Word: subs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This latter piece, "The Sea" might well bear for sub-title: "Much Ado about Nothing." Its composer, Mr. Frank Bridge, is supposedly representative of the Englishmen of the middle ground, Williams, Holst, and the rest. He has all the faults of a neutral, chief among them dullness. Brevity is not one of his virtues. As a conductor he is energetic; one would like to see (not hear) him conduct such a piece as "Ein Heldenleben...
...against the many months of hard work. Few miss anything important by not knowing at first how to take notes; duties and prohibitions may be gleaned from Parietal Rules pamphlets; and a description of demeanor and dress proper for the freshman could be sent out in advance. Probably most sub-freshmen would rather run the chance of pitfalls and confusion than lose a week of the "good old summertime...
Working in the "pit," a windowless sub-cellar of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. Dr. Robert S. Mulliken, National Research Fellow has for the past five months been carrying out elaborate researches in band spectra, almost unknown to the University at large...
...frank statement of the relation between captain and coach and rowing committee and of the position which each will occupy. In the past adverse criticism has been centered on these questions of relation and position and a situation in which it was believed that the coach was too much sub-ordinated was blamed for 'Harvard's repeated failures. A frank exposition of the present situation is not only an act of justice to the undergraduate body but is the only way to establish confidence in the new regime...
...consolidate the railways of Cuba. As long as the sugar companies use their private railroads the "public" roads are at a disadvantage. He declared: " It is not difficult for any one to see that if the 180 sugar centrals in Cuba shall be allowed a private or sub-port . . . there can be no industry in Cuba except the American sugar industry." He proposes to tax the private roads to compensate for the additional profit made by sugar companies by having their own roads. Under these conditions the consolidated public roads could compete, improve their service, reduce freight rates perhaps...