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...Cambridge School of the Drama opened with an enrollment of 65. The school had no official connection with the University, although three quarters of its students were also undergraduates at either Harvard or Radcliffe. The administration was entirely in the hands of an alumni board of governors, including Simonson, Abbott, Davis, Macgowan, Jones, Wertheim and Ames. These men formed a visiting faculty which supplemented the permanent staff by coming to Cambridge periodically, when their professional duties allowed, to give lecture series and work with students on productions. This system seemed to strike the perfect balance between the professional...
...government of a modern industrial nation increase its revenue? Finance Minister Douglas Abbott, whose conservative fiscal policies have balanced Canada's budget for the past six years, is unafraid of an orthodox answer: cut taxes. In his 1953-54 budget, Abbott reduced personal income taxes by 11% and corporation taxes by an average of 9% across the board. Last week, after the budget had been in effect for a full six months, he proudly reported that government revenues had increased nearly $90 million over the same period last year...
...reductions apparently sent warming impulses throughout the entire Canadian economy. Abbott had forecast an $11 million surplus for the entire 1953-54 fiscal year. Actually, in the first six months, the surplus has already climbed to more than $200 million...
...Abbott and Costello...
Permanent steel stands, accommodating 18,000 and costing $175,000 were decided upon. The College commissioned the firm of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulilnch and Abbott to draw up the plans...