Word: modernizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most of Shakespeare's plays, you keep forgetting that the lines were written over 300 years ago. Touchstone's bawdiness, Rosalind's asides, plus a fine collection of the master's puns, maintain an atmosphere of wit that is as modern--and far more humorous--than Milton Berle. Some of Hepburn's lines had more punch than the ones she had in "The Philadelphia Story...
...Modern Language Center's main function today is as a meeting place for the eight clubs whose members get together there once every two weeks and as a place for receiving eminent guests or presenting public readings and discussion of selected works in various European literatures. The clubs include LeCercle Francais de Harvard, Verein Turmwaechter, Clube Hispanico, Linguistic, Luso-Brazilian, Slavic, Circolo Italiano, and Comparative Literature...
There seem to be two kinds of people who visit the Modern Language Center--the student who is interested in informal activities relating to the study and appreciation of a certain language and culture; and the scholar who comes to hear another scholar give a learned dissertation on, say, some lost Diderot manuscripts that he has recently recovered. The Center is ready to accommodate both types...
...Modern Language Center is its informal atmosphere, and this is what Professor Berrien has been striving to maintain since 1946. His colleagues have often questioned him about turning some of the rooms into classrooms (as it is now, no classes are held at the Center; groups are brought over from time to time to use the facilities) but this would destroy the informality. By the same taken, any "expansion" of the present setup would defeat the purpose of the Center...
Does Professor Berrien have any long range plans for his project? Naturally he is limited to some extent by the lack of funds; but the Modern Language Center was conceived as a student activities center for one small segment of the University. The clubs that hold their meetings there now formerly met in the Houses, which meant a constant moving around. Berrien calls Phillips Brooks House "too somber." The Center is bound to remain just that so long as Berrian, an interesting and interested man, is in charge. He wants nothing big. His crying need at the moment is merely...