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Primarily because Climatic Changes contains the results of such widely differing scientific methods, it seems to evade the audience. The specialist will wait for reprinting in trade journals of the few articles in his field. And it will be the rare layman, unusually inspired by the stark mountain peaks on the book-jacket, who will decipher formulae for luminosity of the sun in order to lay bare an astronomer's scientific reasoning. The book would be improved by several additional papers on the earth's climate, how it molds the earth's terrain, and whether storminess is essential for human...

Author: By Robert A. Fish, | Title: Climatic Change | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...Fresh Standout. In two rooms alone there were 19 Rembrandts. including a masterfully calm and triumphant self-portrait and the reverent, mystical Head of Christ. In other rooms, there was a breath-taking assemblage of masterpieces by Velasquez, Goya and El Greco (including his stark, disturbing View of Toledo*) that could not be equaled in any museum outside of Spain. Pieter Bruegel's ecstatically tranquil Harvesters dominated one room. Caravaggio's Musicians another. In the galleries devoted to modern painters. Pablo Picasso's peaceful Woman in White, recently acquired from the Museum of Modern Art, and Edouard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Joy for the Looking | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

...realm of abstract speculation, now the very power of Bacchus. In all these shifting moods the composer's emotional intensity must be just a degree less than the poet's; the musical setting must heighten, not dwarf the spirit of the poetry. Finally, there is the language--the cool, stark quality of Latin in this case--to render beautiful, Mr. Bonvalot's settings fulfilled these qualifications to a remarkable dgree. The power and intelligence with which Mr. Bonvalot, one soloist, conveyed both the dramatic and musical aspects of the work further contributed to their overwhelming impression upon...

Author: By Alexander Gelley, | Title: Harvard Composers | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

Newell B. Mack '56, of Kirkland and Madison, Wisconsin, was elected treasurer, defeating Irving K. Zola '56 and Bradley W. Stark '56. In the largest contest, Bridges won the post of secretary over four other nominees. Bridges, of Eliot and Sanford, Maine, was elected on the evening's only second balloting. Other nominees were Zola, Murphy, Richard S. Dolins '55, and Stephen L. Reynolds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alexander Picked Council President | 1/12/1954 | See Source »

After the elections, the Council finished its business for the term. The Council voted unanimously to appoint a committee to study election procedures. The members also approved the motion by Stark that a College chapter of the De Molay be chartered. De Molay is a social organization sponsored by the Masons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alexander Picked Council President | 1/12/1954 | See Source »

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