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...Princetonian is renewing its perennial battle against--compulsory chapel attendance is both welcome and disturbing-- welcome in the indication that a worthy cause is being vigorously prosecuted, and disturbing in the forced realization that the authorities of one of America's greatest universities are so old-fashioned as to cling to a long outmoded institution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CHAPELS | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

...Wordsworth; he compares the quality of Woodberry's "Hawthorne" to George Inness' painting. Most interesting of them all is one written shortly before the deaths of both men. It reveals the hearts of two old men who have outlived their generation, but who, in the face of change, still cling to the standards of the times in which they lived. A reflection on religion completes the picture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters From Van Dyke to Woodberry Are Exhibited | 10/16/1934 | See Source »

...What they see there confuses and repels them; they are glad to get home again, even to a life that is now sad and complicated. Their story ends when, back in their old home, Fred reaches for his wife's old hand, the one thing he can still cling to, sums up everything in the only words he can find: "Well, mama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plain People | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

Kiss me again and cling to me, Nothing else matters tonight. . . . Hold me close Tonight is mine. And although tomorrow Means goodbye and sorrow Love me now, my love, Tonight is mine. ?"Tonight is Mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Radio Censors | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

...than anyone in her shop. Although she is reputed to be the daughter of a Monte Carlo cocotte, her contemporaries speak of her with awe and respect, consider her the dressmaker's dressmaker. She achieves a classic elegance of line at the expense of color. To make her gowns cling to the figure she cuts her materials on the bias. A couturier for nearly 40 years, she designs her models on a famed wooden doll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Haute Couture | 8/13/1934 | See Source »

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