Word: organisms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...halt. On to the stage of Philadelphia's Academy of Music, set to represent a Viennese ballroom of the bustle and muttonchop era, someone dragged a microphone. Entered a lean, intense, bug-eyed young man in white tie & tails. In his hand he bore a mouth organ. Impassively and impressively he proceeded to render a solo. The Blue Danube. Such was the operatic debut of the world's greatest harmonicist, Larry Adler...
...Threshold well fulfills the purposes of its sponsor, the International Student Service. Designed to present "the best writing and thinking of students," this magazine gives most of its emphasis to the active role which college people can and are taking in national and international affairs. As the official ISS organ, Threshold undertakes to form a link between a large variety of political youth groups, while as a student magazine that includes among its editors such an outstanding liberal and educator as Alvin Johnson it, contains pertinent commentary upon contemporary education and national affairs...
...capacity of a student political organ the magazine contains many relevant articles on the active role of the student in war. An excellent summary of possible contributions to Civilian Defense is donated by Jane Seaver, co-director of O. C. D.'s youth division, who also includes an estimate on the proper balance of educational and defense activities in war time. Accounts of activities of the major student groups are written for Threshold by members of the organizations concerned, while Joseph Lash edits a column of ISS Notes. Also of fundamental interest of students is the description...
...Organ Recital from 7:15 to 8:00 o'clock by William Frank. Doors open at 7:30 o'clock. Ford Hall Forum Program...
...beleaguered invaders chose to fight, and for several days Russian communiqués dwelt lovingly on 100,000 Nazis facing annihilation. After fierce street fighting, the Red Armies entered a blazing Mozhaisk last week. But the fabulous 100,000 birds had apparently flown. The Red Army organ Krasnaya Zvedzda mentioned prisoners only once ("more than 100" captured by cavalry-supported ski troops), referred glibly to an unspecified number of Germans "retreating westward...