Word: topic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Marquand's topic of discussion will be "My First Five Years as a Writer" when he meets with all Kirkland House members on Wednesday in the Junior Common Room. Under Kirkland's program of "Writers in Residence," Marquand will reside in Kirkland for two weeks, and will meet with House men in small groups...
Radcliffe dormitories have frequently debated Harvard House teams in the past, usually on humorous topics. The topic for the December contest has not yet been announced...
...club merger issue is another topic on which student discussion should be encouraged. The debate has become clouded by secrecy proceedings in the channels supposedly working on a solution, If the Administration refuses to make its views public, there is little that students can do. But student opinion should insist that the Student Council discuss the question openly...
...authors, however, are so novel, and in reality Slichter and Frost are reworking old themes, and doing their jobs well. Osbert Sitwell keeps up his barrage of family anecdotes; Bernard Berenson analyzes another family topic--Bernard Berenson; Beerbohm revives the Victorians; and Marquand traces his genealogy and that of New England. All is as it was--fluent, powerful in spots, and not disturbing...
...author's erudition never ceases to be impressive. He demonstrates a familiarity with almost everything written on his particular topic and a wide knowledge of general criticism. In the particular examples he chooses to analyse at length, he seems to have made a careful study of the original text and related critical and biographical material as well as of the shooting scripts and the final prints. In addition, he has investigated the feelings of the individual adapters and directors...