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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John Ciardi, Briggs-Copeland assistant professor of English Composition, and Theodore Brameld, professor of educational philosophy at New York University, disagreed with Ralph W. Sullivan, author of last year's controversial bill to remove tax exemption privileges from schools employing Communist teachers, and Isadore H. Y. Muchnick'28, formerly on the Boston City Council and at present a member of the city's School Board. The Forum was moderated by Francis Keppel'38, Dean of the Faculty of Education...
...quartet of speakers at the meeting will include: John Ciardi, Briggs-Copeland Assistant Professor of English Composition; Ralph W. Sullivan author of a bill, defeated last spring, to exclude Communists from Massachusetts schools and colleges; Theodore Brameld professor of educational philosophy at New York University; and Isadore H. Y. Muchnick '28, a member of the Boston School Board. The program will be moderated by Francis Keppel '38 Dean of the Faculty of Education...
...hour long talk sponsored by the Student Council, the author of "300 Years of Harvard" wove these and other traditional anecdotes into an historical tale in which he divided the history of the University into four periods. The "Beer incident" (improper treatment of students) occurred during the early period. "President Dunster's period" included a fire that the University president fought while clad only in nightshirt...
...Quartet," an English expert like the author, dramatizes four of his neat but contrived short stories which enjoy this virtue of carrying the audience along at a satisfying pace. Of course the usual Maugham vices are sometimes present...
Least successful of the "Quartet," "The Kite" indulges in some contrived symbolism to point up the struggle between a mother and wife for a young man's affections. The acting of the mother is exceptionally good but once again the author descends to the maudlin to close his story and good acting is not enough to redeem the plot...