Word: abe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tree ($475) by Hawaiian-born Abe Satoru and Missouri-born Carlus Dyer's Scintillation of Elements ($3,200) both vaguely recall nature in the form of tree or cactus. As sculpture, they aim to catch and diffuse light; at the same time they are as open and transparent as the skeleton skyscrapers or factories that modern man sees all about him. A sub division of the materials-first group is made up of those who derive their inspiration from the swirling intricacies of mathematical forms. Typical of these is the brass Column ($900) by Greek-born Stephanie Scuris...
Lectures on Saturday. Religious holidays sometimes required months of advance planning. The nine-day Feast of Tabernacles, for instance, with four days when work is forbidden, fell during a series of lectures before a make-or-break exam in pathology. Abe, as students and professors call him, met the situation by studying by himself all the preceding summer, put himself so far ahead of his class that he could afford to miss the lectures. "I hated like heck to miss them," he explains, "but I creamed that exam...
...length with the basic assumptions, aims and purposes of athletics: intercollegiate, intramurals, and freshmen physical training. Although it is too early to tell what conclusions the committee will reach, it is clear already that there is much need for a re-evaluation of the assumptions behind your editorial. Abe Lowenthal '61, Chairman, Student Council Committee on Athletics...
...Last Word (CBS, 12 noon-12:30 p.m.). Broadway's Abe Burrows and Commander Whitehead, at sea with Schweppes, bend the language with Dr. Bergen Evans and John Mason Brown...
...Governor on Sunday, Beauty Consultant Richard Willis Monday through Friday; Fannie Hurst's Showcase follows Willis. Henry Morgan snarls at his sponsors Friday evenings. Actor Martin (The Rivalry) Gabel presides at a limping, 1½ hour discussion on Thursdays, will soon be replaced by Songsmith and Play Doctor Abe Burrows. With 33 hours of such programming every week, WTNTA devotes 40% of its air time to talk. Says Cott: "We're trying to create a nonfiction station...