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...close-knit, intimate college of a thousand students, whose social life is dominated by a fraternity system, certain standards of conduct have inevitably arisen. Yet despite the weekends, at Amherst the emphasis is not solely on a social existence. It is rather a compromise on the "balanced life." The standard is pushed by the administration and adhered to by the student body. The feeling is that one should be adaptable. One should drink, but not too much, take girls out, hold a minimum of moral scruples, go out for athletics, try out for a position on one of the literary...
Even the faculty seems to be organizing Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, is chairman of a national organization formed last year, The Faculty Christian Fellowship. This is a loosely knit organization of professors throughout the country who have a concern for understanding the relation of religious commitment to objective teaching. It aims to discover the "implications of Christianity for the work of the teacher...
This is at once both an advantage and a handicap. Dunster won the Straus Trophy last year, and may repeat this year. As a result, the athletic group forms a tightly-knit unit which plays, eats, and talks together...
Unfortunately, a few people may be disappointed if they go to the picture expecting warmed-over Casablanca. There is only the connection of a common excellence. Most of the roaring successes--many of them also starring Humphrey Bogart, depended on tight-knit plots that, while fine alone, were garnished by unusual characters and brilliant lines. Beat the Devil rambles through the bare vestige of a plot delighting the audience with clever dialogue and swamping the screen with fantastic characters. Humphrey Bogart, for the most part, plays the same role he has perfected over the years. If he was called Rick...
...should any who cannot knit up the ravell'd Shiva care? Caldwell Titcomb...