Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Christian Wolff '56 perpetrated another bit of non-sense such as earlier concerts have led us to expect of him. This time it was Duo for Violins (1951). The two fidlers were restricted to three consecutive semitones--D, D-sharp, and E-from which a maximum of six different sounds can be extracted; and for maybe a quarter of an hour they sawed back and forth on these same notes. There are at least three legitimate reactions on the listener's part: (1) he can try to stifle his snickers or laugh outright; (2) he can lapse into an utterly...
...ninth novel of the series, A Goat for Azazel, is a study of Christian origins and beliefs as seen through the eyes of a Second Century seeker of the spiritual Grail called Damon. Damon's intellectual odyssey parallels that of Fisher's; both are somewhat cynical about Christianity, the cynicism of a person beginning as the most beliveing idealist. Fisher was raised on an Idaho farm in a very strict Mormon environment; his intellectual conflict with his religious culture can be seen in Damon's lifetime search...
Damon sees his mother die a Christian martyr and feels his mission to be learning the truths of this strange new sect to determine its place in his own life. His initial reaction is, "If that's your religion, I say to hell with it." He thinks Christianity has a "fascinated obsession with wickedness" and, with a truly moral concern, thinks Christianity an excuse for letting people sin all their lives but still enter Heaven by last-minute repentance...
Damon-Fisher strongly objects to Christian prejudice against the Jews as well as Christian renunciation of life. He cannot understand the death-wish and the related prohibition of sexual expression of many believers. Fisher is very much concerned with the sexual aspects of Christianity and the relationship of religious symbols to sexual ones. He utilizes many of the observations of modern psychology but adds a worthwhile number of his own. Damon finds nothing original in the rituals and beliefs of Christianity and regards it as just another mystery cult, the only difference being that of greater compassion and tenderness...
Rugged, tall (5 ft. 11 in.), plainspeaking, Magsaysay was indefatigably energetic and incorruptibly honest ("My parents taught me to be a good Christian. Do you know of any good Christian who is dishonest?"). He was a blacksmith's son, who came out of the Zambales mountains to work as a chauffeur and mechanic to pay for his mechanical engineering studies at the University of the Philippines. He fought the Japanese as a guerrilla, at war's end commanded an army of 10,000 men-but was especially proud of his U.S. Army rank as a captain...