Word: kerrs
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Undoubtedly the most widely read review is Daniel J. Boorstin's comparison of Age of the Scholar with Clark Kerr's The Uses of the University in "Book Week." Boorstin contrasts Kerr's "courage and intellectual clarity" with Pusey's "genteel, vague, sanctimonious, and insular mind...
Pusey warns of the dangers of the modern "multiversity" whose power Kerr's book glories in. While Keer seems fascinated by the size and social influence that America's great universities have achieved, Pusey is understandably humble about the problems that such bigness poses...
Some reviewers have found these words to be cliches. Perhaps so. But they are refreshing statements of faith for people who value scholarship in itself, and not always for its contribution to national defense. It is perfectly possible that Clark Kerr and Robert McNamara represent the future. Nevertheless, it is comforting to think of President Pusey, up where policy decisions are made, committed to preserving poetry, people, and God in his university against the inexorable logic of the cost-efficiency ratio...
Mary, Mary could hardly miss. Still holding forth in its third season on Broadway, Jean Kerr's wordly-wise comedy has been transferred to the screen almost 100% intact, and anyone who complains about its total disregard of cinema techniques should be taken out and dunked in a new wave. The best defense is just to relax and enjoy...
...pure Kerr dialogue helps. Mary is Debbie Reynolds, giving one of her sprightliest performances as the wickedly witty, nearly divorced wife of Publisher Barry Nelson, who repeats his stage role in sharp, swinging style. "Life with Mary was like going into a telephone booth with an open umbrella," he rasps. "No matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye." Her bill of particulars includes: "It was hard to communicate with you. You were always communicating with yourself. The line was busy...