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...hoping it will kill off the notion of shopping for classes. They don’t like feeling like a commodity to be traded around on the sudden impulses of the market. This sentiment is nothing new—an article in The Crimson from the 1950s described faculty complaints that shopping period forced them “to use up all their good jokes in the first week of class.” They don’t like trying to keep students’ attention as the students stand up in the middle of lecture and head...
...quite art yet not entirely craft, paint-by-number kits were all the rage during the 1950s and '60s. Originated by artist Dan Robbins, who took his cue from Leonardo da Vinci's practice of assigning numbered sections of his paintings to apprentices, the kits made it easy for the masses to create mountain vistas or the Last Supper. After the craze died down, the kits were left to gather dust on the back shelves of craft stores...
...things paint by number resurfaced a few years ago, and the fad seems to be gaining steam. Vintage finished pictures are now being avidly collected, and new sets are being made. The Smithsonian Institution was host to an exhibit called "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s," which led to a book, Paint by Number, by William L. Bird Jr. Designer Todd Oldham, who has been collecting the canvases for 20 years, recently taught the Today-show audience how to make Valentine's Day presents with paint-by-number kits. Sean Cisewski, inventory-control manager for Herrschners crafts...
...DIED. HANK BALLARD, 75, R.-and-B. singer-songwriter whose chart topper The Twist ushered in a national dance mania in the late 1950s and '60s in the U.S.; in Los Angeles. Penned by Ballard in 1958, the song was picked up by Chubby Checker in 1959 and transformed into a rock-and-roll sensation. Other versions of the song became hits for acts such as the Isley Brothers and the Beatles. Ballard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
...DIED. HORST BUCHHOLZ, 69, who acted in the classic western The Magnificent Seven and recent Oscar winner Life is Beautiful; in Berlin. After a stint in Berlin theater, Buchholz had a successful movie career in the 1950s mostly playing rebellious teenagers, which gave him a reputation as Germany's James Dean. He was the first German actor to receive international acceptance after World...