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...talk on the "Fugitive Poets: 30 Years After," at 8:45 p.m. in the Senior Common Room. Elliott, himself a member of the group of Tennessee poets, will illustrate his remarks with recordings of Allan Tate, John Crowe Ransom, and others reading and discussing their work at a recent reunion of Vanderbuilt University. Among future speakers in the Forum series will be Robert Penn Warren and Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution...
...medieval councils-Lyon (1274) and Florence (1439-45)-tried to patch up the breach between Eastern and Western Christianity that had existed since 1054. A delegation of Greek bishops at Florence recognized Pope Eugenius IV as head of the church. But Orthodox monks and parish priests were opposed to reunion, and the delegates renounced the agreement. "May our hands, which signed the unjust decree, be cut off," they declared...
...over, the crowds roared: "Toute la clique au poteau [To hell with everybody]." Most ominous note for the squabbling leaders was a silent march by 16,000 members of the powerful Union of Algerian Workers. At the Algiers prefecture they presented a declaration calling for a truce, a reunion of all the leaders of the revolution and immediate elections. Banners carried by the workers read simply: BREAD, HOUSES, WORK. But there was no sign last week of a political leader mature or strong enough to pacify and unite the nation behind those aims...
...class of 1937 presented the largest 25th reunion gift ever, raising $242,033 during the past year, for a total of $862,703 since its graduation...
...Marshall and the other dignitaries adjourned to the Twenty Fifth Reunion Class Marshal's luncheon, the crowd thought that it had seen most of the show. But Marshall's speech at the afternoon Alumni Association meeting was still to come...