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...abbot gladly gave his permission. His reason: in the Middle Ages, when the religious life was close to the secular and monks were as everyday as draymen, sanctity was less often confused with sobersidedness; it would do only good, he felt, to let some laughter back...
...good public school or a business office, except that it is heavily clerical, e.g., a monk's full prostration before his bishop brings the comment: "Rather ham, don't you think?", and one catty nun will say about another: "And you should see her genuflections." The abbot on the phone burbles to his opposite number: "Well, Abbess, and how's the old blood pressure?", while a fierce little monk clutching a horsewhip snarls: "Who's pinched my relic of The Little Flower?" Most of Brother Choleric's cartoons are taken from real life. Says...
Many faculty members personally prefer the all-around man with the well-developed personality, but there is a strong minority which echoes the judgment of George B. Kistiakowsky, Abbot and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry: "the well-rounded personality is usually versed only in mediocrity...
...people for whom she makes things pleasant come from all over the world, and usually drop in to visit the University-either unexpectedly or with a big fanfare-at the rate of at least one a week. Recently, for instance, the chief abbot of a Japan monastery and an archeologist from Turkey showed up quite spontaneously for a short visit. Mrs. Belcher had only a few hours notice, but she was nevertheless able, at the archeologist's request, to round up four of the University's seven Turkish students and have them meet the visitor...
Director George Abbot has surrounded his chief assets with other gilt-edged securities. Eddie Foy, Jr., charged with providing much of the comedy, does well indeed when he doesn't reach too far into burlesque for his material. And since--with Mae Barnes turning the tide for By the Beautiful Sea-- this looks like a big year for fat women on Broadway, Reta Shaw is on hand to bolster numbers like "I'll Never Be Jealous Again...