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Supporting the measure were Councilors Lynch, John J. Foley, Thomas M. McNamara, Hyman Pill, and Edward J. Sullivan. Lined up in opposition were Mayor Crane, Joseph A. DeGugliemo '29, W. Donnison Swan '17, and Chestor A. Higley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councillors to Seek Red List Of Cambridge | 6/7/1950 | See Source »

...everything. Everything, that is, except being a Harvard professor and widely known composer. He has, for example, a reputation for being an outstanding charade player, a distinction he gained by such escapades as twining himself in ivy leaves to play Bacchus and giving a performance of the "Dying Swan...

Author: By Mary CHANNING Stokes, | Title: Randall Thompson | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

Half-colours were awarded to the following regular players on the first and second fifteen's: Thorpe Kelly, Audy Ecklund, Hollis Hunnewell, Doug Purdy, Pierre Lelandais, John Harley, Gerry Dekoch, Al Green, Bill Miller, Ken Kunhardt, Charley Whiting, Jose Soriano, Kit Kiang, Jay Lyons, Dwight Nishimura, Bill Swan, George Whitney, Jerry Cummings, and Sturgiss Eaton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Elect C. I. McIntire | 5/31/1950 | See Source »

...vernal equinox can be taken as an infallible sign of the approach of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to Boston. Through the years the group has almost earned honorary custody of several ballet standbys. Three of these--"Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker," and "Scheherazade" --have been placed on one program which will be repeated two or three times during the group's Boston stand...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE BALLET | 5/4/1950 | See Source »

...abstract grace of "Swan Lake" requires faultless dancing to be truly successful. Its movements are classically simple, and the chaste costumes and Tschaikowsky's subdued music offer little distraction. Alexandra Danilova, as the swan queen, unfortunately, lacks some of the effortless, completely-controlled action that is demanded of her. Mlle. Danilova's dancer, Frederic Franklin, is also occasionally ungainly. The corps de ballet proves to be technically capable, although not distinguished...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE BALLET | 5/4/1950 | See Source »

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