Word: occasionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The prospect of a 100th birthday for anyone is formidable. Such a celebration for a literary magazine is equally imposing and deserving of the same bewildered respect popularly bestowed for longevity. The occasion, though solemn, can be festive. It should betoken new life.
Although not mired in its former glory, the 100th Anniversary Issue of The Atlantic definitely has an antique aspect. Though the ancients appearing in its pages retain most of their power, they are undeniably growing old. A litle fresh blood for its own sake would have added a tone to...
If the thoughts are not new and the writing familiar, it does not speak ill of the occasion or the agency which produced them. A magazine which can summon these people to a command performance can perhaps find the talent to keep up its tradition, and, hopefully, add to it...
One example of this attitude is the reaction to grades. Most incoming freshmen get a C or a D early in the fall, and most of them are scared. They go to see their grader or their sectionman in order to find out what they have done wrong and how...
What did O'Neill get out of Professor Baker's course? "Well," he told Barret Clark, "not much out of the actual class-work itself. Necessarily, most of what Baker had to teach the beginners about the theatre as a physical medium was old stuff to me. Though on one...