Word: manly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were no skyrocket bursts of great, fresh genius, and among the novelists many an old hand had shown a faltering touch. But 1949's books, fiction and nonfiction, accurately and often brilliantly reflected the state of man and his world. They were books colored by personal questioning, confusion and discontent; but also showing through was a determination to express both personal and public dilemmas and to face them firmly. More than in recent years, fiction in 1949 leavened its cynicism with compassion. In a great deal of nonfiction, skepticism was tempered with American optimism: though happiness and order...
...greatest sea hunt in naval history. Of the books of personal war experiences, two were outstanding: Norwegian Odd Nansen's From Day to Day, a grim report, set down with dignity, of what he saw as a prisoner in various German concentration camps; and Briton F. Spencer Chap man's The Jungle Is Neutral, an expertly written story of his life as a guerrilla soldier in Japanese-held Malaya. Detractors and worshipers of F.D.R. took a relative breather. The opening of most of his personal papers to researchers next March probably meant an approaching rain of biographical books...
Lowell House, where intellect reigns supreme, has at last been forced to give some consideration to the inner man...
...High man for the Varsity was Charley Hellers with a 280 count, but Yardling Jim Smith was top scorer of the day for the Crimson with a score...
Because both degrees will be awarded at the end of seven years, it is possible for a man to go to college for three years, attend the Law School for two more, and then, for either scholastic or financial reasons, leave school and never receive a diploma...