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ROAD OF AGES-Robert Nathan-Knopf...
Time was when Robert Nathan toyed gently and amiably with his congenital melancholia. Always a writer who preferred fantasy to strict realism, he once put his deepest convictions into the mouths of dancing dogs, unwed mice and such philosophical creatures as Isaiah, the stoic horse of The Woodcutter's House. When he was not bringing wisdom out of the mouths of baby tumblebugs and suckling pigs, he was engaged in mild satires on religion (The Bishop's Wife, There Is Another Heaven). But Depression, if it did not quite succeed in bringing him down to solid earth...
...Nathan Isaacs, professor of Business Law, will offer the first course in the new program. It is entitled "Introduction to Public Aspects of Business" and will begin in May. Men completing this course may then choose Public Administration as their field of concentration in the second year...
Last week in Brooklyn met the Marriage Brokers' Association of the U.S. To its members the Association's secretary, Rabbi Nathan Wolf, reported that business is indeed shlecht, with kalles (would-be brides) outnumbering chassanim (would-be grooms) ten to one. Next day Rabbi Wolf received newshawks in the midtown Manhattan Synagog where, at an annual cost of $500 to New York City, he is the only registered voter. Wearing a black skullcap, he tabulated chassanim according to their worth as husbands. Most in demand are doctors, who may command a dowry of $12,000. Rabbis get from...
Inaugurating the curriculum of a public business administration program which the Graduate School of Business Administration will launch in a special session on January 28 is a new course, "An Introduction to Public Business," by Nathan Isaacs, professor of Business...