Word: public
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first question is whether or not there is a need for such a committee. Now it is true that in the recent past several instances have been flashed on the public screen where student activities were suppressed by academic authorities without very convincing reason. But on the other hand this does not prove that a prairie fire of academic reaction is roaring down upon American colleges. Least of all down upon Harvard, where authorities made a silly mistake in the Browder case and otherwise have given every indication of wishing to toe the straight liberal line in affairs academic...
...difference in presentation. In other words, arrangements are different. This has plenty to do with one's style. Even if two bands played the same arrangement, there would be a noticeable difference in execution and interpretation. Thus, a certain band becames prominent because its peculiar style appeals to the public. In every band there is something about the arrangements, that should more or less attract attention, either because they are unusually different or decidedly unique in some particular detail. Good arrangements are those which show the musicianship off to good advantage and at the same time have...
...Public is always an interesting study. This is especially true where bands are concerned. Of the numerous name bands which are in demand, all are big favorites in certain sections of the country. Yet, they all vary in style and size. Some have novelty features that catch on, and others have music "fascinate," still others have simplicity that sells, and there are those whose showmanship is "the magnetic power;" nevertheless they are all box office attractions. Sometimes we wonder if really preparing music in the pure sense is worth the trouble because in many places our audiences seem to turn...
...urged, should liquidate enough securities to pay for the erection of graduate Houses. Profits from rentals of rooms in these buildings would be placed into a sinking fund sufficient to repay the capital and interest. The net effect of the proposal is thus that, instead of holding railroad or public utility bonds, the University would be investing in housing. The Graduate House Plan would come into being without the necessity of any increase in present University endowments, or of any decrease in long-run income...
...less religious, probably, in the Symphony of Psalms or the Beethoven Mass than in the music of the sixteenth century; it is merely different. If we allow that it is legitimate to take sacred texts like the mass and the psalms from the church service to the public concert, then we must adopt a broader, more general view of the significance of the text and the sort of setting which is appropriate...