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When war came. Léger's refusal to join the Vichy regime brought him disgrace and exile to the U.S.. where Poet Archibald MacLeish, then Librarian of Congress, gave him a $45-a-week job collating bibliographies in the stacks. He has lived in Washington ever since; now, with a more lucrative contract from his publisher, he can afford an annual trip to the French Riviera. He never talks European politics in public, though he knew the secrets of 15 years of French diplomacy. His comments were saved for Chronicle, his latest work, which ends: "Summit...
Archibald MacLeish, chairman of the Faculty Committee on the Drama, commended director Stephen A. Aaron '57. "What Aaron did was completely remarkable," MacLeish stated; "he deserves very great praise." Shakespearean scholar Alfred Harbage, Cabot Professor of English, deemed the production "very well done, especially considering it was a terribly difficult play...
...scheme based on this premise was presented to the Building Committee (consisting of Professor MacLeish, Professor Levin, Dean Bundy, Dean Sert and Professor Chapman) which gave a green light to go ahead full steam...
First, Archibald MacLeish argues that Loeb's stated function--"plays for audiences"--is not inconsistent with artistic integrity, because good drama needs an "attending consciousness." Robert Chapman, Director of the Center, writes that Loeb seeks a "middle ground" between the theatre school and laissez-faire amateurism. (Page...
...contained, although the characters move throughout the book and all the limits fit into a larger story. The counter-pointed stories, which concern two groups of boys who grew up in New York City, have been praised by three College Professors, Monroe Engle '42, Albert J. Guerard, and Archibald MacLeish...