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That Hampden's Cyrano has become an institution in the U. S. theatre is due largely to the abilities of his art director, Claude Bragdon. Claude Bragdon's fame lies principally outside the theatre; largely in fact, it exists in the fourth dimension for it washe who translated Ouspensky's Tertium Organum and wrote, among other works, Four Dimensional Vistas. When Einstein came to the U. S., Bragdon was one of the first named as belonging to that hypothetical "ten" who understood the master's theory of relativity. Especially was Claude Bragdon interested in mathematical metaphysics...
Nine years ago, he began to arrange the scenery, lighting and costumes for Hampden's plays and he has done them all ever since. He began on Hamlet; in Cyrano he achieved his masterpiece, as Hampden achieves his. Claude Bragdon is now 62, twice-married, a theosophist, Buddhesque of countenance, a rare person...
...Wright Engraving Company, and the individual and group photographs were taken by Notman's Studio. The Senior Album Committee, in charge of the publication of the book, is composed of T. H. Eliot '28, C. R. Pforzheimer '28. A. M. Blackburn '28, R. T. Dunn '28, and H. W. Bragdon...
...work was divided among the committee, Dunn taking charge of the group and scenic photographs. Blackburn of the individual photographs, and Bragdon of the literary side of the volume Pforzheimer was business manager but as he is now in Red Top will be unable to take charge of the sale and distribution. Eliot, in addition to having general supervision of the book, was responsible for the life histories of the Seniors...
...will form in the Yard on the morning of Commencement and be led by their marshal to the Sever Quadrangle. The women will assemble at Lawrence Hall, and march to the exercises with Miss Bragdon leading the procession...