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...select 21-piece nucleus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Hernard Z gave a program this week, flavored on the modern side in contrast to the all-Mozart program of last week. The opening and closing selections--both 20th century arrangements of 18th century compositions--furnished an interesting contrast between the idioms of the two centuries, and between different methods of arrangement. adaptation of a harpsichord suite by Dominico Scarlatti left the original melody and harmony unaltered, merely adding drum, tambourine, triangle, and xylophone to the traditional 18th century orchestra. Even those additions did not alter the character...
Best sample of "understanding" came from Singapore, where the renegade Indian nationalist, Subhas Chandra Bose, addressed the nucleus of what he hopes will become an Indian "army of liberation." Said the ubiquitous Bose: "When France declared war on Germany, the cry on every German soldier's lips was 'On to Paris!' When the brave soldiers of Nippon set out in December 1941, the cry was: 'On to Singapore!' Comrades, let your cry be 'On to Delhi!'" Noting that India lacks an army of her own, Bose added: "George Washington had an army when...
There is nothing to indicate that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts is contemplating the quiz program method of teaching disbursing. But if such a step is ever considered the School now has a least the nucleus of an SOA "Quiz-Kid" gang. In one particular Junior class-and probably to a lesser extent in the other four-there is a group of officer who can ask the most ingenious questions. It sometimes looks as though they know the answers and are just trying in find out if the instructor does or not. He generally refuses to be baited...
...atmosphere akin to that of an old-fashioned detective story, planes and aircraft factories were secretly built under the eyes of the Inter-Allied Control Commission. Planes were hidden in nearby meadows when inspectors came through the factories. When the Allied Commission departed in 1926, Germany had the nucleus of a powerful military air force...
...addition to the 2,500,000 men and women already building planes, by year's end there will be more than 3,000,000 trained pilots, navigators, airport workers, etc.-an air-minded nucleus bound to give postwar aviation a tremendous forward thrust...