Word: horned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Ralph Barton Perry, 80, gaunt, horn-rimmed humanist and longtime (1913-46) professor of philosophy at Harvard, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1936 for The Thought and Character of William James; near Boston. A liberal, individualist and internationalist. Philosopher Perry rejected as "presumptuous and foolish" the notion of God as "a kindly indulgence at the seat of cosmic control," was alternately gloomy and optimistic about the U.S.'s future, concluded that its strength lies in its bedrock foundation of puritanism and democracy...
Running for the varsity in the mile relay will probably be an all-senior quartet of Mike Robertson, Jim Cairns, Bill Morris, and Dick Wharton. They will face Yale and Columbia. Yale will probably run its ace quartet of Bob Skerritt, Ed Slowik, Earl Van Horn, an John Erickson...
Sculptor Stankiewicz came by his love for junk naturally. He was raised in one of Detroit's toughest districts, used a foundry dump for his playground. During a World War II hitch in the U.S. Navy, he found himself whiling away time in the Aleutians by whittling caribou horn, decided to cash in his G.I. Bill on an art education. He studied with Hans Hofmann in Manhattan, polished off in Paris with Painter Fernand Lèger and Sculptor Ossip Zadkine. Back in Manhattan he set out to shape his future by reclaiming the flotsam and jetsam...
...recording has a predominantly heavy effect, partly because of foggy fidelity, and there are some sloppy attacks in the orchestra, but there are also some stunning bursts of choral sound, some impressive singing by soloists (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Hongen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann), and some unique French horn performances in the scherzo...
...wore horn-rimmed spectacles, a two-buttoned jacket that was too tight across the front, and the intense look of a Freshman on advanced standing. "Professor," said he to the distinguished philosopher who had just finished addressing a group of two-score students, "Professor, I often sit up late at night thinking and I find that I'm able to visualize my universe only up to a certain point and after that," he continued, with his glasses in his hand, "I just cannot envision what is beyond. Sir, can you tell me what is out there...