Word: photographs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long ago, Time magazine cited as a major triumph of campus conservatism, the election of Howard Phillips '62 as President of the Harvard Student Council. And the National Review published a photograph of Mr. Phillips, identifying him as S.C. President and quoting some of his right-wing views. At that time, the S.C. warned its President against using the prestige of his office in order to further his ideological position, and Mr. Phillips promised to avoid further confusion of the two roles--as President of the non-ideological S.C., and as a member of such conservative groups as the Young...
...night before, Project Twenty presented The Story of Will Rogers, a man who found that future only slightly more orderly than the old West, considerably more baffling, and livable only with the help of humor. Originally, Producer Hyatt planned the Rogers show also as an animated photograph album, then found reels of dusty film of Will and could not resist using them, interspersed with stills. Narrated by Bob Hope, the show presented too little of the private Rogers, but seeing and hearing the old routines gave the audience a fascinating chance to compare the sharp, nervous, political humor...
...practice in Vermont or Massachusetts to use a Bible in connection with the administration of the oath." Whether Rutherford B. Hayes actually had his hand on the Bible is obscure, but the artist's picture of him at his inauguration done from a photograph by Brady shows his left arm at his side...
...Horrid, the Domestic. Many of the drawings are rooted in time through subject and costume. But some are amazingly modern, such as the watercolor of a gate near a 17th century Roman villa that is so filled with blinding light that its details are seen as in an overexposed photograph. It is rustic yet somehow eerie, the perfect expression of Artist Salvator Rosa, who confessed himself in search of an "extravagant mixture of the horrid and of the domestic, of the plain and of the precipice," which artists centuries later are still seeking...
...Press Club. Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth, 60, became the first woman ever to enter its hallowed taproom, graciously acknowledged the honor by picking up a billiard cue and hazarding a left-handed shot. "Rather fun," said Queen Mum. while being snapped in an already famous photograph. After she had departed the Fleet Street sanctuary, the club secretary commented, "She was very expert; you can tell that she's played before" a supposition subsequently confirmed by a press aide, who classed her a pretty fair player...