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Chained doors confronted History 1 students yesterday morning when they tried to leave the New Lecture Hall after Professor Michael Karpovich's lecture on Italy. Some prankster, suspected to be of Freshman origin, had passed shackles through the handles of the Building's great oaken doors during the 9 o'clock session, thus virtually imprisoning 400 men at a stroke. After the first panic several bulky upperclassmen broke the portals to kindling-wood, and the assembly surged through the splinters to freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOORS CHAINED AT HISTORY I. LECTURE: DOORS THEN BROKEN | 4/27/1939 | See Source »

...recorder was varying so badly when the record was made that it changes key about every thirty seconds ... Listen to the first chorus of Art Shaw's "Rose Room." The rest is not so good. Casa Loma turns loose a rather weird sense of humor, recording "The Old Oaken Bucket" under the title of "Hoboken Bucket" ... Funny thing that Benny Goodman's best records in the last year have been note for note copies of someone else. First, "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie), then "Wrappin' It Up (Fletcher Henderson), "Topsie" (Basie), and now "Sent For You Yesterday and Here...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 3/10/1939 | See Source »

...lecture hall on the third floor go hundreds of enthusiastic students during the week from the schools of Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health. Three steps lead up to the lecturer's oaken platform, and a hand railing stands next to the steps. It was built for Founder Welch, who was so rotund that he could not see beyond his middle, had to use the railing for a guide when he came to the edge of the platform and descended the steps. No need for a hand rail has energetic Dr. Sigerist who often takes the steps in one leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: History in a Tea Wagon | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

Peter Paul Loyanich, 10, was brought up to pianism by a San Franciscan who scraped a living as violinist for Hearst's radio station KYA, saw talent in his tot at two. Peter Paul learned to play on an old oaken pianola, has been huddled under the tutorial wing of Virtuoso José Iturbi, who has said of him: "He is extraordinary -Santa Maria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigies | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...Chorus (to the tune of The Old Oaken Bucket): The old family toothbrush, The old family toothbrush, The old family toothbrush That hangs in the sink. First it was father's, Then it was mother's, Then it was sister's; Now it is mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1936 | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

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