Word: masters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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THERE are no national problems which the people, in the exercise of their considered judgment and under forthright and competent leadership, cannot master in good time. In this respect the prestige and inspiration of a President who remains a symbol of hope to millions can serve as a fortifying influence...
...Thomaskantor in Leipzig; Richter refused so he could stay in Munich, where he developed a fine 100-voice Bach choir. Gradually the critics became disenchanted. Richter, they felt, had slipped into sentimentality; worse, he seemed to be reaching too far out for effects and succeeding only in distorting the master. After one disastrous concert, when he tried to branch out to Bruckner, the critics spoke of "limited musical horizon," "small technical capacities." Furious, Karl Richter tried to keep the press from his next concert...
...powerful discouragement to missile warfare, audiences might be prepared by recent headlines to take the picture seriously. It therefore comes as a shock when the customer finds himself sniggering through scene after scene, not only at Karl Malden, who gives a funny and often touching performance as a master sergeant, but also at some of the most extravagant recruiting promises that have been made since Mohammed dangled before his warriors a vision of the houris of paradise...
Recently both Elliott, Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, and Wilbur J. Bender '27, dean of Admissions, have proposed limiting the size of the freshman class to a number that the College can house. This year 95 freshmen have been forced to commute because rooms were not available in the College...
...section man ineptly attempt to lead a discussion and end up lecturing in a hesitant manner, and have wished that something could be done about it. Dean Elder has shown the first sign of definitely recognizing the problem, with his proposal to set up a half-course for Master's degree candidates in the teaching of their subject. But Dean Elder first wants to tackle the problem of speeding up Ph.D.'s, and, though he strongly desires to implement this course for Master's candidates, he is waiting to do so until the Ph.D. problem is settled to his satisfaction...