Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proudly remembers that in his younger days he often worked three nights and two days at a stretch. Seldom does he use the piano when composing. He conceives and elaborates his ideas in his mind and puts pen to paper only when every detail of the score has been thought out. Once his notes are down on paper, he seldom makes alterations, and has often sent scores to publishers without bothering to try them out on any instrument...
Named as if in competition with the Communist International, the Dance International was conceived about six months ago by a wide-eyed, energetic young woman from Richmond, Va., Louise Branch, who runs a book shop in Manhattan and is secretary to famed Sculptor Malvina Hoffman. She thought it would be nice to have something like Olympic Games in dancing, to bring world artists in that medium together for the sake of Peace. Miss Hoffman, who has sculped native dancers in Asia, Africa and the South Seas, thought so too. During the summer Miss Branch and Miss Hoffman traveled...
Pointing out that "you can't measure education by hours," he advocated a plan of general examinations which students would take "when they thought they were ready for them." No time limit should be put on the "incarceration" in school. The credit system, whereby graduation depends on the number of courses passed, is the "curse of education...
Preliminary to the official opening of the Conference, an introductory discussion attended by invited undergraduates took place last night in Winthrop House. Led by Payson S. Wild, Jr., assistant professor of Government, the meeting attempted to clarify the central problems of American foreign policy. Three general channels of thought were revealed...
...scarcely take the risk of being circumscribed by an outside force. Impractical demands for higher and higher wages by the closed shop, or objections to the employment of non-union workers in other parts of the University, may foster disputes between the two organizations. As a leader in liberal thought, Harvard should practice enlightened leadership in dealing with its labor problem, but at the same time it should reserve the right to exercise independent action...