Word: leverett
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Winthrop dropped a tight one in its basketball opener with Adams, but since then the revitalized jock house has downed such adversaries as Kirkland, Dunster, and Leverett. Results of Wintrhop's game with Dudley have not yet been tabulated, but it may be assumed that Winthrop easily triumphed...
...Leverett has put together a strong cage contingent, including football players Dave Smith and John Ballyntine. The Bunnies are a fast, running team with impressive balance; they lost to Winthrop by some 15 or 20 points but came from behind to edge Dudley and Dunster...
...faith. If you've heard "Try to Remember," you've heard the show's moral: to wit, "without a hurt the heart grows hollow." Now if you read that with a Phyllis McGinley intonation--as is often done--you've got a pretty saccharine play on your hands. The Leverett House Opera Society has chosen a different tack. The prevailing tone of the evening is a cool, balanced wit. Rather like a mellow Oscar Wilde propounding the importance of being burnished. The results are marvelous...
Nonetheless, the star of the evening had to be its director, Charles Heckschet. His clever stagings combine perfectly with choreographer Barbara Clark's dance numbers--and in the close quarters of the Leverett old library that attests to a happy collaboration. If that doesn't prove Heckschet's worth, watch him as The Girl's Father--a part he had to take over a few days ago. He doesn't look old enough, he can't quite sing, but his intricate vaudeville routines are delightful...
...strain one's good will by over-playing, but the fault lies in the script and not in the actors. On the other hand, Steven Flax's set made ingenious use of the library's windows and staircases, and John Hanick's lighting was remarkably creative. On balance, Leverett has mounted a delightful production...