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...missionary order, the Fathers of the Holy Spirit. When the order's general assembly voted a series of reforms, Lefebvre resigned, charging that "democratization" of the church was the work of Satan. Six years ago he founded a seminary at Econe, Switzerland, dedicated to the training of traditionalist priests who would function as though Vatican II had never taken place...
...three of the whitest elephants in the attic of contemporary fiction-and Author Richard Yates, 50, has devoted a tight, pellucid novel to each one. An odd but not inconsiderable literary achievement, particularly in an age so helplessly smitten with the new. Yates' work brands him as a traditionalist in the strictest sense: he is a writer who feels dutybound to tell familiar stories in conventional ways...
Duke Ellington's favorite guitarist Kenny Burrell checks in to Sandy's Jazz Revival for the whole week finishing this Saturday. Burrell is a traditionalist--a club guitarist on a higher plane...
Veeck is the ultimate innovator, yet no one is more of a traditionalist. The son of a sportswriter who later ran the Chicago Cubs, he has spent most of his life around ballparks. "Baseball is a game with a long tradition," he says. "A father takes his son or daughter and they in turn take a son or daughter. It is important that tradition not be lost." But long before other owners realized it-and some still do not-Veeck saw that baseball's tradition was meaningless if its fans did not enjoy themselves. The last time Veeck came...
...FIRST, Tango seems to be just another avant-garde play with a gimmick. In this case the cute twist is a generation-gap role-reversal. The older members of the family are non-conformists and the young son is a traditionalist. By the time act one comes to a close, the audience feels as if it's being hit over the head with this witty, bizarre, but tediously predictable pattern...