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After this function the King and Queen retired to the Citadel apartment surrendered to them by Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, who is benched while the King is in Canada. There the King changed from his Admiral's rig to cutaway and silk topper (the Queen not bothering to change) for the first of a long & indigestible series of official luncheons and dinners. This one, at the Château Frontenac, served up lobster tails, grilled breast of chicken and a Grand Marnier soufflé which neither the King nor the Queen accepted. This instance of royal distaste...
...failing" the city. Of course, Cambridge's financial condition may indeed be due to decreased tax income. So says the Mayor. But perhaps it is more attributable to an often extremely uneconomical city government. In either case, Harvard cannot be expected to ameliorate the deficit unless it wishes to function as a sort of general sinking fund for Cambridge deficits...
...damned it for over-emphasis on detail and chronology, for its failure to treat the Fine Arts as one of the humanities, and above all for its utter lack of an integrated educational policy. Daring for the first time to criticize a department, the Council has fulfilled its highest function of canalizing student opinion and supporting it with careful research. And it has asked for the reinstatement of Robin Feild...
...business out of his head for a minute. He is director of Creole Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey with properties in Venezuela. He is also (since a year ago) prince and president of the huge landlording enterprise of Rockefeller Center. Nelson's actual function in both offices is under reasonable public suspicion, but it is, increasingly, that of director and president indeed...
...ships, the evils of drink, in fact almost all phases of nineteenth century New England are available for serious and often whimsical scrutiny. A small piece by Winslow Homer entitled "Class Day at Harvard" should provide much amusement for seniors who are about to take part in that annual function a few weeks from now; and the Currier and Ives print called "Kiss Me Quick" is a fine example of a Victorian method of amatory advance--now unfortunately outmoded. On the other hand, there are many paintings in the exhibit which are worth serious consideration because of their intrinsic value...