Word: victrolas
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...repressions and inhibitions, all of which are quite effective except the last, which drags. The most fun of the whole show, however, is the scene called Economics I, in which the elementary principles are set forth by having the banker shoot in the pants, the manufacturer, who breaks a victrola record over the head of the wholesaler, who somehow arouses the retailer, who squirts fizz water in the face of the consumer...
...belongs. The authorities, fearing the cost, have refused any petitions on the part of the student body. The truth is, however, that the basement has been laid out perfectly, with one large room, sixty by twenty-six feet, for a library and a number of smaller rooms for victrola playing. The expense of clearing out discarded physics equipment and rehabilitating the rooms with books and scores, already in the hands of the University, would not prove overburdensome...
...started when the Vagabond was munching cinnamon toast and a sleeve knocked over the cup of Lipton tea into his lap. The edges of his coat and the top of his trousers were soaked, so that the persons standing beside the nickle-a-piece victrola and those gnawing at ice cream cones in their cars outside noticed the absurdity and laughed...
Gershwin was only 20 when he wrote his first musicomedy, La La Lucille. The same year he brought out his first hit song Swanee which sold 2,250,000 Victrola records. From 1920 to 1924 he wrote the music for George White's Scandals. The Astaires danced to his Our Nell, Sweet Little Devil, Lady Be Good! From hit shows like Stop Flirting, Primrose, Rainbow, Oh Kay, Funny Face, Strike Up the Band and Girl Crazy, Gershwin became a rich man, filled his penthouse with expensive furniture, African sculpture, a Mustel pipe organ, a fine collection of French moderns...
...will require a remodeled room and a full time librarian, the present room in the music building being grossly inadequate, with no writing tables supplied, and closed at inconvenient hours. Further, several practising rooms are needed in the music building. At present no student can play a piano or victrola at any time when classes are in session, which means most of the day. Sound proof practising rooms should be installed at once and better facilities for playing victorla records (of which there are plenty) supplied...