Word: janitor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Music department's most appreciative students was Arthur Conant, the building's janitor for many years. Conant, who on occasion was confused with the President, used to audit courses by listening outside the door. The Classical and Romantic composers were his favorites, and he knew them by heart; when the department instituted a course in medieval music, Conant complained bitterly about the lugubrious sounds...
...average student was unfortunately less receptive to music than was the janitor--it was still a novelty in the curriculum--and for a few years the Music Building was not too well attended. The Department even found it necessary to keep its introductory courses "sugar-coated" to attract customers. But an energetic faculty and a rising interest in music have changed all this. Prominent musicians, Wanda Landowska among others, came to give lectures and concerts in the auditorium; the Charles Eliot Norton Fund brought Stravinsky and, this year, Paul Hindemith, as visiting lecturers...
...last alternative has a good deal to recommend it. If one copy of each exam were posted in the Lamont display cases, the library staff would no longer have to worry with six copies, the janitor would not have the present mess to clean up, and the architect could have the satisfaction of knowing that his gleaming cases are being put to good use. If the Philatelic Society can find time to put up the stamps which are now on exhibition, the library staff could surely find time to display examinations, especially since there are more examinees in the College...