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With regard to Mr. Freedman's complaint that the Advocate prints unsufficient (sic) fiction reflecting "college life," one can only reply that the Advocate has never set itself up as a literary version of the Crimson, that if the contributors choose to occupy themselves with what Mr. Freedman so quaintly described as "Freud and frou-frou," it is in itself a reflection of a prevalent spirit, and that any significant change in the contents of the magazine will come not through peevish, unsubstantiated complaints via the daily press, but rather through attention to the elementary principals of literary form. Marvin...
...unrewarded 1939 job in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Alfred Lunt handed the prize for 1940's best male acting (The Philadelphia Story). As the wassail ended. Banquet Chief John LeRoy Johnston was last seen frantically bellowing into the microphone for winners "and Miss Lunt and Mr. Fontanne" (sic) to go below for newsreels. Ginger gushed a tribute to "my mother." Jimmy Stewart telephoned his pa in Indiana, Pa. Pa said bring the Oscar home, and there would be another unveiling in the Stewart hardware store...
...Brown, the college athlete, who is imbued with "the Class" and its reunion, is as unforgettable as Bill King, the rugged individualist, who is bored with the whole idea of the twenty-fifth and thinks Bo-Jo is "just a long cool drink of water." Marvin Myles, the girl (sic) with whom Harry first falls in love, is as intriguing a personality as Kay Motford, the girl he eventually marries, is conventional. And Harry Pulham himself, who is unable to break away from the traditions in which he was brought up, is genuine and convincing at all times. It cannot...
...Sic 'EM SAVAGES, SAYS SELASSIE...
...exhibitionism ("It is the first time an exhibit of my work shows all the steps what we have to do"), spoke feelingly of the problems of outdoor sculpture. Often, said he, when a sculptor sees his work for the first time outside his studio, "he wishes to shot (sic) himself...