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...practiced for two hours, each of the other six days on the Radcliffe gym court, which is at least 15 feet narrower than the IAB facility. Harvard's varsity practiced daily on the IAB court, and the Intramural house teams had nightly scheduled practices there. On the priority yardstick, the Radcliffe varsity ranked lower than the non-varsity house squads...
...intelligent, and a model of sanity in a world of absurdity. Her diction is clean, and her handling of the "Fortune forbid" soliloquy is particularly distinguished. But there is more beauty in the "damask cheek" speech than she is yet able to convey. (Siobhan McKenna's portrayal remains the yardstick for this part, as for Shaw's Saint Joan and others.) The plausibility of confusion between Viola-Cesario and Sebastian is helped here through Donald Warfield's soft, rather womanly portrayal of the brother (a role once played by a 19-year-old Marlon Brando...
Finally, to allay fear and diffuse emotion regarding Athletics, I propose a predictable and comfortable yardstick in fiscal policy. Participation in and quality of women's athletics is growing throughout the society and the number of undergraduate women is reaching toward a 2.5 to 1 quota under present policy. $120 per capita (for operational and B&G costs) out of each undergraduate women's tuition will not destroy men's programs nor should this prospect panic anyone. The $120 is top dollar for some years to come. Mary G. Paget Assistant for Radcliffe to the Director of Athletics
...basket." Second, Putnam and Bok wanted to ensure that the University maintained close contact and good public relations with the financial world. But most important, they both saw that outside firms could offer the new management company a great deal of help and advice and provide a yardstick for some indication of how the new management company was doing...