Word: chapters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...friendly even when they show the Bostonians' aplomb in a seamy or mundane light. Mr. Amory does not commit the error of falling into satire, nor does he treat his subject with the glazed veneration that a member of the breed might easily have done. Instead, in the chapter entitled "Change and Status Quo," he sums up the pros and cons of having such a group, and indicates the transformations that time has wrought...
...after two hundred pages of tales about Mrs. "Jack" Gardner, Colonel Henry Lee, and Charles Francis Adams, a gentle monotony may make the attention wander. It is not surprising, then, that the most pleasant moment in the book is an interlude. Amory takes time out for, a full chapter to tell the story of the Parkman-Webster murder case, which almost burst a blue blood-vein of proper Boston in 1849. Giving the account with subdued excitement, he advances step by step through, what he calls America's classic murder case, and proves himself an excellent writer of narrative...
...Another chapter, entitled "Harvard and its Clubs," is successful through its collection of interesting material, but it suffers from Amory's common sin of omission: not probing deep enough. Through the book, and even in the murder story, the author fails to tell "why." We may know all about Parkman's slaying, but nothing is said of the reasons why Boston was so shaken. But the old anecdotes bear repetition, and the new ones are often as good; so the book is generally a success, if taken as a collection of interesting memorabilia...
...night's victory as a return "to the original principles of the HLU," which was founded in 1941 by men "tired of Communist Party tactic in the American Student Union." He pointed to "Capturing: of the HLU in the spring of 1946 by the local American Youth for Democracy chapter and the subsequent reversal of control last Fall. In the spring of 1947 repeated attempts to bring about affiliation with SDA were defeated...
Carrying over election of state convention delegates to its next meeting because of failure to achieve a Quorum, the University chapter of the American Veterans Committee last night voted to back increased efforts here by student groups in behalf of the national food conservation program. The resolution was introduced by Robert Koblitz '48, chairman of the group's national affairs' committee...