Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though not exactly ideal fare of the long-suffering exam-taker, "Dark Victory" is, nonetheless, a picture which deserves consideration and respect. In fact, anytime a producer goes against the laws of "sure-fire box office" and puts out a tragedy that relies on dramatic effect rather than gag lines for entertainment, that producer has a lot of respect due to come his way, but he's also courting box office defeat. Fortunately, by the grace of the gods and the acting of Bette Davis, "Dark Victory" is no defeat, although it is a rather dark victory. After all, watching...
...been nailed in place. This is flying in the face of Dean Hanford's policy of providing tutorial and a certain amount of specialization for some talented men as early as their first year of college. It calls for the reduction or abolition of freedom of electives--the ideal of Lowell and Conant--in the first two years of college. The Council committee feels, however, that this is bitter but necessary--the price of a truly liberal education. Its "area" courses are not to be superficial survey courses; they will aim to be penetrating, comprehensive courses, possessing all the thoroughness...
...turned in a significant direction. Rather than living a solitary life in the Harvard Yard, the plan has found within itself the seeds of growth and dissemination. It was first adopted by Manhattanville College. Just recently Radcliffe and Brown planted the first seeds on their campuses. More than the ideal of service is embodied in this rapid maturity. Its importance in the college curriculum is due to two factors: the opportunity for students to participate in an educational experiment, and even more, to coordinate their own studies with the realm of experience...
...tries to straighten out her sisters' love affairs. There is some superlative humor contributed by the absent minded Charles Winninger. There is some simple, tuneful music, and there isn't much sentimentality. Above all there is a refreshing sincerity about the whole thing. All in all it makes for ideal feather-weight entertainment...
...merely trying grounds for new music and new performers. But, on the other hand, one should always remember that a sincere artist, considering himself an interpretative medium, is always eager to pass his music on to an appreciative audience and that he will do so whenever he can. The ideal concert situation is that in which the artist performs for his own pleasure, and for the pleasure of those who may care to come and hear, music which he has chosen for its own sake alone...