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Only Eliot and Dunster--both of which already have their own service--will not be served by the group, headed by student manager James W. Kirkpatrick '53. Freshmen already have their own Yard Service, operated by another group...
Mozart: Sonata in B Flat, K. 570 (Ralph Kirkpatrick, pianist; Bartok). A virtuoso performance on a reconstructed 18th century piano. Kirkpatrick coaxes fine-grained inflections out of the instrument's wiry pianissimos, makes its loud notes sound almost like those of a solid modern piano...
...Jennie Tourel; Haydn Society). The Greek legend of Ariadne appealed strongly to Haydn. When he was 58 he wrote a short, melodious and seldom-heard solo cantata in which the abandoned princess bemoans her fate. Mezzo-Soprano Tourel sings it in warm Italian. The accompaniment is played by Ralph Kirkpatrick on a recreated 18th century piano...
Although there was gossip that Kirkpatrick felt the same as Bierly, both Kirkpatrick and John Keenan, the only remaining founder, denied it. Added Keenan: "[The] widespread rumor and gossip recently to the effect that a change in the ownership and policies ... is being contemplated . . . [is] entirely unfounded...
...Both Kirkpatrick and Bierly had good financial reasons for clearing out. Although Counterattack has won a measure of dubious fame, it has barely been able to keep its head above water. It never paid salaries of more than $6,000 a year, and it paid only a few dividends of $1 each on its 1,000 shares of stock. Its special research jobs for corporations, ad agencies, unions, etc. now account for about 5% of its income; the rest comes from Counterattack subscriptions. But by next fall, Keenan, who now has a controlling interest, expects...