Word: music
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great square built around the ruins of the St. Giles Church tower. A cultural center, built around a new Guildhall School of Music and Drama, housing a library, art gallery and restaurant. Near the school will be an artificial lake, a theater and concert hall...
Helen Brooke Taussig, noted for research on congenital heart disease, and Simon S. Kuznets, Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins, were each awarded the degree of Doctor of Science. Douglas Horton, Dean of the Divinity School, became an honorary Doctor of Divinity; American composer Samuel Barber, Doctor of Music; and Lawrence Terry, Headmaster of Middlesex School, received an honorary Master of Arts degree. Terry was cited as a "Rugged, kindly son of Harvard, an enlightened servant of education and school...
...helpful friend;" of Geyl, "Our knowledge of history has been deepened by this thoughtful historian's illumination of his kind;" of Miss Taussig, "Brilliant daughter of a brilliant father, her scientific investigations have helped to save countless children from death or lives of crippling pain;" of Barber, "His music lends strength and grace to the culture of our time...
Vary the Display. In the competition for the customer's dollar, the markets have become combination drug, dime and appliance stores as well as grocery merchants. Nearly 80% of all supermarkets sell air conditioners, and 76% have music departments. But the stores are having second thoughts about their standardized and monotonous displays, efficient atmosphere. "We've probably done ourselves a disservice by packaging tomatoes," says Kroger President Joseph B. Hall. "I think a housewife would still like to be able to pinch a tomato before she buys, and maybe we should let her. It might spoil...
...Kraft Music Hall (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).-Dave King, a British pantomimist with style, wit, and a habit of breaking into agreeable song, has taken over for Milton Berle...