Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some critics notably those in Boston, have criticized Munch's technique as excessively flamboyant. This may seem justified to the casual observer, but many orchestra musicians explain that the technique is an extremely illuminating one that assists them greatly in performing complicated rhythms or melodies, especially those encountered in modern works. At any rate, the musicians of the Boston Symphony will have no doubt when Munch gives his downbeat--something which cannot be said for his predecessor...
Professor Herschel Baker has told his class in modern drama that he can never again speak on "Saint Joan" without recalling the Workshop's production of the play. It has had a memorable effect on all who saw it. Presented in Sanders, a theater which offers some of the most unreasonable handicaps ever placed on a college group (no proscenium, no sconery allowed, no backstage, no dressing rooms, no curtains, etc.), the VTW production made inspirational use of its handicaps. Aside from the excellent cast now working "ensemble," the real coup do theatre was made by the designer, John Holabird...
...statement to the CRIMSON on March 15, 1948, Professor Mather stated that he had "hoped for expansion rather than contraction" in the University's Geography staff and termed Human Geography "one of the most significant fields for study in modern life...
...annual report listed three key responsibilities which rest on the modern businessman: competent business management, making his business a "good society," and being himself a participant in the affairs of the community...
About 1000 students, both from the university and Radcliffe, as well as local citizens, will gather beneath the trees before the library at 7 p.m. to listen to the choristers burst forth in song of classical and modern variety...