Word: smoked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...such a task one world expect a hand-picked body of experienced instructors, but as far as any competent system of selection is concerned, the names of the Adviser might just as well be pulled out of a hat. The man chosen as a Vice-Presidential candidate in a smoke-filled hotel bedroom has more qualifications for his office than these men. Only one example out of many is the student who, having decided to concentrate in English, went for advice to his Adviser, an amiable young Frenchman with the best if intentions. But as for advising him in English...
Harvard can no longer hide the issue behind the smoke screen of vague illusions and regrets in the reports of the President and Deans. At the present time the system of Advisers is worse than if there were none at all. The reform this time must be a complete one; no more sweeping the dirt into the corner of the room. The office must be raised to one of dignity and responsibility by selecting a group of young men to serve for a long period of time and picked for their ability to instill confidence in the younger students. They...
...family portraits and photostats of certified checks (largest, $1,300,000 from New York Auction Co. in 1929). On the dashboard of his Lincoln is a radio remote-control gadget which opens & closes his garage door and turns the lights in the garage on & off. None of the brothers smoke or drink. Each takes only $5,000 a year out of the business as salary...
...seems unlikely to devalue the dollar further. But rapidly mounting deficits, which have saturated the banks with unused credit,-witness the bonus,-endanger the college funds just as much as devaluation undisguised. If the present trend continues unabated, a large part of the endowment may ultimately go up in smoke. The responsibility for avoiding such a disaster rests squarely upon the trustees...
...program will be: William Austin Three Short Waltzes Austtin Concert Etude MacDowell Adrian J. P. La Rue La Gathedrale Englantine Debussy Four Waltzes Brahms Wentworth J. Tellington Medley of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Song of Flame", and "Vagabond King" Frederick C. Minckler, Jr. and Charles W. French, Jr. Miscellaneous Jazz Leonard Bernstein Selections from "Rhapsody in Blue" Gershwin Bernard Siegel Little Hammers Couperin Rhapsody in G. Minor Brahms Leonard Bernstein Nocturne in F Minor Chopin Malaguena Lecuona