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...Fadiman Appointed...
...other business last night, the Council approved the appointment of James Fadiman '60, to replace Jan S. Hartman '60 as chairman of its Drama Committee and heard a preliminary report on plans for an exchange of summer jobs with foreign students...
...first somewhat limp, both the male and female choruses soon found their stride and by the climactic scenes of the second act, successfully projected their spirit to the audience. Their singing and dancing of such numbers as "Swing" and "Conga" was not only circusy but buoyant. Jim Fadiman's Valenti, the sleezy operator of a Village nightspot, was perhaps the outstanding member of the chorus...
...profundity of Rebecca (Meaning of Treason) West, the stylistic graces of Negley (Way of a Transgressor) Farson, John (Hiroshima) Hersey or Vincent (Personal History) Sheean. Yet none matches him for sheer scope, reportorial zest, or, most notably, the gift of popularizing remote places and difficult subjects. Says Critic Clifton Fadiman: "Gunther is a born teacher; he doesn't miss a fact-trick. His books are almost too easy to read; because of that, they seem superficial. But he's taught us a hell of a lot about our world, in primer terms. He's drawn the maps...
...material gives it the breathless flavor of discovery every time, even aside from the liveliness of the writing." Gunther's success as a popularizer also springs from his skill in communicating ideas in terms of people. "Gunther is a firm believer in the Great Man theory," Critic Fadiman points out. "The picturesque foci are the men themselves. This is how you make institutionalized power clear. It's more interesting to talk about the Pope than the Catholic Church...