Word: pranks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strictly on their own ability. The story concerns two young boys, one eleven, one twelve, whose genius for violin playing makes them a joy to their Russian teacher. Both are to enter a nation-wide musical competition, but the elder boy arouses the ire of the professor through a prank and is banished from the studio. In a grim and gloomy mood at his misfortune, he composes an original cadenza to Beethoven's concerto which is such a masterpiece that when his younger pal plays it in the competition finals, both are justly acclaimed as the coming miracle...
...underneath they were supposed to bear the seal of the Federation, two clasped hands. But when the posters were distributed a square of white paper was pasted over the seal. Those who peered closely at the paper could discern through it the outlines of some jokester's prank. The posters had been printed not with two clasped hands but with two clenched fists shaking at each other...
...last week, when this news reached the Committee on Militarism in Education, the Committee's Secretary publicly complained to the Secretary of War, who turned the matter over to Chief of Staff Malin Craig, who ordered a thorough investigation. Explained the unit's Major Arthur Bowen: "A prank...
...harmless. The white powder: sugar. Federal authorities scratched their heads, admitted that no statute forbids the mailing of junk, however fearfully disguised. To Chancellor Flint, who was vacationing with his wife in Miami, Fla. the School of Architecture closed the incident by sending a round-robin apology for the prank...
...Prank...