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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...novel of real worth to make an impression on the reading public since "G--W--T--W--". . . Vardis Fisher tells the story of the Mormen trek in "Children of god." A capable book and to be recommended to both Fisher fans and enemies. . . Safest fiction of the year to give is C.S. Forester's "Captain Horatio Hornblower." Guaranteed to please all levels of comprehension, although in different degrees. . . "Here Lies" by Dorothy Parker reassembles most of her old stories and adds a few. Our Mrs. Parker may not seem quite so startling as she did in the dear dead days...
...remember that Mr. Eliot used to exercise a considerable gift for writing light verse. His cats are delightful, and the book is in every way pleasing. His "Family Reunion," published last Spring created the nearest thing to a literary cause celebre that Harvard had seen in years. You can give it to reactionary Anglophile classicists, if you know any. . . . Mark Van Doren's "Collected Poems, 1922-1938" give a good picture of a sensitive and rather mystical mind. Mr. Van Doren's "Shakespeare" cannot be too highly recommended. An entirely fresh and illuminating critical appraisal. . . . Stephen Spender...
...volume. Still te best study of American literature, as far as it goes . . . Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain" is also to be had in one volume . . . Still another telescoping in Edward McCurdy's spendid edition of "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci", very good to have or give . . . Professor John Livingston Lowes' classic of literary research. "The Read to Xangdn," has now been reprinted. May it long serve to remind us that literary scholarship can itself produce the finest of literature
Immediately after Professor Friedrich's talk, Gordon W. Allport '19, professor of Psychology, I. L. Child, tutor in Psychology, and Ross McFarland, Columbia research expert, will give the psychologist's point of view, treating the special topic, "Propaganda and the Individual...
...Sophomore Dick Aldrich is close on the heels of both men. Almost the same thing applies to the heavyweight class where grappler-manager Tudor Gardiner holds forth. Big Vern Miller will undoubtedly learn a lot of wrestling in a few weeks under Pat Johnson, but hard-working Gardiner will give him a good battle before being displaced. Dick Harlow's endorsement of wrestling for many of his linemen has brought quite a few big boys up to the black mat on the second floor. Chub Peabody, Don Lowry, and Jim Grunig have all decided-to have a fling...