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...wanted to do the things that laugh, above all what there is in a truly feminine woman. Cubism was too strict. I wanted to humanize." Trips to the Brittany sea-coast increased his affection for billowing curves. Sitting on the beach he decided, "The sea has a good thumb. It molds everything. Much came of watching the sea, the fish, the women on the beach, the green things and water grass...
People seem to buy their yearbook to serve as sort of a slick-paper, permanently covered scrapbook of a class and its stretch at the College. Pick up 315 and thumb through it. You will find yourself pointing out your friends, discovering the name of the man across the hall, and looking for your own picture in the back of the Jubilee or in a crowd of 500 people around the Lampoon's steps. This is the present, contemporary function of 315. In a few years your reading focus may switch somewhat. 315 will become a reference volume, dedicated...
...Heywood Broun; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. In her youth a fiery socialist, pacifist and women's rights pioneer, she changed her views in later years, became a persistent writer of letters-to-the-editor, urging "fair treatment for employers," good-naturedly feuded with son Heywood, who thumb-nailed her as a "confirmed reactionary and a bridge player." Predicted Broun: "When the revolution comes, it's going to be a tough problem what to do with her. We will either have to shoot her or make her a commissar. In the meantime, we still dine together...
...where bombed-out slums once sprawled, they could goggle at the vast "Dome of Discovery," with its 74-inch-lens telescope, at the "Telekinema" with its three-dimensional sound pictures, and the "Eccentrics' Corner" featuring, among other achievements, a hammer guaranteed not to hit the user's thumb. Still in store for visitors this summer: a series of industrial exhibitions, midways, art exhibits, concerts, carnivals and conventions in more than 1,700 British cities and towns...
Television thus magnifies the abuses which are already prevalent in Congressional committee investigations. The drama of watching folksy moralist Tobey struggle with "Greasy Thumb" Gusik entertains the public and attracts a large audience, but this is not the purpose of such an investigation. These hearing are held to get the facts--impartially, fairly, and with a minimum of showmanship. Until Congress can settle on a Fair Practices Code for these investigations, they should not be televised...