and received enough money to buy pants...
Not only did the band continue to play after the season, recording the Ivy League Album in December, but they started their first series of Spring concerts, under Holmes's direction.