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Essentially, the difference between the two clubs is that the Harvard organization devotes itself to works of musical art and a limited concert tour; the Yales, Towever, avoid an overdose of the classical works, concentrate on the lighter numbers, and go on long concert tours that receive great applause both here and abroad. Also, Yale has a very expensive publicity program--contrary to the Crimson policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Glee Club to Participate in Joint Concert | 11/24/1950 | See Source »

Once subsidized by the Habsburgs but now granted about $1,000,000 a year by the Austrian government, the company performs every night for ten months a year in two houses: major productions in the Theater an der Wien, lighter works such as The Gypsy Baron at the Volksoper in the U.S. zone. A good part of the company puts in an additional five weeks at the Salzburg Festival. Such continuous performing is one good reason for the high sheen of the company's ensemble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Comeback In Vienna | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

...quite that long. But Snyder's car is the most radical change in design since steel boxcars were first introduced in 1914. Though it is 30% lighter than a steel car, the plywood car has withstood three times as much pressure in "squeeze" (collision) tests between two cars. Thus it is not only cheaper to haul but could trim the big-$115 million in 1949-railroad bill for damage to freight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revolution in Plywood | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

...Lighter Side. Two new books answer most of the questions about Addams and his work: Monster Rally, a collection of 91 of the best recent Addams drawings, and Afternoon in the Attic, a selection of congenially morbid little pieces by John Kobler, which is illustrated by Addams. In addition to his essays on such subjects as the Grand Guignol and Madame Tussaud's Waxworks, Kobler includes a biographical sketch of his illustrator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Satan's Little Acre | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

This year Army coach Dopey Stevens is throwing a lighter eleven than usual onto the field, and has come to Cambridge without star scatback Eddie Wathrich. But the Cadets still have a strong threat in left halfback and captain Irv Reed, one of the faster, backs on the squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee Eleven Will Meet West Pointers Here Today | 10/21/1950 | See Source »

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