This is the sixty-fourth season of the Boston Pops, and perhaps that is why the tables are arranged for parties of five. Even 64 years ago it must have been foolish to go to the Pops without a girl, but then you needed a chair for the chaperone. I object to this archaic tradition, because on Monday, which was Harvard Night, a party of six in front of me spent the first part of the program modernizing the system. They were trying to get a chair which was strapped to an adjoining table into an appropriate relationship with their own. They never succeeded.

But this isn't a serious complaint, because the music is only part of the atmosphere at the Pops, even when it's as good as it was Monday night. Though the program said that some apparently non-Harvard group called "Firnabank" was "among those present," you wouldn't have noticed, for a remarkably large number of people knew the words to "Fair Harvard," and everyone seemed to cheer when "Wintergreen" appeared as an encore.

Most of the University's star performers came on stage during the evening. Malcolm H. Holmes '28 led the orchestra through a series of overtures and encores. Then G. Wallace Woodworth '24 appeared with Karl Kohn '48 to play Franck's Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra. Kohn is without a doubt one of the finest musicians in the University, and anyone who didn't appreciate his talent before Monday night certainly recognized it after his composed and accurate performance.

Woodworth then disappeared and a few minutes later came back with about 50 members of the Glee Club, who sang some numbers from their regular repertory. Among them was a Bacehauale by Cocehi which they have revived. If I am not mistaken, the song is having some popularity today in Italy with the words, "Forward the Red Brigade."

After lots of Harvard songs, Holmes appeared again in some favorites and a majestic performance of "The Prayer of Thanksgiving" with plenty of power from the organ. By this time the audience was shouting with enthusiasm derived from beer and music, which combination makes it fun to go to the Pops.