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First, it was a faculty committee, not Dean Watson, which made the decisions about the Band. This committee, the Committee on Student Activities of which I am chairman, consists of Professors F. C. Packard, P. S. Wild, Jr., G. W. Woodworth, Dr. D. M. Little, Dean Watson and myself. The committee has general supervision over undergraduate organizations and activities outside of athletics. Dean Watson's job is to carry out the decisions and general policies adopted by the committee. Whatever praise or blame there may be for the decision in the case of the Band or any other organizations beings...
...singing when pitted against incompetent management of a program. The evening could have been the outstanding musical achievement at Harvard this year if the excellent work of the Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, and soloists had been supported by intelligent programming and handling of the orchestra. That G. Wallace Woodworth '24 did not offer this support was a major disappointment...
...Woodworth made his first mistake when he selected his program. Handel's oratorio "L'Allegro" was the chief attraction. Instead of presenting all or most of the work, Woodworth elected to cut it down to less than half its original length and to devote the rest of the program to compositions by Randall Thompson '20. Granting Randall Thompson the right to performances by the Glee Club of his alma mater, one still wonders why such performances might not have been saved for some other occasion and "L'Allegro" given in a manner which did not make its music overshortened...
...next liberty taken by Mr. Woodworth was that of cutting the rich instrumental score of the original down to a meager violin, oboe, 'cello, horn, and piano continue. Although it would doubtless have been difficult to use a full-size orchestra on the Sanders stage, surely more could have been done with the situation than this feeble quintet, which was forced to play against more than 170 voices. As it was, the instrumentalists present were far from perfect in tone or even pitch, and their weakness undermined the total effect...
Clee Club and Choral Society singers will join tonight at Sanders Theater in the Annual Sanders Concert under the baton of conductor G. Wallace Woodworth '24. The 200-voice group will perform two works by Handel and two by Randall Thompson...