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Dean William S. Barnes will resign as Assistant Dean at the Law School to concentrate on Latin American studies at Harvard and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the CRIMSON learned last night. Barnes has held his Law School position since...
...movie Rock Around the Clock came to town. All the kids went to see it and, of course, they tore up the theater in their enthusiasm. But according to an article in the British sociology journal New Society, things were never the same again. Says 19-year-old Colin Fletcher, who was a member of two Merseyside gangs before he entered Liverpool University: "It was the first time the gangs had been exposed to an animal rhythm that matched their own behavior. The beat spread like a rumour...
...Friday night rumbles were no longer a test of status; what counted was how well each gang's rock group performed on Saturday night. A gang's rock group became its totem, and all the members began dressing in the costume of their quartet. "The music," writes Fletcher, "was gradually becoming 'us,'" and it did not go unnoticed that the girls "seemed to be real gone-over not only the sound but also those who made...
Empty Face. Fletcher's article and the whole beat phenomenon have kindled one of the liveliest debates England has enjoyed in recent years. The Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Prince Philip and Poet Stephen Spender-are all on the side of the beats, though others have gasped at the chasm of vacuity they see revealed in Ringo's face...
...Convention, a fictionalized account of a Republican national convention, by Fletcher Knebel and Charles Bailey II, a pair of Washington newsmen (the Cowles papers) who hit the jackpot with their previous joint effort, Seven Days in May, now a movie...