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Word: songs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since popular song writers ran out of original tunes a few years ago, they have been faced with a choice of either borrowing old melodies or making lyrics the chief selling point of their chants. Happily for Mozart and Tchaikovsky, lyricists have devised a workable formula to sate every popular emotion. That old standard, love, still rates first place, but a complicated second category may soon replace it. Although hard to define, the main tenets of this group are religion and nature metaphors. A third group employs more daring allegory and should appeal to restless, bold spirits...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: Softly, With Feeling | 3/25/1954 | See Source »

Jere Broh-Kahn: CRIMSON; Varsity, Freshman Tennis Manager; Drumbeats & Song...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eighty-five Seniors Contest for Permanent Class Committee Offices | 3/24/1954 | See Source »

...only flaw was an echo which muffled even the clearest lecture. Public speaking courses, however, turned echo to asset as students practiced under the worst possible conditions. But today, Holden has found congenial tenants. As home for the Glee Club, its resonant walls and battered floor perfectly contain both song and beer...

Author: By John S. Weltner, | Title: All-Purpose Chapel | 3/24/1954 | See Source »

Griffith M. Buttrick: Harvard Glee Club, Freshman and Varsity Soccer; Varsity Club; Drumbeats and Song; House Soccer; Basketball; Softball; Tennis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eighty-five Seniors Contest for Permanent Class Committee Offices | 3/24/1954 | See Source »

John B. Hirsch: Harvard Student Council; Glee Club; Hasty Pudding Theatricals; Dunster Dunces; PBH Social Service; Drumbeats & Song; House Christmas Play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eighty-five Seniors Contest for Permanent Class Committee Offices | 3/24/1954 | See Source »

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