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...precocious French adolescent. The more personal, the more "revealing," the more embarassing such books are, the better readers like them. Needless to say, this obsession has not gone unsatisfied within recent memory. In view of such a spectacle, it can hardly discredit a reader to approach somewhat gingerly Orville Prescott's The Five Dollar Gold Piece: "The Development of a Point of View...
...Prescott, the Times book-reviewer, obviously delights in recalling his past life. Fortunately, his recollections make pleasant, not embarrassing, reading. They are charming without being oppressively "cute"; nostalgic without being sentimental. But from the first, the question continually in the reader's mind is, "Why is he telling about himself?" To be sure, Prescott is an interesting and an intelligent man, a well-known figure in an eminent profession. But such attributes, no matter how admirable, do not seem of quite sufficient magnitude to necessitate 150 pages of "anecdotal autobiography." This feeling continues even as the reader becomes aware that...
Carpenters and plasterers will finish the first remodeling job at 10-12 Prescott St. Next week, Richard Johnson, the head of the construction crew, and yesterday...
...remodeled buildings at 10-12 and 2 Prescott St. will hold about 150 students and proctors. A final decision on the number will follow completion of room arrangements, Trottenberg said yesterday. He described the dormitory's standard as "between Matthews and Wigglesworth, probably nearer Wigg...
...Yard. Thus a new problem will arise. For the sense of class, defined by F. Skiddy von Stade, Jr. '38, Dean of Freshmen, as the "opportunity to rub shoulders with so many varied fellows who are just as green as you" must suffer. It is a long walk from Prescott St. to a friend's room in Mower...