Word: synthesise
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With nothing but its exterior shell unchanged, Boylston will be a unique synthesis of old and new at Harvard. The outside is in the style of 18th century architecture, the inside newer than Quincy House.
Died. Ernest Bloch, 78, Swiss-born composer (Schelomo, America), who captured in his orchestral and chamber music the youthful ardor of his adopted land, the U.S., and the indomitable spirit of his Jewish heritage, combined the tried music of the old masters with the experimental techniques of the moderns in...
¶Columbia's Dickinson W. Richards, 1956 prizewinner for his work in cardiology: "Every scientist suffers when there is any restriction, at any level, to the free exchange of knowledge. Except insofar as restrictions are required by the exigencies of national defense, we believe that there should be no...
Edwin C. Kemble, professor of Physics, emeritus, whose distinguished work in his field and in General Education made him one of the most invaluable men on the Faculty, could well receive an honorary, and Tsung Dao Lee, professor of Physics at Columbia, Francis E. Low, Morris Loeb Lecturer on Physics...
No Route Back. For his poetry readings Brother Antoninus takes off his white tunic, black scapular and hood, to dress his 6-ft. 4-in. frame in clerical street garb-a plain black suit, black tie. Says he: "Society has two structures, the institutional and the visionary. There has to...