Word: aikman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American tourists outside Oxford University's Christ Church, the stern, spectacled Anglican clergyman in flowing red, white and black robes looked as authentically Oxonian as the sweeping Tom Quad that he strode across so swiftly. But the Rev. Dr. Cuthbert Aikman Simpson, 67, is in fact an American. Last week he became the first U.S. citizen ever named dean of a Church of England cathedral. And as dean of Christ Church, Dr. Simpson also becomes head of its renowned annex, Oxford's Christ Church College, familiarly known as "The House...
...Made Mink. Manhattan's Collins & Aikman Corp. will soon put on sale a synthetic mink, which it claims looks like the real thing from a few feet away. Composed of Du Pont's Orion, Union Carbide's Dynel and other synthetics, the phony mink gets its effect by combining both long and short hairs to imitate real mink, will come in several shades. Joining the company's synthetic beaver ("Cloud No. 9") and sealskin ("Kissing Cousin"), a coat will cost less than...
...Class Day committee also picked Walter M. Aikman of Eliot House and Cazenovia, N.Y., as Class Chorister, W. Lyon Phelps of Eliot House and Bridgehampton, N.Y., as Class Poet, and Donald A. Hall of Eliot House and Hamden, Conn. as Class Odist...
...Walter Aikman was a wonderful Lord Chancellor last night; his voice is rich and his tongue facile. Clifford Lefebre was carefully ingenuous as Strephon, and Claire Wilson sung a polished Fairy Queen. From there on down the cast shaded off to the standard gulping of first-night amateur G & S productions, but the choruses were vigorous and the ensembles clear and accurate; Russell Ames' directing was largely responsible for the accuracy. The Canterbury Players are no D'Oyly Carts and Aikman is not Martyn Green (though he comes remarkably close), but their "Iolanthe" is fine...
...soloists are uniformly good. Polyna Stoska of the Metropolitan Opera gave a rich voice and the appropriate gypsy-like gestures to the part of the Magyar princess. Raymond Smolover is almost as effective in the title role. Walter Aikman and Frederic Gwynne are both outstanding; Aikman for his perfect diction and gestures as "the swine king," and Gwynne for his witty characterization of the country lawyer, replete with lifted eyebrows and sly smile. Gwynne's facial antics keep the audience's attention for several scenes, and his sole in "Ninana" is delightful, despite his untrained voice...