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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...apprehended before the play can be understood. Even then, the story of a poet who chooses a mysterious queen as the ideal figure of his verses, only to be beheaded by her jealous husband, is open to a multitude of different interpretations. But Liam Clancy, the poet, and Lew Petterson, the king, do violence to Yeats' poetry by speaking in a falsely declamatory manner. And John Lancaster's music usually conceals the playwright's words rather than underlining them...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Three Plays by Yeats | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

...large percentage of the roles is filled by capable actors. While the play permits, Sarah Braveman gives a fine, robust performance as Margery. The most notable of the supporting players include Michael Linenthall as a condescending priest, Robert Handy as a bishop and a timorous knight, and Lew Petterson as a loud-mouthed citizen. Jack Rogers, who plays Margery's husband, shows flashes of ability, but he is saddled with some of Wulp's worst lines...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: The Saintliness of Margery Kempe | 2/21/1957 | See Source »

Opening discussion in the Lamont Forum Room, J. Petterson Elder, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, cited figures which indicated that by 1970 the number of college students would increase from 2.7 million to 6.4 million. Although he felt the University should take steps to meet this educational problem, he proposed that Harvard turn out more Ph.D.'s rather than expand the undergraduate college...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Univ. Officials Disagree On Expansion Problem | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

...undefeated Crimson JV crew, stroked by Len Wheeler, is unchanged so far this season except for the substitution of Tom Petterson for Bruce Martin...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: Crimson, Penn, Navy Meet for Adams Cup | 5/7/1954 | See Source »

Oceanwise, acording to Petterson, the Earth may be following the evolutionary pattern of Mars and Venus. Venus is still in a pre-oceanic stage, while Mark is a desert plant. "Our present oceanic splendor," he said, "may be a transient stage and the Earth may be on its way towards a complete dessication...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shrinking Oceans May Reveal Lost Submarine Lands | 4/22/1952 | See Source »

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