[COPY] Fish is not surprised but is not entirely sympathetic. The new scheme, either by itself or from necessity and from the inconvenience to the undergraduates, will bring the eventual abandonment or practical ruin of the undergraduate course*. To this Fish cannot be an acquiescent participant. He does not want to sacrifice the gymnasium which, under Barnard's able superintendence and charge, for some 15 or 16 years has been so successful and useful. The trustees of Columbia have always been ready to accept Barnard's suggestions and requests. He will not accept Barnard's dictum, "a school boy system." What Barnard calls the school boy course must be maintained. Barnard's scheme seems to Fish to aim at the convenience and ease of the Faculty alone. Fish thinks that no professional man in the country earns what is paid to the gentlemen composing the Columbia Faculty, without giving at least 6 or 10 hours a day to his work. He thinks the Columbia Faculty ought to be willing to give 20 to 24 hours a week to their work. If Barnard will preserve the undergraduate course in its integrity he thinks he might secure much that he wants. A majority of the Trustees are. Alumni of the College and they may not be very strongly allured by any scheme which rests upon the depreciation and disparagement of their Alma Mater.
Notes from and relating to Mistral which he sent to Edmond Lefevre to aid him in his bibliographic work on Mistral and the language and literature of Provence. A descriptive notation at the beginning of the volume reads "524 fiches (environ 4,500 indications) autographes de Frédéric Mistral dont plusieurs continent de mombreus indications. Notes écrites de la maine même de Frédéric Mistral pour signaler à E. Lefever les documents composant la BIBLIOGRAPHIE MISTRALIENNE et ses autres publications bibliographiques. - Livres, brochures, articles de journaux, revues, etc. Français et étrangers." The notes are written on full sheets, half sheets, and scraps of paper. Also, some memorabilia relating to ceremonies honoring Mistral, particularly the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in 1904. The material is all mounted on the blank leaves of one volume.
Series IV is composed of papers related to the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man. Subseries 1: Dictations and Meetings is the largest. It contains typed lectures and notes, most likely given by Gurdjieff and then recorded and translated by students. These papers are organized geographically and chronologically as the institute moved from the Caucasus to France. After 1933, the Institute was disbanded, though Gurdjieff continued to host students in Paris. The post-1933 material is stylized as Q&A sessions, and often the students are anonymous.
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Contained in this series are correspondence, programs, announcements, and guest lists of the three School of Mines anniversary celebrations: the 50th anniversary in 1914, the 75th anniversary in 1938, and the 100th anniversary in 1964. The majority of this series resides in the 50th and 75th anniversary materials. The 50th anniversary celebrations included a banquet, convocation, an alumni luncheon, campus night, and commencement. Banquet materials consist of correspondence, menus, programs, guest lists, and announcements. Programs, admission tickets, invitations, and announcements represent the other 50th anniversary celebration events. The remaining 50th anniversary material consists of celebration badges; general correspondence; meeting minutes of the anniversary celebration committee; news clippings; financial papers including bills, reservations, and correspondence; poems and songs written for or performed at the celebrations; commemorative issues of campus publications; and copies of speeches given at the celebrations. The 75th anniversary celebrations included a dinner, convocation, an open house, "old home week" at Camp Columbia, and the unveiling of an Old School of Mines plaque commemorating the original site of the School at 50th Street and Park Avenue. Correspondence, including letters to and from President Nicholas Murray Butler; guest lists; programs; committee meeting minutes; announcements; schedules; news clippings; and commemorative issues of campus publications all compose the 75th anniversary celebration items. Three black and white photographs of the Old School of Mines unveiling ceremony are also included. The 100th anniversary celebration materials consist of a celebration badge, the centennial dinner seating list and program, convocation program and announcement, an alumni centennial questionnaire, and a speech draft for the celebration.
New York City Opera's first in-school performance in 1966 led to the creation of the Education Department, whose main purpose is to open up the world of opera to young people and other special audiences. The Education Department offers a number of specially designed presentations and fully staged children's operas which tour to regional schools. In collaboration with the NYCO Guild, the Education Department coordinates open dress rehearsals for students at the New York State Theater. For both this event and for the in-school programs, the department prepares background materials and teaching aids. One of the most popular services offered by the Education Department is OPERAPAK, which contains a plot summary, composer biography, historical notes, and other valuable materials relating specifically to the productions in the City Opera repertory. The Education Department also later expanded its in-school offerings to include preparation and follow-up workshops in conjunction with its performances. Another program that continues to thrive and expand is the New York City Opera-In-The-Community program, which provides performances for adult community groups in the metropolitan area.
Current results range from 1629 to 9999