Word: wading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most formidable hazards of the whole journey looms at the banks of the wide Taling River. Here the Communist line ends. On the river's opposite shore Nationalists stand guard. Whoever tries to wade, swim or boat across will be shot. This is a precaution against possible over-water attack by disguised Communists. The only unmolested transit is by way of the blasted railway bridge, a fearful half mile catwalk of twisted girders...
...such raft, made of wood and an old door and manned by a French officer and two Belgians, equipped for the voyage with a very old bicycle, two tins of crackers, and "six demijohns of wine." In the main, French soldiers, naturally chary of seawater, refused to wade out to the boats (one officer even signaled: "I have just eaten and am therefore unable to enter the water...
...oboe soloist in the Handel work and the most distinguished performer in the last movement of Mozart's Divertimento in D Major, Wade Fite certainly deserves high praise. He is definitely a musician of great ability, and in both works he gave encouragement and support to the orchestra...
...team's chances tomorrow, can Harvard really upset the men from New Haven? The answer lies in the little word "if". If Captain Frank Gurley can bounce back after disposing of Wade in the mile to beat Stoltman in the 880. If Pat McCormick can get two seconds, maybe even a first and a second against Cook and Grimes in the hurdles...
...program are the Handel Oboe Concerto in B Flat and the first performance of Van Slyck's Sonatine for Clarinet and Strings. The orchestra will be under the direction of Van Slyck and the soloists include: Uni Springing, violin; flutist, Lois Schaefer, a frequent performer with the Boston Symphony; Wade Fite 1G, oboe, and Noel Lee '46, piano