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Born in Paris February 6, 1894, Marchal began his musical studies at L'Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles. Since 1915 he has held the post of organist of St. Germain des Pres. His career as a virtuoso is a spectacular one. His own series of recitals at St. Germain des Pres have covered most of the organ literature...
Miss Terris admitted that she had come in contact with only a few college men during her career on the stage which has brought her to her present stardom. She would have liked to go to the Harvard-Yale game last Saturday if anyone had asked her, she said...
That teaching and research are not necessarily antagonistic was impressively demonstrated by the life and career of Professor Edwin Herbert Hall. While exhibiting in neither field the flashy brilliance which attracts the plaudits of the mob, he nevertheless presented a solid balance of both which could well be set up as a high goal by the younger teachers and instructors of today...
Thereafter his career sounds like something by Evelyn Waugh, filled with wrecks, broken legs, poetry, rebellion, with great leaps from continent to continent, and terms at Harvard sandwiched between visits to New Zealand for skiing, to Rapallo, Italy to see Ezra Pound. Recovering after breaking his legs skiing down Mt. Washington, he got a job as literary editor of New Democracy, a short-lived weekly preaching Social Credit. When New Democracy folded, he decided to keep on publishing his own department as a literary annual...
There is also opportunity to help the early registrant--and only the early registrant--in adjusting his college career so that he will better qualify for a position on graduation. This means impressing him with the importance of maintaining a satisfactory record and of the desirability of participating in extra-curricular activities. Early and long acquaintance with the Placement Office results in a personal contact without which it cannot render its maximum service to each individual...