Word: select
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second play of the evening, The King of The Great Clock Tower, is the shortest and least satisfactory of the three. This selection is from a group of works which Yeats called "plays for dancers," an exceedingly condensed and ritualistic form which owes much to the influence of Japanese Noh drama. At first glance, this play would seem to be ideally suited for the purposes of the tiny Poets' Theatre, since it was written for intimate production before a select audience. But the difficulties of the play, which would probably remain obscure in the best of productions...
First, Exeter is more like Harvard than any other school. The Exonian, having reached the top of a very select and highly competitive group after four years of struggle, is reluctant to admit that he is on the bottom of the pile again. While he is no different from his classmates in this respect, he finds it easier to avoid recognizing his new lowly position...
Somehow I have a deep, disquieting, indeed fearful premonition that TIME will select Governor Faubus...
...other hand, any second-year law student may apply for membership in the Voluntary Defenders. Founded in 1949 by two students who broke off from the Legal Aid Bureau, the Voluntary Defenders group handles criminal cases. Each year the third-year members select 13 new members from over 70 applicants on the basis of written material submitted and oral interviews. "This way," explained Richard C. Kohls 3L, president of the Voluntary Defenders, "we get people who are really interested in helping indigents, rather than students who simply get good grades...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Advocate, WHRRB, or indeed, the Harvard-Radcliffe CRIMSON. Few 'Cliffites are concerned about the names and it would be unfortunate if the Annex Administration insisted on putting this stumbling block in the way of a worthwhile proposal. We can assume, however, that a newlyformed joint organization would select a dual name at its outset. Of course, any existing group wishing to revise its title could...