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...science come to Harvard Yard. For what other explanation can there be for the scroungy but lovable legion of mutts, thoroughbreds and scarcely recognizable quadrupeds that populate the sacred grove? Word of mouth (or muzzle) is the only possible answer. The canine message seems to have reached every indigent hound in New England: "If you're looking for friends, shelter and stimulating company, Harvard's the place." And, except for their rather cavalier attitude toward the sanctitiy of the sidewalks, it seems to me that it is the dogs, far more than either the students or faculty, who could serve...
...HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Delicious Tremors. On the whole, Hound is a quite respectable adaptation of the most evocative of the four full-length Holmes novels. To be sure, the villainous Stapleton, who sets loose the title hound in order to rid himself of the two men who stand between him and the Baskerville fortune, was somewhat softened for celluloid. A romantic interest was added so that Richard Greene, as the last direct heir to the estate, has something to do besides express amazement and gratitude at Holmes' power. It must also be admitted that the movie is more pokily paced in reality...
...Hound is not a great movie, not even a terribly good one. But its reissue is nevertheless one of the happier results of the current revival of interest in Holmes and the period that produced him-the last great fictional man of reason...
...Huckster. The Seattle Opera is accustomed to thinking along several lines. In only eleven years it has become one of the major U.S. companies, largely due to the efforts of a former Golden Gloves lightweight from Omaha named Glynn Ross. He has been called everything from a publicity hound to the hip huckster of grand opera. He loves promoting. "Get ahead with Salome," read the shameless pun on one poster...