Word: craning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Where will David Crane's first parish be? Will well-born Virginia want to marry him when she finds out the rugged truth? How will Boulder Bluff's cow country characters take to the tall, blond, young minister fresh from divinity school...
...HARRY L. CRANE...
...Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, speculated that "perhaps the Russian Revolution is over, and the two opposing world camps will settle down much as did Christianity and Islam after the Arabs' and Christians' crusading fervor was spent. You can't keep the revolutionary fires buring forever, you know." Brinton said that the Soviets are anxious to have less international "heartburn," but that he does not think they are ready to democratize their regime. "They're not going to become staff writers for LIFE yet," he added...
...today's council meeting, the CCA block will continue to abstain, CCA-endorsed Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 said last night, in order to give the independent majority "another go at electing the mayor." If they fail, Crane added, the CCA block would cast its four votes for one of their number, probably Crane himself or Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, and give some independent a chance to resolve the issue by supporting a CCA man. Crane doubted however, that any independent would vote...
January. The Harvard faculty will be rocked by an expose of the local jewelry store that sells bogus Phi Beta Kappa keys. Crane Brinton will abandon his professorship to become a section man at Sarah Lawrence. Seven alumni of the class of '18 will picket Mem Hall crying, "Veritas has become demi-tasse and these hallowed halls have termites!" Three business school students will be arrested for smuggling the newly banned copies of Playboy over the state line...