Word: gift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Society has moved from its original meeting place in Grays through a succession of upstairs rooms, to its present permanent location in the building on the corner of Dunster and Mt. Auburn streets. The purchase of the building in 1902 was made possible largely through the gift of James H. Hyde '98, supplemented by donations made through Signet's alumni association. The weekly meetings Friday evening have grown into daily luncheons and Sunday suppers. Guests may be brought at any time, including undergraduates from Harvard. In concession to the spirit of the Old Signet, ladies are permitted only Sunday evenings...
Slowly, surely, Guinness devours his part. Like a cannibal, he gnaws away at the physical details. But what he is really after is the soul. When he gets it, the gestures are pushed aside like a cocoon, and a new existence emerges. Indeed, Alec's essential gift is not for creating characters, but existences. His people are all somehow like children, playing alone in corners, a life unto themselves. "His is the art of public solitude," says Critic Tynan. "He can seem unobserved...
...these notes are many examples of his best criticism, always aiming for a logical and constructive interpretation rather than imagining a possible though unlikely one. For instance, Prospero's gift in The Tempest of "a third of mine own life,/Or that for which I live," he writes, "Life consists of past, present, and future. All that the future means to Prospero--all that henceforth he lives for--is his daughter. Therefore she is his future, a third of his own life...
...three to five years, was established by Chauncey D. Stillman '29, in honor of his father, a member of the Class of 1898. Stillman professors will instruct students in the history, theology, and doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. The Professorship of World Religions was founded by an anonymous gift, and is designed to provide future ministers with a knowledge about other religions...
...Maps. Gunther as a book-journalist lacks the originality and 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...