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...symphonic training.* Women who play wind instruments are additionally handicapped by the fact that they look funny blowing. Until this year the Chicago Woman's Symphony, conducted by Ebba Sundstrom, a dentist's wife, had men play the difficult winds. But in Manhattan last week there was stout Edith Swan to play the trombone, Amy Ryder, 60 years old and deaf, to lead the French horns. They did not worry about appearing ridiculous any more than Ethel Leginska did when she decided to become a conductor...
...Vaslav Nijinsky was by no means unique in turning from dancing to painting. Dancers in the U. S. who have been converted to camas include Paul Swan and Hubert Stowitts. Slim, classic-featured Mr. Swan used to perform rhythmic rites in dark theatres on Sunday nights. Now he covers large canvases with intricate designs, all highly symbolical. Before he turned to painting racial types of India Mr. Stowitts attracted considerable attention in the Parisian press by posturing at private parties completely nude and painted blue. Historian Hendrik Willem van Loon's son Willem Gerard van Loon reversed the process...
After four hours and a quarter of Parsifal, last week's audience & critics found little to criticize except its length, the appearance of the ancient scenery, and the bedraggled condition of Parsifal's swan. They agreed they had been given something unusually fine...
...Silbermann, Boston Latin School; H. L. Smith, Jr., Central High School, Springfield, Conn.; C. H. Smoot, Jr., Gunney School, Washington; N. J. Sondheim, Brookline High School; G. F. Stork, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jack Stutman, Boston Latin School; E. D. Sullivan, Boston Latin School; Henry Swan, Jr., The Phillips Exeter Academy; L. N. Tritter, Boston Latin School...
...members of this year's winning team who are at Harvard this year are A. M. Kelly '35, W. M. Hastings '35, C. L. Barber '35, Richmond Harrison '35, and R. S. Salant '35. Another member of the team, Henry Swan, Jr., intends to enter Harvard with the Class...