Word: washingtons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Robert Adams, professor of English at the University of Washington, will present the case tonight for the English humanists' attack on medieval romance in a lecture entitled "Bold Bawdry and Open Manslaughter." He will speak in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room at 7:30 p.m. The talk is open to the public...
Fortunately for those who might care, there is a man down in Washington who has not forgotten that charity is a year-round affair. He tells us that if we vote for the right kind of men we can have a super-colossal balanced budget. And with our chrome-plated, atomic-age, whiz-bang budget safely balanced in ossified equilibrium, we can then enjoy the sweet fruits of peace, progress, and prosperity...
...delegates, meeting in Manhattan, also heard some talk that pleased them less. Lebanon's Charles Malik, president of the U.N. General Assembly, and Carlos Romulo, Philippine Ambassador to Washington, both declared that the U.S. is losing prestige in the eyes of other nations. Malik said that "the number of countries which either vote against or abstain with respect to texts sponsored or supported by the U.S. has been on the increase in recent years." Said Romulo, a longtime friend of the U.S.: "The once ingrained belief in the Asian mind of the invincibility, the superiority and the invulnerability...
Damn Yankees. A hot time in the old home town tonight, as a couple of devil's advocates, Ray Walston and Dancer Gwen Verdon, get involved with the Washington Senators...
...unanimous vote, the Harvard Social Relations Society has elected a new slate to take office Jan. 5. Nicholas S. Hopkins '60, of Lowell House and Washington, D.C., was chosen president. David H. Cohen '60, of Kirkland House and Cleveland, Ohio, is vice-president of the society; Lee F. Donaghey '61, of Kirkland House and Menlo Park, Calif., secretary; and Walter Y. K. Goo '61, of Dudley House and Washington, D.C., treasurer...