Word: rigs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this concert is made up of pieces which the Club has not given earlier in the year. All of the songs are of the usual high standard adopted by the Club, but one group of three, is particularly noteworthy. The three songs contained therein are choral hymns from the Rig-Veda, being old Hindu melodies arranged by the English composer Holst. W. B. Wood 2g.b. will sing the solo in the Hymn to Manas...
...purposes to which the loan funds were to be put. But curiously enough, a considerable pro portion of this 7½% coffee loan was sold in the U. S., the greatest coffee-consuming nation in the world. U. S. investors consequently helped to supply the funds needed to rig the coffee market, and thus had to pay higher prices for their coffee...
Recently, it again became necessary for Brazil to raise money to rig the coffee market further. The Federal Government of Brazil passed the proposition along to Sao Paulo, the State in Brazil which grows most of the coffee. Sao Paulo sent representatives to Manhattan to secure a loan of $30,000,000 to $40,000,000. But by this time common sense had returned to the State Department and the Manhattan bankers alike. The Sao Paulo officials were politely informed that from now on it would be against U. S. policy to provide funds to put up prices on imported...
...Monday night, May 28. Two groups of songs on the program will be rendered by the club under the direction of Dr. A. T. Davison '06. The first group will consist of two numbers by Holst, "A Dirge for Two Veterans" and "To Agni, Choral Hymn from the Rig-Veda", while five numbers will make up the second group. J. E. Mitchell 1L will sing the solo part in the Russian Folk song, "Song of the Lifeboat...
...complete program follows: 1. Coronation March Svendsen 2. Overture to "Orpheus" Offenbach 3. Fantasia, "La Boheme" Puccini 4. University Glee Club with Orchestra Dr. A. T. Davison '06, Conductor a. Dirge for Two Veterans Holst b. To Agni, Choral Hymn from the Rig-Veda Holst 5. Excerpts from "The Meistersingers", Act III Wagner Introduction--Dance of the Apprentices Homage to Hans Sachs 6. Hymn to the Sun Rimsky-Korsakov 7. Second Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt 8. University Glee Club Fire, Fire, My Heart Russian Folk Songs Morley Song of the Lifeboat Men (Soloist, James E. Mitchell) Fireflies At Father's Door...