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In chatty, alumni-bulletin fashion, the Establishment Chronicle noted: "We have lost touch with the following old boys: A. Eden, G. Burgess, D. Maclean, O. Mosley," and offered condolences to Number 96453. "Betjeman, J. Our great friend, this poet has aspired to write esoteric verse. Unfortunately his work has now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Notes from the Top | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

One of the dangers of presenting plays that no one ever presents is that you may find out that there is a very good reason for not presenting them. Twice this season Tufts Arena Theatre has made this embarrassing discovery. Their production this week, The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold...

Author: By John Kasdan, | Title: 'Chalk Garden' at Tufts Arena; Karen Johnson in Starring Role | 7/23/1959 | See Source »

No Trains for God? During and since the war, Snow and his colleagues have interviewed about 25% of Britain's 125,000-odd scientific workers. "I confess that even I, who am fond of them and respect them, was a bit shaken. We hadn't expected that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Two Western Cultures | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

For a folk singing concert, it is almost a curiosity that all of the selections are in English. When asked why the group did not sing foreign songs, Jones remarked, "I guess we don't know any." A better explanation might be gleaned from the group's parody of esoteric...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: 3 Folk Sing | 5/19/1959 | See Source »

With the exception of Julius Novick's article in extended praise of Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not for Burning, and Paul Riesman's essay on "mentally fat professors," the quality of the writing in the first issue of Gadfly is surpassed only by a mediocre Gen. Ed. essay...

Author: By Richard E. Ashcraft, | Title: Gadfly | 5/5/1959 | See Source »

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