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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Directors of the new theatre, Dean Gitter '56, Stephen Aaron '57, and John Eyre '58, announced that the opening attraction will be Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author...
...wrote a French stockbroker named Paul Gauguin, who left his wife and secure career and went in search of the very place of love. He found it with the Maoris of Tahiti, and many of his pictures, such as the woodcut opposite, attest the artistic success of his quest. But it was a therapeutic disaster to himself; he died in the islands, of syphilis, malnutrition and a failing heart. Last week some 200 of his works, including 75 of his prints, went on show at the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition, which will move to Manhattan's Metropolitan...
Pursuing the search, Physiologist Williams found a substance apparently identical with the juvenile hormone in nearly every animal material from tenderloin steak to the human placenta. The richest source in any mammal seems to be the thymus gland, which is believed to control growth. Significantly, Williams found no trace of his golden oil in any vegetable...
...search for a replacement must unfortunately be limited by considerations of partisanry. Because of the President's refusal to concern himself very deeply with foreign policy, he will want a nominee whom he can trust completely as he trusted Dulles. This is a criterion which excludes the candidacies of Adlai Stevenson, George Kennan or Chester Bowles. It is just not possible to conceive any of these men enjoying the trust and latitude which Dulles' relationship with the President gave...
...fine one is a witty chorus number called The Uncle Sam Rag, parodying a sedately British version of U.S. ragtime. As Essie's muscular true love, Richard Kiley is good in voice and virile in manner. The lackluster score sounds like eight notes in search of a composer, and the book should be returned to the moths from which it was borrowed. But Redhead's flaws are not in its star...