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...approach that probably appeals to most Harvard students flourishes at Club Mount Auburn 47, which has far more than geography to commend it. Shying wisely away from long bookings, the Club provides folk music of generally high quality and variety by both local and out-of-town performers. For a basic door charge of $1.00 you can listen to good music without being pestered to buy expensive food and drink...

Author: By Joseph Boyd, | Title: The Wheres and Whys Of Boston Folk Music | 2/20/1963 | See Source »

...compared to other buildings at Harvard, the Center certainly represents an advance in originality of design," said Wassily W. Leontief, Henry Lea Professor of Economics. "I signed the letter not only to commend this particular building, but to praise the University for its imagination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTER PRAISES VISUAL ARTS 'CENTER | 2/6/1963 | See Source »

Your editors have achieved a masterly tour de force. The selection of the "Man" is dead right. As for the study on him, the most acute non-Catholic scrutiny cannot find anything to criticize or correct, but only to commend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 18, 1963 | 1/18/1963 | See Source »

...example of how well Science Editor Jonathan Norton Leonard pursues this double responsibility, we commend his comprehensive report this week, accompanied by four pages of color, on how radio astronomy has created "a second window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 14, 1962 | 12/14/1962 | See Source »

...that person?" he asked in his rhetorical rumble. "Who? Either the Secretary or Murphy. Anybody else?" But McClellan had already publicly absolved Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman: "I want to commend the Secretary, for as soon as he got the full facts on this he said, 'This won't do!' and he canceled those cotton allotments." That, in McClellan's mind, seemed to leave Murphy, a Government careerist who helped draft the New Deal's second Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1938 and who served as special counsel to Harry Truman, as the chief culprit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: Setting Up the Fall Guy | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

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