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...fourth course yet, and it's Tuesday already? Hideous thought, but the CRIMSON can help, for indeed Tu., Th. (and yes, regrettably) S. has spread a festive board. All of the following can be recommended unflinchingly, and at least one of them is bound to dissolve you in delight...
Long before biology was born, says Stearn-who borrowed his explanations from a 17th century French scholar-the ancient Greeks gave human qualities to the planets. Mars, the red planet, was considered male, and the Greek word for Mars, Thouros, was abbreviated to "Th," or α. In the hands of careless and hasty penmen, this symbol eventually degenerated into δ. The same shorthand fate overtook the female planet, Venus, whose Greek name Phosphorus was reduced to Ph (Φ) and subsequently-perhaps by the same careless Grecians-to ø. When medieval alchemists came upon these symbols, they found them useful...
...spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners." A cavalryman sadly administers the coup de grâce to a Jeep with a broken axle. Relaxed before battle, Willie angrily casts his eye on his buddy's unlovely countenance: "Why th' hell couldn't you have been born a beautiful woman...
...caste system without mercy. "Them buttons wuz shot off when I took this town, sir," growls a slovenly Willie to a spit-and-polish rest-area lieutenant. "One more crack like that," snarls a private to a major, "an' you won't have yer job back after th' war." Inevitably, this kind of enlisted man's license landed Mauldin in trouble. It culminated in a personal confrontation with Lieut. General George S. Patton in Luxembourg...
...Paris (through July 9). Easily the most ambitious of the drama festivals is the Théâtre des Nations. Over the years, 175 theatrical troupes from 50 countries have traveled to Paris to offer 745 performances. The Peking opera was the hit of 1960, and this year's schedule brings groups from the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, India, Ireland, Uruguay, Chile, Egypt and South Africa. Just before returning to the U.S., the State Department-sponsored troupe that included Helen Hayes, June Havoc, Leif Erickson and Helen Menken did The Skin of Our Teeth...