Word: credos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...went on to the Naval Academy, where he was a popular mediocrity. He finished at the centre of his class - 60th among 125 cadets. At 21 he wrote, in clumsy, inept calligraphy, a pathetic little self-portrait: "My strongest characteristic: gluttony-I never get enough to eat. My credo: self-respect-I believe in myself. My weak points: none. My favorite book: Momotaro [a heroic fairy tale]. My favorite dish: boiled millet and soup with dry leeks [a poor peasant food...
...next two articles, The War in Finland: A Controversy, and Professor Sorokin's "credo," Conservative Christian Anarchy, less can be said on the score of readability. The article on Finland adds nothing new to an already well-defined clash of opinion, while Mr. Sorokin's confessions will graze only the upper lobes of the undergraduate brain...
Mendelssohn: "Reformation" Symphony (Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, Howard Barlow conducting; Columbia: 8 sides). A converted Lutheran, Jewish Composer Mendelssohn wrote his "Reformation" Symphony to commemorate the Lutheran credo's 300th birthday. Conductor Barlow gives its neat, tuneful phrases their first modern recording...