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Then, fingers poised over the keys, came a cry: "My God, I can't play the piano any more." That remark was pure melodrama. After listening to Bernstein's brief run-through, the students tried again, and now they brought the piece to life. Satisfied, the visiting professor dropped back to his seat on the floor, extracted a cigarette from a leather case, and listened to a student wind quintet attack Irving Fine's Partita. Halfway through the first movement, Bernstein leaped to his feet again. "Tune up!" he cried. "My God, tune up!" While the musicians...
...generalize about the unique characteristics of a Harvard class, but there are at least nuances of difference between one class and the next. While two years ago a senior writing as article much like this bemoaned the passing of the Hayes-Bickford Cafeteria, today he would more likely remark on As You Like it for its good food and attractive waitresses. While the past few classes have been mystified by their own demystification, now we see the world...
...remark about the fellows being in a "no-man's land" between students and faculty was not intended as a criticism of the program but was in response to a question from your reporter about my participation in graduate student extracurricular organizations...
...resented the recent dominance of the party by Democratic Senators, and feel that they have largely been pushed aside by the McGovern movement. Their spokesman, Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers, observed dryly that "it would be the gracious thing to do" if Westwood would resign, paraphrasing her own post-convention remark that it would be "the noble thing" for Eagleton to quit...
Drinan began by thanking the voters for giving him "an over-whelming mandate." Nobody caught the joke, including the press which interpreted the remark as a victory statement. Drinan then lauded Massachusetts as "the peace state" which delivered "its mandate to George McGovern." He concluded his talk by saying "Come hell or high water, we'll obtain our objective, that supreme objective of everyone here and everyone in the country: peace in this world." The cheers were lusty, but there was none of the bedlam which had broken out in Drinan's headquarters on election night two years ago. Drinan...