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This hair-cut is a cousin-German to the French post-war "collaboration bob," which as late as 1946 all women considered a disgrace, but which for some reason in 1950 they consider a destination. She who yesterday was held a traitor to her country and her sex, today is proclaimed a leader (or perhaps a follower?) of high fashion...
...horrible results of the War in Europe is that it has bred a generation of children without a childhood. The normally irresponsible years of infancy and adolescence must be replaced by a competition for survival; the process of maturity becomes the development of an emotional callousness. Of all the post-war movies ("Shoe Shine," "The Search," "The Bicycle Thief") that have described these children, "Germany Year Zero" presents the most drastic outcome--the story of a twelve-year-old boy who was so embittered by life during his few years that he committed suicide...
...section on the House problem. This emphasis is well placed, for the last few years have proved, as Dean Bender points out, that "the Houses are still far from realizing the ideal which Mr. Lowell and Mr. Harkness had in mind when the House system was established." With the post-war decrease in tutorial, the Houses should provide the force to counteract "mass education and student anonymity...
...unusual success of the post-war Italian film has been with proletarian tragedy. Its shoeshine boys and unemployed slum-dwellers are caught up in vast economic forces beyond their comprehension or control. Both Rossellini and de Sica had only to step out in the street to find actors who had already lived the roles. But Rossellini had to depart from the sociological for the psychological to give Miss Bergman a role with depth enough for her talents...
While undergraduate enrollment fell to a post-war low, dropping from 5100 last year, and 4950 in the fall, graduate figures continued unchanged. The Business School signed in 572 men yesterday, and 650 the day before--just equalling the fall enrollment...