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Philip M. Clark, Jr.: Winthrop; Junior Usher, 1950 Commencement; Junior Class Committee; Hockey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51 Elects Permanent Class Committee Today | 3/2/1951 | See Source »

...hear," came a loud woman's voice, but there were no results. "Speak louder," she repeated, speaking louder herself. She got results from the chairman, who said something about demonstrations. "This isn't fair," she wailed, "we can't hear. This isn't fair." An usher came over and whispered something to her, and Dunn mumbled on uninterrupted. Somebody started to whistle softly, and an old lady hissed to shut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/20/1951 | See Source »

Life Is Terrible. For a man who seems to have found life usually unpleasant and often terrible, Algernon Blackwood has lived quite a lot of it. He was born into the British upper classes, the son of the Duchess of Manchester and her second husband, a gentleman usher to Queen Victoria. Algernon was such a dreamy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Elsewhere & Otherwise | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

Auxiliary Equipment. In Syracuse, N.Y., while an usher was looking for an extinguisher to quench a fire in a wastebasket, moviegoers put out the flames with artificial orange juice from an automatic drink dispenser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 5, 1951 | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

Edinburgh was ready for them with its biggest musical show ever. On opening night, a big crowd packed vast Usher Hall to hear Conductor Roger Desormiere and his Orchestre National de la Radiodifjusion Francaise start things off. Before the three-week festival is over, visitors will hear, in all, 1,630 musicians and actors from eight nations, including six orchestras, four choirs, five chamber ensembles, more than 40 soloists, three ballet companies, one opera company. The only cancellation: Professor Skupa's Puppet Theatre, which was forbidden by the Czech government to leave Prague...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ariadne at Edinburgh | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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