Word: selfing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from friends is a rare exception. Ironically, the people who probably have the best grasp of freshman problems are seldom consulted, even though readily available. This group, which comprises the Freshman Dean's Office, sees two general areas where each new student has problems: Fear of his classmates and self regulation...
Since Major Higginson intended the Union, like all democratic institutions, to be, self-supporting, its overseers rapidly constructed a system of officer elections and dues to sustain the clubhouse. The Harvard Union offered speakers, pre-game rallies, post-game dances, debates, and discussions to members. The restaurants and snack bar were open all week long, ladies were permitted on weekends, and professors-either guests or members-were welcome anytime. Since Cambridge was a no-license city in those days, students had to go either to a final club or to Boston for "exhilarating beverages." For returning alumni, the Union...
...into Boston and shec a sow-uh, see a show." (He was getting nervous again, damn it; he could feel his self-control evaporating like sweat.) "I can pick up the tickets on Monday. I'll call you Monday night and let you know what show it will be; I'm sure we'll have a real blast...
...Spirits, and it is a 40-minute excursion across the surreal landscape of his boundless imagination. Never centers on a washed-up Shakespearean actor named Toby Dammit (Terence Stamp) who has come to Rome to star in "the first Catholic Western." He is hounded by his own self-contempt and haunted by a vision of a corrupt cupid from hell, a devil in crinoline (Marina Yaru), who appears before him bouncing a large and somehow ominous white ball. At the end, Toby terminates his pilgrimage and turns himself into a final sacrifice to Satan...
Weyman's chronicle and the handful of other tales included in the book are all what journalism schools used to call human interest stories. In telling about people, however, St. Clair McKelway scrupulously avoids confusing the knack of self-expression with the act of self-intrusion. He might be called an old-fashioned journalist-if he did not so often manage to sound so refreshingly...