Word: latters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Escape with Me). Left Hand, Right Hand ("the lines of the left hand are incised unalterably at birth . . . those of the right hand are modified by one's actions") is a neo-Proustian, witty remembrance of things (mainly amusing) from the proud Sitwellian past. It is also a latter-day Book of Snobs, in which converge "all [the] diverse rays of lineage" that form that "mixture of blood which in England constitutes the aristocratic tradition...
...Worst fault: lack of outdoor exercise yards." I agree. To me the latter-day equivalent of "the patch of blue the prisoners call the sky" was one of the most difficult things. The overcrowding - even the little of it that I experienced...
Other spring sports easily accessible include sculling on the Charles (H. A. A. tickets are good for this), tennis behind Morgan, and golfing in the immediate vicinity. Concerning the latter, Lieutenant Montgomery will be glad to furnish further information about golf courses in the area. He feels that there are many more courses available at close hand for NSCS students than they might believe...
...songs are lacking in vitality with the exception of "Thou Swell" and "To Keep My Love Alive." In the latter, Vivienne Siegal sings 16 verses describing how she managed to burn, poison, guillotine, stab, electrocute, gas, and hang her various husbands in order "to keep my love alive...
...York and up to the time of his present position as instructor at the Harvard Research Laboratory of Physics, his life has been a tug-of-war between Boolba the scientist and Boolba the artist. For reasons of a dietary nature (one must eat), the former eclipsed the latter--but only superficially. The "fire" still burns within, and with a little pursuasive fanning, one can readily be treated to a wisp of artistic smoke in the form of an original poem, pencil sketch, oil painting, and on occasion, a stage...