Word: modern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...start out with a fair wind but eventually become becalmed on a sea of pretentious ideas. In The Judge's Story, Morgan shunts his characters around to illustrate a problem which is too big for them, and too big for his novel: ". . . The problem . . . of how, in the modern world, to remain civilized and free...
...story is a modern contest between good & evil, with Morgan acting as a kind of celestial scorekeeper. The chief character is a retired judge who is writing a book about Athens during its best days. A saintly Mr. Chips wrestling with the devil instead of the Lower Form, he prays nightly for help in his work ("God, make me fit to write"), seeks, in his historical research, a "timeless common humanity" to unite Greek ideals with the wearier 20th Century. What he finds, at first, is a modern tempter with a fat bankroll and a skinny conscience, who tries...
Michael Karpovitch, associate professor of History, will discuss "The Task of Modern Liberals" at the meeting...
Last year's top marksman, Lou Gerstley '45, reports that when, in the midst of firing, a steam valve from the pumping equipment located nearby blows, the result of the aim is often pretty bad. More fortunate M.I.T. can boast of a modern indoor firing range, complete with soundproofing and overhead target carriers...
...Henry Wallace is, or is widely considered, more than just another politician. He is an intellectual, an educated liberal, the modern day their of the Rationality of the Progressive movement, and as such one from whom more can be expected than from some other public figures. If he is valuable as a gadfly, an irritant, a thought provoker, could he not be even more valuable if her were to back his charges with extreme documentation, and offer a positive program to replace the one he criticizes so constantly? Could not Mr. Wallace offer some plan specific enough to fill...