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Different people have different hates about the movies. Some say the great old actors are vanishing from the scene, and in their stead are appearing a group of highly publicized, incompetent "starlets"; the John Barrymores are giving way to the Ann Sheridans. Some blame the script writers, some the directors. But though each of these arguments may be perfectly valid in regard to specific faults of the movies, they do not arrive at the basic cause for Hollywood's declining standards. This fundamental cause is the belief shared by practically everyone in Hollywood, that the movie-going public...
...Kenneth B. Murdock '16, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, has resigned his Mastership after ten years to devote greater time to a treatise he is writing in collaboration with Howard Mumford Jones, professor of English; and President Conant has appointed Leigh Hoadley, professor of Zoology, in his stead...
...command of the Army, he spotted Andy Andrews for an over-all command. The record shows that Colonel Andrews was soon promoted to Brigadier General once more, assigned to the General Stafr in charge of G-3 (operations & training) for the expanding Army. That experience stands him in good stead today, when he is again to command infantry, paratroops, artillery, etc., as well as the paramount Caribbean Air Force...
Fortnight ago, threatening his own and still other resignations, Censorship Head Sir Walter Monckton asked the Cabinet to do three things: 1) have the Ministry rather than the Foreign Office direct over seas news and propaganda; 2) give the Ministry direct access to news sources in stead of spoon-feeding it with handouts; 3) give the Ministry authority to release news. Said the Cabinet...
Invited to his alma mater's 290th commencement, Franklin Roosevelt, '04, last week told Harvard at the last moment that he could not make it. In his stead, he sent his military aide, Major General Edwin M. Watson. As "Pa" Watson sweltered on the commencement platform in a tight, white dress uniform, Harvardmen wondered why he was there. They found out. In a hot Cambridge, sultry with rumors, academic history was made...