Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time the College will resound this summer with the pleasant strains of a Summer School band, which holds its initial rehearsal this evening in Paine Hall...
...most pleasant surprises of the afternoon was the work of Sophomore Jim Gallagher at third base and at the plate. Not only did he inaugurate his Varsity career with a satisfactory performance in the field but totaled three singles. Vin Leahy, who- started in right field, was the only other non-regular to get in the ball game...
Conductor Goldman, who has encountered all kinds of weather and all sizes of audiences (up to 60,000) in his 1,398 concerts, was unruffled by the wet evening. He knew that of the hardy hundreds who braved the rain, some were there to hear the light, pleasant band numbers: a grand march, a Strauss waltz, a fantasy for cornet. Others came for the tangier items by modern composers: Aaron Copland's An Outdoor Overture (led by the composer), a suite for band by the late British composer Gustav Hoist, works by Percy Grainger, Philip James, Stravinsky. Bandmaster Goldman...
Good directors make quiet pictures, and Miniver's freedom from unnatural clamor is pleasant proof of it. Some of the picture's atmosphere is directly due to Wyler's World War I experiences. He was twelve when the war began, and his parents' home in Mulhouse was French. Alsace-Lorraine was a major battleground. Mulhouse changed hands a dozen times before the Armistice, and Wyler spent considerable time underground. His most vivid memory: crawling out of the cellar after each conflict, wondering whether he was French or German...
...former years the Summer School sponsored weekly bus trips and drives to historic spots in the greater Boston area, but the gas and rubber rationing have curtailed this once pleasant pastime for newcomers to Cambridge, and College officials have delegated the Outing Club to entertain the outdoor element this summer...