Word: edwin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Edwin Booth (by Milton Geiger) is José Ferrer, and never the twain connect. This farrago of many scenes is nothing resembling a play; this thespian in many costumes evokes no once-great actor. Something has been borrowed from the legend of the Mad Booths, and something from the lives, to which have been added puns, pomposities, and speeches from Shakespeare's plays. In an atmosphere of swig-and-spout, Old Junius and Young Ned part company in California; Ned, amid rehearsals, finds romance with Mary Devlin; John Wilkes Booth shouts his Latin and is the assassin...
...That Edwin Booth is never for a moment valid stage biography is much more easily excused than that it is almost everywhere so resolute a bore. Whether or not theater folk are to achieve reality, they should at least create effects. Had Edwin Booth, however foolish, recaptured something high-bustedly gaudy, had John Wilkes provoked hisses or Edwin aroused huzzahs, had Shakespeare been spoken or even ranted well, a bad play might have proved a pleasant romp. But despite the dress-up and the makeup, there is virtually no make-believe. On an all-purpose set where anything could happen...
...physics course, taught by Edwin C. Kemble, professor of Physics and director of the Institute at Harvard, enables physics instructors to cement their knowledge of fundamentals as well as explore new fields...
Martin will turn over the duties of his office to Edwin H. Sauer, Lecturer on Education in the Graduate School of Education. When asked whether Sauer's assignment meant he might eventually become Director of General Education A, Martin replied, "the choice of Sauer is not necessarily a portent...
Others on the Board of Overseers who will become Senior Associates are William G. Saltonstall '28, Francis Boyer '16, and Edwin A. Locke, all of whom will join Lowell House. James M. Faulkner '20 will become associated with Eliot House...