Orff Method Introduced at Berkshire Music School
The Pilisfield Community Music School adopts Carl Orff approach to music education for preschoolers. It starts with rhythm and speech patterns, uses simple two note chants, then adds percussion and pentatonic scales, emphasizing improvisation and memory. Mrs Rich leads training with a Bennington College music major and violin studies, as the school becomes New England’s first to offer Orff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilisfield Community Music School
Daleroze Eurythmics
Carl Orff
Germany
Europe
Herbert Zipper
North Shore Community Music School
Winnetka
Berkshire
Orff
Community Music School
Paul Rich
Bennington College
Michel Sasson
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Berkshire Country Day School
New England
Of Good Manners And Polite Talk (NANA)
A critique of polite society arguing true respect requires candor not concealment. It defends balanced modesty over polished posturing and warns that superficial civility masks deeper resentment and insincerity in social discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nana
Standards for Food Quality and Safety in Everyday Life
The National Bureau of Standards maintains permanent bases for weights and measures and for the identity and quality of foods. It explains how consumers can trust that products like sugar, maple syrup, strawberry preserves, tomato catsup, peas, and peaches meet consistent standards across brands and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Vermont
National Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C
Understanding FDA Standards for Food and Labeling
The article explains federal rules under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act enforced by the FDA. It covers misbranding adulteration standards identity and quality standards for foods including fruit preserves jellies cheese and canned goods. It highlights fill of container standards and enrichment requirements to protect consumers.
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Food and Drug Administration
The
FDA
Farewell Letter Highlights Mrs Gordon’s Spotlight Absence
Mrs Gordon writes an open letter at her husband Kermit Gordons farewell party, detailing a sense of invisibility as a Washington official wife. She recalls photographers and captions that never identify her, and notes a shift as Gordon moves to Brookings Institution.
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Kermit Gordon
Federal
Mrs. Gordon
Max Beerbohm
Jane Eyre
Mr. Rochester
Johnson
Gordon
Williams College
Brookings Institution
Washington
Dear Kermit Budget Satire on Family Finances
A jocular letter from June 1965 mocks budgetaries and audits as a spouse imitates federal fiscal policy. It notes deficits, revenue, and debt decline but hints at tension and curiosity about CIA funding, ending with anticipation of reunion and wit.
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Uncle Sam
Gordons
Wilbur Mills
American Legion
Rivers and Harbors Congress
CIA
New Sport Wear Line Features Gutmann Shorts and Meyer Raincoat
A feature on women’s golf apparel notes G. T. Gutmann Tuck designed shorts for female players in dacron and cotton blends and Madras fabrics in all sizes and colors. John Meyer of Norwich introduces a raincoat marking the first arrival of a broader sport clothes line offering sizes 6 to 16 in navy natural and vibrant colors.
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G. T. Gutmann
John Meyer
Norwich
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Angel Records
Rory O'Connor
June Wilson
Elizabeth Stewart
Bota
Berkshire Homemaker
Kermit
Elise Farar
Sport Loft
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