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...spring of 1956, The Crimson announced the arrival of a new trend: “Revived Dramatics Activity Parallels Theatre Interest.” Noting the “revival of ‘dramatic spirit??” among undergraduates along with a “new drive for theater” among all students, the announcement was followed by a similar article next fall that characterized the trend as a “boom in dramatic activity” on campus. In 1957, the year’s tally of theatrical productions rose to an impressive...
Highlights are sparse. The first minute or so of “Smells Like Teen Spirit?? is fine. There’s a nice little mandolin-based acoustic arrangement of the tune, and it plays upon that perfect two-note guitar twang from the core of the original...
...poetry: “Goat-skin drums advancing with hands outstretched, and we keep filling them with nitrous, asbestos, baby-bombs blasting blue,” she blabbers. Gee, Patti, we’re really getting into that poetry of yours. “Smells Like Teen Spirit?? is also the most recent song she covers here, and it’s indicative of her antiquated sensibilities—the kind of song that Reader’s Digest subscribers might think is “fresh” despite being 16 years...
...sort of regional patriotism which House “spirit?? clumsily approximates is indeed a very natural and healthy phenomenon. One inherently feels affection for the soil on which he has been born and raised, where he and his neighbors have long known each other, reflect local peculiarities of speech and custom, and profess a common conception of the world. A home is something worthy of being proud—something distinctly one?...
...mindless tenor of Housing Day “spirit?? itself testifies to the dearth of real local attachment among House residents. Deprived of any enduring points of pride—or even the assurance of living with more than seven of one’s friends—upperclassmen resort to the most banal and vulgar praises of their Houses...