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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...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 3/3/1950 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scrambled Exams | 1/21/1950 | See Source »

...joined Markem when it was founded in 1911. He soon became its top salesman, and in 1929, its president. Proud that his non-union company has never laid off a single man, he speaks fondly of his employees as "the Markem gang," refers to the plant's janitor as "the man in charge of cleanliness facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Youth Be Served | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...they left Howard Johnson's where they were dining, and marched to the Lowell House. They consulted the janitor, who said. "Wait here." He telephoned Bert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fair-Haired Boy Lures Nine | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

...Charles Wharton, follow, plucking their merry way through "Wait Till The Sun Shines Nelly." With neither pause nor protest, Mr. Bones, James Shine (electrician) rolls out in front of those staid footlights to the tune of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," followed by Langdell Hall's own Chick Wyman (janitor) crooning in Bostonese the beloved strains of "Are You From Dixie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Workers Don 'Black Face' Tonight | 10/28/1949 | See Source »

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