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...week, hundreds of U.S. and Canadian readers were following the intellectual problem of fictional Arthur Tyndall; as he learned more about Toronto University, they learned too. Warden Tyndall was the hero of a new novel by a front-ranking Canadian novelist and short-story writer, 45-year-old Morley Callaghan (They Shall Inherit the Earth, Such Is My Beloved). Actually, Tyndall's purpose (and Callaghan's) was to do more than unravel the character of Toronto: it was to raise money...
...Morley Callaghan (class of '25) got the idea for this latest twist in university fund-raising last spring. Toronto had set itself a goal of $6,000,000 in gifts from alumni and friends, asked its most distinguished literary alumnus to write "a piece" for the campaign. Instead, Callaghan turned out The Varsity Story (Macmillan; $2.50), a rambling and nostalgic novel filled with crotchety old professors, bright young scientists and eager students...
While creating a novelist's mood, Callaghan drops a few loud hints. An English professor tells Tyndall about the new men's residence that the university needs; other faculty members complain of overcrowded classrooms. Even the university's library is mentioned. "I have to wait in line, and find that I can't get what I want," says a philosophy professor. "If you die with a million, Tyndall, why don't you leave it for a library...
...Jack O'Callaghan, Agassiz House janitor, viewed the repairs with relief. "The water used to come down and flood the basement," he said...
...lineup: Foster, Wightman, Francis, Sturgis, Stewart, Shepard, Stevens, O'Callaghan, Tufts...