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...Between Men and Women, foreseen by the mad fancy of James Thurber, comes to pass, Gertrude Atherton will be the Stonewall Jackson of the rebel females. The House of Lee, a tale of a girl of 22, her mother of 40, her grandmother of 60, is not so noteworthy because of its strident feminism as because of its rampant, 82-year-old author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thanks to X-Ray | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

Plans for the annual banquet, which will be held on June 7 or 8, were formulated. Christian M. Lauritzen II '40, who is this year's president, will assist Donald McD. Thurber '40 and Kennedy Smith '43 on the banquet committee. Templeton Smith '40 and Willard Waterous '43 will arrange for a faculty member to speak at the meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weld Hall Meeting Revives Harvard Memorial Society | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

...Male Animal. James Thurber's in sane humor turns a play-that-is-no-play into a gay evening (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Best Bets on Broadway | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

...Thurber's general conclusions on Harvard Seniors were founded on the general results of the poll. "Do not look for the 'typical Harvard man'," he warned. "He is not to be found in the Class of 1940, and probably not in any other class before or after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLL IS PRIDE OF '40 ALBUM | 5/21/1940 | See Source »

...seven scholastic groups at Harvard, Thurber declared, "a comparison of the standings throughout the four years reveals that the first four groups gain steadily at the expense of the other three categories." In their Freshman year many more men were on probation than on Group 1, but by their Senior year, the number was about evenly divided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLL IS PRIDE OF '40 ALBUM | 5/21/1940 | See Source »

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