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...lakes, and mountains, viewed in alternating perspectives, in a variety of sunlight and shadow, during different hours of the day, are his subjects, and these basic elements offer nearly limitless possibilities for orchestration. Controlling the placement of the terms ("taking hills, put them together, cutting out a piece of water,") is the aim of providing visual enjoyment. In order to be able to impart pleasure, the picture must be structured, and structured to be decorative. Mr. Feild's fond sensitivity experiments with the swift change in atmosphere characteristic of the Lake District and the effect this tension between light...
...main pleasure was ballroom dancing, but, according to one of his friends, "he carried out his steps in such a personally stylized fashion that the results were frequently awkward." His solitary rooms in Paris, and later in New York, were kept with fussy precision, down to the exact placement of ashtrays. His life was a masterpiece of sublimation in art's interest...
ADVANCED STANDING AND PLACEMENT: We applaud the successful effort of many high schools to offer college-level courses to their students, but we view critically the tracking systems that A. P. and other programs have generated. Our criticism extends to the policies of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, for Advanced Standing and Honors distinctions have created divisive labels that are unnecessary and that have educational and social consequences which are often detrimental. We recommend that the present policy of granting Advanced Standing to selected entering students be terminated. The chance to graduate in three years minimizes the impact of this change...
...necessarily, at a four-year college. We work with students for two to three years offering a six week residential summer program with an emphasis on building academic skills and furthering personal development, and an academic year program centered around tutoring at our after school study center and college placement for seniors. We supplement the academics with on-going cultural and recreational activities during both the summer and the academic year programs...
Edward J. Hanrahan, dean of Students at B.C., said afterwards that the temporary restraining order was obtained "to restore the normal functioning" of the school's placement office...