Word: sever
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast, Sever 11 and Burr A had figures of 2.4; Lamont, 5.0; and the average students' desk...
...even mentioning a freshman study hall brings back some unpleasant memories. Obviously a "study hall" such as that offered in the basement of Memorial Church two years ago is no answer to the problem. Efficient studying demands quiet, good light, and comfort. Opening several of the large first floor lecture rooms of Sever Hall--refinished and relighted only a few years ago--would be comparatively inexpensive and convenient, even if not as comfortable as Lamont. If Sever is unavailable, there are enough other lecture rooms around the Yard to provide adequate space...
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9:--In contrast to, if not in rebellion against, the "sophisticated poetic tradition," English 195 is entitled "Folksong and Balladry." Blues and spirituals, badmen songs and sea chanteys--Assistant Professor Albert B. Friedman shows in Sever 14 the influence that all such popular expressions have had on formal poetry. This is the first year that the course has been open to undergraduates and the last that it will be available...
Russophile or Russophobe, if you are interested in drama you should consider Slavic 147. Associate Professor Wiktor Weintraub is giving "Modern Slavic Drama," from 1800 on, for the first time and will deal with selected plays translated from both Russian and Polish. Chekhov will be the main attraction, Sever 21 will be the stage...
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11:--David Owen opens innumerable Victorian closets in History 142b and finds an astonishing number of skeletons, to the accompaniment of laughter from an appreciative audience, in Sever 11. Disraeli, Gladstone, Churchill, and the rest pass in review in a fascinating study of the English and why they act the way they...