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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Concertmaster Richard Burgin, who filled in for Koussevitsky last week, started his program with what proved to be a prime example of the Symphony's doubtful taste. He chose what should have been a musical treat, a Handel Concerto Grosso in D Minor; but he treated it with bombast instead of finesse, using a huge orchestra that included among other things ten double-basses to play something written for a tiny group of strings. Performed in that fashion, the Concerto lost all of the finesse and delicacy which make it a great work...
...Committee refused to approve a petition by the 150-pound crew requesting major "H" awards instead of the usual minor ones, but suggested the matter be reviewed by the Student Council...
Under the new schedule, teaching fellows on a full time basis will get $3000 per year instead of $2500, annual instructors were upped from $3000 to $3500 per year, and assistant professors moved from a graduated bracket of $4000-4250 up to a flat $4500 yearly salary. All increases, the Provost said, are to be effective as of October 1 this year...
...than those at Wellesley. While the current non-veteran 'Cliffe-dwellers are not snobs, "they seem so young and sheltered," one of the old soldiers said. "They act like they're in high school, interested primarily in social life and trying to get their studies out of the way instead of attempting to find out what it's all about." The veterans generally stick together, taking most of their meals around the Square and not living in the dormitories. "I spent three days in one of the dorms," Miss Tag-von Stein said, "and that was enough. It's just...
Butcher shops felt the full weight of buyers' disdain. Prices fell rapidly in most cities. When the price of a pair of pajamas was quoted at $5.75, a San Antonio bank clerk snapped: "I'll keep on sleeping in old shirts instead." Boston's R. H. White department store, which for years could not keep any bedroom furniture on its floor, got a carload at the beginning of the week, still had almost all of it at week...