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Behind Kilty were a number of players who one felt could fulfill the requirements of their roles in any production. Thayer David as the King was impressive in voice and appearance both, adding stylized bits to his interpretation particularly effectively. Charles Sedgwick, in the part of Worcester, was perfect, his modulated voice giving the role its necessary malevolence...
...Yard campaign, now under the command of Robert Knox '51, has already poured $3283 into the Council's coffers. Here Thayer Hall is leading the dormitory pack, closely followed by Grays and Holworthy...
Chaperoning is not enforceable; the only actual checkups are made by zealous or the Yard police, who are eager to climb the dizzy heights of Matthews or Thayer on what may well be a fool's errand, or to peer in rooms suspiciously at embarrassed residents and their lady friends. If couples want to evade the law, there is little to stop them. "Chaperons" may suggest a stern body of older men who sit stiffly on the edge of their chairs and rivet their eyes on guilty pairs, but they are actually no more than friends from across the hall...
Probably the most cosmopolitan spot in the world today is the front parlor where President Eliot married for the second time. The old Thayer house at 5 Philips Place has become even more a meeting place of nations than the UN in recent years, as students from 58 countries gather nightly in its Colonial-style rooms to sip tea, meet new friends, and carry on bull sessions in an atmosphere many degrees more cordial than that at lake Success. Now known as the International Student Center, the pillared, yellow-clapboard house near Radcliffe yard echoed to the first of many...
...students who come to partake of both an education more liberal than the GE program and also of what the Center calls "the best Sunday night meal for forty cents in Cambridge." When the room fills with saris, turbans, and all conceivable accents from Upper Mongolian to Lower Californian, Thayer house rivals the lobby of Grand Hotel for international flavor. A hopeful not for tomorrow lies in the possibility that the good will and understanding that pervades Center gatherings today will hold over when many of the students return to lead their nations in world affairs...