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Married. Dudley Field Malone, merry international divorce lawyer; and a Miss Edna Louise Johnson of Brooklyn, music student; in London. She is his third wife (Doris Stevens, feminist, divorced him last fall). Explaining why he did not want to pose for photographers with a background of glasses and liquor bottles at the wedding breakfast, said he: "Remember, I am an American?but God knows...
...hero of Author Gerhardi's latest book, is a writer by profession, but women are his trouble. He has a wife, whom he has left in the background and who remains there. His friend Victor, a writer of similar tastes if slightly more stable temperament, acts first as a sympathetic audience for Max's troubles, then as an increasingly unwilling provider of Max's women. Victor's secretary, Phyllis, is the first to go. For a while the three of them try living together in an idyllic but badly managed flat; then comes the inevitable ruction...
There are three specific reasons why some change is imperative. In the first place, the preparatory school prepares for the College Board examination without any regard for the background they provide for their students. The criterion of a good preparatory school at the present time is nothing more than the number of men they manage to cram into colleges. The result is that the college is forced to give many hopelessly elementary courses to fill up life gaps the secondary school has left...
...taking for subject an outstanding national figure not represented by any considerable body of extant writings--such as Socrates, Richelieu, or Bismarck. A group like the Scipionic circle in Rome or the Medici family might be chosen. Range of acquaintance with literature and understanding of its geographic and social background would be promoted...
...Consultant on Careers adds the personal touch. Rather than acting in an advisory capacity, the office is to function as a bureau of expert opinion applying a wide experience in personnel work to the problem of the particular student. His choice of work, his educational background and practical experience should have more influence in the final decision. The cooperation of the two employment bureaus, the Senior Questionnaire, and finally this addition of personal and sympathetic interviews should combine to make the position and the occupant coincide to a more satisfactory degree than in the past...