Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roger P. Lee '01: "Harvard men always thought of Nelson Perkins as belonging to Harvard. He served on the Corporation during the presidencies of Eliot, Lowell and Conant. Valuable as his services were to Harvard, he was much more than that. He was more than a leading citizen of Boston and of Massachusetts, he was a leading citizen of the whole country. He was called in to give invaluable advice on trying international problems. In spite of his eminence, his greatest attribute was his capacity for warm personal friendship and his willingness always to help in any situation...
...former is one of the most famous of all orchestral compositions and has become one of the standard concert pieces for such an occasion as the opening of a musical year. Originally dedicated to Napoleon the Consul, it lost that inscription when the composer thought that the ambitious Corsican had presumed too much when he titled himself Napoleon the Emperor. Its "heroic" qualities have survived both in the magnificent music and in the fitting name "Eroica," and the performances under Koussevitzky should more than do justice to the great score...
...sessions will come regularly every Thursday, and will last about three-quarters of an hour, and will be followed by about half an hour of conversation and open discussion. Among the topics to be discussed are the psychology of worship, Christian theology, and Old and New Testament thought. Different men will present their ideas, and the rostrum of lectures is fairly evenly divided between laymen and ministers...
...story that is alleged to be gospel truth, comes to us from our special correspondent in Madrid, and revives our practically non-existent believe in the goodness of human nature. We had always thought that Fascists were unanimous in their unwavering fidelity to the "cause", but now we are beginning to have our doubts...
Back at Newell boathouse, capable attendants predicted that the historic ship could and would be repaired in short order. Said coxswain Henry D. Oyen '41: "I thought I had plenty of room...