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...Edna May Oliver. The plot: Robert Montgomery, non-marrying lady-killer, is talked into marrying Joan Crawford. Because he cannot stop lady-killing, Joan piously makes him an apparent cuckold in public. This reforms him and, in what passes for high breeding in Hollywood, these two snarl, mutter, sneer, whine, shout their love at one another...
...habit of writing "letters to the editor," but the whole tone of the review of Joseph Auslander's latest book of poems, No Traveller Returns, on p. 80 of your May 27 issue, strikes me as so sneering and uncritical in the best sense, that I feel I must protest. After all, I have been following American poetry for years, and should know just a little of what I am talking about. In the first place, to single out any one poet to whom to apply the title "Poetaster," is letting prejudice override fairness entirely. In the second place...
Fear of forced resignations has reared its ugly head above the younger members of the Faculty. Its nasty grin sends safaris of instructors deep into the jungle of Widener stacks to capture its food, productive scholarship. Its threatening sneer drives assistant professors into huddles of desperate whispers...
Harvard will never sneer at Latin. Its value as a subject is apparent to almost every educated man. Nevertheless, the time has come when Latin must stand on its two feet and enter into fair competition with other fields of education. To convince students of its value, supporters must do more than praise its worth, they must exhibit the characteristics of which they boast. Three hundred years ago, the Faculty required that Latin be spoken on College grounds. We doubt if even Mr. Rand would advocate this now. Since the turn of the century Greek has been omitted...
...House Sophomore who had a deep and lasting affection for all other Sophomores. That is, until a few weeks ago. Now there is an Adams House Sophomore whom he simply can't abide. Every time the D.H.S. sees the A.H.S. the D.H.S.'s upper lip curls into a nasty sneer. The A.H.S. grins with complacent satisfaction. They do not speak...