Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Another problem, according to Thornton, is the unwillingness of advertisers to sponsor long programs. "There's nothing I would rather do than have longer programs. Suppose we play Beethoven's Seventh and the Leonora Overture. Together they last about an hour; but that leaves room for only one spot commercial, between the two works. We can't put spots between movements; it's not fair to the listener." The result has been an increase in 15-minute programs, with short pieces and a spot between each one. This policy is doubly attractive to prospective advertisers, who would rather sponsor semi...
...Council's basic problem is one of personnel. A membership that lacks initiative, interest, or time can hardly make anything but a "do-nothing" group. While griping may go on all year, this is the only time the average undergraduate has a chance to do anything about the Council. Intelligent voting, however, is more difficult here than in, for example, a national election. A candidate can't be judged by his platform for there are no "significant issues" to campaign on, and Council elections have never been the cause of much excitement anyway...
...reduce the size of the record; Columbia puts more music on the standard size record. Victor's claim that its speed of 45 revolutions per minute is better than Columbia's 33 1/3 is true only in an historical sense. The Victor speed presents a much easier engineering problem than the Columbia speed. Victor records, therefore, have a uniform quality while Columbia's quality varies from record to record. But Columbia is improving its engineering technique rapidly, and the difference between good Columbia records and the Victor is indiscernible...
...slightly lazy and limpid air of a fresh Florida morning, authentic as can be, comes through on the first page of this novel. The rest is not all so authentic, but as a novel about the "race problem" it makes more sense than many more violent pieces of writing...
Album troubles won't vanish completely even if the Class Committee and the Council do everything they're supposed. The problem is one of content more than anything else-a one-class book, put together by a one-year staff, can't be a topnotch publication. Freshmen interested in that type of work are drained off by the Red Book, and the late organization of the senior book always makes ontime publication nearly impossible. The '46 album, admittedly upset by the war, isn't out yet; the '47-'48 book, with energetic and skillful management, will be lucky...