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Perry Mason (Sat. 7:30 p.m., E.D.T., CBS). Erie Stanley Gardner's famed lawyer-sleuth (Raymond Burr) is constantly embroiled in the best-plotted intricacies of TV's mystery shelf. His worst enemy is no crook but District Attorney Hamilton Berger (William Talman), whose batting average against Mason's brilliant courtroom tactics is .000. His closest pals are a private detective (William Hopper) and an even more private secretary (Barbara Hale), whom Mason keeps late at the office and takes with him on business trips. A true gentleman. Mason has no stomach for rough stuff, but even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Snoopers | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

Albert A. Mavrinac, Allston Burr Senior Tutor in John Winthrop House, viewed the effect of the new program on the Houses as "marginal." Winthrop House has not yet undertaken any definite plans for the institution of non-Honors tutorial for Seniors...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Masters Discuss Tutorial Program For Non-Honors | 5/21/1958 | See Source »

Producer Eugene Burr directs the screening of the few actors who take principal roles; some have fled auditions in tears after a ruthless grilling by lawyers testing their ad-libbing ability. The jurors are picked from studio visitors, must come back three to seven days running until the trial is finished. As a concession to TV viewers' impatience, they reach their verdict by majority vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Verdict Is In | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

...Edith Kingdon Gould Martin, 37, great-granddaughter of "Robber Baron" Jay Gould, sometime child poetess, harpist, actress (Agatha Christie's Hidden Horizon), World War II lieutenant (j.g.) in the WAVES, and Guy Martin, 47, lawyer: their first daughter, fourth child; in Washington, D.C. Name: Edith Maria Theodosia Burr. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 28, 1958 | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

Carroll F. Miles, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dunster House, has defined somewhat unique reasons for leaving: "The curious type is the student who leaves in January of his senior year. This is a person who is potentially bright but who has done nothing in college. He wants to go away in order that he can come back and have one great year. In some cases, usually seniors, students leave to postpone their occupational choice another year. Of course, sophomore year is the crucial one for most, a natural time to leave...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWALS: APPROVED BY UNIVERSITY, BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS | 4/24/1958 | See Source »

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