Word: childing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...charm of the show comes from minor characters involved in incidental routines. Particularly good is Henry Holmes, as Harold Steadfast, the indefatiguable buddy of Truman Pendennis. Preston Brown's spoof of New England economy and conservatism is touching with his flawless Marlborough Street accent. Timothy Gates, as the angel child's aged mother, has little opportunity to extemporize, though his exit song is delightfully dead-pan and relaxed...
Along with these ups, the Pudding has also had its share of downs. "Fireman, Save My Child," in 1929 went on tour to New York. Here, it was such a colossal failure that a segment of Harvard alumni in New York gathered and implored the Pudding never to send another show to Broadway. 1930's production was so good, however, that the alumni did an about face and asked them to return...
...child in Paris half a century ago, Marcel Dassault read science fiction and daydreamed that he would some day be a great inventor, turning his ideas into mechanical marvels that would bring glory to France. Unlike most daydreamers, Dassault was equipped with the talent and drive to turn fantasy into reality. At 23, only two years out of aeronautical school, he designed the propeller for the famed Spad fighter of World War I. At 60 he designed and built France's first topflight jet fighter, the sweptwing, transonic Mystère. Last week Dassault, now 64, showed...
...dual educational problems of "the young delinquent" and "the gifted child" will be considered at the annual meeting of the Harvard Teachers Association. The program will run here for ten days, beginning Wednesday...
Five members of the faculty will join the meeting the next day to discuss the "Implications of Social Class Research for Classroom Teachers." The annual School Board Conference scheduled for March 23 will break up into three panel discussions to consider "The Gifted Child--Today's Neglected Student," "The Regional or Area School," and "What Is the School Committee Member's Responsibility to the Educational Program and the Community...