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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course these differences, in Harvard practice, are no differences; more often than not one's tutor is outside one's House, and the role of disciplinarian generally ends with the proctor...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: Princeton's 'Facilities' Will Offer Long-Range Alternative to Clubs | 11/8/1958 | See Source »

...intention of all this, Goheen observed, is to "provide the advantage of a closed interconnection between social and academic life than now often pertains." Princeton should also furnish "social and dining arrangements in close relation to living quarters.' Which is a pretty good pocket description of the House system...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: Princeton's 'Facilities' Will Offer Long-Range Alternative to Clubs | 11/8/1958 | See Source »

...would be glad to take the burden of inter-House membership. These are just the kind of twerp politico types that the Student Council should not include in its membership. The reason Masters should appoint students is just that it is desirable to avoid the slick and often incompetent student-elected representatives, and to get more capable men in the student government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beware The Politician | 11/5/1958 | See Source »

Much of the other material is covered in flashbacks, which, although often skillfully executed, greatly distract from the play's effect and continuity. The Disenchanted would be a much better play if most, if not all, of these flashbacks were eliminated. For most literate spectators, it is not necessary to review the spirit of the Twenties or the life of Fitzgerald. For most, that decade and its Fitzgerald and Zelda evoke more images and emotions than the flashback could ever portray...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: The Disenchanted | 11/5/1958 | See Source »

...that the cheerleading system is poorly organized; that there is no apparatus for carrying the squad over from year to year by drumming up interest in cheerleading; that the men who are enlisted are not always particularly interested or spirited; and there therefore their performance on the gridiron is often lackadaisical...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/4/1958 | See Source »

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