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Pusey spoke tonight at a special convocation at Williams College in observance of the 200th anniversary of the death of Col. Ephraim Williams, the founder of the school. He also received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from James P. Baxter, president of Williams...
...Stupid Is the Enemy? The book is full of comic businessmen, who are not only capitalist bloodsuckers, but suckers for the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale. The saddest of them is a tycoon named Henry J. Baxter, who dies hilariously, falling down on the path to his $3,000,000 private bomb shelter because he just would not believe that the Russians developed the H-bomb for the benefit of mankind. Other characters in Fast's America are the clear-eyed, noble, tragic men who populate the bulging political prisons. If there is one thing Author Fast knows...
...FRANK C. BAXTER University of Southern California Los Angeles...
Knowing the full value of publicity, Goodie took on a couple of radio shows, including one tearjerker, an airing of personal problems known as "Knight Court" ("It was better than Mr. Anthony"). In 1946 Goodie turned his back on the bench, employed the formidable public-relations firm of Whitaker & Baxter (which taught Earl Warren to smile) and ran for lieutenant governor. Goodie gave the voters a sizzling exhibition of stumping and easily slid past his Democratic opponent on election day. But in Sacramento, he discovered that his job was no more exciting than being a judge. As presiding officer...
Having said all that, the obliging Professor Baxter suggests what the kids might read while the big screen is dark. Among his suggestions for seven-to-twelve-year-olds: A Child's Garden of Verses, Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Pilgrim's Progress, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, Swiss Family Robinson, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Just So Stories, Ivanhoe, the Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare, Tom Sawyer, and Treasure Island. For the 13-year-olds and up: Lady of the Lake, The Call of the Wild, David Copperfield, Huckleberry Finn, Lays of Ancient Rome...