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Second U. S. name was that of Hollywood's Jon Cowley, who composes when he is not doing the whistling for Walt Disney's cinema cartoons. What struck listeners most about Composer Cowley's tricky "Crazy House" Suite was its orchestration, and that was not by Composer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opus i | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

If psychologists investigated themselves by their own beloved statistical methods, they would probably find that-as a group compared with other scientists-they were cheerful, convivial, well-dressed, well-mannered, interested in one another, argumentative, mildly frustrated. Psychology is a science notably torn by internal dissension, a state of affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Battle on Rhine | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

Most prominent victim of the Soviet ban was Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet composer-laureate, whose tricky, sensational opera Lady Macbeth of Mzensk, introduced to the U. S. in 1935 (TIME, Feb. 11, 1935), had become the rage of Manhattan's intellectuals. Lady Macbeth of Mzensk was withdrawn from Soviet theatres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Young Russia | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

With outdoor practices the backs have been able to develop the speed and hard, running with which they hope to surprise the Cantab ball-carriers. Lining up in the scrum-half position is scrappy Al Osgood who was on the Princeton team of last spring. Playing in the backfield for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Near Top Practice Form for Contest With Cambridge University | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

Watt, weighing 180 pounds, runs very low and hard, and it takes a smashing tackle to bring him down. Desmond is not quite so heavy but makes up for it by his speed and tricky running. Cohen and Oakes are both developing rapidly and may yet get the call.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Near Top Practice Form for Contest With Cambridge University | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

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