Word: interestingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the terms of the new plan, there would be no direct student solicitation for Council money, except for special projects. Instead, the University would set up a trust fund, and the interest on the fund would pay for the Council's activities each year...
...three men agreed that the prime problem concerns sophomore tutorial. On the junior and senior level, more attention is given to fitting tutee and tutor on the basis of specialized interest than on the basis of House or College affiliation...
Making up a program for an audience whose interest in the music is likely to be tempered some what by other preoccupations is no easy task. The old music must not be too esoteric, nor the contemporary pieces too bizarre or difficult. The big numbers should not last more than about seven minutes, and they should be substantial without being excessively weighty. Variety is important, but the works must not be incongruous. And there should be a few, but not too many, sure-fire display pieces...
...particular interest was the first appearance in Cambridge of Elliot Forbes as conductor of the Glee Club, although he led the Radcliffe Choral Society here recently. The inevitable comparisons between him and Professor Woodworth will probably be being made for some time to come, for their approach to choral singing and style of conducting are quite different. The emphasis on diction which was a trademark amounting almost to a fetish in past years has been relaxed, allowing for a smoother, more fluid performance, but sacrificing the percussive element to some degree. There seems to be less attempt at choral "effects...
...just this quality of enthusiasm and interest, on the part of both groups, which made the concert so satisfying for the audience. The singers were at their very best in songs which are familiar, performing them with a combination of vigor and perfection which fully realized the qualities which make these songs, from "Men of Harlech" to "Bulldog! Bulldog! "so popular and appealing. They were worth doing, and they were certainly done well...