Word: piano
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Piano Selections, C. E. Henderson '28, of the Hasty Pudding Show...
...male members of the audience can with equanimity listen to their female companions admire. Besides failing to arouse that on-well-it-takes-all-kinds-of-people-to-make-a-world feeling so common in the contemplation of musical comedy heroes, Mr. Puck sings most satisfactorily, maltreats a piano outrageously, even to the extent of landing on the keys in a nose dive while in the throes of a jazz number, and clowns through numerous comedy scenes which owe their hilarity largely to his naive portrayal of the nice young man who "lives at the Y.M.C.A. in Brooklyn." Moreover...
...spent five years at the Perkins Institute, Boston, where he was Helen Keller's contemporary and friend. Casting about for an occupation, he tried music, piano-tuning, chair-caning, but resolved finally upon lecturing and poetry. Recognition was slow. He once received $1.65 for a talk delivered to 13 people. His poem, "How Massa Linkum Came," later a popular favorite, was refused by 17 editors before the Springfield Republican accepted...
...Music 4d. Aside from the fact that Rimsky-Korsakov was the teacher of Stravinski, which in itself would sufficiently arouse my interest to make me walk all the way to the Paine Music Hall, I know that Professor Hill will give certain illustrated selections from Rimsky-Korsakov on the piano himself...
...program which is offered next Wednesday will be given by the Hartmann Quartet with Mr. Whiting at the piano, and will be as follows...