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Studio One (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS-TV). Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter...
...political decisions." President Louis Finkelstein of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America appealed for a permanent commission to inculcate "moral and spiritual values" into the U.S. public school system. But Boston University's President, black-browed, white-haired Methodist Minister Daniel L. Marsh, resplendent in a self-designed scarlet mortarboard and scarlet robe with ermine epaulets, dramatized the new temper of the times in terms any freshman could understand. In his address he called attention to the fact that the new limestone chapel, which bears his name, adjoins the new theology school on one side, and the colleges...
ESPIONAGE Thank You, My Lord Preceded by the bearers of mace and sword, England's Lord Chief Justice, Lord Goddard, robed in icy dignity and a scarlet gown, entered the oak-paneled courtroom of the Old Bailey. He shuffled his papers, impatiently tapped the silver snuff box on his high desk. Then, mounting the stairs which lead from the cells below directly into the prisoner's dock, appeared Dr. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs. The court clerk solemnly read the indictment accusing Fuchs of communicating "to a person unknown information relating to atomic research . . . directly or indirectly useful...
Against the walls, Lancers in scarlet coats and blue-and-gold turbans stood like statues' through the blaze of trumpets and the solemn, brief ceremony that followed. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari proclaimed "India, that is Bharat"* a republic, and swore in Prasad. Next, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister...
...Million Thresholds. In the afternoon, President Prasad drove five miles through New Delhi's cheering streets. The magnificent viceregal coach (with crowns removed) was drawn by six horses, and escorted by the mounted viceregal bodyguard, in scarlet tunics and flowing rainbow turbans. In Irwin Stadium, 3,600 picked soldiers, sailors and airmen paraded for Prasad, who unexpectedly saluted as they passed. Said an observer: "This show is more British than the British would ever dare...