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...East and West, books in his kitchen, and reams of brilliance in a shopping bag, Nock leads an active, many-sided life, ordered amid the helter-skelter. Choosing the scholar's monastic life, he has in his erratic, diverse way filled an essentially lonely pattern with lifelong friendships and warmth. For his active sense of humor extends beyond Little Audrey and limericks; it takes in his sealskin hat, his omnipresent umbrella, indeed, Arthur Darby Nock himself...
...that is both lyrical and brilliantly orchestrated. At times, Author Gary allows his brilliance to run away with his common sense, and in overstating his case he undercuts it. But, for all that, he has a way with words, and he tells a long story with enough immediacy and warmth to recall the salad days to an octogenarian...
...steady stream of "hellos" he receives from men who, as freshmen, greeted everyone under threat of a padding by Konosioni, the senior honor society. What started as a forced mutter from bewildered freshmen grows to a ready habit and finally becomes a matter of pride, until much genuine warmth is in every salutation...
...warmth and friendliness are seldom tried by any contact with surly individualism. Non-conformists don't seem to choose Colgate, and there is no little band of intellectuals to introduce an air of apathetic bohemianism. The students place little emphasis on the arts, prefering such solids as Economics and Psychology for their majors. If the administration is at times a bit wistful over the scarcity of Colgate graduates in the arts, there is solace in pointing to the fine record of Colgate men in the more practical graduate work. Especially proud is Colgate of being the only school to have...
Perhaps the key to what Ruth Gordon's play, Years Ago, lost in Hollywood is shown in the change of title. Years Ago, with its straightforward, unpretentious title was exactly that type of play: direct, pleasant nostalgia with no particular aim but a considerable degree of warmth. The film version is now called The Actress, and the mood has been changed accordingly. It is now a large-scale production. The fragile plot is pointed up to take on the broad proportions the new name implies. And since Miss Gordon's delicate material would not sharpen to that extent, the picture...