Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...parenthetic thoughts occur. Was the success of some of the professional tutors due entirely to "unethical" or counter-educational practices, or was it basically an indictment of Harvard teaching? Since the college examinations are not affairs of fact and rote, it cannot be said that we trained the memory and impoverished the understanding. It is possible that, in brief compass, we taught our students to think on fundamentals sufficiently well to impress their academic mentors. If this be a fault, I ery "Peccavi...
...inevitable comparison arises between "Saint Joan" and the Dramatic Club's recent success. What puts last night's production out ahead essentially is the play--the challenge it posed to the Theater Workshop and the way that challenge was met. The Odets was done exceedingly well, but even at its best it offered nowhere near the range of expression in either acting or staging that belongs to Shaw's creation. From every conceivable standpoint "Saint Joan" is a high-water mark in Harvard dramatics. If you let it slip by without seeing it, you are depriving yourself of a rare...
...N.C.A.A. bid for the Crimson. Gathered together by commander Mundorff of the college Navy unit, former Bowling Green star Wyndol Gray, Lou Decsi, John Gantt, and Don Swegan, flanked by Paul Champion and Saul Marlaschin, threw, a nation-wide spotlight on Crimson basketball. Overwhelming students response and box-office success showed a bright future for Crimson basketball if the high standards set by the Navy performers could be maintained...
With the College-wide boycott now in effect five days, Swan stated that the embargo has been a definite success insofar as the members of the University are concerned. "However, an attempt will have to be made to reach the Cambridge citizenry outside of the College," he said. Since last Thursday, when the boycott was announced, the patronage of the Club 100 has been comprised almost entirely of this extra-university group...
...previous night against a Rutgers outfit which they met with even less success, the Varsity succeeded in placing only two men in leading slots. Chuck Hoelzer, stymied in his butterfly specialty with the runner-up spot, took it out on Penn's Bill Abbot in the 50-yard freestyle, with 24.7 seconds...