Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several weeks ago I read with great interest Mr. Brown's editorial page feature on the Lowell House bells. At that time I thought the bells were a good thing. Though hardly melodious, they capably fill the bell tower, which is one of the more pleasant sights Cambridge has to offer. Thus, they have a raison d'etre...
...measure the distance to nearby objects. Its noise generator can be used as a foghorn; its amplifier and speaker can be used as a powerful bullhorn for talking with neighboring craft; its speaker can also serve as a sensitive microphone, picking up the sound of surf or bell buoys for the helmsman. Price: about...
...first year, new Lord Jeff students with or without their beanies depending on whether or not they won the annual bell fight with the sophomores, must take a Science course, a European Civilization course, English 1-2, and a Foreign Language, unless the requirement is passed. In the sophomore year, sequences in Science, American Civilization and Humanities are required...
Essentially the problems which face Bard today are the same as those which faced Cannon Bernard Iddings Bell, the last Warden of St. Stephen's College, and which brought him to work for a union of the college with Columbia. "We believe," he said, "the day of the small college, independent of the university, definitely to be over. Some of the well-endowed and fashionable ones may go on living for years, decades, but they will be fewer and fewer and eventually even the wealthiest of them are likely to disappear...
...Perhaps Bell's statement is predictive. Bard is neither well-endowed nor fashionable. It has been existing as an independent college--independent both from the Episcopal Church which founded it and from Columbia University which took it over--for only one decade. There are today more signs of decadence than of renaissance.Bard's seminars are informal, intimate discussions in which the student participates on the same level as the professor. In spring they move outside onto the spacious lawns overlooking the Hudson...