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...degree a necessary consequence of the partial mobilization of a democratic nation. Objectives can be readily formulated in times of peace or during a total war, but not today. Nevertheless, in each segment of our national life the attempt must be made to new out at least a rough pattern for the future." This idea underlies Mr. Conant's policies, not only within the university, but in his national role as well. It is a good idea, and it reflects Harvard's attitude of cautious progressiveness which has brought Harvard to the top and kept it there...
...Dreams (Warner), Hollywood's latest biography of a songwriter, suggests that the inhabitants of Tin Pan Alley, who are sometimes accused of borrowing their songs, also pattern their lives on one another. This time the old, sentimentalized story of humble beginnings, success, defeat and comeback-all neatly studded with song cues-has as its hero the late, prolific lyricist Gus Kahn...
College tuition rates will not follow the skyward pattern of the rest of the Ivy League, according to current plans, Provost Buck said last night...
...JUDGE'S private life is, to an extent, exclusively masculine. His relations with his father, who died some years ago, were tender and mutually understanding. The bonds in the new generation repeat the pattern of the old. When Judge Medina and his sons are together, the ladies of the three households leave them to their own mysterious dimension. His friendships with men are touched with high seriousness. While the rest of the family are at the beach, the judge, who does not like surf bathing, will play golf or, on rainy days, a game of billiards. Next...
That afternoon was in the pattern of the next two decades. For Agnes de Mille, against the forceful objection of her father, Playwright William de Mille, and of her uncle, Movie Producer Cecil B. de Mille, set her foot on the thorny way to become a famous dancer. In Dance to the Piper, her autobiography, she tells how she slowly made the grade. Dance to the Piper is considerably more than the success story of a poor little rich girl. It is a witty, civilized account of an age of revolution in the dance, by one of the spunkiest...