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...Fogg Museum where this work, in the raw, is currently being displayed, will well repay the effort. Both from a technical or purely artistic viewpoint the display is extremely interesting. There the visitor may trace the product from its almost comic-strip beginning, through the intricate build-up of background, atmosphere, and action to the final stage when it is ready for photographing. It is in this exhibit that the startling simplicity and clarity of the work is best brought out, the infinite and delicate use of detail, and the extraordinarily expressive quality of the animals and other figures. Every...

Author: By H. C., | Title: Collections & Critiques | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

Come what may, the various departments would do well to emulate the comparatively new and active Music division. It has at least attempted to correlate history with its elementary course by introducing men from the History Department to give historical background-lectures. Yesterday Professor Karpovich, correlating nineteenth century thought with nineteenth century music, did a magnificent job of a type almost unknown to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTLES AND SYMPHONIES | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...Fair Enough," 93rd annual production of the Hasty Pudding Club, with the New York World's Fair and the famed numbers racket as its background, went into rehearsal last Tuesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasty Pudding Show, "Fair Enough," Has Its Initial Rehearsals | 2/21/1939 | See Source »

...probably overlooked the fact that "Sarah" means "Princess" and "Israel" means "Prince of God" in Hebrew. But what else could one expect from one of his social background...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1939 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Smooth music by Richard Himber's orchestra against a Russian Imperial background will feature the Lowell House Dance tonight. Headed by G. N. Stration '39, the ushers will be M. P. Brown '40, R. E. Doutsch '39, J. E. Ferris '41, R. B. Finn '39, D. C. Hamilton '41, R. W. Mathewson Jr. '41, W. A. Meler '40, R. S. Schaaf '39, and S. M. Tonkonow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Goes Russian With Himber | 2/17/1939 | See Source »

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