Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once again, the seven Masters and Dudley Senior Tutor are faced with the necessity of finding a use for the new grant given them by the University from Ford Foundation funds. The grant has been greeted by some Masters as the most valuable contribution for the Houses since President Lowell, as Reuben Brower has said, while others have wondered fitfully whether they could find enough projects...
...stayed away from gatherings at which they spoke. Leverett House, for example, invited several important speakers for its 25th Anniversary Dinner last year, and found that few people bothered to attend. Fine as these visits are in theory, if they continue to be ignored by students, they and the Ford money lose their effectiveness...
This is only a suggestion, put forward to prevent a whittling away of the Ford money for small projects of limited benefit, and to prevent also several wasted visits from important men. The grant should be used to provide for the greatest benefit possible for the greatest amount of time. The money should not scare the Houses, but should encourage them to plan carefully before they put it into...
...Moon is greater than any of the three parts. Each part has its deficiencies, but they are obscured by the artistry of the whole. Many stories and plays by Synge and by the post-revolutionary generation of Irish writers would well be adapted for the screen. One hopes that Ford will attempt another trilogy soon...
...Ford chose fine material for his atonement: a story by Frank O'Conner, and one-act play by Lady Gregory and Martin McHugh. Then, after giving Hollywood its due by having Tyrone Power read the introductions, he filmed all three on location in Ireland, with actors from Dublin's Abbey Theatre. The result is a light, but eminently convincing movie...