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...dean pleaded louder or more urgently in the last ten years than Francis Keppel '38, who left the Graduate School of Education in December to become U.S. Commissioner of Education. Although the Ed School's endowment, now $5,780,000, has more than doubled since 1948, its financial position remains unhealthy. Expenses have risen from $226,000 to almost $3 million; today income from endowment provides a scant 11 per cent of the annual budget, and tuition adds only 21 per cent...
Many people think that as FCC chairman, Henry will have an even louder bark than Minow. He speaks dourly of the "discouraging degree of sameness" in network programming and of the "lack of expression of varying tastes, ideas and opinions." And he speaks with the air of someone who intends to try to do something about it. As for Minow's accomplishments, Henry says, "I think there are some green shoots in the wasteland." It might also be said that there is one as chairman...
Lynn had the audience with him, and knew it. He delivered his answer--which turned out to be the last substantive comment of the afternoon--in a piercing voice which grew louder as he went...
...Handel oratorio is almost too much fun; it's just so easy to bellow out that "good old Handel," the louder the better, and let artistry go hang. It takes work to make a concert performance of Handel significantly more than an exercise in sight-reading. The Glee Club, Choral Society, and Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra supplied the necessary work last night. They made things "happen" in Israel in Egypt; conductor Elliot Forbes took good advantage of the vocal discipline which the choruses maintained...
...lost, lost, do you hear? You don't hear? I'm yowling - don't you hear me? Switch the lights off! Smash the bulbs! Can you hear me now? Louder! you say? Louder! Christ, are you making sport of me? Are you deaf, dumb, and blind? Must I yank my clothes off? Must I dance on my head...