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...piano technique on the part of each concentrator. Music cannot, after all, be studied well without enough piano skill to train the ear, to read scores and to develop a modicum of acquaintance with actual presentation of the art. The department required such ability at the piano under Professor Merritt's chairmanship, although no credit was granted for the fulfillment of this requirement. The appointment of a distinguished pianist, Miss Luise Vosgerchian, to direct the instruction has given it new emphasis...
...American Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, Conn., Exit 52 from the Connecticut Trunpike or Exits 51 or 53 from the Merritt Parkway--ED 7-4456 in Stratford) presents a repertory of three Shakespearean plays: Macbeth, As you Like It, and Troilus and Cressids, alternating Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, Saturday, and Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Starring in the productions are Jessica Tandy as Lady Macbeth, Pat Hingle at Macbeth, and Kim Hunter as Rosalind...
...overall strength and amazing depth of this year's freshmen naturally invites comparison with the great Yardling team of the Class of '62. But, as coach Benn Merritt says, "I wasn't here at the time and am in no place to judge. All I can say is, they're good...
...down on executive expenses and to weed out excess or unproductive management, the executive's usual penalty in times of falling profit margins is a pay cut. Douglas Aircraft Co. recently reduced salaries for all employees making more than $12,000 a year by 5% to 25%. After Merritt-Chapman & Scott omitted the quarterly dividend, Chairman and Chief Stockholder Louis E. Wolfson-who can well afford a pay cut-gamely announced last week that he will not accept any of his $100,000-a-year salary until profits pick up and the dividend is resumed...
...Berlin airlift. In 1958 the Air Force transported 8,000,000 Ibs. of equipment and 8,000 troops to Lebanon; last February it airlifted 1,000 tons of supplies to earth quake-ravaged Agadir in Morocco and, in recent months, gave a repeat performance in devastated Chile. Says Colonel Merritt in proud understatement: "It's just routine...