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Intended to reduce the sky-line glow which was considered a potential beacon for enemy submarines, the dimout had been widely criticized as inadequate, and Cambridge officials were said to have planned more drastic action here...
Although his work is not as fully represented, the two pieces by Howard Turner '41 are sufficient to place him in the first rank of the exhibitors. His watercolor view over Boston housetops captures all the warmth and richness of Beacon Hill brick against the late afternoon sky. Carl Pickhardt '31 has four lithographs in the show, all very simply and very powerfully executed, especially the "Pieta" and the "Christ at Emmaus," with its Grecolike faces, and minimum of light areas. His work suggests the influence of stained-glass window design, with heavy lines blocking off areas of black...
Leave your maiden aunt on Beacon Street and hustle over the Shubert Theatre while there's still time to see Victor Moore, of the curious anatomy, combat the hard, cruel world...
...pranksters at the Business School during the recent Boston tryout, or of the shouting of Rhineheart in the Yard last Tuesday night, will not be tolerated by the University. A lighted match is visible from far above 10,000 feet; a window through which light escapes is a beacon to hostile planes. Civilians crowding the streets impede A.R.P. officials and increase the number of injuries. Thus it is important that every one observe the blackout regulations, and cooperate with Civilian Defense authorities to make tonight's test a success...
Foremost among the collections received was Houghton's own Keats library which, combined with the Amy Lowell collection, gives Harvard the most complete Keats material available. William K. Richardson '80 contributed a room modelled on his own Beacon Street library...