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...least one phase of the three-fold Curtis empire-the cultural-Brothers Curtis & Gary are walling, earnest heirs. Gary is an officer of the Curtis Institute, as is Curtis who is vice president of the orchestra association. Also Curtis heads, as president, the social Philadelphia Forum (lectures, dances, music) and sits on the Committee of Seventy for political reform. Professionally the destiny of the Curtis regime is difficult to read. Brother Gary is training himself for technical command but it may well be the voice of Brother Curtis that is some day heard speaking his politico-social creed through their...
...newsstands have lately been enriched by the appearance of a new weekly, Polity, similar to the Forum in format, reminiscent of the Nation in editorial policy, and emanating from Chicago. At present, in its seventh issue, Polity can boast of no more than sixteen pages, but it is distinguished by an alert point of view and a tincture of intelligent cynicism which should go far toward tempting success...
...rebuttals, delivered by T. H. Quinn '36, for Harvard and L. B. Harris for Yale were the high spots of the evening, both speakers giving firm and pertinent talks. The debate was closed by the minute and a half rebuttal for Harvard by H. G. Sullivan. A short forum on the topic of the debate was held while the judges made their decisions...
While of "Forum," "The Nation." "Harper's," "Scribners," and "Current History" only four or five copies each week are sold, the Freshmen purchase forty of the weekly "New Yorkers." As for college humorous magazines, the first-year men demand more "Yale Records" than "Harvard Lampoons." Several hundred of the regular monthly illustrated magazines, such as "Cosmopolitan" and the "American," are bought each month; and in the "quality" class, "Vanity Fair," "Sportsman," and "Yachting" are the most popular...