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Word: concerning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Titcomb persuasively argues for undergraduate concentration in drama and intimates strongly his approval of professional direction and supervision in the new theater. Although he presents some arguments against both of these positions, they do not reflect quite accurately the concern felt by many undergraduates interested in theater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "OBSESSIVE PURSUIT" | 10/10/1958 | See Source »

...crude presentation of theme is as irritating as the superficial characterization of Bogard. The author hammers at what he considers the problem of our generation: we lack conviction or concern enough to take a stand on any significant issue. The interview between Bogard and the dean forms a superfluous gift-wrapped packaging of the book's thesis. The dean declares that Bogard's is the "Indifferent" Generation...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: The 'Apathetic Generation' | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

...gentle lyricism which illuminates the music of Haydn, and in that it follows the path of classical rectitude which soars so in Bach. Happily, these works are devoid of the more histrionic and sentimental aspects of Teutonic picture making which plagued so many of Feininger's contemporaries. Feininger's concern is to sing rather than to cry out. The effect, in a painter, is becoming...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: Lyonel Feininger | 10/8/1958 | See Source »

...English department offered eight different undergraduate courses in American literature. The courses have evaporated, not from any aversion, but because teachers have departed and no new ones have been hired to replace them. Perry Miller's main concern now, as he regularly informs the English 7 audience, is with his own research and his graduate students; he teaches in the college only fall semester. Lynn comes and goes. Murdock has been drawn into the Gen Ed A program and has relinquished American studies entirely. Matthiesson never was replaced. By all rights the department should have at least two new appointments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Native Neglect | 10/8/1958 | See Source »

...this the department simply needs more teachers, and needs to employ them in undergraduate American courses. Such action, besides reviving the weak pulse of Warren House, might keep many intelligent people from despairing and deserting into History and Lit, and make the department more of a going concern and less of a last resort...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Native Neglect | 10/8/1958 | See Source »

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