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...four productions I have seen of this play (the others were at Harvard, Wellesley and off-Broadway), this is the only that fails. Although the actors are adequate, the direction is incompetent. David Wheeler has his actors striving for a verisimilitude, a too literal reading of the text, which works against the burlesque and the surrealistic elements of the play. The quiet, subdued tone of this interpretation almost negates the theatricality of the play. The satirical intent of much of the dialogue becomes blunted, and the disparity between forms and their content lacks sharp delineation. The effect of the play...
...girls are not just manicuring their nails either. A recent study of the students at the Seven Sisters (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley) shows that last year six out of every ten were gainfully employed during the summer. This year some 300 will work in scientific research laboratories without pay as part of their training, about 75 will serve in Government internship programs in Washington. Many more will join traveling seminars in art, language and international affairs. Others like Vassar's future geologist, Diana Chapman will devote their summer to their specialty, and still...
...Fine Arts Department, has expressed it, the Faculty "brayed this suggestion." The committee also recommended that students in the History of Art be required to take at least one course in the history of design and participate in "labs" appended to History of Art courses in which, a la Wellesley, students would experiment in various media to learn the problems faced by artists they were studying. Perhaps the most revolutionary suggestion however mildly and equivocally expressed was that the University might play some role in turning out an occasional professional artist...
...annual Harvard-to-Wellesley bicycle race, discontinued since 1957, will be revived on Saturday, May 18, Cyclists will assemble by 1 p.m. at Harvard Stadium for the start, and the victor will receive not only a brand new racing bike donated by the Bicycle Exchange, but also a kiss from the fairest maiden present...
...other finishers also have a chance to win--the Wellesley Outing Club will provide girls and a picnic lunch. However, those who stoop to tactics such as hitching rides on trucks or forcing the opposition off the road will be disqualified and will forfeit the fifty-cent entry...