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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yet such is the lamentable situation in which the Harvard Department of Government finds itself. Most ironical of all, that Department has among its members E. Pendleton Herring, one of the country's stand-outs in the party-pressure field. In previous years he has taught an excellent undergraduate course on this subject, but his recent appointments as Secretary of the Littauer School and Departmental Examiner have left him time for little else. Mr. Herring's interests and abilities are first and foremost as scholar and teacher, yet his new administrative duties prevent him from following these natural inclinations. Here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIVING THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT | 10/28/1939 | See Source »

...talk a lot about the future of America and the hope of the world. Both rest solely now upon the already bloody shoulders of young men who, facing a universe rotten to its core, yet dare to stand unbowed, and to declare (surprisingly enough!) honest and thoughtful convictions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...really tell, but anyone who has seen the play can readily tell that they have brought a vivid personality to life. Mystic, tragic, almost pathetic, their Lincoln is haunted by a trauma of youth, heckled by a shrewish wife, driven into the White House almost against his will, yet ostensibly he is just a backwoods politician with canny horse-sense and a flair for fence-sitting. None of the rampant idealism usually attributed to Lincoln colors the Sherwood-Massey characterization, and for that reason the play might be considered derogatory, but "unemotional" seems to be a better word to describe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...wall will probably have a slight weight advantage on its Hanover rivals, so Crimson followers have no reason to expect their team to be pushed all over the field. One of the most potent of the Green scoring weapons is said to be their aerial attack, but it has yet to click in a game...

Author: By D. D. P., | Title: What's His Number? | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...reason to remember his running mate, Bill Hutchinson. Bob Krieger is slated to start at end, but Coach Blaik may be compelied to shift him into the backfield. In this event he will be a distant threat, but no MacLeod by any means. The Minneapolis school-boy sensation has yet to prove him-self in intercollegiate competition...

Author: By D. D. P., | Title: What's His Number? | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

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