Word: eraser
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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If eras, like humans, have a moment when life finally leaves them, then an era died last week. Cafe society's birthplace and most famous watering spot, Manhattan's Stork Club, closed up.
The Roman philosopher Seneca came to a sad end. Spurred by patriotism, he came out of exile to tutor Emperor Claudius' unstable stepson Nero and was rewarded for his pains several years later when his onetime student ordered him to commit suicide. At least Nero recognized greatness; ordinary mortals...
Nothing said about the South can ever be said without qualification. Cynics point out accurately that "new eras" in the South have been proclaimed before-and none was ever new enough. Still, in the past decade the Negro has gained more than in the whole century before, and in the...
Learning by Era. Modernizing a plan of study introduced by Emma Willard in the 19th century, the curriculum integrates its studies of art, religion, music and literature into single historical eras. A freshman studies ancient history. A sophomore learning about the Renaissance studies the medieval church, listens to Gregorian chants...
An exhibit tracing the history of the Catholic Club at Harvard is now on exhibit at the Catholic Student Center, 22 Arrow Street. The exhibit covers the years from 1804, when the first Catholic (who later turned Episcopalian) was admitted, highlighting such eras as Joseph P. Kennedy's presidency of...