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Erwin N. Griswold, dean of the Law School, was elected president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools at its recent annual meeting in Chicago. The Association elected Philip Mechem '15 president...
...Mexico, Democratic Incumbent John F. Simms Jr., 39, gave up his seat to Edwin L. Mechem. 44, who had served two previous terms as governor (1950-54). Simms' weakness: no support from his powerful old political enemy Senator Dennis Chavez. Mechem's strength: a well-known name, a well-organized Republican caravan...
...Kirke Mechem's Rules for Behaviour (1955), with piano obbligato, bore up well on second hearing. Written in a crisp, clean Irving Fine manner, it took its text from some amusing rules for children found in a 1787 church in Williamsburg, Virginia. The concert, like the telecast, ended with Vaughan Williams' robust and lusty antiphon Let all the World in Every Corner Sing...
...novelty on the program was Kirk Mechem's amusing Rules for Behavior (1955). Effectively written, it shows much the same style and spirit as Irving Fine's Alice in Wonderland music. Also of recent vintage was "The Promise of Living" from Copland's opera The Tender Land. This warm work needs a slightly larger body of singers. The concert ended with Vaughan William's hearty Let All the World in Every Corner Sing, which wanted only a more robust accompaniment...
...roster of additional composers, largely American contemporaries, include: Aaron Copland, Irving Fine, Kirke Mechem, and Ernst Bacon...