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Following these simple rules, the editors managed to put the current issue together despite a paucity of material. M. de Bresson, not long ago named as The Advocate's leader, really didn't need anyone to size him up, cleverly tossed in the requisite bons mots and deliciously designated one of his characters "Fabrice." (Who could ever forget La Chartreuse de Parme!) That the piece was a hopeless tangle of words strewn in a thousand directions, indeed, that few could or would understand its nineteenth century affectations, mattered little. There was a beauty in words...
Witness for the Prosecution. In Vancouver, B.C., Police Constable Alexander Waterton, assigned to get undercover evidence against a fortunetelling gypsy, testified in court that the woman had cited two men, one fair, the other dark, as the cause of his own current unhappiness, admitted under defense questioning that he detested the assignment, given to him by fair-haired Detective Albert Steen, dark-haired Harry Horton...
Sponsored by John W. Frenning '44, Republican representative from Boston's Fifth Suffolk District, the bill seeks "to reward the clubs for their efforts during campaigns." Frenning was fairly confident about its passage in the current session, after the House Committee on Elections reported it favorably last Wednesday...
...current exhibition at Fogg reflects the interest and enthusiasm of Harvard undergraduates in the pursuit of quality. There are paintings here, as well as drawings and prints; there is also an occasional hint of the presence of parent collections amidst examples of more direct commitment and sacrifice. But, in any case, the element of choice and decision is present throughout...
Perhaps the art world of today suffers from an overdose of dogma in the guise of selectivity, from rigidity posing as uncompromising choice. At Fogg's current show there may be many hits and many misses. But the picture, in toto, comprises one of the healthiest group shows we have seen for a long time. That, in itself, constitutes a success...